These are my latest sewing projects: a LWD literally [little white dress], with pleating detail at the waist to make the shape more feminine, without the use of a belt. A printed, longer, tube dress with a red scarf tied at the bust area to make the dress more versatile: you can wear it tied around your neck, tied at the back or simply let loose for a flow y effect.
A black&white printed halter dress, again to be worn in lots of different ways: with a white skirt underneath, to create a contrast, or by itself, letting it “pleat it’s way down”.
Dresses are a girls best friend. When will my sister see that (and forget about the jeans)?
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You make me want to see. Unfortunately, I lack the sewing practice and patterns. Question should I take sewing classes or just by the patterns and teach myself?
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Well, I lacked the sewing practice too at first. If you afford (time+money) to take sewing classes, you should! They teach you all the basic stuff, so it’s the best start! However, if you are willing to work harder by yourself, get the patterns and try to figure them out by yourself (however, this is harder).
I didn’t really do either, as I am making “different” dresses and tops, not suits or anything tailored. However I want to start learning how to work with patterns! I’l love to know…
Anyway, good luck in whatever way you choose to start!
There’s hope for your sister yet, I didn’t get from jeans to dresses and skirts until I was 21..ish!
About your L Report interview: I don’t think the shipping cost from Romania could be that big of an obstacle, after all, people from Europe buy from the US (whether ebay or online shops) all the time… And since you’d probably be making one-offs, I’m sure people would be willing to pay a little more for originality and uniqueness!
Or maybe you could offer kind of an online, long-distance personal styling service where the customer would tell you about herself (or himself, I suppose :D ) and send photos etc and then you could tailor something specifically for them, based on their personality. Just a thought though, since I don’t know if people inspire you like that (in that you know someone a bit and think, oh, this is -so- them; create based on that impression)?
Well, the shipping cost from Romania to the U.S. (when it’s delivered by plane, in 2 or 3 days is somewhere around $50, so at that price, if I add the fabric and the hours I spend sewing, it’s pretty much a lot for a simple top, no?
I would not charge so much for my designs, because I am not a professional sewer and that shows (some sews may not be perfectly straight etc. you know what I mean?). So, so much about that. If we would have paypal here, I’m sure it would b better. And the Romanians who do buy from online stores, well those stores don’t have such a high shipping price because when they deliver they do lots of shippings at once, so that helps. For example if I’d have a constant number of orders from the U.S., I could ship them all at once, on the same cost (or at last not that much like I would pay to ship them by themselves). But for that, I would need somebody to send each piece to their exact owners, so some business associate.
I did think about it, but I don’t have the financial possibility to start such an bussiness, unfortunately.
:) anyway, thanks for the advice on the personal styling service, but I’m sure it’s much easier if you personally know someone, to see what they like and don’t.
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Oh well, we’ll see what happens!:) Thanks so much for the support!
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Hm, wow, $50 is indeed quite a bit! I had no idea it would be that much. When I get something off ebay (from private sellers), it’s usually between $10 and $15 to ship from the States to Europe (for clothes, that is), and the shipping prices from here to the US are similar. Wait, is the $50 for some super fast parcel post service though? Or regular airmail?
Superfast meaning about 3 days, and yes, airmail. Shipping with the boat costs about $30 and takes 3 weeks..I know that because I did send a package (tiny) to the USA a while ago.
oh man I SO know what you mean!!! I’ve been wanting to start an online shop whether it’s through my blog or ebay or anything of the sort of my random vintage/designer finds but shipping costs to the U.S. are so darn expensive and we dont have paypla either!! regular shipping for a small package is a bit cheaper, though ($30) and takes about 2-3 weeks but would people pay $30 for an item that costs them the same amount. Hmm, I dont think so. But I wish you all the luck and Im sure that later on when you have more practice you’ll be able to charge WHATEVER you want for your fabulous pieces. (You could sell a dress for lets say $80, and charge only $15 for shipping but since you would pay about $50 for shipping then you’d be making $45!!, there’s always a way!). But anyway I wish you the best of luck, I can relate to you so much!! You have my full support….
Love, Fabi
I just found out that shipping through FedEx costs about 100 euro that means about $150. So, yeah:) so much for packages arriving early:)
Fabi, thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate it!
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