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My Trip to NY City and Visits with our Vendors There

by ‎09-27-2016 11:23 AM - edited ‎09-27-2016 02:35 PM

 

A few years ago I went to New York to visit with some of our vendor partners. I always love going to New York, and this time, once I hit the city I headed straight for my hotel, dropped my bags, and went to Magnolia Bakery to get my favorite German Chocolate cake (three pieces, I cannot tell a lie!!!).

 

 

It was a beautiful and mild Wednesday afternoon, so I went to Bryant Park and sat and ate cake! It was the perfect start to an amazing visit. I started bright and early at the Empire State Building. Who goes to the Empire State Building to work? Our friends at Philosophy. I met Mari Lyn Meier, we snapped a pic, and picked up our badges (check out the spelling of my name…lol).

 

 

Philosophy is our #1 beauty brand at QVC. And with skincare, fragrance, and bath & body, Philosophy really does have something for every person at every age (yes, even for men)

 

 

I came to the Philosophy brand through Purity Made Simple (did you??). I love how Purity cleanses my skin, and even though it took me years to find it, I say better late than never!! We’ve sent over 6.6 million bottles of Purity to QVC customers, and I would venture to say that it’s the one product most of us, wouldn’t be without.

 

 

But as you know, our fearless Philosophy team isn’t content to rest on the tried and true.  This team is always charging ahead, always looking for the next advancement and the next breakthrough. They gave me a preview of what’s coming, and all I’m allowed to say is get ready for new “favorites” in fragrance, skin care, and bath and body.  Because as you know: when you live with hope, miracles occur.

 

Next up was a visit with Laura Geller. As you know, she’s like everyone’s favorite girlfriend. With 18 years at QVC, Laura Geller is the longest standing color cosmetics brand at QVC. Laura’s background is in theater make up, so she’s known in the industry for her contouring and highlighting. As you can see, she broke open the make up and started in on me (much to my delight).

 

 

The first product she ever developed was Spackle, but as you know she has Balance N Brighten, and her ooh la la Body Frosting.

 

 

Laura and her team have new products up their sleeve. 

 

It was getting late in the day, so it was the perfect time to visit the Carole Hochman and Stan Herman team. I have so many pieces from these two brands. I often come home and slip in to something from one or the other. 

 

 

Our Carole Hochman items are special at QVC. We offer many options that you won’t find in big department stores. At QVC you’ll find sleepwear and loungewear, multi-piece sets, and extended sizes, like 1x-3x, and if you’re petite we’ve got you covered too. Both Carole Hochman and Stan Herman have all sorts of goodies up their sleeves. Think lounge dresses, great patterns, and sets that will allow you to move from indoors to outdoors.

 

The next day, I started my day with Elaine Lai. A self-described clothing nut, she started making her own clothes when she was 12 and hasn’t stopped. She believes that clothes must be compelling in price, quality, and design. 

 

 

Elaine has been working with Bob Mackie for 22 years, and her office was filled with artwork, sketches, swatches and boards of what’s coming next.

 

 

In fact, Elaine produces clothes for several brands including Linea by Louis Dell’Olio, Quacker Factory, and Joan Rivers.  Each piece goes through multiple steps before we see the finished product. There’s a sketch, color decisions, fabric selections, body creation, pattern making, sample production, specification adjustments, and production (this is a loose translation…lol). All of those steps are necessary for every single garment!!! Now you know why pieces take at least 3 ½ months to come back in stock! 

 

After lunch I was on my way to LOGO. Lori Goldstein’s brand has been on fire since she launched about 5 years ago.

 

 

I caught up with the team, and I was instantly changing clothes! See these two tops? They’re LOGO, and yeah, I love ‘em.

 

 

LOGO presents several Today’s Special Values a year, and their production process is precise, and wickedly organized. Check out their photo book and that folder, which holds every single note about every step for that one garment.

 

You may already be familiar with LOGO, LOGO Layers, LOGO Lounge and LOGO links, but this brand is about to take #logofied to the next level!

 

 

You’ll see more textures, colors, and embellishments in unexpected and delicious ways. I’m not allowed to show you the whole pieces, but isn’t your mouth watering already??

 

Whew! This is only a fraction of what I learned on my NYC field trip, but I wanted to give you a taste of what it was like. I’ve got more juicy nuggets I can’t wait to share, so I hope you’ll keep joining me on Q!

 

XO-

 

Rachel

 

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