topic Re: What happened to Bradley Bayou? in Fashion

What happened to Bradley Bayou?

Brigitta — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:33:58 GMT

I miss Bradley's shows. He had some really special pieces. I wonder why he left. Does anyone know?

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June Lands — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:56:09 GMT

Oh you mean Mr Tight pants?

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sarpy — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:59:29 GMT

That's the way shopping channels work. Some one is there for a while and then they are gone. Kardashians, Carson Kressley, Star Jones, etc.

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3star — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:18:40 GMT

His things were getting too expensive, me thinks. I have several of his suede and leather designs that I still wear with pleasure. Nothing in the QVC inventory comes close to Bradley's quality. Guess he didn't want to lower his standards so he left either on his own or by mutual consent.

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gardensla — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:25:21 GMT

On 2/6/2015 3star said: His things were getting too expensive, me thinks. I have several of his suede and leather designs that I still wear with pleasure. Nothing in the QVC inventory comes close to Bradley's quality. Guess he didn't want to lower his standards so he left either on his own or by mutual consent.

This is exactly what happened. When he couldn't bring his line in at the price point the Q required he tried to expand the line to other types of clothing, but was not successful.

He is no longer doing fashion; he now does real estate in LA.

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Trix — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:29:22 GMT

I'll echo what 3star said. Bradley probably would not budge on doing real leather as opposed to faux. Sure, QVC still offers a few real leather items occasionally, but there are no fashion collections based on it. Dennis Basso is a good example. His line used to be primarily faux furs accompanied by leather and suede outerwear, with some raincoats in spring. These days Dennis rarely offers faux furs. He still brings in at least one or two genuine suede coats (or jackets) in fall, but overall the collection has been reduced to water repellent and faux leather jackets.

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greamy — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:36:33 GMT

I have a Bradley suede 3/4 coat in purple, it is sooo.... lovely and I am so happy I own it. Looks great and is very warm. It also has a hood, has BRADLEY in the back on the inside. Love it!

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cosmic1 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:04:41 GMT

On 2/6/2015 gardensla said:
On 2/6/2015 3star said: His things were getting too expensive, me thinks. I have several of his suede and leather designs that I still wear with pleasure. Nothing in the QVC inventory comes close to Bradley's quality. Guess he didn't want to lower his standards so he left either on his own or by mutual consent.

This is exactly what happened. When he couldn't bring his line in at the price point the Q required he tried to expand the line to other types of clothing, but was not successful.

He is no longer doing fashion; he now does real estate in LA.

I believe that is Bruce Makowsky. He's married to Kathy va Zeeland. Bradley is still designing.

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qvcaddition — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:15:37 GMT

I still have jeans by Carson K, I love. A BEAUTIFUL leather jacket by BB and two real leather coats by Dennis plus one of his water repellent coats.

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jmsmall — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:47:22 GMT

I think they replaced his leather jackets with GILI...

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GinaV24 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:53:14 GMT

I have some beautiful leather jackets from his line. I agree that it was probably the price point or that he didn't want to go to faux for his items.

Love the ones I have and enjoy wearing them. I haven't bought any of the newer faux jackets or the GILI line either since I don't need anything and I haven't seen anything that appeals to me.

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Abrowneyegirl — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:21:35 GMT

I really liked him and his line was of great quality and style. People would always stop me and asked me about jacket or coat when wearing his pieces.

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gardensla — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:22:28 GMT

On 2/6/2015 cosmic1 said:
On 2/6/2015 gardensla said:
On 2/6/2015 3star said: His things were getting too expensive, me thinks. I have several of his suede and leather designs that I still wear with pleasure. Nothing in the QVC inventory comes close to Bradley's quality. Guess he didn't want to lower his standards so he left either on his own or by mutual consent.

This is exactly what happened. When he couldn't bring his line in at the price point the Q required he tried to expand the line to other types of clothing, but was not successful.

He is no longer doing fashion; he now does real estate in LA.

I believe that is Bruce Makowsky. He's married to Kathy va Zeeland. Bradley is still designing.

Him too, but nope Bradley is now about home renovation, real estate and interior design.

LINK

Re: What happened to Bradley Bayou?

chrystaltree — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:25:34 GMT

QVC discontinued his line because no one was buying his merchandise....that's pretty much a no brainer. Vendors who sell, stay......those who don't sell, don't stay.

Re: What happened to Bradley Bayou?

cosmic1 — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:18:25 GMT

On 2/6/2015 gardensla said:
On 2/6/2015 cosmic1 said:
On 2/6/2015 gardensla said:
On 2/6/2015 3star said: His things were getting too expensive, me thinks. I have several of his suede and leather designs that I still wear with pleasure. Nothing in the QVC inventory comes close to Bradley's quality. Guess he didn't want to lower his standards so he left either on his own or by mutual consent.

This is exactly what happened. When he couldn't bring his line in at the price point the Q required he tried to expand the line to other types of clothing, but was not successful.

He is no longer doing fashion; he now does real estate in LA.

I believe that is Bruce Makowsky. He's married to Kathy va Zeeland. Bradley is still designing.

Him too, but nope Bradley is now about home renovation, real estate and interior design.

I did not know that. Thanks for the link. I have a whole closet of his jackets that I love and wear. I always bought something from him.

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Pickwickpapers — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:27:23 GMT

Bradley created great jackets. ....I own several and always receive compliments when wearing. His line is one that I miss because the styling was so unique......

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wertz — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:49:48 GMT

There has ben a real change in the number of brands on QVC over the past few years. Both house brands and vendors have been reduced. Gone are Motto, Dialogue, Max NY, Kathy Van Zeeland, Northern Nights, RLM, City knits and their progeny, centigrade, Etiene Aigner, and so many others. This may be good business, but it reduces the variety availalble and the attractiveness of QVC as an on line department store.

What brands are gone that you enjoyed

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bluejeansluvr — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 05:09:19 GMT

I thought his pieces were really nice for the price. They were really reasonable, with most of them being around $200.

I miss the pretty colors and unusual textures and leather treatments he had in the line. I wish I had purchased more of his things.

I hate when QVC discontinues a nice line like this! It's so frustrating.

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Sister Golden Hair — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 06:39:06 GMT

I miss looking at him

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millieshops — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 06:41:13 GMT

Hopefully he found something else to do with his life. After seeing just a few of his leather jackets, I'd seen enough. He's not a vendor I miss at all.