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Style/Clothes

fancy pantsy — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:03:54 GMT

i just heard leah say that there's a difference between style and clothes. and at the intro to this mornings "style" show, she stated how syle incorporates more than just the clothes we wear, that it includes your makeup, accessories, etc.

i totally understand and that makes perfect sense ... but why not have a show that is just 'clothes' that would include pieces from lots of different vendors. didn't AM Style used to lean more in this direction?

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Sweet_Serenity — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:13:58 GMT

Leah's hairstyle wow...she looks younger and younger.

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LindaSal — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:36:09 GMT

@fancy pantsy ITA! I've been complaining about this for months. We really would like just fashion instead of all the other stuff thrown in. Especially beauty and bags as they all seem to have their own shows not interrupted by fashion!! LOL

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MandyG06 — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:43:54 GMT

I don't mind it because I want to see what shoes/purses/jewelry they style with the outfit.

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Krimpette — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:47:09 GMT

I guess I don't much care if they want to consider shoes and accessories as part of "style". I don't feel that same way about beauty products.

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Imaoldhippie — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:16:05 GMT

Just the Q's way of justifing putting make up, purses, jewelry and shoes on the clothing shows.

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millieshops — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:51:39 GMT

For me, I don't care whether we call it style, fashion, clothes, etc. it's always a whole look. When What Not To Wear took their subjects shopping, I often wanted the women to have new hairdo's and make-up BEFORE they tried on new clothes.

I don't go clothes shopping without first doing my hair and make-up, and I try to wear the kind of shoe I hope to wear with the clothes I'm out to find. Just me?

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Trix — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:06:05 GMT

AM Style was created to be a show where they could incorporate selling accesssories and beauty products in addition to just clothes. That's fine because style does mean the whole image and not just what you are wearing. On the other hand, perhaps the so and so's closet shows could be confined to clothes and accessories, particularly given they have the what's in so and so's beauty bag and other concepts which are all beauty.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:46:10 GMT

I agree with that, when we "style" ourselves that includes everything from hair to make to clothes to accessories. Have said that, when I watch AMS or PMS I only want to see clothes, shoes and handbags. QVC already has a gazillion hair, skincare and makeup shows so I don't know why they have load up AMS and PMS with that stuff. It's why don't watch much of those shows anymore. I prefer ShopHQ's (Evine) and HSN shows where I know won't be bored with lipsticks, tooth whitener and hair dryers.

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ALRATIBA — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:11:38 GMT

@fancy pantsy

I agree with what Leah said. Makeup and accessories are key for me. With accessories being the more important of the two.

I also agree with her discussion of trends and style.

I just don't agree with QVC's interpretation of "style." I don't agree that you "have to incorporate this in your wardrobe." Sometimes the host or vendor speaks as though they were passing along a pronouncement from on high!

There are a million "style is" quotes.

Style is Personal

Style says "Me Only."

Style is Attitude

I've said this so many times ... after wearing school uniforms for 12 years, I never ever want to dress like anyone else.

I rarely wear two pieces from the same source. Generally every individual piece of my "look" has a different label.

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wilma — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:51:54 GMT

I would prefer to see only clothes in a style show. A handbag and pair of shoes are ok, but I do not want to see beauty products. I realize beauty is part of an entire look, but I would rather those items be kept to beauty shows. I am just not interested in seeing or buying beauty products from the Q.

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Trix — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:05:21 GMT

@ALRATIBA I agree with your dressing attitude of being your own stylist and choosing your own coordinating pieces and accessories -- not what a retailer pushes at you. My own style is to buy things I like, not what is sold together. I frequently wear outfits in which each piece may be from a different brand and often year. My makeup is usually the same -- a mix of brands. However, if I have learned one things from decades of working in retail and seeing marketing research on consumer buying habits, it's that the overwhelming majority of customers buy things as they are shown by the merchandisers (be it in store display, online, catalog, ads, etc.). With that in mind, because QVC can sell everything shown on the models it is good business to push the look as they see it in their fashion shows.

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ALRATIBA — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 21:02:14 GMT

@wilma wrote:
I would prefer to see only clothes in a style show. A handbag and pair of shoes are ok, but I do not want to see beauty products. I realize beauty is part of an entire look, but I would rather those items be kept to beauty shows. I am just not interested in seeing or buying beauty products from the Q.

@wilma

I agree. Some of the presentations are really "icky." And, more often than not, I'm reaching for the remote to change the channel.

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KathyM23 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:29:11 GMT

I figure QVC had Leah say that because of the many complaints about not enough clothes and too much beauty being shown in AM Style. They want to push the beauty products because of the large profit made on them, so they are in AM Style because that is a popular show and many of us who do not watch the beauty shows, do watch AM Style.

I want to see more clothes. The beauty products can stay in the beauty shows.