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GILI HANDBAGS AND LISA

BLB — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:45:55 GMT

I love the GILI large hobos and wondered what their fate will now be. Last week on a tour of QVC, I asked the guide if she knew what was happening to the GILI line and for what it's worth I found her answer interesting. She said that the line is owned by Lisa, it is her line, and that they are on "pins and needles" hoping Lisa will continue to sell as a vendor on QVC or is she going to take the line in a whole new direction. They don't have an answer yet. I just found that interesting for what it's worth. By the way, I had an interesting experience at Saks in the Gucci boutique. The sales girl was loving my GILI lizard hobo. She checked out every inch of the bag and said the lizard leather was gorgeous and the bag was beautifully made. I think Lisa would have been proud of that. I am hoping she continues somewhere in design.

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cosmic1 — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:48:07 GMT

Lol. That's interesting. Someone posted a link that QVC registered the GILI name to themselves. No offense, but I think whoever was doing the tour was making things up. The story just doesn't gibe with what Lisa has said or what QVC has done.

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151949 — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:52:51 GMT

I don't think you can really call some one a designer who just makes cheap knockoffs of much more expensive items that she owns. Same with Joan Rivers . They did not , in fact, design anything - they both just copied other designers that they had purchased. They both are /were quite open about this too - they didn't keep it a secret at all.

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cosmic1 — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:55:20 GMT

I just did a search and QVC owns the trademark for GILI, not Lisa Robertson. Sounds like idle speculation from the staff.

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BLB — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:05:47 GMT

Cosmic1, Thanks for that info. i am interested to see what actually happens to the line.

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HULAGIRL — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:10:37 GMT

I hardly think a tour guide has anwers to those types of questions.

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GoochiePooDoo — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:26:24 GMT

I WISH. IMO it was one of the few really interesting lines on the Q.

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brii — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:42:03 GMT

Lisa doesn't own GILI. The tour guide was wrong.

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millieshops — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:47:56 GMT

On 12/26/2014 happy housewife said:
I don't think you can really call some one a designer who just makes cheap knockoffs of much more expensive items that she owns. Same with Joan Rivers . They did not , in fact, design anything - they both just copied other designers that they had purchased. They both are /were quite open about this too - they didn't keep it a secret at all.

Almost all designers copy from someone or something else. Or they rip themselves off.

Lisa was always very honest about her items being based on something she owned with her own touches. That's about as good as it gets.

I'm not sure at all what a real designer is - more than likely someone the speaker or writer likes and not a whole lot more.

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Jova — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:48:50 GMT

So odd that the tour guide would give out so much proprietary information, especially the part about "being on pins and needles". (I need to take a tour of QVC since I am only 45 minutes away.)

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Msmajell — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:51:53 GMT

...sounds like speculation. Rumors traveled wherever I worked.

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stevieb — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:01:21 GMT

On 12/26/2014 millieshops said:
On 12/26/2014 happy housewife said:
I don't think you can really call some one a designer who just makes cheap knockoffs of much more expensive items that she owns. Same with Joan Rivers . They did not , in fact, design anything - they both just copied other designers that they had purchased. They both are /were quite open about this too - they didn't keep it a secret at all.

Almost all designers copy from someone or something else. Or they rip themselves off.

Lisa was always very honest about her items being based on something she owned with her own touches. That's about as good as it gets.

I'm not sure at all what a real designer is - more than likely someone the speaker or writer likes and not a whole lot more.

I agree and for the record, a knock off, cheap or otherwise and the GILI bags weren't cheap..., is an item sold as what it is knocking off. In this instance, the items were quite clearly sold under their own steam...

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LilacTree — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:21:38 GMT

On 12/26/2014 stevieb said:
On 12/26/2014 millieshops said:
On 12/26/2014 happy housewife said:
I don't think you can really call some one a designer who just makes cheap knockoffs of much more expensive items that she owns. Same with Joan Rivers . They did not , in fact, design anything - they both just copied other designers that they had purchased. They both are /were quite open about this too - they didn't keep it a secret at all.

Almost all designers copy from someone or something else. Or they rip themselves off.

Lisa was always very honest about her items being based on something she owned with her own touches. That's about as good as it gets.

I'm not sure at all what a real designer is - more than likely someone the speaker or writer likes and not a whole lot more.

I agree and for the record, a knock off, cheap or otherwise and the GILI bags weren't cheap..., is an item sold as what it is knocking off. In this instance, the items were quite clearly sold under their own steam...

They were selling a GILI bag yesterday (or the day before) and absolutely no mention of LR's name.

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champagnepoodle — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:07:25 GMT

Not buying it! I think some other host will do the GILI presentations.

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HULAGIRL — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:13:33 GMT

If you look at the graphics when they show a GILI item, you will notice a very small "TM" to the right of the name........that tells me that QVC owns that brand and has trademarked it! I may be wrong, so if someone knows different please respond.

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Chi-town girl — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:21:04 GMT

On 12/28/2014 hulagirl said:
If you look at the graphics when they show a GILI item, you will notice a very small "TM" to the right of the name........that tells me that QVC owns that brand and has trademarked it! I may be wrong, so if someone knows different please respond.

Yes, you are right-Q owns the "brand". What is questionable is whether Q can successfully continue to sell GILI branded items without Lisa. Given the huge missteps since Lisa's departure with Sandra & Jayne, it doesn't seem favorable for them. I think their best opportunity to continue the line & retain this customer base is to hire a new host. No one currently at Q can pull it off, even marginally.

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HULAGIRL — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:25:53 GMT

On 12/28/2014 Chi-town girl said:
On 12/28/2014 hulagirl said:
If you look at the graphics when they show a GILI item, you will notice a very small "TM" to the right of the name........that tells me that QVC owns that brand and has trademarked it! I may be wrong, so if someone knows different please respond.

Yes, you are right-Q owns the "brand". What is questionable is whether Q can successfully continue to sell GILI branded items without Lisa. Given the huge missteps since Lisa's departure with Sandra & Jayne, it doesn't seem favorable for them. I think their best opportunity to continue the line & retain this customer base is to hire a new host. No one currently at Q can pull it off, even marginally.

You might be right......everyone associates that name with LR. They might have to change the name of the line.

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goodstuff — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:28:11 GMT

I heard Lisa say in response to an on-air caller that QVC owns the GILI brand, and that she's had fun designing it and hopes QVC continues it. Lisa doesn't have rights to the line.

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stevieb — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:54:39 GMT

On 12/28/2014 champagnepoodle said:
Not buying it! I think some other host will do the GILI presentations.

All of them are. Some are mentioning Lisa, as Sandra did last week, and some aren't, as Jayne didn't last night... Of course, I think Jayne Brown essentially sleep walked through her entire show... Although the colors aren't similar and there aren't many she managed to mess up the colors all three times that she 'ran through them'. Then she kept referring to the trim color as 'the hardware' even though they all have the same color hardware... Sort of ridiculous. She's not a new host but appears to need to go back to hosting school...

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grandma r — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:05:21 GMT

I like the gili bags and own several. In fact , I have chosen to carry these instead of other well known brands. And, the bags always get compliments. I must say, that since Lisa's departure, I have not watched one full show with any other host, regardless of the products. I always enjoyed Lisa and wish her the best with whatever direction she takes.