topic Re: Suzanne? in Jewelry

Suzanne?

Luvkats45 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:12:59 GMT

I haven't seen Suzanne on with Judith this time unless it was last night. I just saw her on with It cosmetics but now there is another model on with JR. Seems strange to me because she usually is on all the JR shows.

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wvumountiefan — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:19:04 GMT

That model was on one of the earlier shows today also. She looks new. Maybe she is related to Judith. I've seen Doll 10 shows and Doris has said one of the models was her future D-I-L.

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kaplan206 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:24:34 GMT

No model is related to the Ripka team.

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Luvkats45 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:32:01 GMT

The shows aren't the same without Suzanne in my opinion and I know Judith loves her so I hope they bring her back.

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Pepper22 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:34:27 GMT

I really miss seeing Suzanne model Judith's jewelry also. She has always done such a fab job and I think she should be on here!!!

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Deanie — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:21:31 GMT

I think that this may be one of the initial changes we will be seeing since Judith sold the line. She no longer calls the shots. She probably signed an agreement to make so many appearances for continuity sake, but the Corp that purchased her will be making the decisions for most everything. Very similar to what we saw on Bare Minerals. Who bought her out? Does anyone know? She probably will remain as the artistic director. If they are smart.

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terrier3 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:23:01 GMT

On 7/12/2014 Deanie said:
I think that this may be one of the initial changes we will be seeing since Judith sold the line. She no longer calls the shots. She probably signed an agreement to make so many appearances for continuity sake, but the Corp that purchased her will be making the decisions for most everything. Very similar to what we saw on Bare Minerals. Who bought her out? Does anyone know? She probably will remain as the artistic director. If they are smart.

Why would the company want to mess up a good thing?

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SeashellBabi — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:34:32 GMT

ITA! Perhaps the change-up is due to the many posts during Judith's last visit about Suzanne always being the chosen model for her shows, and how they wished that Judith would use other models. Suzanne "gets" Judith's jewelry and always models the pieces to their best advantage. This didn't really happen with the new models today. Maybe the powers-that-be pay more attention to the forum than one thinks.

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lizzief — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:57:47 GMT

Perhaps Suzanne is simply on vacation, has another modeling assignment or has other personal commitments? It's definitely not the same without her!

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Dead Eye — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:05:47 GMT

I thought Suzanne was on last night with Judith, at midnight?

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:12:33 GMT

I see Suzanne modeling clothes all of the time. She was recently on modeling the clothes. I was surprised (pleasantly) to see Stacy modeling with Bob Mackie tonight. I like her and she isn't on much anymore.

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TrailBlazer05 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:30:19 GMT

Suzanne is NOT on vacation. She was on today with IT Cosmetics but just not with Ripka. Seems strange to me also as I enjoy immensely when Suzanne models the Ripka pieces. The new model today, although pretty, just didn't have the personality like Suzanne does. She was dull and somewhat boring to watch.

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lizzief — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 04:00:42 GMT

On 7/12/2014 TrailBlazer05 said:
Suzanne is NOT on vacation. She was on today with IT Cosmetics but just not with Ripka. Seems strange to me also as I enjoy immensely when Suzanne models the Ripka pieces. The new model today, although pretty, just didn't have the personality like Suzanne does. She was dull and somewhat boring to watch.

Agreed! I guess for whatever reason, Judith drew the short straw and didn't get Suzanne tonight. Too bad, I've seen many of the models work what seems like around the clock, Suzanne probably had to draw the line somewhere - or it was drawn for her.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:45:11 GMT

do you think sales may have slowed during the past few months and they are trying out a new model to see if that helps?

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Sammycat1 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:45:36 GMT

Perhaps it has to do with the new ownership and an attempt to broaden the demographic reach of her brand for younger women. Many changes were made this visit from last visit. Many items also were not on easy pay, for example; Beth was not on in the overnight show; there were less overall hours of product shown; and product videos are not up as they usually would be.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:52:21 GMT

On 7/12/2014 Deanie said:
I think that this may be one of the initial changes we will be seeing since Judith sold the line. She no longer calls the shots. She probably signed an agreement to make so many appearances for continuity sake, but the Corp that purchased her will be making the decisions for most everything. Very similar to what we saw on Bare Minerals. Who bought her out? Does anyone know? She probably will remain as the artistic director. If they are smart.

Even though JR sold her company, she still IS the company ..... I doubt she'll be dismissed at some point and some other designer will start doing her jewelry creation.

I doubt the new owners care who the model is on QVC ... perhaps Suzanne had to attend a wedding or something like that.

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BaileyBop — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:53:38 GMT

On 7/12/2014 TrailBlazer05 said:
Suzanne is NOT on vacation. She was on today with IT Cosmetics but just not with Ripka. Seems strange to me also as I enjoy immensely when Suzanne models the Ripka pieces. The new model today, although pretty, just didn't have the personality like Suzanne does. She was dull and somewhat boring to watch.

Maybe Suzanne had a prior personal commitment during the time of the JR shows.

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expatgal — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:10:39 GMT

Well, I not a "Ripkanista" but frankly, I like seeing the jewelry on a lot of different models. Let's face it, anything would look fantastic on Suzanne. Yes, she is good but I really would like to see Ripka on a variety of different models. And that does include plus size as well. I guess Ripka doesn't equal "Suzanne" to me.

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BGDC — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:18:29 GMT

It wasn't that long ago when there would always be two models during the shows, Suzanne being one. Now there was just one model.

I prefer the other way. It showed two different ways of styling the jewelry. If Suzanne wasn't on, it was probably because of the people who had nothing better to do than complain about her presence recently, which was ridiculous.

This is jewelry being modeled, not clothes. A beautiful woman should be used to model it, and there is nothing wrong with that.

I liked the Suzanne and Katia team (I hope that I spelled her name right). Suzanne is just a lovely girl next door and Katia is hot and exotic and more daring. Both women are elegant and I think have universal appeal.

Not for nothing, I think Suzanne and Jackie would make a great team. Jackie is a beautiful woman and would show the blonde side of things!!!!

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ValuSkr — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:49:16 GMT

I always enjoy Suzanne Runyan on HSN, especially scrapbooking.