Community Chat

[puttypiesmom]

There was a recent purse Jill was pushing and it looked exactly like a b makowsky design. It was 18" long and 10" in height with smallish handals.  Those were the bags that sagged in the middle when you filled them up.  The price tag was over $250.  Many of the other gili bags though attractive to look at failed miserably due to defects in workmanship. About the clothing nothing interests me. I saw Jill on tv wearing those skin tight jeans today, regulars were only 28-1/2" in length. All the gili jackets were odd fitting on me and I will no longer waste my time trying.  If they discontinued that line I would not miss it.  The new Brooke Shields line should have taller inseams.  

[Mimi 1883]

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@hopi wrote:

So many callers would want to know what Lisa was wearing - clothes, jewelry, shoes, make-up, skin care etc.  Q asked if she would like to design items like she owned and liked.  Lisa made up the name Got It Love It and everything was picked and designed by her.   Q of course the would not let her use expensive, luxury mediums but she made it work.  LIsa never made any extra money from extra time or items sold.  When she left Jill Martin was a tv person and they asked her to come in because Q thinks it's audience adores celebs.  Thus the Kardashian, Jessica Simpson and Oprah revolts with shopping their items.

Jessica Simpson's items are nice in the stores but she fell apart at Q.

I digress.

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@hopi I never purchase “celebrity” items, with the exception of Joan Rivers.

[Bri36]

I don't think Jill designs anything.  She may have input into some things, but I'm sure there's a design team.

Lisa didn't design anything either.  A lot of the early GILI pieces were knockoffs of things she owned or liked.  

It's never been a brand I've been interested in.  

[seaBreeze]

The concept of GILI is to create the illusion that the masses will desire what someone else has "that is cutting edge and on trend."  From most of the reviews on this line, that is not happening. 

LR touted that she found "this" in a cute boutique....that never made me run to the phone or .com.    I do not own one pc. of GILI.  

[Lipstickdiva]

GILI was LR's line but owned by QVC.  It started off as designer clothing LR owned or desired to own.  Basically she did versions of it.  According to LR, she approved colors, fabrics, designs, worked with the desingers and manufacturers, etc.  Lisa didn't actually design anything although I think she wanted people to think she did.  She often said "I designed this" during presentations but I think that is using the term designing very loosely.  She does the same thing now with stuff she sells.     But the actual line itself and the name belonged to QVC. 

Whe LR left, they kept the name but Jill became the creative director or some other title and is now the vendor for the line.

IMO this line is and always will be associated with LR and also IMO should have been canned when LR left.  If they wanted to bring in Jill Martin with a line so be it but it shouldn't have been the GILI line.

GILI is so far gone from what it was when LR was involved.  It seems all over the place now.  As someone said, it's a mish-mash of items and expensive ones at that.   

[chrystaltree]

LR didn't start or own the Gili line.  She jwas ust the show host who was the face of the line until she left.  QVC has many fashion lines and no QVC shopper likes every single line.  I've been with QVC for 30 years, I love fashion but I only buy from 4 or 5 designers here.  The ones that work for my lifestyle and body.  I do watch the Gili shows occassionally, I look at the items online.  It's fun to see what Jill is offering but I never got the idea that she was designing anything.  No more than LR designed anything.  Jill is the Face of the line, the presenter.  I think Gili for women who are looking for that high fashion, big city look....at QVC prices.

[Bri36]

I think she made a huge mistake with GILI.   She didn’t own the line.   It was hugely successful.   She probably wanted a bigger piece of the pie and QVC wouldn’t give it to her.  That’s why she left, IMO

[Josefina]

LOL. Agree 100% with you. The brand is totally overrated. Clothing is expensive and extremely tight, seems you need double spanx! Not for me.

[Ruthie-Roo]

Please forgive me for going slightly off-track for a second, but I have to share something.....  Upon first very quickly reading the original poster's subject line, I thought it said, "GIRL, I'm confiused."  :-)  I'm already wearing glasses, but perhaps I need a new prescription.  LOL  

[Katcat1]

@grandma r  Your confused so if GILI.  I think most of the clothes are hideous.  All unpractical and the handbags are over priced for cheap looking leather.  Anyone after this look would be better off to get the real thing and their are websites that discount heavily.  One really good piece mixed with a practical piece can go a long way. When I was younger I would mix a pair of Calvin Klein pants with a tee shirt.  The CK pants were marked down.  This is over 40 years ago.