@NYCLatinaMe wrote:
@Foxxee wrote:
Of course, appeal for one designer over the other is a matter of preference; although I haven't seen much difference between his designs and some of the others currently on QVC. Including his most recent Spring designs recently posted.
Making a comparison to Louis Dell'Olio seems reasonable to me because I think Wu replaced him; QVC hoping his name will attract younger buyers.
Hi @Foxxee Louis stated that QVC wanted to replace him with its own brands. I don't think Jason Wu is a QVC brand. Since Louis announced he was leaving, we have seen QVC expand Anybody and Zuda, which are its own lines, and made Haute Hippie its own brand. I think QVC owns Belle too, since she is not a fashion designer, and they have been expanding this line. They also brought a line with the name of Candace Cameron Bure, which I would also guess is QVC's own line, since she is not a fashion designer. I think this is what Louis was replaced with.
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Louis said on his blog, QVC told him they had to make room for new designers, the reason he was let go. His words.
I don't think QVC owns Jason Wu. He is selling a cosmetics line at Target, higher end clothing at Saks, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Nordstrom and others. Does anyone think he will give them up to be exclusive on QVC? Haven't heard QVC permitting any of their exclusively owned designers to sell anywhere else. I won't say "never" though.
IMO, Zuda, Candace Cameron Bure, Anybody, Haute Hippy, etc, aren't in the same league as Louis or even Jason.
Isaac's and Logo's name have been purchased by Xell. As with others, they can easily be gone if sales aren't good anymore. Xell also owns Halston's name. He's gone. Designers come and go at QVC.
QVC may approach certain well known designers to see if they will design something for them, what happened with Louis Dell'Olio. QVC didn't purchase his line.
Jason designed a line for Target about 10 years ago. So, he's open to offering less expensive clothing. Most of the high end designers won't do that because it angers their customers. They don't want to see similar lower priced, lower quality, styles on the street with the same designer name on them.
Let's put it this way, I don't want to see Ralph Lauren and Armani sold at QVC, because I know their lines would be QVC quality. We were lucky with Louis' quality, but he continued to cut his commissions to give us the best quality he could.
It wouldn't be smart business to buy a clothing line that QVC wouldn't be sure it sells well with their customers. I think Jason is on a contract.
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