Misrepresentation of clothing on air

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

I was looking at that Logo dress on lunchtime specials and thought, actually that's pretty cute (even though I don't like a lot of her styles).

Then I noticed that the pictures on the website showed the dress with a very defined waist and thought well that would be a welcome and unusual thing as most all QVC tops and dresses seem pretty shapeless. I guess because that style fits most all.

Anyway, I took a closer look. You can see the fabric is pulled to the back somehow on the pictures.

Then I looked at the video and when showing the dresses from the hangars they were totally straight up and down-thus some people's reviews saying it looked like a shapeless nightgown.

On the models, Brenda had on a belt and you could see the extra fabric pulled to the sides.

The other model had on a sweater and everytime the camera was on her, she put one hand on her hip, creating another illusion of a waist!

This happens so many times on QVC! And probably one reason for many returns.

If the dress is straight up and down, don't make it seem like it has an hour-glass shape! That is just not a fair presentation of what it is.

I shouldn't have to inspect everything like I said above but the way things are altered to appear better, makes me not trust any of the presentations.

QVC, especially when selling on tv, and website, you owe it to your customers to honestly portray how the "fashions" appear without alterations!

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

NanaLinda · ‎03-19-2010

I agree @on the bay...I absolutely HATE being deliberately deceived!

Bri36 · ‎02-20-2017

I've seen giant clips on the back of garments sometimes.

I know the models are very thin and are usually swimming in the clothes, but it is deceitful to portray something that it's obviously not.

ellaphant · ‎12-13-2010

never really noticed any issues in clothing..and it's very common in fashion to clip back extra material. Q clothing is cut HUGE ...as mst Q shoppers want everything covered.

That said it's the COSMETICS deception that I find appalling.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

Which is why I read the click here measurements before I spend my money.

The days when I could walk through a store and see something on a manniquin and know how it was made or see something on any shopping channel and trust my eyesight are long gone.

I swear the whole world whether we're talking fashion and beauty or technology gadgets and politics is pretty much smoke and mirrors.

My 9th grade social studies teacher who repeated the words "caveat emptor" more times than a Q host says "it's on EZPay" was certainly right. And that was 1955!

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

How could anyone possibly design clothing that will fit from an xxs to a 3x and have it be fitted at all? Impossible! Why a customer would expect that is a mystery to me.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@151949 wrote:
How could anyone possibly design clothing that will fit from an xxs to a 3x and have it be fitted at all? Impossible! Why a customer would expect that is a mystery to me.

That is not what this is about. No one is "expecting" that.

Just expecting it to be represented as it is-honestly.

Easy to understand.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

Wow, I am going to be on the look out for the clips!

What bothers me is when the models keep their arms down to their sides so you can't see how the arm hole fits. Even in the pictures on line, it looks like they are deliberately held down.

I am purchasing less and less from the Q. I refuse to try a garment for around $12 (shipping costs). There are too many other online stores that offer free shipping and returns. I also enjoy going to a brick and mortar and trying on. You can find tops just like Susan Graver, Logo, Halston, etc for a third of the $$.

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Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@151949 wrote:
How could anyone possibly design clothing that will fit from an xxs to a 3x and have it be fitted at all? Impossible! Why a customer would expect that is a mystery to me.

This is an odd comment. Don't manufacturers and designers do that all day everyday? Unless you are buying one of a kind, custom made clothing, if you go into the store there is a huge size range in the same item.

Of course not everything is going to be right for everyone's body shape but you can try on and see that. To show items altered on tv or in magazines isn't being honest.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@Bri36 wrote:
I've seen giant clips on the back of garments sometimes.

I know the models are very thin and are usually swimming in the clothes, but it is deceitful to portray something that it's obviously not.

I once saw a host on HSN in what looked like the cutest DG top. Surprised me because normally her stuff doesn't appeal to me. I noticed that as they presented the top, the host never turned around and it looked fuller through the body on the models. The camera panned out and caught the host from the side and there was a giant clip in the back making the top look much more fitted.

Another time the host was showing clothing and the model appeared very small and the sweater she was wearing seemed very fitted. The host asked her to turn around to show the back and she said she couldn't. The host commented about the models' jeans being cinched with a clip but I'll bet my last dollar it was the sweater that was clipped to make it more fitted.