Q Talk

[blackhole99]

Designer fashion is a joke at the Q, the prices are a little high for GILI, but all in all the prices I agree, are not that out of line. What is out of line is the S&H and returns, especially on shoe and boot purchases.

[Squirrel Lover]

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@mimilucy wrote:

Suffice it to say there are designers and there are DESIGNERS. We know the difference. 

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Yes, Designers are those that are in the glossy magazines or the mid level ones that are on the 4th floor at Nordstroms. The clothing designers at QVC are "designers" they design clothing, but are not high end designers.

Since last year I buy all of my clothes from QVC and I am really happy. I buy mostly from Denim & Co. because I am not working I volunteer, but I love Isaac's 24/7 pants and I own three tops from Susan Graver. 

I wish Susan Graver would show petites on her shows. She only has tall thin models on her shows so it is hard to see how the clothes will fit on the rest of us.

[Shanus]

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@bootsanne wrote:

Here's my 2 cents worth of opinions..The word "designer" is given to almost any person who can pick up a pencil and not just on QVC.  Most of these "designers" are merely celebrities who probably have never picked up a needle and thread in their lives.  IMO, Oscar de la Renta, Bob Mackie, Nolan Miller, Halston, Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera and that group were truly designers.  I realize their designs cost big bucks and I could never afford the major designers but I also have no need for that kind of clothing.  However, I am also not going to spend $40 for a t-shirt because it says IM, SG, LR, Giuliana Rancic, Melissa McCarthy, LG-who has some of the worst "designs" I've ever seen and so on.  Since when is every cardigan a  big piece of polyester with no structure, no buttons, no shape?  It is almost impossible to buy slacks that have a button and fly and don't show the hair follicles on your legs.  I guess I expect too much from the Q's and HSN "designers".  I would love to see more of Louis Dell'Olio and a whole lot less of  some of these other house "designers".  

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I can add 2 cents more re: Designer Jewelry. Yes, Barbara Bixby, Michael Dawkins, RLM,  & some others actually learned their craft, sketch and design the first prototype and actually are able to put hammer & hand to metal and make the piece. Just having an idea like SG and Lori does not a jeweler make. 

[culebra]

QVC does have some world class designers as well as award winning designers - Hall of Fame Coty award winner Louis Dell Olio, Isaac Mizrahi and Bob Mackie.  Judith Ripka is a recipient of the prestigious DeBeers award for her designs in jewelry.  Barbara Bixby is an honored Jewelry designer also.

I primarily purchase a lot of Linea by Louis Dell Olio and a little of Mizrahi.  I will admit to purchasing GILI also.  No one knows who designs those clothes - not Jill Martin (though I think she represents the brand well.) As an example I purchased Louis Dell Olio's embroidered baseball jacket in black.  Whenever I wear that jacket, strangers compliment and ask me about it. I also own a GILI jacket that people always compliment me on - GILI (A286997) Peplum faux leather zip front jacket.  It is a well designed jacket also.

I agree about the faux designers, but they must be selling to someone or have talented people backing them up.