Q Talk

[Bonkers1]

Unfortunately I feel that QVC no longer has real designers.  The selections available are only designer wannabes. My opinion only.

[DSD2]

Of course you are entitled to your opinion.

I do feel that Dennis Basso, Isaac Mizrahi and others might not agree.

[layla2450]

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@Bonkers1 wrote:

Unfortunately I feel that QVC no longer has real designers.  The selections available are only designer wannabes. My opinion only.

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I AGREE. MOST of these SO-CALLED  designers, like IM, SG, CCB, etc. are clothing MANUFACTURERS. NONE of them have anything ORIGINAL to offer.

[willomenia]

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@Bonkers1 wrote:

Unfortunately I feel that QVC no longer has real designers.  The selections available are only designer wannabes. My opinion only.

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I think they have designers, just they have lost their ability to do something new. I laugh at Isaac because when he used to do his project runway shows as a judge, he would be saying to himself,(if he was competing) " I already saw that, give us somethink new.' He needs to take his own advice and change it up. the same can be said for most of them on qvc.  btw, I wish these designers would stop acting like the invented pima cotton. omg, it's been around for a while. they need to get over themselves.

[Caaareful Shopper]

I blame the QVC Buyers.  They are the ones that dictate what "the QVC demographic" wants to see and wear.  However, QVC runs the same items into the ground mercilessly.  T-shirt after t-shirt, jean after jean, lounge set upon lounge set.

QVC keeps to the same song sheet of selling what has already sold.  How in the world does any designer or manufacturer step out of the QVC mold if it won't even get air-time?  

Then some complain that all tops in every brand don't come long and cover the hips.  These brands are just trying to make a dollar under QVC's apparent stale percentage sales strategy.

[Imaoldhippie]

I think the ones that have degree's might not agree with your opinon.

[Janey2]

QVC does not (and never did) have  any real designers. Anything I ever purchased on QVC could be bought in any moderately to lower end store. If you are talking about real designer clothes you have to pay for it.  Try Saks fifth Avenue or Bergdotf Goodman and be prepared to pay hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for an outfit. Those "designers"  who sell on shopping channels aren't designing they are producing clothes for the masses.

[Love my grandkids]

And I remember clearly that at least twice Carolyn Gracie and Gary were doing a D&C show and she stated proudly that she had gone into a "name" store, bought an item and given it to Gary to replicate!

I know this goes on but I was amazed that she would state it on tv! Some designer!

[Bookplate]

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@Janey2 wrote:

QVC does not (and never did) have  any real designers. Anything I ever purchased on QVC could be bought in any moderately to lower end store. If you are talking about real designer clothes you have to pay for it.  Try Saks fifth Avenue or Bergdotf Goodman and be prepared to pay hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for an outfit. Those "designers"  who sell on shopping channels aren't designing they are producing clothes for the masses.

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Koos van der Akker was a real designer; he WAS on QVC.  Diane von Furstenberg is a real fashion designer; she WAS on QVC.  Louis Dell'Olio is a real fashion designer; he WAS on QVC.

Bob Mackie and Dennis Basso are certainly fashion designers.  All of these designers created lines of clothing for QVC; of course they would not be equivalent to their couture lines in department stores.  But each line differed significantly from the cookie cutter apparel coming out under the Denim and Co., Susan Graver, Belle, etc labels.

Isaac Mizrahi is obviously a major designer but I do agree that most of his QVC clothing falls into the latter category these days.

[millieshops]

@Bonkers1 

I don't know who you think is/was real in the world of designers, but since you've erased everyone currently still selling on QVC and I never wanted anything from those who are no longer around, apparently no one who has ever bought QVC clothing was a real designer.