tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22407191.post455925097323742908..comments2023-10-17T06:00:03.733-06:00Comments on AlisaBenay: Drowning in CamoAlisa_Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08177987832258519287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22407191.post-88384160468153723332007-01-30T07:37:00.000-07:002007-01-30T07:37:00.000-07:00no, no, no. $300 total for the fabric AND labor.
...no, no, no. $300 total for the fabric AND labor.<br /><br />I left doing gowns, had my own line of ready-to-wear for about a year and 1/2, then made the big leap to coming back to bridal wear. I'm on a 2 year plan right now to producing my own line of gowns that clients will have me custom size. (it would be a 6 month plan, except for during a brief 4 year period of insanity, I became overly fond of unprotected sex and now there are too many pta and mom's club responsiblities to leave me time to actually work)<br /><br />Right now I'm just the knock-off queen, which has it's good points and bad points. I do have a screening plan on my girls, though, and they have to have a MINIMUM budget of $1000 before I'll work with them. THEN they have to pay me 25% up front before I'll do anything. Won't even take their measurements. I market that as one of my points of why custom made is better than off the rack. I mean, the boutique isn't going to order your gown if you only give them 25%! The rest is 25% after the first toille fitting, 25% after the first fashion fabric fitting, and the remaining 25% at least 6 weeks before the wedding. I've only ever had one girl that I still wouldn't give her dress to the day of the wedding because she hadn't paid.Alisa_Benayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08177987832258519287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22407191.post-52071739679244305882007-01-30T07:07:00.000-07:002007-01-30T07:07:00.000-07:00bwahahaha!!!! $300? come on, why not? i mean, i...bwahahaha!!!! $300? come on, why not? i mean, it's only sewing! i'll buy cheap crap stuff from joanns, i'll change my mind on undergarments 3 weeks before the wedding, and i'll decide on a fuller petticoat after it's been hemmed. you can handle that, right? i mean, geez, i'm paying you $300!!! <br /><br />:) part of me misses doing gowns, and part of me does not.mamafitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532203067920083845noreply@blogger.com