{"id":17445,"date":"2012-10-17T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=17445"},"modified":"2012-10-17T13:25:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:25:57","slug":"thank-you-to-the-peeps-at-patricia-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/thank-you-to-the-peeps-at-patricia-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You to the Peeps at Patricia Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to say that the very apologetic and gracious peeps at Patricia Field<\/a> have pulled the copy of my swear rings from the website after a chat with my gorgeous publicist, Sakita Holley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MY PREVIOUS POST ON THE KNOCKOFF RINGS.<\/a><\/p>\n

As I expected, the Patricia Field team had unwittingly purchased the pieces from a wholesaler. (I knew Patricia Field wasn’t a big-enough operation to order rings in the quantity that would be necessary to get the retail price so low. Economy of scale<\/a>!) I’m sure there’s some factory in China that’s pumping out my design. I will try to figure out which one it is so I can have one of my Cantonese-speaking friends call up and read the responsible parties the riot act. And I’m still going to get in touch with any retailer I see selling the knockoffs. This is likely to be as effective and sane as Bill Murray’s pursuit of the gopher in Caddyshack<\/em><\/a>, but I’m okay with that.<\/p>\n

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I worked up a head of steam<\/a> for this effort during the four years that retailers and editors snubbed my swear-ring concept after I introduced it in 2008. It took a manufacturer (or manufacturers) that specializes in ripping off designs to legitimize my concept! And that’s the fashion business in a nutshell. When I was outside the industry, I imagined it was filled with people who couldn’t wait to get their hands on the next new thing. In reality, I meet a lot of sheeple who want the next safe thing. And that’s the brutal Bitchtastic Guide to Business\u2122<\/a> truth I’m giving you. <\/p>\n

But thanks again to the Patricia Field folks for being so cooperative. I’m very confident they’re not going to pull a Topshop<\/a> on me, because they like to set trends, not follow them, and they understand the issues of small designers!<\/p>\n

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Click here to buy my sterling-silver swear rings for $380. You won’t regret it, I swear.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to say that the very apologetic and gracious peeps at Patricia Field have pulled the copy of my swear rings from the website after a chat with my gorgeous publicist, Sakita Holley. READ MY PREVIOUS POST ON THE KNOCKOFF RINGS. As I expected, the Patricia Field team had unwittingly purchased the pieces from…<\/p>\n

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