Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Fashion Betrayal

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I am currently in Paris enjoying the last two days of our European trip. I am so tired from walking and shopping but I promised myself to post a new story before I go to bed. By the way, I already bought the Longchamp Le Pliage Tote that will be raffled away when I get home.

Paris is known as the fashion capital of the world. Designers all over the world move to Paris to pursue their careers in fashion. I am sure many of you are familiar with the Italian designer, Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavni. In his younger days, Valentino moved to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. He also did his apprenticeship under several French fashion houses before going back to Italy to start his own atelier.

Valentino is known for his elegant and timeless dresses. This is why he is the favorite of many international celebrities. His dresses can be very expensive and I can only think of a few women in Manila who are willing to invest on a Valentino dress. This certain Filipina fashion icon/actress loved her one of her Valentino dresses so much that she requested her trusted designer to create something similar exclusively for her. The final product was up to her standard and she was very pleased with the designer until she saw someone else at an event, wearing a dress similar to hers. She later discovered that the designer was selling her exclusive design to all her other clients. The fashion icon/actress was very disappointed. She felt betrayed by the designer and from then on, she stopped patronizing her. In my opinion, this was a big loss on the designer's part.

More than knowing the identity of this designer, this story should serve as a lesson for all us who are doing business. When we promise something to our client, we should make sure that we are able to fulfill this promise. At the end of the day, a good name is better than riches.

Anyway, I am sure that in spite that I mentioned that the identities of the characters in the story are not important, many of you are still dying to know who they are. Do you have any clues? Please observe the Guidelines in Posting Comments. Follow micsylim on twitter and you might just get additional information. Thank you very for all your love and support. Please email your stories to michaelsylim@gmail.com.

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31 comments:

  1. ooooh! The icon is G. The designer, i forgot who it was :)

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  2. the designer is not based in manila.. hahahhaha

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  3. Sinong G? G na may sister na nasama here? Fashion icon ba sya?

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  4. For sure the icon is G! I can only think of her when it comes to high-fashion designer clothes. Who is the designer?? clues pls!!

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  5. Are you sure the designer is a her?

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  6. FP more clue please?? for the filipina fashion icon/actress

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  7. uhmm...designer is I. could be?

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  8. I think I know this. I think it's not G. I think the style icon/celeb is K. And the designer is R. No wonder K is now an avid follower of another big designer in the industry. She moved now to another designer R.O

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  9. Is it G who will never be a C?

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  10. I've heard a similar story regarding G and designer D (I'll go by first names) from a friend (so this is second/third hand info so I'm not sure how true/accurate this is), but the dress involved was a Balenciaga (baka to yung Valentino and I just remember wrong). Designer D has a habit of just copying designs =P

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  11. FP the designer is HER?

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  12. designer's last name is C

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  13. oh, sounds like a GREAT SCENE. :)

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  14. ma-Garbo talaga si fashion icon/actress, i think I no (know) na who her trusted designer was....

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  15. My guess is the girl who will never be a C is the fashion "icon" and the designer is I.

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  16. designer is D if actress is G.

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  17. Fashion icon/actress G? Designer D?

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  18. Oh,this is easy!i know this na!i believe the Goddess brought it to the designer to have it fitted perfectly for her.am not sure ah. She got pissed finding out the designer copied it.

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  19. Baka naman fashion icon/actress G + Designer C, the bully?

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  20. Yeah the story I was told was that G brought her dress to D to have it fixed/altered. Tapos yun, she found out na it was copied.

    My friend told me that story in line with her friend's experience w/ D:
    Friend of friend consigned her designs to D's store/studio. When it wasn't selling so well, she asked to have her clothes pulled out nalang. Eh assistant ata nagbigay sa kanya ng clothes, yung copied pieces ang nabigay sa kanya by mistake. :P

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  21. i heard a similar story between icon G and designer D. there's also this one time when G had her bluemarine altered and D copied it for herself.

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  22. Boo, 5:50 you got that right :)

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  23. Hey, I've discovered your blog recently. I'll try to read more.
    But for now, I hope that you've enjoyed your trip in Paris (I live in Paris actually), you were very lucky, the weather was amazing until now!

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  24. Ay kaloka talaga ang Designer na to prang sa movie na Denns D menace. Bako bako pa namn ang fez nya Te. Mukhang Pue-ra sha kc friend nya c Pue-K valugs hahahaha:-)Mga walang breeding designers. Karma will haunt them evntually:-)

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  25. Can anyone say please, is fashion designer a she?

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  26. Boo,
    Maybe it wasn't selling because designer D was pushing to sell her copied design instead of your friend's designs. Tsk tsk.

    It was a well-known rumor nga that D just buys designer gowns from other countries then copies it.

    But is this the story that FP is referring to?
    FP says "This certain Filipina fashion icon/actress loved her one of her Valentino dresses so much that she requested her trusted designer to create something similar exclusively for her." which is not the case of actress G's gown taken to be altered.

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  27. who is D?? more clues pls? :)

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  28. Anon 4:53 AM

    I really don't know but it sounds similar and I could've gotten the brand names wrong. Just throwing it out there. I like hearing chikka but don't retain it kasi :P

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  29. itey an designer na feature n ang lolah sa balitang K, years ago.

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