BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
So a lot has happened since the trade show in Vegas. We used to focus on retailing clothing and costumes to dancers but found that many manufacturers don't consider two very important factors:
1) Not every girl (dancer) fits in a "One Size" costume.
2) Most of the garments aren't easy to take off and put on.
So now we are in design mode. Or more correctly: re-design mode. It's pretty common in this industry for a style to get copied by almost every manufacturer. We're just taking the looks we like and reworking them to suit the customers.
So here's the nightmare: purchasing the equipment to do this puts us in a manufacturing/production role and since there isn't enough business to make it worthwhile locally, we've decided to sell to boutiques and clubs across the country.
So why would they buy from us? Unlike just about every vendor out there, every piece we make will come in three sizes to fit most girls. Every costume will be sold in pieces so they can mix and match tops, bottoms, gloves, leggings, etc to create the costumes that will sell in their area. This way, a girl can get a costume that not only fits her - but is more flattering to her body type.
We won't have any minimums and we've decided to offer a catalog that will allow someone to custom order at their club or boutique. In this catalog, we will print the business' markup (as long as it's either 100%, 150% and 200% because we aren't doing more than three versions) for them so the price the customer/dancer sees is the price she pays the club.
This is a huge financial investment and it will either work out really well....or financially ruin us. Yay!
So a lot has happened since the trade show in Vegas. We used to focus on retailing clothing and costumes to dancers but found that many manufacturers don't consider two very important factors:
1) Not every girl (dancer) fits in a "One Size" costume.
2) Most of the garments aren't easy to take off and put on.
So now we are in design mode. Or more correctly: re-design mode. It's pretty common in this industry for a style to get copied by almost every manufacturer. We're just taking the looks we like and reworking them to suit the customers.
So here's the nightmare: purchasing the equipment to do this puts us in a manufacturing/production role and since there isn't enough business to make it worthwhile locally, we've decided to sell to boutiques and clubs across the country.
So why would they buy from us? Unlike just about every vendor out there, every piece we make will come in three sizes to fit most girls. Every costume will be sold in pieces so they can mix and match tops, bottoms, gloves, leggings, etc to create the costumes that will sell in their area. This way, a girl can get a costume that not only fits her - but is more flattering to her body type.
We won't have any minimums and we've decided to offer a catalog that will allow someone to custom order at their club or boutique. In this catalog, we will print the business' markup (as long as it's either 100%, 150% and 200% because we aren't doing more than three versions) for them so the price the customer/dancer sees is the price she pays the club.
This is a huge financial investment and it will either work out really well....or financially ruin us. Yay!
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anaphalaxis:
Like what you had to say in the Nana thread 
deadbilly:
Thanks for the level headed responses in the Nana set threads. As disgusting as her set was, I find the witch burners far more so. Glad you were able to counter them with a reasonable and moderate POV.