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Subject: I'm what you call a 'no name designer'......... Author: Cindy lou (lil-queeny) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:17:14 06/29/11 Wed Author Host/IP: ip68-0-54-27.no.no.cox.net/68.0.54.27 In reply to: Gloria 's message, "Getting away with it.." on 19:14:49 06/20/11 Mon And I have been doing it for about 10 years now. I'm really surprised at what I see some Moms' pay for swimwears by big name designers. It blows my mind! I can make the same swimwears as they can. But since I'm not Sandy Henry (whomever she really is, I mean the seamstress not the name!)I can't even hardly get $75.00 for custom swim. I've got a few long time customers who are quite satisfied with my work who keep me busy, but it could also be that my prices are very,very reasonable. I also get my orders out on TIME!! EVERY TIME!!I'm not doing this to make a living. I do it because its my hobby and my love! But I completely understand where you are coming from. Me and you should be up to our necks in orders! But we aint! Why is that???? Cause we don't have that name recognition that they do! It sucks, but is the real, strange world of pageants!! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: re Author: Gloria [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:01:33 06/29/11 Wed Author Host/IP: cpe-74-68-119-147.nyc.res.rr.com/74.68.119.147 I have seen your work! You're amazing! If I were you 75 would be the deposit! LOL. One mom wanted me to make her a CUSTOM national glitz SW from her own original design and was so shocked when I charged her 300. What the heck! Some Sandy Henry suits resell at 300.I'm doing you a favor! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Thanks gloria. Author: Cindy lou (lil-queeny) (joy) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:43:52 07/07/11 Thu Author Host/IP: ip68-0-54-27.no.no.cox.net/68.0.54.27 i have gone up on my price in the last few years. i used to only charge $50.00. Maybe in another ten years i'll be up to a $100.00 LOL! but for now, i'll take what i can get! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I've bought several of Cindy Lou's swimwears and love them! Hey girl!! Author: Jennifer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:35:04 07/12/11 Tue Author Host/IP: h23.134.18.98.dynamic.ip.windstream.net/98.18.134.23 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: hey jenn! where ya been! hahaha that rhimes!! Author: cindy lou [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:48:06 07/19/11 Tue Author Host/IP: ip68-0-54-27.no.no.cox.net/68.0.54.27 wow, just checking out the board, havent been on here for a week or so....... thats some conversation we've started!it didn't take me long to find out how the pageant hierarchy works! but i will still be here for all my loyal and (cheap) i say that smiling...... pageant buddies. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Cindy Lou Author: Linda [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:53:31 07/16/11 Sat Author Host/IP: 75-134-4-180.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com/75.134.4.180 I have seen your work and you do some cute suits. Many years ago I called CP Annie who make the big girls suits. I ask them if they had anyone that would make childrens suits. The gave me a number of a lady named Myrna. I was over booked so I asked her to make some suits for me. Well, she only charged $30 per suit and you could get any style that CP Annie had. I ordered them but didn't like the way the butt came up over the cheeks. Your gonna love this one! I gave her name to Tina Marshall and she ordered some, she wasn't into the swimwear that much at the time so she was friends with Sandy Henry and Sandy needed to make some money so Tina gave her Myrnas number and Sandy has been using her every since. Sandy really started making some big money so now Tina has trouble getting very many orders from Myrna. I think Myrna's prices have went up since then, but not that much. I will tell you this, you are selling yourself short. Your suits are way too cute to sell them for that price. See, I'm on this board telling secrets they will not appreciate, but I'm really tired of seeing people like you that does quality work getting nothing for their work while some that don't work for it rake in the money. They will all probably hate me because I know too much on them and have known most of the big time pageant people including big pageant directors for more than 20 years. I don't make near what I used to, but it will build back up if I put beautiful things out there [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: you are so right on Linda! Author: cindy lou (lil-queeny) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:54:09 07/19/11 Tue Author Host/IP: ip68-0-54-27.no.no.cox.net/68.0.54.27 do you know if these (other) designers tag the garments? i started to after i saw people selling my original designs ( designs that i have never seen anybody else make before i did it). and also for people to remember where they got the suit from. i'm thinking about moving on from the pageant world and branching out to a swimwear line that will be sold in maui! met a lady and she wants my suits in her shop!! wow! first time i've said it to anybody! anybody got any good name tag suggesstions?? preferably something tropical or hawaiian! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: cindy lou Author: Limda [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:32:22 07/19/11 Tue Author Host/IP: 75-134-4-180.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com/75.134.4.180 That is wonderful!!!! You won't have to deal will all pageant drama. Congrats girl! How about "Beach Babies". That could be for any age. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: I'm thinking something along the lines of hawiian names Author: cindy lou [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:39:20 07/19/11 Tue Author Host/IP: ip68-0-54-27.no.no.cox.net/68.0.54.27 i've got a friend in cali who is of polynesion descent and she is looking into it for me! she gave me a couple of ideas today, but i haven't decided on anything yet. i even got offerd a job at another swim shop when we went. too bad i don't live on maui! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]