Phoebe Philo - Designer

[fruitdots]

I never said I had a distaste for PP. I'm just saying that having to put out logo t-shirts as a cash grab means that they need more funding stat. Also they don't produce much of their products, so them selling out means nothing.

I’m guessing you have the stats regarding their production numbers then? You didn’t even read my post before responding, and then editing. But here’s a question: if the t-shirts are a cash grab, why is it that it’s the cashmere sweater that seems to driving consumers here? Do you think the business model is so bad that they’re producing cashmere in artificially small batches to stoke hype? That’s just a patently absurd theory, and it’s grounded entirely in speculation about numbers we don’t have access to.

 

[br3ncon1]

I’m guessing you have the stats regarding their production numbers then? You didn’t even read my post before responding, and then editing. But here’s a question: if the t-shirts are a cash grab, why is it that it’s the cashmere sweater that seems to driving consumers here? Do you think the business model is so bad that they’re producing cashmere in artificially small batches to stoke hype? That’s just a patently absurd theory, and it’s grounded entirely in speculation about numbers we don’t have access to.

Well I have her most recent line sheet. And knowing some folks from her stockists, I know for a fact that a lot of her stock isn't selling well as they thought it would.

 

[fruitdots]

Well I have her most recent line sheet. And knowing some folks from her stockists, I know for a fact that a lot of her stock isn't selling well as they thought it would.

So you don’t have the production numbers.

 

[StylishCynic]

The cashmere sweater is completely sold out...

She's yet to release a black sweater in either of her edits so far.

I find this completely beguiling and poor business planning. She's leaving free money on the table.

 

[br3ncon1]

So you don’t have the production numbers.

Well they have a pretty tight maximum buy for the ready to wear, so I'm assuming from what's given to us.

 

[fruitdots]

Well they have a pretty tight maximum buy for the ready to wear, so I'm assuming from what's given to us.

But are they not still in the early stages of the brick and mortar rollout, and was the plan not to have "select" items from each edit available in-store? I assumed that the goal there was to redirect consumers back to the e-commerce site, not to provide full access. Don't get me wrong, I'm not imagining thousands of cashmere sweaters, but it would logically follow that the majority of each edit is being reserved for online sales.