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Date Posted: Friday, April 12, 10:24:10am
Question for experienced dressmakers:
If I send out an inquiry and hire a dressmaker based on designs thy have done, send them numerous examples of styles and fabrics that I would like my design to be based off of, do you draw up new options based in that style, or do you just pull a random variety out of your sketch book for me to goose from?
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- *choose* (NT) -- Autocorrect., Friday, April 12, 10:24:44am
- I think you just answered your own question. If you hired the dm based on designs they have done, then I would assume you would want one of their designs. Did you specify that you only wanted a design that was drawn after you hired them? Personally I am always sketching designs as they pop into my head constantly. They are all my designs and all are unique, so I don't think it matters when the design was created. My best designs are always the ones that just come to me. (NT) -- Exerienced dressmaker, Friday, April 12, 10:56:46am
- This DM sent 6 designs. All extremely different and none what I had described. None like the dresses of hers that i sent her and i did like. After a deposit had been paid is this cause to ask for my deposit back? (NT) -- OP, Friday, April 12, 11:04:04am
- 6 designs is a lot to choose from. Have you asked the dm why they are so different from her other dresses? Obviously they need to be different as no two dresses should be the same. Did you specify before you sent in the deposit that you only wanted a certain design? If not, then I don't see a reason to ask for your deposit back. Why don't you explain to her what it is specifically that you liked about her other dresses and ask if she can create a design similar to that without being the same? (NT) -- .., Friday, April 12, 11:14:50am
- The problem is, she's charging for additional designs. Is this just another money-maker? Send random bare minimum sketches until you've bled the client enough? (NT) -- Sorry to be so blunt but getting super frustrated., Friday, April 12, 11:23:02am
- It takes time to come up with a design and sketch it out; and the artistic process isn't easy. Personally I do charge for my time in designing. Usually it is included in the dress price, but if it takes a lot of extra time then I need to get paid for that time. Speaking of which, what am I doing here on voy - got to get to work! (NT) -- .., Friday, April 12, 11:32:27am
- Actually a lot of DMs, especially the overseas DMs, don't even send you any design. You pay and then wait to see what arrives in the mail. Sounds like you were given a lot of choices. Were you charged for all 6 designs individually only for extra ones? (NT) -- LT, Friday, April 12, 12:38:48pm
- And why do dressmakers charge extra when you submit a design you did yourself? (NT) -- What?, Friday, April 12, 11:25:30am
- Not all dressmakers charge extra to make a dancer's own design. It really depends on how difficult the design is to make. Customers often don't understand how expensive and time consuming digitizing and stitch out can be when creating their own designs. (NT) -- dm, Friday, April 12, 11:36:52am
- But it's nearly the same amount of work to digitize a new design from the client or from yourself! (NT) -- $$, Friday, April 12, 03:26:06pm
- Maybe, but the client doesn't take into account stitch count or placement, i.e., does the design go over a seam, etc. I find it much easier to work with my own designs. Maybe it's (NT) -- just me., Friday, April 12, 04:14:32pm
- A design from a client is rarely ready to be digitized as is. Only once (out of hundreds of custom digitizing jobs) was I sent a perfect design already sized for a specific pattern, and so beautifully rendered that there was no editing or revising to be done on my end. All others need major work. So yes, it costs more to work with a client's design. (NT) -- *, Friday, April 12, 11:23:20pm
- I prefer not to work with dancer's designs. There is too much concern that the design may not be totally original. More than once I have had people send me "their" design, only to then see the EXACT SAME design from a bndn. I know there are dressmakers that don't mind using dancer's own designs, but I'm just more comfortable with my own. (NT) -- JMHO, Friday, April 12, 04:00:07pm
- I have had customers come to me with designs and there is still a LOT of work that has to be done to make it fit the space on the dress properly..... Continued inside -- sndm, Friday, April 12, 04:41:58pm
- What I don't get is that my design is very similar to several of her dresses, without being the same. She says she can't do it. It's not a KISS dress for cryin' out loud! (NT) -- Blah, Friday, April 12, 05:06:24pm
- What you may consider similar and easy may not be. If it were really that easy you wouldn't need a dressmaker, right? Similar to when I think some dance moves look amazing and my dd tells me they are easy, but what looks easy to me, she says is very difficult. If the dm says she can't do it, then personally I wouldn't want her to try because it probably won't look very good in the end. A KISS dress would be much easier than some of the designs dancers have sent me. (NT) -- another sndm, Friday, April 12, 05:24:36pm
- Look, at the end of the day there are clearly some communication problems between you and the dressmaker. I think you need to address them clearly and politely, suggest a solution and attempt to come to a middle ground. If you two are unable to find a compromise, it would probably be best for both parties to part ways. (NT) -- --, Friday, April 12, 09:44:51pm
- If I were this dm, I would send this deposit back immediately! (NT) -- Just saying...., Friday, April 12, 09:32:14pm
- I also think the DM should run away AFTER she deducts from the deposit the cost for her time. (NT) -- Ridiculous expectations, Saturday, April 13, 12:34:38am
- Agree with this too! I wish the dm could warn the rest of us who the OP is. (NT) -- sndm, Saturday, April 13, 09:09:18am
- In other words, the DM is always right? (NT) -- Perspective please?, Tuesday, April 16, 07:26:00am
- I'm not sure I agree with that (if this were a BNDM under discussion the comments would be quite different), but there are three sides to each story its very hard to comment on the situation beyond "talk things out with your DM". A lot of these other replies are biased and a bit much, imho. (NT) -- just a dressmaker, Tuesday, April 16, 11:00:46am
- In otherwords, the DM is an experienced tradesman and knows how to do their work. They have spent years perfecting their craft, and a customer that thinks they know more than the DM is just a headache that no DM needs. Do you question your plumber? Tell your lawyer how to do their job? No, you hire a professional and let them do their job. -- You need some perspecitve., Tuesday, April 16, 11:11:31am
- Are any of the sketches similar to the "numerous examples and styles" that were sent? Perhaps the dress amker is a little overwhelmed with all the ideas sent and has tried to supply a wide range of options for the client? It might be best to approach the miscommunication with two or three of your favorite examples and narrow the otpions down a little. (NT) -- Just a suggestion :), Saturday, April 13, 09:23:44am
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