07 August 2009

162. The Shopkeeper is In


Today is the day: My little online shop for my little clothing label is open! I'll save my "lessons learned" for another time; this post is to let you know the shop is open. You're really the first folks that I'm announcing to because you've been soooo supportive along my way getting here, and I appreciate that more than you know.

If you're in an extra-supportive mood, I'd be ever grateful if you:
* Check out the shop and let me know what you think;
* Visit the Facebook fan page and poke around, and if you're on Facebook, I really really hope you'll become a fan!; and/ or
* Email / Facebook/ tweet everyone you know today to invite them to check out the shop.

And of course, if you see something you or someone you love might like, please do buy it! :)

There's a grand opening sale this weekend, with everything 20% off. In this limited run, there are 2 styles of tops (7 tops in total), refashioned from men's shirts, in a variety of sizes. The run is called "Vocabulary of Plaid" because, as you guessed it, they are all plaids! My inspiration was a very expensive ($170), classic Lacoste camp shirt that I saw in a magazine this spring. I wanted to present variations on this classic camp shirt, without having to drain much more of the earth's resources to produce them, and priced much more reasonably -- so here they are!

I hope you have a great weekend! (Hope I do, too. *nerves nerves* LOL) xoxo

28 comments:

  1. congratulations! I'm clicking over right now...

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  2. I'm back - LOVE the name, love the logo and the shop layout. I'm really impressed with your detailed descriptions of the garments and I like the message "pretty on the inside" as well as out. great job!

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  3. Congratulations! The site looks great!

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  4. Congrats on the shop! Looks fab!

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  5. WOW! That's super exciting! I knew it was only a matter of time before you spun all that creative genius around mens shirt refashions [seriously, you started an entire movement out there!] into added genius! Lovely, lovely. This might just take the plaid obsession through the roof!

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  6. congrats and i wish you the best of luck! the items in your shop and layout look terrific. and the word nerd inside of me loves the name of your shop ;) it's a very unique, versatile name!

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  7. Very cool. Everything!

    Congratulations!

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  8. Congratulations for getting the shop underway. It's a very clean layout and everything looks super cute!

    I saw a movie the other day "Handmade Nation" and I thought of you. Your new home seems to be a very crafty place. So great to see things like this take off.

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  9. OMG! LOVE IT! Love the slogan for your shop too, it's awesome!! I'm so proud of you!!!! and I'm so excited for you too!!!!

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  10. It looks great! I'm a fan of simple and clean for website navigation. I want to see the goods without a lot of extra navigating and easily see how to get around. It makes your pretty logo stand out well, too! Good luck!

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  11. Ladies, thank you so very much! Your comments mean a lot to me, and even more so today! Enjoy your weekend. :)

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  12. Antoinette, congratulations! You have been busy. I am going to go shop now...have a good weekend.

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  13. yeah!! I love the site, I like your new header, I like everything, of course!! You have such exquisite taste!! And... congratulations on your first sale!

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  14. Great-looking website and everything!

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  15. The website looks great, and I absolutely love your store name/logo! Good luck with it!

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  16. Very sweet shop. The web design reflects the clothing perfectly. Good luck!

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  17. Wow, congrats! Everything looks great. You'll have to tell us how you decided to go with big cartel vs. Etsy or some other way, ok?

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  18. Congratulations! Everything is great! I became a fan.

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  19. Awesome. I love, love, love the logo. I would by something just based on that logo :) I am also curious on your etsy vs big cartel-thinking. I would also love to see some of your fab fab shirt dresses in there too, but maybe that is in the working? The only thing I would tweak a bit is the levels/colors in the photos. They could use a little more contrast and light to make the clothes stand out more from the background. Taking garment photos indoors is always a bit tricky, unless you have a really light filled space. Look forward to your next post. And I just became a fan on facebook :)

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  20. Your shop looks great - good luck with it! Congratulations!!

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  21. Wonderful - love love love the logo! I too, am curious about the Big Cartel vs. etsy decision.

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  22. THANKS for all the comments! It was an exciting weekend, and even more fun reading your sweet notes!

    @lsaspacey / @Johanna Lu / @angelapea - I have a lot to share on this! I think I will write about my Big Cartel decision as a blog post on its own b/c I would love to read what everyone thinks about the various storefront options out there.

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  23. Antoinette,
    I absolutely LOVE everything about this. The layout, the shop, the clothing. Brilliant.
    Congrats! Yippee!

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  24. Love it all! Nice work on all fronts. I like that the site design is very simple and streamlined - no flashies, extra clicks, or unnecessary stuff in there. :)

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  25. @dana - Thank you, superstar. :)

    @Steph - Thanks, gal. Big Cartel gets all the props for the layout, for sure. I have looked at a bunch of Big Cartel shops and they are all pretty simple and clean.

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