diary of a designer- day 14
Hitting the ground running for 2012!
Yesterday we did our very first photo shoot of the year; shooting was at my dear friend Damion’s apt. It was a looooong day; we shot so many pieces. But glad we were able to get it done. Items will be available at the end of the month.
Nigel setting up the lights, getting ready to shoot.
Amber is wearing our new Blue Scales Dress.
Amber with her bestie Theo.
Amber is wearing a new dress I have not named yet. ;)
Damion has a great vintage jewelry collection that he let us use. (Still trying to figure out a way to let him let me have a few pairs.)
We reshot a few items that are already available in our online store.
Amber is wearing the Highway Leggings. You can order these now here. (In sizes S-3X.)
I was trying to get Nigel. Looks like I just got me & Theo.
We also shot some Shanae Nakimuli Essentials pieces.
Amber is wearing the Closed Wing Cardigan (a best seller) and Serged Leggings.
Amber is wearing the Relax Tee, which you can buy now (here), and our new Serged Leggings.
Me and Amber at the end of the shoot. No matter what I do, I still look 12.
I’m wearing the Relax Tee. Amber is wearing the Asymmetrical Cowl Scarf.
15% off discount
lots of women are taking advantage of our holiday discount to buy the lee dress:
and the lee leggings:
receive 15% off each one when you enter coupon code: BYE2011
you will also receive FREE SHIPPING (in U.S. only) until december 25, 2011.
act soon! discount ends december 31st.
day 2 of the new site debut, the highway leggings are the best seller. nice!!!
(i find it funny since my mom likes this pair the least. lol)
pictured here with our nakimuli essentials lovey tee.
if you haven’t already checked out the new site:
moving forward, the goal is to start creating more of our own prints. i am big onexclusivity and living in nyc, it is hard to buy printed jersey fabric without seeing at least one designer using the same fabric. smh.
but above (on the left) is just one of the new prints i got done; it is the adinkra symbol fawohodie, which means independence/freedom. you will be seeing some cute leggings and other garments done with that print.
the right is the zebra print for the lee dress/leggings. the lee dress is by far the best selling item we have created. so i got the screen done over since we are getting more & more orders for it.
got a couple other prints done; you will those soon.
can’t wait to unveil the new things we are working on…the timeline is getting pushed back but new things are a-coming!
it’s a wrap!
soooo,
with a heavy heart, i must say goodbye to the afrikan hologram series…
such a bittersweet moment…the afrikan hologram dress was the dress that made people take notice of nakimuli. i debuted it in december 2009 on etsy and since then it has been one of my best sellers.
funny story: it took me a couple of months to decide to create the dress. i had gone to the fabric store and cut a whole bunch of swatches and had them lying on my bedroom floor. the african print and the silver hologram “magically” laid next to each other and i was like, “that’s it!” but i was hesitant to create it; “will people get it?” but after a couple of weeks of contemplating, i just decided to make the dress and it was an instant success with many women buying it to wear to their 2010 new year’s parties. all i could think is, women ringing in the new year wearing nakimuli. wow!
over the last 2 years, I have apparently been the only person buying this african print jersey fabric, as told to me by my favorite fabric store salesman. and in 2 years, i was able to make so many dresses, leggings, and skirts that i have lost count, which is pretty amazing, i think.
and it all started with this one little dress, with african print in front, silver hologram in the back, and pointy, shoulder padded sleeves.
i’m so thankful; the success of this dress gave me the confidence to move forward making my dream as a full time independent designer a reality. :)
also brought back another favorite of ours, the true essence dress. took it down a while ago and received so many emails about it…started to accept some custom orders for it so i thought, why not just bring it back? duh! so here it is again, with an updated color chart. :)
$180/$190 plus size
within the last few weeks i have received a lot of emails about the mermaid skirt. so i brought it back, with an all new color chart!
$88/$98 plus size
