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Online Marketing - (Teen Vogue X Parsons)

Hello Everyone today i have for you a small excerpt of what my online store will be based on.

Modern & Vintage is never out of style. Whether is from the 20s, 50s, 70s to present, you will find the perfect style for you. Here you can find the perfect balance of romantic chic to rock n roll chick to 90s babe. All for an affordable price through recycled clothing that can be put to great use. And new clothing made with the idea and inspiration on most loved eras.

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backpack

My Product (Teen Vogue X Parsons)

Hello Everyone,

Today I have a short post with the update of my mockup backpack. This will just be the same backpack with the addition of stripes to the mockup.

This is how the backpack would look with ribbon stripes added to it and by doing so the price would slightly increase. Below is my Production Cost Report with the updated feature.

New Price with modifications

Old Price without modification

If you pay attention to both charts the first one is the new report with the Estimate Retail Price at $65.00 while the precious Estimate Retail Price was at $60.00 you see that the price change was a $5.00 increasing rate. Not a huge difference but just an estimate of what the new price would be, if the production added ribbon stripes.

-Ruth Sarai-

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backpack

My Mockup Backpack (Teen Vogue X Parsons)

Hello Everyone,
Today I have for you my mockup backpack that was solely made up of muslin fabric and basic stitch line in the sewing machine. For my project I decided that my signature bag or backpack was one that fairly resembled an old school classic leather backpack with an overlay used as a simple way to open the backpack but at the same time you would have a string to secure it safely. I took about about 2 hours and 30 minutes to fully complete this, and all that was used to make it was 1 yard of muslin fabric at $3.67 per yard. With minor additions of two buttons for the front at about .20 cents for both and loose brown string to tie at the front which was .70 cents per feet.

The inspiration that drew me to make this type of backpack was my love for simple and classic backpacks, I love the way you open it and how it fits you as you wear it, and for me a bag, backpack or purse can sure turn up a knotch when it comes to being the staple piece of your outfit. So you can never go wrong with a backpack.

Fron View

Angled View

Back View

This is my Production Cost Report

I got few feedback from friends and family on what the price ended up being and it was about 50% that agreed with the price and thought it was reasonable, while on the other hand the other 50% disagreed with the price. A few suggestions were that the most they would be willing to pay was $40-$45 for the backpack. But when I also explained that this was a mockup and the real material/fabric I was intended to use was Faux Leather, they had second thoughts and thought that in that case it would be reasonable if not just right for that. All in all, I appreciated their honest feedback. And day by day I can learn to fix up certain methods in making the backpack to improve.

-Ruth Sarai-

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Handmade

Learning about Production Cost

Hello Everyone,

Today I will briefly be going over an assignment dealing with Production Cost. For all of you who might be interested in knowing more about this, continue reading.

For this assignment I learned about production cost which basically covered information on what happens behind the scenes when an item is being produce and after that the calculations and cost that go into knowing what is the best price to sell the product for. We were also required to use a previous handmade jewelry piece to determine how much our item would hypothetically sell for. So below I have picture of my handmade necklace. The items that I used were light brown and black hemp cord to create a loopy style necklace, with an antique diamond design at the center of the necklace that has loose black crystal pendants and pearl, I also bought the clasp to secure it in the end.

And by going over my cost in making this I made the Production Cost Report that determines and estimates of how much this would cost if put on shelves to be sold.

As seen by the report I have two sets of prices, the first one is a bit more expensive, but through a few changes like finding cheaper or less expensive items to make it and the time it takes to make it, I managed to make it become $4.00 cheaper. The reason behind this change has to do with the fact that when you make or produce something you have to also play in the factor that you want to make a profit, yet at the same time make the item a reasonable price in which customers will agree on. So with this lesson, I learned more about how products in store get their price set. And it was interesting to know more about this so when you buy anything in store you are more aware of why the price is set the way it is.

P.S. Have you ever made any handmade jewelry?

-Ruth Sarai-

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Black & White

Back to the past and into the present photo shoot.

Hello everyone,

Today I have a simple shoot that I did for my assignment. The theme behind this shoot had inspiration from back in the days wearing simple and monochrome clothes (For the most part). But I also made it with the intention of having the location of an indie home made movie. So without further ado here are the pictures I was able to shoot.

From Black & White