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The regular meetings of the Denver Metro Area Rocky Mountain Inventors Association (RMIA) are held on the second and fourth Monday's of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Denver Community Church at 1101 South Washington Street, Denver, CO 80210 (click here for a map). Snacks and drinks provided at all regular meetings.
Details of upcoming "regular" and "special" meetings are listed below. Special meetings are usually held at different locations, refer to specific event for "special" meeting locations.
Alternative Location-Denver Patent Office: 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80294 Map Link here
Alternative Location-Denver Public Library Downtown: 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204 Map Link here
Members: free Non-Members: $10 (snacks and drinks provided) (Pay at the "Join Us" tab above, via Meetup.com, or at the door. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.)
Additional information contact: Roger Jackson, Phone: 303-271-9468, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Special Denver Metro Inventors Meeting TO BE ANNOUNCED, at the Denver Public Library-Downtown Branch
Topic: Patent Searches using espace.net (being the European Patent Office)
This is a new class for initiating the searcher into the European Patent Office search engine that has patents and patent application publications from around the world (including the United States) resulting in a patents database of more than 90 million patents, including figures and abstracts translated into English for non English patents, also note that this will be a "hands on" training wherein you will have your own terminal to follow the instructor. Because this is the library-there are no drinks or food allowed, however, this event is free to the public.
The location is at the Denver Public Library-Main Downtown Branch 13th & Broadway, NW corner-go to the 4th floor east end to the large computer classroom map link here On parking, area street parking on Acoma, Bannock, and 12th, the street parking meters are free after 6PM, or you can park in the Art Museum garage for $4 for 2 hours-enter the garage on 12th between Broadway and Acoma.
Monday, June 13th, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What Angels Want from Inventors and Founders
Description: Whether you need funding or not you should always have your company and product situated to appear attractive financially for a number of reasons being; ability to raise money if required, better company valuation, managing your company better, to attract better talent for your team, and numerous other reasons.
Speaker Bio:
Paul Neilson is a highly experienced engineer and entrepreneur with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a masters degree in computer science. Paul co-founded Adaptive Instruments Corporation, making the first smart temperature transmitter produced, with many other innovative products that followed-Adaptive Instruments was eventually sold to Accutech Wireless of Schneider Electric. Paul also has been involved in a number of SBIR projects and teaches Engineering Entrepreneurship at the University of Denver. Paul is also an Angel investor that is involved with the Rockies Venture Club. It isn't often we get an Angel investor to spend the time to help inventors to structure themselves to better have the chance to obtain funding, so this is a must attend meeting.
Speaker Contact:
Phone: 720-420-9090
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Monday, June 27, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What it Takes to get a Patent Application Approved
Speaker: Roger Jackson - Patent Attorney
Description: Come learn about the four tests for getting a patent application approved being 1. Statutory Subject Matter, 2. Utility, 3. Novelty, and 4. Non-Obviousness.
Monday, July 11, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Manufacturing Support
Speaker: Steve Mariani of Tread Global
Description: Tread Global is an international product sourcing and development company that helps with product design, product testing, engineering, prototyping, product sourcing, and mass manufacturing.
Phone: 303-921-1377
Monday, August 8, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at the Denver Public Library has to offer you
Speaker: Steve Schneck of the Denver Public Library
Description: Search training, Appointments, and database resources, with access to the US Patent Office intranet, see the searching section above.
Contact: Phone 720-865-1363
Monday, September 12, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Buying / Selling a Business-What You Need to Know
Speaker: Kevin Cudney of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Description: Finding buyers / deals, Confidentiality, Due Diligence, Term Sheets, The Contract, Closing, Exclusivity, Assets, Valuation, Strategic Deals, Financial Deals, Picking Apart the Buyer / Seller, After Sale Issues, Stock versus Asset Sale, Legal & Accounting, Letter of Intent, Warranties & Representations, Employees / Agreements, and more.
Phone: 303-223-1166
Monday, September 26, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Manufacturing Support for precision machining, plus virtual prototyping support
Speaker: Bob Linden & others of Barber Nichols
Description: Barber Nichols does precision prototype manufacturing and design projects for typically high speed rotating equipment, such as turbines, compressors, pumps, motors, etc.
Phone: 303-421-8111
Monday, November 14, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Lessons Learned from my Startup Experience to date
Speaker: Tony Dobaj, Electrical Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur
Description: Tony has invented a new wireless control device to give selectable commands to various devices and will discuss what he has went through so far in getting his product launched.
Contact: Phone 720-277-2052
Monday, November 28, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Inventor Do's & Don'ts from someone who has been there
Speaker: Abe Martinez
Description: Abe will talk about his past experiences in launching products and what he has learned
Contact: Phone 720-323-1453
Monday, December 12, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Who Owns an Idea
Description: Come understand what the legal implications are when you have an idea and share it with others.
Contact: Phone 303-271-9468
Note that ProBoPat is rescheduled for May 8, 2017, however, we will have ProBoPat materials available for handout.
Monday, January 9, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Tips and Tools for Starting and Growing a Business
Speaker: Garry Neff Founder and CEO of Hatch Lift
Description: Garry invented a lift door for RV's that makes storage access more convenience and easy, he received a patent on the product and is now selling on Amazon. Garry has extensive knowledge on sales, distribution, and manufacturing.
Contact: Phone 303-901-8150
Monday, January 23, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: My 39 Keys to Business Success
Speaker: Jake Jabs-Founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse
Jake Jabs is well known in Colorado for his folksy TV commercials with exotic animals for American Furniture Warehouse, Jake who is a straight talking and hard working everyman that represents the quintessentially rags to riches American success story. After military service Jake started out as a musician playing lead guitar with Marty Robbins then ending up owning a music store in Bozeman, Montana, further expanding to three music stores in Montana. Eventually Jake tired of the major music equipment manufacturers like Gibson Guitars dictating pricing and product strategies which lead to Jake embracing a non-manufacturer controlled free and open retail model that has a product channel direct from the factory to the retailer which the furniture field seemed to best accommodate. Jake moved his major operation to Denver due to various business sale opportunities started American Furniture Warehouse in 1975 growing to 12 stores, almost $400 million in sales, and 2000 employees, being one of the largest privately held businesses in Colorado. Jakes has authored numerous books and given tens of millions of dollars to charity and education.
Phone: 303-799-9044
Monday, February 13, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What Investors are Looking for in a Business
Speaker: Peter Adams-Executive Director of the Rockies Venture Club
Peter who is also a co-author of the book "Venture Capital for Dummies" published by John Wiley & Sons in 2013 and is an adjunct professor at Colorado State University where he teaches the Capstone Strategy class for the Executive MBA program; will discuss making your business attractive to investors from the start of your idea to prototyping and actually launching your good / service into the marketplace. Every step of the way is going to require capital in one form or another, so positioning yourself to raise capital is an ever present issue that you need to prepare yourself for.
Phone: 720-353-9350
Monday, February 27, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Progress of the Soap Lounge and other products
Speaker: Len Hierath, Engineer and serial inventor
Description: Len has had successful products and not so successful products, Len will go through what he has learned from his numerous product launches.
Contact: Phone 303-475-7230
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Saturday, March 4, 2017 - Special Denver Meeting, 9:00AM-11:00AM, Denver Public Library Downtown Branch-4th Floor Rockwell Room
Topic: The Patent Process
Speaker: Respresentatives from the USPTO
Description: Role of the Patent Examiner, Amendments, and Interviews
Contact: Phone 303-297-4600 (Denver Patent Office)
Register here
Monday, March 13, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Production logistics for making and selling product once your business gets going
Speaker: Dante Kahn
Description: One you get your patent and start making and selling your product in the hundreds, thousands, and beyond-there are things that need to be taken care of such as ever changing logistics challenges of getting volumes of your product made on time with the right quality and then delivered to your customers, Dante takes you through the process he went through to start to become a real product company.
Contact: Phone 720-369-6130
Monday, March 27, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: 3D Printing (Plastic & Metal) plus plastics molding issues
Speaker: Bob Olsen from 3D Material Tech
Description: Bob has presented to our group numerous times in the past and has many years experience in 3D printing and molding or parts, so come and ask your questions.
Phone: 303-833-6011
Monday, April 10, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION THIS MEETING ONLY at 3370 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80205 Map Link here
Topic: Video Production
Speaker: JC Bourque
Description: In these days of social media, crowd funding, and with YouTube ranking as the third most popular site in the world behind Facebook and Google, having good quality video or videos of your good / service is absolutely essential. This is where JC Bourque comes in, we are going to be meeting at his facility to see and demo the various equipment that JC uses to make product videos and to get an idea of costs, timing, and all the various options for video such as time length, actors, voice over, animation, music, lighting, angles, background, audio quality, panning, story board, screen text, editing, and the like.
Phone: 303-675-0105
Wednesday & Thursday, April 19 & 20, 2017 - Special Event 9:30AM to 3PM each day at the Colorado Convention Center Hall E1, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Event: AmCon Design and Contract Manuafacturing Trade Show
Friday, April 21, 2017 - Special Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Patent Office
Topic: The Denver Patent Office Introduces Trademarks Seminar
Speaker: Representatives of the Patent & Trademark Office
Description: Informational
Contact: Phone 303-297-4600
Monday, April 24, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Denver TIE Rockies Entrepreneur Support Group
Speaker: Rachel Isaman, Executive Director TIE Rockies
Description: What TIE Rockies has to offer inventors.
Contact: Phone 970-279-3464
Tuesday, April 25, 2016 - Special Denver Meeting, 9:00AM-3:00PM, Denver Patent Office
Topic: Design Patent Seminar and Patent Trial and Appeal Board Seminer
Speaker: Various Representatives of the Patent Office
Monday, May 8, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What the Pro Bo Pat can offer you for free help in writing your patent application
Speaker: Jennifer Rothschild
Description: Qualification and requirements.
Contact: Phone 303-539-5643
Special Meeting at the Denver Patent Office (see map link above) starting on Tuesday May 9, 2017 to Thursday May 11, 2017 from 8AM to 5PM daily
Topic: In Depth Class on the Patent Process for the above three consecutive days
Detail: This is a free event open to the public, however, as space is limited you must register here and be approved to attend. You cannot at this class discuss your specific invention or your specific pending patent application with anyone at the Denver Patent Office. As this event is at a Federal Building you must have a photo ID (drivers license or passport) and allow time for airport type security checks.
Monday, May 22, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Crowd Funding Legal Update
Speaker: Gil Sellinger from Fairfield & Woods
Description: Come learn the latest status on equity crowd funding and its interaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission, both on a national and state level, equity crowd funding is actually getting investors online, as opposed to merely product selling that sites like Kick Starter do.
Contact: Phone 303-830-2400
Monday, June 12, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Using Social Media to promote your business, especially with YouTube
Speaker: Anthony Pritchard
Overview of Google, the spider and the app switcher.
What's new with YouTube? Create a live :30 second video about the groups mission and vision. Upload and index the video live on the big screen. Press publish and pray that it shows up on the 1st page of Google Anthony's contact info: Email: email@example.com Phone: 303-994-8612
BIO Anthony Prichard is a product of the 1st generation of the internet educated student. Graduating High School in 97' the same year that widespread internet use started in earnest. Business Management was his major and as a student athlete Anthony was in the 2002 NFL draft as a punter and kick off specialist. Being raised from a family of sales professionals Anthony went right into Telecom because he was taught that he would never be out of a job if he could generate interest and conduct a sales transaction. Because, there is no "business" without a sale.
He started his own General Construction company in 2005 and stayed up late at night teaching himself how to use the internet to market himself and get found. "Triage Remodeling" unfortunately closed for business in 2009 with the real estate crash but not because people didn't know who he was. Anthony was one of the 1st businesses to post before during and after videos of the remodeling process on YouTube. The largest group of foundation repair contractors in America hired Anthony to be a direct in-home design specialist and with the help of amazing leadership and training videos for every step of their business process Anthony elevated his video and internet education even more. Naturally being drawn to the fastest moving parts of business Anthony was still in awe with all of the emerging internet technology while some of his superiors were quick to ignore the fast moving changes happening on the internet. He decided to follow his passion for internet technology and struck out on his own to help other small businesses realize the power of video on the internet and since then has been a Google expert. Now with the ability to market and sell using the internet Globally Anthony teaches groups of business people how to understand and apply the basics of internet SEO.
Monday, July 24, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: The Denver Patent Office Director Explains what the Denver Patent Office has to offer the inventor
Speaker: Molly Kocialski of the Denver Patent Office
Description: Inventor Resources Available.
Monday, August 14, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: Global Dossier
Speaker: Steve Schneck and others from the Denver Public Library
Description: Global Dossier is an international patent search enhancement that allows electronic file access to patent cases world-wide, much the same as the PAIR system does for US patent and patent application searching. Thus you can see whats filed, how the particular Patent Office searched the subject matter, how they evaluated the patentability, plus the Applicants responses, for a case close to yours-which can be very helpful to the inventor.
Monday, September 11, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church
Topic: What I have learned being an Angel Investor and working in a startup business
Speaker: Mark Vappi
Description: Mark will discuss his experiences from being an angel investor and helping a startup business get off of the ground with some lessons learned and what he would do differently.
Special Denver Metro Area Inventors Meeting on will be announced in the future being from 6PM to 8PM, for Learning How to do a Top Quality Patent Search (note this class is repeated every quarter or so, due to its popularity);
Speaker: Training staff at the Denver Public Library
Topic: Hands on (on computer terminal) training for PubWEST - US Patent Office patent & patent application publication search tool. In addition, the Denver Public Library will have the capability of the US Patent Office PubEAST system, which is the search tool for accessing multiple patent and publication databases worldwide, if you learn this system PubEAST and PubWESTyou will have the same capability as an Examiner at the US Patent Office for quality searching. We will also discuss the world wide patent technology classification system termed the Cooperative Patent Classification or CPC system this will make worldwide searching much more efficient as every patent office in the world will have the same technology classification system.
Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM
In conjunction with our affiliation with the Denver Public Library and in accordance with the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association (RMIA) mission to be an inventors non-profit educational organization we are offering training for you the inventor to become a top quality searcher and to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars, so why pay for someone else to do your search when you can learn to do a top quality search yourself, especially if you have numerous ideas you want to check out search wise.
The location is at the Denver Public Library-Main Branch 13th & Broadway, NW corner-go to the 3rd floor to "Reference" located on the (south central side of building) map link here and ask for access to "PubWEST" (they will help you) which is the enhanced patent search system that Patent Examiners use at the Patent Office in Washington DC-"PubWEST" has enhanced features for searching that are NOT available online-this is only available locally at the Denver Public Library and the Denver Patent Office (when it opens this July), this is the best searching you can do, as it is the same system that the Patent Office Examiners use (note this is NOT available online)-so if you are serious about doing a quality search, this is a must attend-meeting size is limited to 12 people who can have "hands-on" learning on a terminal, we can accommodate more than 12 people, but you will just be able to watch the training, we will have another class if needed. Click here to learn more about how PubWEST is superior as compared to general online search. Note that for the training class only-go up to the 4th floor directly above the previously identified "Reference" to the small computer training room for the class, however, for just using the PubWEST on your own, then you go to the 3rd floor Reference. On parking, area street parking on Acoma, Bannock, and 12th, as the street parking meters are free after 6PM, you may have to pay for 15 minutes at 25 cents, or you can park in the Art Museum garage for $4 for the evening-enter the garage on 12th between Broadway and Acoma.
Denver Public Library Inventors Meeting for Basic Patent Search will be announced in the future;
Speaker: Steve Schneck of the Denver Public Library who also teach the PubWEST and PubEAST classes above
Topic: Basic patent searching
Description: Unless you are a very experienced patent searcher-it is highly recommended you take this basic searching class prior to taking eitherPubWEST or PubEAST above. This class is put on by the Denver Public Library with assistance from the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association, the basic searching class is open to the public and there is no fee to attend.
(The Colorado Springs Metro Area including the Pikes Peak area Meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of each month 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM)
For general information on Colorado Springs area meetings contact Doug Estrada at;
Phone: 719-648-7122 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The location for the Colorado Springs area meetings is 10605 Green Mountain Falls Road, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80819
(Go to the far back building in the room next to the indoor basketball court)
Click here for a map to the Colorado Springs Area meetings.
Speaker:To be announced
Topic: To be announced
Fort Collins / Loveland Metro Area Inventors Meeting are suspended for now-watch for future announcement
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If I could afford expensive jewellery I would prefer it. I don't for the same reason as you. In fact I'm not a big fan of jewellery but I wear a gold necklace all the time that used to be my grandfather's fob watch chain.
ReplyDeletethe price of a piece of jewellery isn't the main thing for me. if i like a piece i'll buy it, although, these days i don't buy much jewellery . i have so much i'm going through it and giving it to the granddaughters. better they should have it now. i don't wear much except my rings and bangles.
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JanieI used to love wearing jewelry, especially rings. I cannot wear them much any more due to the arthritis in my hands. I've never owned expensive jewelry, but loved every piece of jewelry I had, which was mostly given to me on birthdays and Christmas.
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Filed under: art, business, theatre | Tags: approval, Arts Council, arts funding, Broadway, crowdfunding, dislikes, fundraising, government funding, grants, likes, opinions, Supporting the Arts
My theatre company's crowdfunding campaign for Research and Development of our show got me thinking about arts funding and the way art gets supported. Generally, arts crowdfunding campaigns live or die based on the response to an idea, that is, the opinions of the people funding it. If a project's friends and family LIKE the idea of the project, they fund it. If they're not keen on it, like they think, "I wouldn't want to go see that," – they won't. This is actually, at the gut level, often how grants get passed out as well. "Is this show, art-work, dance – something I'd want to see?" If yes – Stamp of Approval. If no – Rejection.
This basically means that whether or not something gets made is connected to the opinions of the consumer. I'm as guilty of this as anyone. I decide whether to support something or not based on whether or not I think it's a good idea. But I think this is problematic and symptomatic of an overly commercial sensibility when funding the arts. If you'd pitched me some of my favorite shows just as ideas, I'd definitely not have funded or chosen them. A stage version of the film, Brief Encounter? A one man show about tribes in the rainforest performed by a white dude? If you'd asked me to fund a show about a horse who goes to war, I'd have said that was an idea that was doomed to fail. And I would have been very wrong about that.
The fact is, whether or not I LIKE an artist shouldn't preclude that artist's ability to make the art. I don't like all kinds of things every day. But I shouldn't get to be the arbiter of what gets made.
We live in a world where Spiderman The Musical got made because Marvel had money to burn on it. We had Legally Blonde, The Musical because it was paid for. And I have to bet that not many people were truly passionate about making Legally Blonde the Musical. It was not born from a group of artists getting together to create something where there was nothing. A group of producers hired a group of writers to do a job and make some money using an existing property. It has all the hallmarks of a show put together by agents to showcase people at their agency.
Do we truly want a world where agents and movies studios decide what theatre gets made and artists like us – and like so many of our peers – have to send our ideas to the Idea Cemetery simply because our friends and/or granting organization didn't like the idea? From Broadway all the way down to the smallest company, we're letting the market determine who gets to make art.
This is why government funding for the arts makes sense. While no Arts Council is perfect, they at least aspire to a more equitable distribution of resources. They can keep their eye on inclusion and diversity. They can fund things that people won't necessarily LIKE but really should get made and seen anyway. I'd rather have all kinds of work I don't like funded, knowing that there are other metrics under consideration than whether the panel or audience thinks it's a good idea. I mean no disrespect to grant panels or audiences – but they don't always recognize the good ideas from the outset. They tend to respond to things that are like something they've seen before. And this is not a great way to innovate in the Arts.
For the arts to thrive, we need to be able to explore a wide variety of ideas. We need to chase down the "bad" ones as well as the "good" ones. Good ideas sometimes make bad art. And vice versa. We need an arts funding culture that isn't predicated on whether or not someone likes the idea. If we could, instead, fund the artists, fund the companies and fund the places that say to artists, "Whatever you want to explore, here are some resources." That's the way toward a vibrant, thriving arts landscape.
And, I think, that is why my company's current campaign is going better than any crowdfunding we've done before. We're not trying to sell the idea this time. We're sharing a process. We're looking to fund an exploration instead of a product. No one has to have an opinion about where we're headed or what we create. And it is liberating for both artists and funders. We'll save the opinions for the critics.
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Filed under: business, What I wish American Theatre Would Learn from the Brits | Tags: 3m, business models, Google, R & D
My English theatre making friends apply for (and receive) funding for R & D. R & D is short for Research and Development and is commonly thought of in this country as a scientific or corporate exploration of ideas. We innovate in business in this country but not in the arts. You can not get a grant for R & D in theatre here. If you have an idea, you have to be sure it is a good one. You do not get funding to TRY something out. Everything you do should be a winner. This is madness, of course, especially in a creative field. Every idea is not a winner. And without opportunities to try things out, we can not innovate artistically.
You know that super successful, multimillion dollar show touring all over the world, War Horse? It began its life as a small R & D exploration in the National Theatre Studios. Granted it was R & D within the National Theatre and in collaboration with one of the most well respected puppet companies in the world. The odds were good that it was going to work out. But even so – when they began, they didn't set out to make what we know now as War Horse – they set out to EXPLORE the possibilities of a show that might become War Horse and they took almost a year of solid work to do it. I think that's why it was so successful. But that sort of thing doesn't just happen at the National Theatre level. On the Fringe, small theatre companies explore ideas with their own R & D funding. I think this is why British Theatre is dominating the American landscape.
The culture of R & D encourages innovation. It allows for the possibility of failure but also of new ideas. Big businesses know this. Google knows it. 3M knows it. There is all kinds of evidence that innovation comes from having the time and the space to play. We need funding models that allow us to do R & D – to play, to discover, to try things out, to allow us to discover what the show really IS before we have to do the marketing.
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Filed under: art, business, theatre, What I wish American Theatre Would Learn from the Brits | Tags: Artist, arts, Battersea Arts Centre, producers
# 11- Groom, Support and Recruit Producers
My experience, a few years ago, of working at the Battersea Arts Centre impressed me in many ways – from its egalitarian employment models, to its wide-ranging programming, to its community focus and café, to its support of artists, but I was particularly impressed and surprised by its emphasis on developing Arts Producers. They had a whole team of In-House Producers. These producers took on projects within the season or brought in work for the Scratch nights or for other stages of development. These were (mostly) young people who were paid to help make shows happen. They were people who wanted to be producers. I met people who wanted to be producers all over London – not just at the BAC.
When I met with the folks at the Arcola Theatre about how I might put up a show there, they let me know that they didn't bring anything in that didn't have an independent producer attached. That is, I couldn't be my own producer. And this was not an unreasonable request. One could find a producer because there are many people around interested in the work.
Here in New York City, where I've lived much longer than I lived in London and where I know tons of theatre folk, I have never met someone who wanted to be a theatre producer. I've met some theatre producers, sure. But I've never met an aspiring theatre producer. (Believe me, if I had, I'd have snapped them right up.) I think this is because the only place to make even a marginal living in producing is on Broadway. And you don't need any other producing experience to produce a show on Broadway. You just need a lot of money.
If we want to improve the quality of American Art, we don't need to improve our ideas, we have an abundance of those. We need to improve the job prospects of independent producers. We need to make the idea of producing a tiny indie show in a basement theatre on the Lower East Side actually sexy to someone – instead of a whole lot of work with no reward.
I self produce. Not because I want to – but because I cannot find anyone else interested in the job. And when I'm self producing, I'm necessarily less IN the experience of making whatever show I'm making. The art suffers – not as much as it would if it weren't happening at all – but still, it suffers. I'd like to see fewer meaningless artist residencies (i.e. "Here's a modicum of space or $500 or just a cute title) and more producing schemes. I'd like to see Arts Institutions churning out Indie Theatre Producers and Dance Producers and Performance Art Producers – not an endless stream of lip service and a tiny bit of support to one lucky company a year. (I swear, I was just told about a "residency" where the artists had to pay 4k-6k a week to be in residence.) Invest in Producers and producers would invest in us.
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Filed under: art, business | Tags: art, Goals, multi-potentialite, Note to Self, One Thing, privilege
While listening to the Note to Self podcast the other day, I heard the guest promote an idea that I have heard promoted many times before. The expert on the show suggested that the way to achieve success is to choose one goal and only focus on that. His thesis was that multi-focus was impossible and only one goal would do.
This is a popular theme in business literature or self-help guides – pick one thing and focus on it to the exclusion of all else. And it makes me a little bit crazy. I like to follow good advice. I see the value in having a uni-focus. And yet I have tried it and it is not possible for me. I don't think it is possible for the vast majority of American artists.
You ask me to pick one thing – I pick Art. Every time. But if I pick art to the detriment of everything else, I end up broke and in debt. Every time. I do not have the privilege of being able to devote everything to my art. I must split my focus. I have to devote PART of my attention to making a living. And I also happen to have to split that day job focus in three because neither of the three ways I make a living pays enough to actually add up to a living.
I am not multi-focused because I'm flighty and scattered. I am multi-focused because I have to be.
Sometimes people assume that because I do so many different things that I must not take them all seriously. That if I have many identities, they must all be at half-mast. (i.e. I'm not a REAL theatre artist, not a REAL Shakespeare consultant, not a REAL Feldenkrais practitioner, not a REAL writer.) And I suppose the preponderance of this belief in the ONE GOAL Philosophy is why I sometimes fear they're right. But – my recent discovery of the multi—potentialite movement gives me some assurance that it is indeed possible to be good at many things. And that it needn't be only out of necessity. The man who is a child psychologist and a luthier, for example, is likely not in a position wherein he NEEDS that second specialization. He can be an amazing psychologist AND an amazing luthier. I can see how those two professions might compliment one another, in fact.
Would the ONE GOAL-ers suggest that he quit one to focus on the other? Probably – but I'm not sure that would be the right thing to do.
In my case, I don't have the privilege of quitting. The one thing it would be possible to quit without major consequence is the one thing I will never quit – never not ever. And I find ways to integrate one thing into another. It all gets into my artistic work, no matter what it is, or how.
Focusing on One Thing is a privilege that I hope that I get to experience one day. I know my work would benefit from being able to give it my full attention, all the time…but in the meantime, I find it more helpful to look to the multi-potentialite community to help me make my crazy multi-focused life work. Their strategies are the ones that will actually apply to my life as it is now rather than the one goal life I can only imagine.
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Filed under: business, Gender politics | Tags: business, dressing for success, feminism, How to Be a Woman, makeover, meeting, professional, sexist, suit
Before I even sat down, I could feel a peculiar sense of being dismissed. For the people there, I did not register as someone of any interest, and certainly not as the expert I happen to be in this field. I walked away from the meeting wondering if it was time to get a style makeover. And then I got mad. Because while a style make-over would be fun (and expensive,) the need or thought of a need for one is a particularly female problem.
In Caitlin Moran's book, How to Be a Woman, she talks about how what women wear signals so much to the people around us. When women get dressed, with each outfit we try on, we are essentially asking, "Is this the identity I want to be projecting today?"
If I want to look "professional," Ann Pierce points out what an impossible challenge is before me as a woman. Her article on the pitfalls of dressing professionally shows how the vast majority of women's photos are seen as unprofessional . That is, it's POSSIBLE to hit upon some outfit that looks appropriately professional, but the odds are very small that it will look professional to everyone. (This is especially true for the busty among us, as she points out in the article.) See also, Grayson Perry's discussion of the suit in his Default Man article.
And, working in the arts, there's a kind of non-professional professionalism required. You can't turn up at a theatre education event in a lady suit without looking a little bit like a tool.
Meanwhile, back at my meeting, one of the highest status dudes at this majority dude meeting was in shorts and a t-shirt. You can bet he wasn't worried about what to wear to a meeting to be sure he'd be seen as a valuable contributor to it.
This all reminds me of the metric that Caitlin Moran uses for determining if something is sexist or not. It is: Are the boys worrying about this? Do the boys have to do this, too? And I think the answer is no. No, no, they are not. I can almost guarantee you that not one of the men at that meeting walked away from it wondering if maybe a new hairstyle would get him some more respect.
I'd forgotten what this sort of meeting could be like. Most of the education meetings I attend are gender imbalanced the other way, that is, mostly women with an occasional man. I don't worry about whether my sweater was the wrong choice after those meetings because I am (usually) heard and recognized and given equal weight and status as the other educators. So it occurred to me, after my thought experiment in which I showed up with a different hairstyle and different clothes, the right sweater probably wouldn't have made a stitch of difference. Probably, simply by showing up female, I would have had the same experience, no matter what I was wearing.
PS – If you haven't seen this yet. . it definitely feels like a meeting. Famous Quotes, the Way a Woman Would Have to Say Them During a Meeting
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Filed under: business, Gender politics, Leadership | Tags: compassionate, femininity, feminism, humanity, Jill Soloway, kind, Leadership, revolutionary, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, trailblazer, women's leadership
My mother retired from a company where she'd worked for over 30 years. For many of those years, she was the Executive Director. She was the leader. At her retirement party, I learned a lot – both about my mother and leadership.
As a child, I spent some time with my mom at work – not in any official "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" way – but in a "School's Out and Childcare Is Hard to Come By" way. I thought I had a sense of what she got up to – both from what I saw while playing with the office supplies and from what she'd talk about when she came home. But as I discovered at her retirement, I had no idea.
The facts of her long and illustrious career are well documented (in proclamations and resolutions by the state, the city and various public boards) but what blew the doors off my perception was my mother's style in the face of it all.
Here are some things I realized:
1) My mother doesn't really have a work persona. She is herself whether she's working with a board of directors or a birding group. She doesn't turn off her humanity to be professional.
2) One of the things that was often mentioned by those inspired and trained by her was her compassion and kindness. I heard many iterations of the words, "compassionate leadership" spoken about my mom.
3) My mother laid all of her success at her career at the feet of her colleagues and employees. She seemed to have no ego about all that she's done.
None of these aspects of my mother's personality are a surprise to me. But now that I have spent some time out in the world, I can recognize how unusual these things can be in a leadership role. What I understand now is how rare a bird my mother is and how her style of leadership has inspired others. (Especially women who came up behind her in a field that was entirely dominated by men. When my mom began, she was often the only woman in the board rooms and conferences.)
I can count myself among those inspired now, but I have benefitted from growing up assuming that my mother's way was how things were. Of course kind, compassionate women can become powerful leaders in their communities while retaining their humanity and verve. Of course, they can and should do, because that is what my mother has always done. It's taken years out in the wilds of the working world for me to see how unique my mom's career was, how much of a trailblazer she has been and what a difference she's made to the people around her. There's something remarkable about how unapologetically she's a woman and a leader.
The conversations about women's leadership in the press tend to fall in the "Why can't a woman be more like a man?" category. The descriptions of my mother's leadership that I heard at her retirement party strike me as revolutionary now. I hesitate to label my mother's style as feminine because femininity is so loaded an idea. But feminine or not, it is well outside of the model of the Big Man in Charge. In theatre (which is my field,) this ideal still holds tight. People LIKE tyrannical directors, particularly male ones. They hire them, they promote them, they pay them to run their theatres. Some theatres will come right out and say that they won't hire women to direct. Although no one said it out loud, most of my experience in directing school was being pushed to be more like a Big Man in Charge. It's why I quit directing for a while.
There's now a leader closer to my own field that makes me think of this "feminine" leadership style. Film and TV director, Jill Soloway, is on a roll, shaking things up all over Hollywood and being unapologetically all the things we've been told we can't be. For example:
You CAN cry at work—in fact, you must cry at work. In fact, if you're going to make a movie, do me a favor and think of it as "bring your tears to work day."
Every time Soloway gives a speech, I feel a surge of hope.
People like my mother and Jill Soloway have changed the landscape for the rest of us and I'm tremendously grateful. It is rare and wonderful.
My mother is living proof that you can achieve great things and still be the person you are, and the kind of human you want to be. So I'm proud of my mom as she leaves her career woman identity behind. And I hope to be able to honor the qualities that we share by using my own leadership to a good effect as time rattles on.
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Filed under: art, business | Tags: artists, business, marketing, Seth Godin
Through my Hamlet blog, an international organization found me and, after a few email exchanges, they hired me to help them "conquer America" with their Shakespeare project.
While technically I was hired to help them with some Shakespeare, I found myself coaching them on their business strategy, on their email writing, on website launching, on social media and several other things that are not on my resume. They hired me for my education/arts specialization and got a business coach.
Because the communication was nebulous and the job murky, I nearly quit a few weeks in. But I set boundaries and negotiated for clearer terms. I made a lot of suggestions which they were excited by but somehow couldn't implement. Then it took them almost 2 months to pay me-with lots of back and forth with international banking difficulties and miscommunications. In the end, they fired me as easily as they hired me (and not insignificantly, they did the same for several other extremely accomplished people in the field.) The project, due to launch last April, is nowhere to be seen. I can't help thinking that if they'd taken the advice of all the artists they'd brought in, they might have actually succeeded.
A few years ago, in the midst of trying to shift my day job life, I went to the Actors Work Program and was intrigued by the speeches they gave us about all the skills we have as artists that could give us an edge, outside of the arts. I felt that was probably very true, given what a wide variety of things we do to make an artist's life work. But then we took a skills assessment test that just slotted us into the "Can you use Photoshop?" "Can you work in Excel?" world. It felt like the end result was that everyone was just well suited to become administrative assistants.
This international organization experience showed me how much deeper my skill set was than my ability to maintain a database. The fact is, I run several businesses. And they just happen to be in fields that don't make a lot of money so I don't see the returns that someone in another field would see. That's art-making, I guess. And Education. And people like me have the ability to coach outside our field but other businesses don't always recognize the ways we could help. And neither do we.
I'm not saying all us artists should go get business jobs (Good Lord, no!) but it's often the case that artists are secretly embedded in businesses. They're your temps. Your administrative assistants. (Thanks Actors Work Program!) They're catering your company event. If you have an artist in your midst, it might be worth investigating how they can help you grow. They may have secret marketing skills. They may be great leaders. They may be untapped communication coaches. To say nothing of all the artistic skills they might be able to contribute.
Writer and Marketing Guru, Seth Godin, says we are all artists now. (Download a short e-book on the subject via this link.) He writes:
A revolution is here, our revolution, and it is shining a light on what we've known deep down for a long time—you are capable of making a difference, of being bold, and of changing more than you are willing to admit. You are capable of making art. Why Make Art? Because you must. The new connected economy demands it and will reward you for nothing else. Because you can. Art is what it is to be human.
Artists are all around you and if you need help adapting to this new way of doing things, reach out. We can help. I know it from experience now.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
J.Crew Updates Website with New Arrivals!
There are some new arrivals for men (click here) & women (click here). {wahoo!} It looks like Crewcuts (click here) has been updated, but not the J.Crew Collection (click here).
The latest June catalog (click here to view) is now available to view. The Men's only catalog is available too.
The catalog features 9 different women wearing the same Linen Perfect Shirt. I love it! It's great to see the various ways to style one piece. :)
As for the new arrivals...
Loves it! I am drawn to the Secretary Blouse (Item 44054; $275.00). From the flowy fit to self tie bow to the mosaic design... I am in love. Too bad about that price... yikes! For a more reasonable priced item, there is the Rowboat Dress (Item 42449; $88.00). This is such a cute dress, perfect for those hot Summer days!
Yeah, that's pretty... pretty creepy! I know the Comme des Garçons® Play Printed Heart Tee (item 48464; $90.00) is suppose to be a fun, whimsical tee. But honestly, it is just creepy to me. I don't want a pair of dramatic eyes starring at people checking out my chest. (It's like a weird game of gotcha.) Pass.
Way to take something I love to the extreme! Oh J.Crew, you know I love stripes, ruffles, sequins, and of course bows. But why did you mock my love with the Prabal Gurung at J.Crew Exploding Bow Blouse (Item 49310; $225.00). Even the name of the item recognizes the outlandishness of the bow's size. It's such a pretty top too. So can you make the same top with proportions for the bow that I could actually wear?
What items are you most excited about and why? Which items are you surprised (or not surprised) to see? Which items did you hope would be included? Were you expecting a bigger roll-out today? Also, did you receive the latest catalog? :)
80 comments:
Looking at PG collaboration pieces. The PG Rampant Rose top is like a rose tee gone wild -- with ruffles. And for $450? And wasn't there a bridesmaid' s dress v. similar to the exploding bow dress? On the other hand I could see the *!* bow blouse looking dignified & stately with a long black satin skirt. Though perhaps not on me.
ReplyDeleteStene, yes! I saw those earlier this morning! They're too outrageous for my wardrobe (my funky limit stops at the Flannerys) but I think they look awesome! You might get lucky, I was convinced when the Collins and Emellines came out that they would sell out quickly, never go on sale, and therefore I wouldn't be able to buy them. But it didn't turn out that way. I'll pray to the shoe gods on your behalf. :)
This was the second morning in a row that the update occurred late. But this morning I was rewarded for getting up early, my bookmarks led me to items that weren't visible in the sale section at that time. Even a product search didn't pull them up, only the bookmark worked. (I'm sure an external search would have worked too.) I saw the Wylder boots before the update was complete. Why why why couldn't they have been in my size??? (cry) I can think of only one worse situation, getting them in my size only to find that the order is cancelled later.
Nice update this morning.Ohhhhh, I can't wait to delve in (with my coffee as usual!) Your preview makes it look like some high potential for things I'd like! :) Thank you Alexis!! (personally exploding bow sounds totally intriguing).
And maybe dramatic eyes glaring down someone staring at your chest is a GOOD thing...The Evana dress is fabulous, but so pricey. I like the fatigue skirt, that could be a great weekend piece for me. I love the entire Prabal Gurung collection and if I worked in a creative field or someplace less conservative, I'd buy it all! Actually, the rampant rose top could be a wonderful evening piece.
ReplyDeleteI satisfied my obsessions for all things linen and khaki this morning.
I JUMPED on the Fatigue Skirt, I have been waiting for this one ever since the Spring preview months ago! I ordered my usual pencil skirt size, I hope it fits.
Also finally got the Linen Perfect Shirt in white, it's been in my basket forever and after I saw the "9 Women, 1 Shirt" feature I knew I had to snap it up for real.
And -happy day!- the Fisherman Sweater was back in small in the beechwood colour.
I haven't looked forward to an order this much in such a long time!Clicquot you will love the linen perfect shirt. I bought two, the blue and the pink, I LOVE them.
I have to say I love the PG stuff too though it is not my style.
The linen suit with the vest and the shorts in navy? I showed my daughter this morning before she left for school and she loves it, she wants to splurge on it with her babysitting money. It will be adorbs on her.
Going back to have a better look now.
Oh and I reviewed the Windowpane Trenchlet today on my blog.nice update this morning! now just hoping a couple of coveted items actually ship!
second roll out in a row that i'm really enjoying! after suffering an impasse, jcrew has totally wooed me (and my wallet back!) so many cute things--the 3 striped dresses and ikat walkaway shorts could make for great weekend wear and i'm loving the mirabel in the ivory/red combo, tho will have to see if that cut will work on me.
i actually love the prabal garung line! out of curiousity, i ordered the big bow top! we'll see just how poofy that bow is--i would definitely wear it out for dinner, but if that tie will get in the way of the fork making it to my mouth then back it goes!As I continue to peruse the new arrivals...
I think the Comme les Garcons stuff is adorable. I love the grey T, but cannot justify the price.
Very intrigued by the Hutton Chinos. Looking forward to a review from one of you JCAs.
Cashmere shorts? For realz?
Frontier pants? For those weekends when you're panning for gold?yay, yay, yay! The Hutton Chinos look like replacements for my 2007 favorite fit chinos--which were awesome heavier weight twill with a tailored pant leg. Somewhere through the years the chinos have gone down hill. Pray these are true replacements of what was a perfect female version of the chino pants.
ReplyDeleteI love the Rachelle Wrap Dress, but $650? Really??? Maybe I'll be able to catch it as a popback on supersale eventually...
As for the other new arrivals, there are more promising pieces in this rollout then there have been in quite awhile, which is very refreshing at this point. I'm really glad to see the free shipping on all orders again, too.I think the shirt featured in the nine women feature is the new boy shirt in cotton voile and not the linen one. I am actually very excited by a very simple piece, the short sleeves white shirt. I have tried to replace an old Zara one forever and this one looks like it could do it.
Also, I saw the striped Eliza jacket on a SA and it was beautiful on (much more than in the pics and on the hanger), very polished but modern.
I also like the look of the Aperitif dress but $400 for a cotton dress? From the PG collection I like the green dress most.maryeb: I find them to run true to size. I took the 0, I am generally a 0 for tops though I take a 2 in dresses on account of my butt size.
The fit is long and lean as they promise, very flattering. I was totally going to send them back if they weren't long enough. I am 5'7" and shirts are often too short and become untucked very easily which is super-annoying.
Not the case, the length is great as is the sleeve-length.
I hope that helps you out!The PG pieces are works of art. Unfortunately all the pouf would look absolutely ridonculous on my busty frame.
The Heathered Playa Skirt looks gorgeous. I didn't bite on the previous release of this skirt as none of the colors really worked for me but I am loving the indigo and carnival blossom versions. Anyone have this skirt already and can comment on the fit and sizing?
Some of the new dresses look nice but I would like to see reviews on fit and fabric quality before I buy as dresses can be tricky for me.Ema I missed the short sleeve white shirt, thanks for mentioning. Has anyone seen it in the stores? Is it thick enough not to see-through? If these fit well and are good cotton, I'd buy three on the spot.
I'm also sort of intrigued with the Wyatt Buckle Cone heels.
There's a couple of sale items but with no promo, I feel no need to buy. If they sell out, no biggie.XOXO, I reviewed the Playa skirt a while back. I got the citron in a size 2. This is my usual size and it fits fine at the waist and hip. The length from the top of the waist band is 18 3/4". The paper bag ruffle extends about 3/4" above this. So it is not 20 inches in length. I'm 5'3" and it hits about an 1 1/2" above my knee. Shorter than I wanted, but liveable.
When I bought it the description read Machine Wash, which was a big reason why I bought it. I was highly disappointed to see on the care tag it is Dry Clean. I see that they've corrected this on the website. The site still lists it as Linen/cotton blend. But the tag says it's just Linen. If this is important to you I'd double check this before purchasing.
Hope this helps.It's nice to see a cotton version of the ink-dot pencil skirt. I liked last year's version but wasn't a fan of the silk material.
I do have to ask, though...where in the world are the pretty floral pencil skirts? There were so many pretty ones last year...sunshine peonies, impressionist, floral pastiche, etc...we haven't had a single floral pencil skirt this season yet-have we?Elizabeth, it is catalog only so I don't think we are going to see it in stores. I might order it with the free shipping offer and will report back. I too hope that it is a nice substantial cotton and that it looks crisp.
LilyBart, she was wearing a pair of Minnies and ballet flats and she had the belt cinched. It was very cute. I must add that she is quite pear-shaped and I never seen her look so good.I think the silk mirage jacket is really cute! Definitely cropped, but with different styling could be a cute summer option for work or weekends. However, I'll wait till it goes on sale as the price is a little steep. :)
The PG pieces are beautiful, but I just would have no occassion to wear them. Definitely more avante-garde!The Prabal line made me squeal- it's right up my ally (bows! BIG bows!) and I think that most of the pieces could be surprisingly versatile, as long as worn the right way.
I like a good challenge, so I grabbed the Bow-dacious denim jacket and the Exploding bow blouse--can't wait to see them in person!
From the actual J Crew line itself, the only thing immediately tugging at my heart strings is the Pluma pendant necklace. I didn't love it until I saw its size on the mannequin--so fun!maryeb, thank you so much for repeating your review of the Playa skirt, the information is very helpful.
I think I will SU so I can get a bit more length since I'm on the tall side of the spectrum. I don't mind if it's not machine washable but I really dislike when they misrepresent the item materials and care online. I do prefer 100% linen rather than a blend as I find the wrinkles on pure linen relax throughout the day and appear a bit less stiff than when it is blended with cotton.Hmm, not really caring for anything in this rollout. I think J. Crew has gotten too simple in recent seasons for my taste, though I know lots of other people love that. I don't long for a return to excessively ruffled styles, I just want humor and color to come back into the clothes (although delicate, pretty colors like from Spring 2010 rather than bold, primary ones). It seems like the J. Crew of 2005-2008 that many here long for had humor + simplicity. When their style changed to the heavily layered, bedazzled look of 2009-2010 that took itself more seriously they had non-humor + busy-ness. Now they've razed everything to a very spare look - non-humor + simplicity. I guess in this algorithm, what I'm asking for is the remaining combination: humor + busy-ness. I don't care for minimalist, boxy tank tops with no details on them that don't flatter the body. I wish JC would make more form-fitted clothes with details or prints on them.
Also the catalog cover looks very much like the January one. Where are the location shoots and colorful sets? I'm missing the color that used to be in the catalogs - most of the outfits now are just neutral colors. I loved the crazy-layered looks from 2009-2010, but I wish they'd make individual pieces that invoke the look of colorful layering so we wouldn't have to wear a scarf around our waist or one skirt over another ourselves.I really adore the Prabal Gurung denim jacket but for $400 I'd prefer a light weight wool rather than denim. It is absolutely tempting me, but I'd be completely out of clothing budget for a couple of months. Noting else is calling me quite so loudly, although the Heathered playa skirt in blue looks very fun.
In case you're interested, I found out from my PS that the large black bag on page 36 of the online catalog is the Edie Tote - $348 due in late July in 4 colors.I bought the High Tide Tunic Dress and the navy linen suiting, shorts, vest and jacket , for my 16yo daughter. She is super-excited to try on the suit especially so I hope it doesn't disappoint her. It will be terrific for travelling: the jacket with cropped denim and a striped t-shirt, the vest worn solo or under the jacket, and a civilized looking pair of shorts.
I'll do a review when they arrive next week.
I did buy that new Liberty belt for myself, I have a couple of Brora linen dresses it would just be darling with, the colors in it are great.SE MOM, I ordered the whisper T's when they first came out along with the boatneck 3/4 Ts (can't remember the name) The material is nice and drapey but definitely sheer. I wouldn't wear any of them w/o a cami. I got Azalea, gray, white and blush in all of them. Love the material!
The neon Azalea is gorgeous (sold out?) The fit of the Whisper T is boxy with a nice wide hem which makes it sort of hang straight.
I usually wear small but ordered medium in both styles for slouchiness. The Whisper is TTS but the boatneck seem to run a little smaller.
I actually have a friend who works for Madewell who offered her discount so have will two of everything when the second set arrives. Should I hang on to the first order in case anyone is interested here? KarenJulie: I know it's fabulous. My daughter wears a school uniform so it is especially exciting for her to be buying real clothes. She has saved her money to buy things for our holiday, well I can't imagine where she gets that strategy? ;)
In the white I think it would be spectacular. It's going to be all about the fabric quality. I'll be sure to let you know, I'll do a detailed review, hope it ships out quick.@ AppGal
I totally agree about the floral pencil skirt thing. I have recently been wearing my sunshine peonies one a lot and was hoping, nay praying, that in this latest release there would be a gorgeous new floral one- but no dice! Would actually love one in that to die for casbah print.
I was at a Crewlet today where they have a paisley print pencil skirt. The fabric just felt flimsy to me. I did walk away with 2 of those linen-cotton sweatshirts. They were on special for 40% plus my teacher discount. Just like the Saturday sweater!Alexis I could not agree with you more about that GIGANTIC bow and I am not at all fond of the back cut of that top. Some of us really do need to wear a bra...geez ! I also love the Secretary blouse but it needs to be about 100 dollars less expensive. Thanks for the info and reminding me about the catalog !
ReplyDeletethe Secretary blouse reminds me of the Island Paisley Perfect Shirt. It's not exactly the same but it's also sheer with a similar print, although the removable tie is missing. You could easily add a contrasting or complementary scarf in place of the tie if you have this shirt already. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteOk, maybe I am just insanely jealous and hopelessly sad that I would have no place to wear the Exploding Bow blouse. :( Don't get me wrong PG is CLEARLY very talented. I absolutely LOVE the pink color and the idea of it, but at J.Crew I am looking for more timeless pieces that are versatile. I was so excited about seeing his collection only to be let down and disappointed there was not more for the "average girl" to wear to work and on the weekend. I COULD make the denim jacket work for me but not for
$400. Maybe if the bow had been a little less "explosive" and in cotton with a less revealing, bra friendly back I could have worn it. Oh well, that is fashion I guess.I fell deeply in love with the Platinum tweed jacket. I just hope it fits!!!
ReplyDeleteShekster, you could always check for the Island Paisley blouse on the Weekly Exchange or save the bookmark to check for a popback. It's a lovely print in a very wearable shirt.
I'm with you on the need to wear a bra and certain things are not designed for those of us with a larger bust. It's OK though, there are plenty of other options available.AppGal, they have some printed pencil skirts on the factory site. The floral prints are mostly from last year but they also have the paisley print one that OperaRach mentionned. I have that print in the bikini and it is stunning (it's the Palermo paisley). I have been stalking the factory site for a while because that print and the Canterbury Bells one made an appearance a few weeks ago but soldout almost immediately (actually I suspect them to have deliberately taken them away because they disappeared in all the sizes in a matter of two hours). I was superexcited to see that they are back in stock and this time around I jumped on it (even if the price went up).
The fabric is thinner than the retail version apparently but I don't mind for a summer pencil skirt. The same print has been used for a perfect shirt and a cardigan. HTH!Got the Rowboat dress in faded black last night after seeing it online. So glad I did since they only had 2 left in the store. Love it! So cute and it is better in person. Color is slightly different than online. The cream color is almost more of a khaki nude color in person which is actually better.
I finally was able to get something I wanted before it sold out!TXgirl14 I am happy for you too as I know how it feels to have something you are lusting for get sold out in your size before you can afford it. I feel like my life is devoted to stalking the Sale section for pop-backs ! Thanks for the review. How was the length of the Rowboat dress? On a side note, I don't understand why J. Crew cannot put people dying to find an item on a waitlist for it so we don't have to keep hoping and praying to find it on a random return to the Sale or even non-sale section. I actually received a phone call a few days back from a girl saying she was calling from J. Crew and an item I had ordered back in March was not going to be shipped. OK, how about the item number or order number or give me some kind of clue what the heck it was. Really? It was very odd.
ReplyDeleteI splurged and also bought the Rowboat dress in faded black. It is super cute and flattering on. I have the Maritime dress and liked this one a lot more than the Maritime! I'm 5'2 and it hit me a little lower than mid-thigh, so it may be pretty short for taller girls. Also, I sized down on this one and liked the fitted look of it better. I also bought the Stripe Blouson dress that's featured on the front of the June catalog. It is really adorable (perfect for summer weddings) and is definitely on the longer side. It hits me at the knee/a tiny bit below the knee. I like the length for the look of the dress, but I noticed that online they have Petite sizes for it for those who want it shorter. Again, I sized down on this dress - my regular size, a 0 was too loose in the armholes!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with sharon..have the Maritime dress too and like the Rowboat better. Still love the Maritime dress, but got to wear the Rowboat dress out this weekend and loved it on! It is so cute, but also so comfortable. Possibly could have sized down, but still cute. Shekster, I'm 5'3 and the dress falls mid thigh. It was the perfect length for me since I like shorter dresses.
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When we were in high school and college, we used to have a 36 oz beer bong. We used to have contests and I was never beaten. But after, I always felt bloated as hell and I actually hated doing it. But like an idiot, I would always accept the challenge.
Then when I was in my 30's, I was at a party and somebody had one and all of my friends wanted to see me do it again. I got about half of it finished and somebody made me laugh and the next thing I knew, beer started shooting out of my nose. :eek:
What a dumbass. :D