FT: The Closette

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Alternatives 323

[edited 1/6/09]

White Dollz - RM28

**also seen at

Dr Pizzicato
RM40

The Closette
RM40

Vanity Dresser
RM40

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Alternatives 189

Chubby A Bit - RM34 (sale), RM45 (before discount)

**also seen at

The Closette - RM49

Friday, March 27, 2009

Alternatives 185 - 188

dear readers,
so sorry but pictures will not be posted up for this "alternatives" post.
thank u.

The Closette
RM60

Solemate
RM189

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Bunny Noo
RM49

Solemate
RM99

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The Closette
RM99

Solemate
RM189

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The Closette
RM75

Soulmate
RM169

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FT : Soulmate is has a retail outlet in Bangsar

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Alternatives 184

Nerds - RM59

**also seen at

The Closette - RM49

Bunny Noo - RM49

Dressing Lab - RM50

Monday, March 23, 2009

Alternatives 174

Ninth Havens - RM55

**also seen at

The Closette - RM40

[FT : TC came out with this piece approx 2 months before ninth havens]

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Reader 189

Dear FT,

I have been thinking of voicing this issue for quite some time.

As we are aware, currently teal has become one of our favourite colours whwen purchasing clothes and I have often come across many online shops selling clothes stating this colour.

I would just like to highlight that these shops should thoroughly study the actual meaning and definition of the colour 'teal' before stating it in reference to their clothes.

Teal according to dictionary definitions is actual ' a blue-green colour or of a bluish shade of green or equal parts of blue and green'.

This colour below is obtained from wikipedia.

Yet recently, many blogs state teal as the colour of the clothes but when you purchase it either turns out blue or green. I have many times experienced this situation and so have my friends. I am truly fed up of such events happening. probably it would be beneficial if these store owners actually studied the definitions of this colour prior to stating it in their blogs. It would be much better to state it as more to greenish or more to blue than stating teal as the colour.

Some blogs even state blue as turquoise. And once you've purchased it, its just plain blue.

It is a necessity for sellers to know the colours deeply before tagging it to the clothing that they are selling. There is a significance difference between teal and turquoise and also light blue and green. It would be safer as I've stated to tag it as greenish blue or blusih green, then its up to the buyer to judge.

In the casee I've encountered, although checked multiple times, the item received still deceives the purpose.

Quite dissapointing, hopefully our sellers would be more careful in tagging. Not everything is either teal or turquoise just because thats the 'IN' colour now. Some are plain baby blue.

No offence to anyone but some examples beow of some clothing with different colour codings.

The Clossette states it as green where as Piper Lips states it as teal.

The Dainty Dresser states as teal where as TicTacToe states as Turquoise. (I believe its more to turquoise blue).

-a dissapointed buyer-

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Alternatives 129

Ablinc - RM39

**also seen at

The Closette - RM49

Alternatives 123

What The Fudge - RM59

**also seen at

The Closette - RM49

[came out earlier, approx. Sept. 08]

Friday, February 20, 2009

Alternatives 57

Little Mizz Petite - RM40

Piperlips - RM40

**also seen at
The Closette
RM32

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Alternatives 52

Skinny Heels - RM45

(from FT : SH came out with this dress a month before The Closette)

**seen also at

The Closette - RM35

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Alternatives 46

Enchanting Hearts - RM40

**also seen at
The Closette
RM49

Alternatives 42

Coco Goddess - RM59

**also seen at
The Closette
1 for RM39
2 for RM70

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Alternatives 32

Kiss and Tell - RM35

** seen also at:

The Closette - RM50

Spotted!

This section is where FT features items, as well as link up other blogshops that are also selling the same item.

The definition of 'same item' in FT are items that are almost identical. We are not 100% sure that items are exactly the same as sellers may argue that the items are bought from different suppliers, or the material is different and so on.
This section does not include clothes from oversea-sprees, e.g. clothes from Taiwan / Korea.
Should FT make any mistakes in wrongly assuming that two items are the same, we sincerely apologize, and would appreciate if blogshop owners can kindly notify us about the mistake.

Our main purpose is to allow readers/customers to look for the same item should the item be out of stock in one particular e-boutique. Apart from that, readers/customers can also search for blogshops that provide CODs in their preferred area to save on postage.

Reasons as to why prices of similar items may differ

Some readers already know this, but some do not.Well, we have compiled a list of reasons as to why prices on identical items may be differ.

1. Some sellers want to earn a higher profit margin, some sellers settle for lower profits

2. Some sellers include COD charges & postage charges into their listed price.

3. Some sellers state a higher price just to allow some space for customers to negotiate the price. do remember that different buyers may get the same item from the same blogshop at different prices also.

4. Some sellers hire models to model their clothings, some sellers also do seek professional help to do up their blogpage layout. Some sellers include their petrol prices, time & other expenses into their selling price.

5. Some sellers have an 'offline boutique'. They operate both their online & offline boutique.

6. Occasionally, some sellers import their items from overseas, that is because they did not know that the same item can be bought locally at a much lower price.

7. Some sellers are located out-of-KL, which may explain why their prices may differ compared to the sellers based in KL.

8. Some sellers do get cheated by the supplier too. Different suppliers charge at different price. Also, some sellers may buy the same item in bigger bulk, which they may get it at a lower price.'

9. Some items with the exact same design is in fact of different quality grade (made of different materials & craftmanship).

10. Some items with the exact same design may be imported from Taiwan/Korea/China (either pre-order of stock-in-hand), while some are from local suppliers.

[this list will be updated from time to time, email us at fashion.truth@gmail.com if we missed out any. thank u!]

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Stories include : online shopping bad & good experience, thoughts and comments about online shopping, advices to fellow readers.
Stories will be moderated. Emails containing vulgarity and harsh words will be modified accordingly. However prior to posting the email up, FT will send the copy of modified email to the sender to get their approval.
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