The show must go on...

So last weekend I had to do something I never thought I had to do in business and that was, perform after the passing of a loved one.  Less then a day after losing my grandmother I had to proceed with a scheduled trunk show for my boutique in West L.A.  I had been planning this event with it's host for months and it was only right that I conducted business as usual.  Lessons in business;  Don't ever show your emotions on the job, unless it is to much that you must go home.  From experience, I've learned that most supervisors and co-workers will be sympathetic but the others will use that as a mark of your professionalism.  Business is business.

My favorite piece in the store.

Had so much sushi, I'm surprised I didn't turn into a fish!

The Cuff necklace, was a hit.

All around a good show, much thanks to these lovely people; Sa-Cara, Rosie Barreda, Christina Martinez and Windy Zamora.

Next week, I have something big to share and I'm going to do it on video.  Hope you guys check back and see what life changing decison I've made once again.

xoxo

Business Savvy

Hello Lovelies!

So I know I mentioned last week that the name of this blog post was going to be something else and I was really going to go in a different direction with it but I decided to stay on a positive note. Turning my bad business decision, into a life lesson. Plus, taking something great from it.

Without going into the ugly details, I was approached by a company to do a fashion show a week after I did Project Ethos. A company that had no real owner (so they/she claimed)! I really had a bad feeling about all the unanswerable questions, yet I still committed and paid for this event.  Needless to say, it was one of the worst and unprofessional events I've ever been apart of since I started in this industry.  I was not only in embarrassed but mad at myself for not going with my gut....my business gut.  I just knew something wasn't right with this company but I was really conned into believing it would all turn out great, in which it didn't.

In the end, after a week of disputing with this company I was given a refund and all pictures from this event would not be posted. I am happy to say that, I not only learned an important business lesson from this but I became just a bit more business savvy. PLUS, I not only made new friends through the chaos of it all but I recruited my very first intern!

I leave you with a couple of pictures from our first business meeting. Yes, at Corner Bakery Cafe!

Darlins, please welcome my new business savvy intern, Windy!

Plus, please check-out these other lovely business savvy people that I met along this journey; NATIVE HONEY, MARIALIA, REDHAWK BRIGADE, ALEXANDRA CIPRIANI and LA FASHION WEEK ONLINE.

Pressing Forward

Hello Darlins,

Soooo...my world has been kinda behind these days. Only now am I getting a chance to share with you the outcome of my fashion show with Project Ethos.  As far as the "other" fashion show I did last week, I'll get to that next week.

Anyways, so  this was my second time doing Project Ethos and all though they are not at the very top of the LAFW fashion show totem pole, the Press was pretty much out and covering the event.  The first time I did this event, the press was pretty nice about my work. This time around however....I got my first bad review. It wasn't that bad, it was somewhere along the lines of "nothing to write home about".  Never the less, I really took it to heart. I always thought that bad press would be something I could just shrug off but it turns out, it can really put those little thoughts of doubt in your head.  Yet after days of sulking, I am finally ready to just press forward.  This was a life lesson in itself and in business. You can't win them all darlins!

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Thank you to all of you for the wonderful reviews and photos.  And if I'm missing someone, please post it on my wall on http://www.facebook.com/DesignerMelissaVelia .