Problems of a shopkeeper

So a year ago one of our vendors found this great French fabric. It was cream with a gold pattern and was very beefy. The photo really doesn't do it justice. The wife loved the fabric but we had to decide what to put it in. A dress. A top. Or maybe a jacket.

When we went to Magic show in Vegas another high end vendor was showing a dress made in the same fabric. But it seemed much too heavy in a dress so we dropped that idea.

We finally settled on a jacket. We made two types. A trench coat and a short swing jacket with a pleat in the back and really beautiful sleeves with enough fabric that you could fold them back for a real cool casual look. We also put some great pastel linings that show up really great when the coat flaps open.

Now the idea was to have the coats ready for spring you know right around Easter. We showed the sample and got a lot a lot of interest from our customers who really were into it. But the production was a nightmare. You see the grading or the differential between the sizes was not right. The arms were just too tight and didn't fit right. We had to send them back to have all of the arms fixed. So we didn't get them back till now. Memorial Day. Nobody wants to buy a trench coat for the summer. No matter how cute it is. I have them out but I think I am just going to wrap them up and hold them for next spring. We couldn't sell them unless they were perfect. The wife wouldn't allow that and of course she is right. I have to sit on the money it cost for a year. But we can bring them out next year because they are really cut in a classic style and will be just as cute.

There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.