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Monday, February 21, 2011

A Much Deserved 2nd Chance

I was super disappointed to hear about the news about the beige suit with 2 labels.

I was in the Blogger's Closet event yesterday and a fellow blogger told me about this when she saw a cover up on my rack with a brand of “BOBON by Puey Quiñones”. Apparently I was the last to know about this scam and It felt really sad because I have always admired Puey!

I Googled this hoping that it's just hearsay and to my dismay it seems like it was all true...


Fashion designer involved in a 'fashion scam'?
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 02/18/2011 7:22 PM | Updated as of 02/18/2011 7:22 PM

MANILA, Philippines – A certain “fashion scam” has been among the hot topics on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook this week involving famous fashion designer Puey Quiñones.

This was after ABS-CBN’s Trip na Trip host Kat de Castro tweeted 3 days ago a photo of a double-labeled beige suit.



The photo which de Castro posted had a caption which reads: “The designer asked 30k for this suit. Pero bakit may Dansen tag? Sa SM ito di ba? Napeke kaya yung friend ko?”

According to the story by Kae Pickrell on StyleBible.Ph on Thursday, Jhon Maala, who happened to be de Castro’s friend, ordered a suit from Quiñones for his upcoming wedding. After several fitting sessions, the suit was finally delivered to him. It costs P30,000.

Maala, however, found out that the suit that was delivered to him carried 2 labels: "BOBON by Puey Quiñones" and "Dansen."

Haute couture

Dansen is one of the brands carried by the SM Department Store, an anchor store of Sy-led SM malls that try to reach a wide market.

Quiñones, on the other hand, is one of the elite fashion designers in town whose boutique provides haute couture and custom-made designs that fashion-conscious individuals usually turn to to dress them up for important events.

De Castro, in another tweet, said her “friend felt bad because it’s for the wedding.”

A few minutes later, De Castro said: “Designer update: He asked my friend to give back the Dansen suit but also give him time to create a new one. Wow. Wedding's less than 2 wks.”

BOBON’s official statement

After the photo circulated in the internet, BOBON immediately released a statement regarding the matter.

In their official Facebook account on Tuesday, BOBON clarified that they are “not in any involved in the design, production or sale of the suit in the photo, or the affixing of the “BOBON by Puey Quiñones.”

The statement further revealed that although they have worked with various Filipino designers in the past, they have ceased using the “BOBON by Puey Quiñones” label in 2008.

“We have no knowledge of how the label “Bobon by Puey Quinones” ended up in the suit in the Facebook post as we have used every effort to reclaim and destroy these old labels. We are certain that this suit was not purchased by the owner from or through BOBON. All BOBON pieces are sold exclusively at or through the BOBON store at The Podium and we have no record of this transaction,” they added.

Puey Quiñones’ statement

Meanwhile, according to StyleBible.Ph, Quiñones has already apologized to the couple in an official statement.

Quiñones said he “regret that all this happened.” He said he is sorry “for all the trouble that it has caused them (the couple).”

“I was simply pressured to create a suit and found a perfect blank canvas to develop. I know the entire situation could have been handled better but now it has just been blown out of proportion and affected so many others,” he said.

“To the couple who brought attention to this matter and to everyone else that have raised concerns over the quality of my service as a designer... I am sorry. I am doing all that I can to make sure that this does not happen again,” he added.

On Thursday, de Castro disclosed on her Twitter account that Quiñones vowed to give her friend a refund and that he already “went to another designer for help.”

... I guess this serves as a lesson to all designers. I really hope Puey earns everyone's trust back real soon. And yes I am ending this post by saying that I still love him and I wish him all the strength that he needs to get through this.

Post about the Blogger's Closet up next! =)

7 comments:

  1. aww sad..but i'm glad he's trying to regain everyones trust again :)

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  2. What a shame! Happens more than you would think...

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  3. ang sad talaga nito :( hey aie, i missed you guys nung sunday :(((( but i'm looking forward to your post!

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  4. oh wow, this really surprised me, i don't know what to make of it yet...need to let it simmer a little first

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  5. @AVA: yeah really sad noh? It's hard not to think na this did not only happen once. But surely it won't happen again...

    @Stacey: yeah it surely is. =(

    @Reg: we missed you too love! sana mag push through ung part II =)

    @fashioneggpplant: yeah it did surprise me too!

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  6. Kinda surprised that this really happen. Hope it won't happen again...
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