Some of you very intelligent tall folks may have noticed there have been a few hiccups in the world of Sarah Vain and Tall.  That train wreck of a t-shirt : I have been trying to fix it for a month and a half now.  My cut and sew shop of choice, from whom I was also buying pattern work, decided that since I was a relatively small buyer, I could be fobbed off with something less than quality.  We have been back and forth on the issue (at considerable expense, I might add), for all this time, with no result.  Unfortunately, in fashion manufacturing, c’est la vie. You have to cut your losses and look for someone else.  (Then, when you find that someone else, hug them and squeeze them and promise never to leave!)

Stressing me most is that, having promised you guys the line to die for, it’s taking so much longer than I thought it would, to get it made and packed and ready for you.

The past few weeks, I have been in meeting after meeting.  In fact I have two more after I post this: one with a new fabric agent, and one with a stunning new pattern maker, with whom I may be a little bit in love.  Her best friend is 6’2″: she gets it.  And, wonder of wonders, she knows people of quality and has introduced me to a new cut and sew shop.

So we’ll have to wait a little bit longer.  I’m sorry.  I couldn’t be more disappointed, but I will not put my name on, nor take anybody’s money for, a substandard garment.

I hope you all understand!

In the mean time I will still be posting about things I find.  The latest has me pretty excited.

Lane 172 is a Korean brand making flats in a rainbow of colours.  They’re seriously cheap at around AU$30 each, plus $10 postage from YesStyle.com.au.

They say they fit to a European 45, but I just received a blue patent flat and a grey flower accent flat in the 45, which fit my size 42 (AU11) feet pretty well.   There’s a fitting guide, and I would go a size up from the recommended fit.  Don’t worry about what seems like excessive width in the fitting guide: it’s a figment of their imagination.

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