The idea from Amely from Erlangen:
Dear Nyambura, the dresses you made for me are my very favorite- and I would love to have another one in that cut! I've attached a photo of a fabric that I think is beautiful…maybe you can find one like that by chance? Or a similar one? If not – no matter: I am very curious about your fabric suggestions! And also, could you please look for fabric in neon green or neon yellow in your fabric search? If there is something good there, maybe that would be dress number two right then….
Thanks a lot and best regards!
Amely
The customer’s rating:
Just perfect – couldn't be better! Thank you so much Nyambura!!!
The story of the custom made wax print fabric dress:
Negotiation phase
It's so wonderful to hear from you and that you love your dresses!
I'll be very happy to send you photos of what I find, by next week Tuesday.
Thank you so much for your request and have a great day!
Best Regards,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura,
this is great! I'm really looking forward to the photos and the fabric selection. Better take a few more photos :). I'm curious!
Many love greetings,
Amely
Here are photos of what I could find. I didn't get your exact photo but looked for some in the color scheme of the photo you sent.
I'm also very curious to know if you see something you like! 🙂
My best regards,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura, thank you so much for the great fabric suggestions! I like the green fabric with the cables and lamps best of all. I would love to have the dress made from that, please!
When you go to buy the fabric, maybe you could look again for fabrics with objects or animals and photograph me another selection, please? Have again attached a few examples of patterns that I like there particularly well… but in principle I am here with the color choice quite open. I also have a curtain project in mind (if there is the perfect fabric for it) – or just a second dress. The green dress is hereby but already fixed ordered!
Thank you so much!!!
Love greetings,
Amely
You are very welcome and I'm glad we have a winning fabric! I'll be sure to get you more photos for your selection soon!
Many Thanks,
Nyambura.
Great, dear Nyambura, I'm glad!
I'm back with more photos for you to look through.
Please let me know if you see something you like.
Many Thanks,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura, here I am again at last…. please excuse me! And with two fabrics and orders: first, as I said, I would like a dress in the cut as the chicken dress was – and in the green fabric with the lights.
Also, I would have a second, slightly different dress in the red/blue/green fabric with the leaves (see photo), similar to the orange one in the photos attached. So basically: a bit narrower cut than the other one, with multi-level skirt part and puff sleeves, but they should be much longer, so almost to the elbow. If you have a suggestion for a cut of a dress you've made before, I'm also very happy – it doesn't have to be exactly like the orange one! Dress size would be 42.
Now it can finally start!!! I'm really looking forward to it!
Many love greetings,
Amely
Welcome back! 🙂
It's good to hear from you and thank you so much for the orders!
I'll be happy to make the second style too!
Kindly let me confirm the availability of the 2nd fabric design before we start because the materials sell really quickly.
Meanwhile for a dress I have made before, I have attached a video showing a sleeveless summer dress.
Please let me know what you think of it.
My kindest regards,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura,
thank you very much for the suggestion! The dress is very nice – only I think it does not fit my figure so well, unfortunately. Then maybe we better try it in the style like the orange dress, only with a little longer sleeves, yes? That would be great!!! Now I just hope that the fabric is still available!!!
Love Greetings,
Amely
You are very welcome!
Thank you also for the nice comment on the dress. 🙂
Yes we can make in style of the orange dress with longer sleeves.
So far the material you had picked is still out of stock, but I'll keep checking. Meanwhile, I have some great news on what I found while looking for it!
Please see the attached photo named "horseprint" that is quite like one of the fabric designs you wanted! 🙂
My best regards,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura, that's great! Yes, let's use the horse fabric for the cut of the orange dress then! And the one with the lamps in the old cut.
Then we can start!
It would be great if you could still keep an eye out for the fabric in red-blue-green – then I would take another dress from it, too…
Many love greetings,
Amely
Will definitely keep an eye out for the red-blue-green one and keep you posted.
Many many thanks again,
Nyambura.
Production phase
Thank you so much for confirming the order!
I'll be back with an update on progress on Thursday!
Have a great day ahead!
Best Regards,
Nyambura
Great, dear Nyambura – I am very excited!
Kind regards,
Amely
Just to update that I'm working on the dresses simultaneously and have shared a few photos on progress.
Also, as I was cutting the yellow one, I wanted to confirm if you'd like pockets in it as well?
Please let me know.
Many thanks,
Nyambura.
Thank you so much for asking, dear Nyambura! Yes, please by all means bags! That would be important to me. Thank you very much and best regards!
Amely
I shall do just that.
Another clarification for the yellow dress,
The dress size you gave, of 42, would mean your bust size is about 97cm, waist: 82cm and hips 102cm.
Kindly confirm if those are the right measurements, because the waist of the dress in your photo, seems to be about 95cm.
Many thanks,
Nyambura.
Dear Nyambura, thank you so much for asking. In that case my. Measures actually larger, namely:
Bust 105, waist 95cm, hips 110cm. The dress may sit quiet a little loose. Thank you very much and best regards,
Amely
Thanks for the measurements.
Also some more good news, I finally found the red blue green fabric!
Which design did you want it done in?
Best Regards,
Nyambura.
Oh that's great, thank you so much! I'm so glad you still found the fabric. I would take it in the cut of the orange dress, please!
Many greetings,
Amely
I'll get to working on them and get back to you on Tuesday with progress dear Amely.
My best regards,
Nyambura.
How nice, I am glad!!!
Love greetings!
🙂 am so excited!!!
Love!
So I am done with the first two orders and have uploaded how they are looking!
🙂
Then for the latest order, kindly do as we did last time and put it as a new request, then I can upload the completed dress on that request.
Thank you so much!
Wow, great looking dresses all – thank you so much!!!
I can't wait to wear them.
Many love greetings,
Amely
🙂
I can't wait to see the pictures of you in them!
Many Thanks again for your orders!
Best Regards,
Nyambura
Yay, I am also very happy! Thanks again – and love!!!
Amely
(Automatic translation) 06 Apr 2022 8:38 am: Amely
(Automatic translation) 06 Apr 2022 8:38 am: Amely
Yay, I am also very happy! Thanks again – and all the love!!!
Amely
The final custom made wax print fabric dress:
Reference: ON001481E-32869
Costs to realize this custom made wax print fabric dress
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Cost of material |
32.02
|
| Cost of labour |
68.05
|
| Cost of packaging |
2.4
|
| Cost of delivery to local operations manager |
2.8
|
| Subtotal – payout to craftsman |
105.27
|
| Customer aquisition costs (advertising etc.) |
10.53
|
| Handling fee Urban Change Lab |
10.53
|
| Shipping costs from Kenya to Germany* |
30
|
| VAT (Germany)* |
24
|
| Total |
186.03
|