{"id":8543,"date":"2012-10-22T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=8543"},"modified":"2023-10-27T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:51:19","slug":"planetjune-at-ralph-lauren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/planetjune-at-ralph-lauren\/","title":{"rendered":"PlanetJune at Ralph Lauren!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I have an amazing PlanetJune story for you: how my Fruit Bat design<\/a> ended up in the window display of the Ralph Lauren Children’s Store on Madison Avenue, New York!<\/p>\n

Here’s the Ralph Lauren window. It’s a beautiful display, combining seasonal elements (autumn leaves, pumpkins) with a handmade crafty theme (stitched details on the trees and moon, yarn-wrapped pumpkins) and their fall childrenswear range. And the perfect finishing touch is the 8 PlanetJune amigurumi fruit bats hanging from the trees:<\/p>\n

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\nCan you see the bats yet? <\/em><\/p>\n

I was approached by Ralph Lauren to make some of my fruit bats for their window. As you probably know, I don’t accept commissions for finished items any more, instead pointing enquirers in the direction of my Sellers’ List<\/a>, which lists the shops of my customers who sell items made from my patterns. (I love being able to help out my customers in this way.)<\/p>\n

In this case, with multiple bats needed and a fairly tight timeframe, I decided to go one step further and recommended a specific seller for this commission. Most of my sellers are active members of my Ravelry group, and post about how they are doing in the selling PlanetJune-designed items<\/a> thread. As I read all the messages in my group, I get a good feel for how busy each of them is, and who might currently have the time and inclination to take on a large commission like this.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> I never make any money from these commissions – connecting buyers and sellers is just a service I offer my customers and people looking for handmade amigurumi.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, I put Monica from Magical Amigurumi<\/a> in touch with the Ralph Lauren people, they sorted out all the details of their transaction, and, a few weeks later, these cute-but-unassuming little bats…<\/p>\n

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…were high-fashion superstars on Madison Avenue!<\/p>\n

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I do love how the window dresser arranged all the bats in different positions, some with wings open and some folded.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is that this was the third time my amigurumi designs have been requested by fashion designers! Maybe I need a new tagline for my website: PlanetJune: Amigurumi with Style<\/em><\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

If you’ll be in Manhattan in the near future, do stop at the window of the Ralph Lauren Children’s Store (878 Madison Avenue) and take a look at Monica’s PlanetJune Fruit Bats:<\/p>\n

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Handy links:<\/p>\n