Speedypearl/ Nataliya in Mayfair

OMGGGGG!! Stay away from here. Rude, badddddd quality at crazy prices and very very untrustworthy. Run from a designers house, the 2 seamstresses who work there are very rude and cannot speak english and with poor communication your work could end disastrous! They had to redo and redo and redo my work to the point it was disappointing with the finishing and left a deep hole in my pocket. For someone targeting young designers the only word I can say is exploitation! Poor work and a very very high price. Leaving you with clothing that must be hidden from public eye and a deep hole in your pocket unable to afford to buy anything and to get you bankrupt before you even make 1 piece for your collection

Vergi- info@vergi.co.uk

First of all I do not trust or like to use tailors or seamstresses or pattern cutters who have their own labels. Meeting up with this female duo, they are not only a bit unfriendly they won’t just do one stage of the design process e.g. just make the pattern or just sew a garment from a pattern that’s already made. They wanted to do the whole process which I found a cause for concern especially because they have their own label. I saw some of their work as well and it didn’t look like they had ample years of experience their work looks like university level or for a graduate or university collection.

Ivor Akimu Nylander- South London

AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!! This guy is out to exploit young designers and does not have a fixed rate instead depending on how much you think you have in your pocket will try to strip you of cash. Worse yet he will try to not only make a profit from you but also try to take over your business in pretense he will make you a ‘star’ do not believe him! he will ask you for 10-20% of the sale made of each dress he makes for you! Are you kidding?! If it is your design and even if he is not helping you to sell it, his incomprehensible contract states that he takes a percentage of sales made for any of your design you present to him that he will sew for you. he must be a good business man but achieves by destroying young designers. He boasts extensive contacts from celebrities to ‘making’ young up and coming designers all of which sounded very much fiction. He’s fun to  be around but I wouldn’t trust him one bit with my money or my designs!