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[mayakern]

preorders are open NOW through may 12th!! 🎉

this launch includes our new organic cotton button-up shirts & dress in our funeral design, as well as a super cute picnic top in white and black colors.

you can check them out on my store now!

#store

[mayakern]

Hey, I don’t mean this in a weird way, but is Maya okay..?

maya is stoned on the couch eating a bowl of chicken alfredo and watching a youtube video about. uh. paper mario i think. she's REALLY jazzed for ttyd

i realize taking maya off social media can be concerning but we took her off because managing your own personal brand that's also an extension of you that's also your job that's also your company that you can't take a day off from for over ten years sucks

maya stepping away is a good thing, she's doing better than she's been in a long time and i no longer need to force her on a vacation somewhere without service against her will

#devin time #i'm glad you care about her wellbeing! i hope this puts your concerns to rest

[mayakern]

how are the picnic shirt pre-orders doing? have you reached the minimum order number?

they're doing better than the button-up clothes that's for sure

the picnic top will be made regardless. it's a lower price to make with a much much MUCH lower risk due to it being like a medium price point. we didn't really NEED to do preorders on it but decided to since it's different enough from our other stuff that we're not totally confident

#devin time #ash sent me this message and i was like well i'm chillin i'll answer #store

[mayakern]

hiiii it's me! devin! ur favorite!

maya is still banned from doing big business things on social media while she takes time to rest and detoxify from the poison that is running social media full time for ten years. everybody clap! yay!

i'm here to share some info on our button-up shirt and dress preorders!

as many of you already know, i lost my anti-preorder campaign due to the high minimum per design. there's been some confusion and uncertainty. carsyn's doing her best but preorders are overwhelming and i have some time today

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS:

how close are you to hitting the minimum goal for the button-up shirts and dresses?

not close lol. as of 4/26 we're at about 8% funded. i refuse to panic until after may 3rd

why the funeral design?

the funeral design won our design poll

initially we were going to run preorders for two designs: funeral as well as astronauts. when we got news that the minimum would be 400 garments per design (we're able to spread that across the button-up shirts and dresses) we decided to cut back to one design. we're really not big enough to expect 800 orders on an $80-90 item

why not another design?

another design did not win the design poll

what would have been chosen other than funeral or astronaut?

deadly florals, hiss from a rose, microorganisms, and hands were all the top placers in the design poll after funeral

can you do solid color?

yes

why didn't you do solid color?

you can buy a solid color button-up shirt or dress from anywhere. the plan has always been to introduce these garments in solid color after their initial introduction

...so can you do solid color?

we will consider doing solid color preorders if these preorders bomb

how much would solid color cost?

probably the same. it's not much cheaper. it's faster to make tho

how much would the ecovero viscose cost instead of cotton?

maybe like $10 cheaper

it's really soft tbh but it's a different weave from the viscose for the skirts. it's my number one fabric for the button-ups but alas the cotton fandom won for now

what happens if preorders bomb?

we cancel and refund all preorders.

maybe we'll try again with a different design or with fewer features after we have some time to decompress from the nightmare that is running preorders (can you tell i hate preorders). if they bomb bad enough we may completely nix patterned button-up shirts and dresses. we don't know yet!

does that affect the picnic top?

the picnic top is completely separate. since it's made out of a different fabric it has its own minimum, so it will not be affected by button-up shirt and dress preorders

and like, to be totally honest, it's way cheaper to produce. we can eat some of the cost and just make them. they're small enough to store easily and they're at a lower price point so we can expect to sell them after we receive them, like the wrap tops

btw, we have other ready-to-ship things already in production. we've been working on a whole secret project. surprise!

why did you launch preorders for the button-up shirt/dress at the same time as the picnic top?

the picnic top sample came in with the button-up dress sample and it needed very little alteration. also maya liked it. also we may be developing an entire line inspired by the picnic top so keep an eye out for that next spring

why is the new button-up shirt more expensive than the old button-up shirt?

it's more expensive to make

why is it more expensive to make?

this is a different factory from the one we used before. it's more expensive because they pay their staff a higher wage and likely have other costs

this is a different fabric from the one we used before. it's a stretch cotton with a GOTS certification

this is imported from a different country from the one we used before. turkey has much higher import fees to the US

what is a GOTS certification?

the short version is the fabric itself is more environmentally friendly and produced with more fair labor practices than standard cotton

you can read the long version here here

can you do fulfillment from somewhere other than the US?

we're working on it. it probably won't lower prices tho, since fulfillment centers also cost money

anyway...

none of this is to shame someone for not preordering. groceries are expensive and things are tight, plus it kinda sucks to spend on a tight budget and not get what you ordered for a few months

(can you tell i hate preorders)

i think there's a lot of surprise since we've never done preorders on a single design before, and that's fair! we debated on doing a kickstarter but a) i hate doing kickstarters b) kickstarter takes a percentage of sales and our profit margin on these is already lower than we'd like it to be

i'm tired and i can't remember anything else i wanted to say. i may answer any additional questions from my own tumblr (@punchyemblem and now i'm gonna get a notification that i'm gonna be jumpscared by) but carsyn will be handling most questions

also don't worry, when you say nice things we still show maya. also she's fine, she's just in her (forced and highly necessary and possibly permanent) limited social media era

#devin time #store stuff

[mayakern]

preorders are open NOW through may 12th!! 🎉

this launch includes our new organic cotton button-up shirts & dress in our funeral design, as well as a super cute picnic top in white and black colors.

you can check them out on my store now!

#plus size clothing #ethical clothing #inclusive clothing #button up shirts #crop tops #store

[mayakern]

hey yall some bad news: we’ve only made about 9% of the sales needed to hit the minimum order for the organic cotton button shirt and dress

ideally we’d like to hit 75% and if we don’t hit at least 50% we will probably have to cancel the whole thing 🥲

preorders are live now!! ✨

this launch includes our new organic cotton button-ups in our funeral design, our button-up dress in our funeral design, and the picnic crop top in both white and black colors.

preorders will be open until may 12th!

you can get these on my store!

#store

[mayakern]

sorry but im gonna be real obnoxious about these preorders. the order minimum for the organic cotton is VERY high for us and if we don’t get at least half that number in preorders it’ll really screw us over 🥲

#maya rambles #store #coming out of my no social media hibernation just for preorders tbh

[mayakern]

insert intentionally inflammatory post to drive up engagement so more people see that i have preorders open for my size inclusive, certified ethically made organic button downs

#ethical fashion #organic cotton clothing #size inclusive fashion #size inclusivity #fatshion #plus size fashion #store

[mayakern]

Are the black picnic tops still available for pre-order? When I looked originally, there was one page for the tips, where you could select black or white. Then it changed to a page for the black and a page for the white, so I added one of each to my cart. When I went to pay, the black one got removed from my cart, and now it doesn't show as an option anymore. It's been a few hours now and still no black option. Any insight? Thanks!

right now it’s only available in the US market due to some fuckery with the service we use for international. hopefully the product should get approved (and therefor should show up in the store for non-US folks) in 48ish hours or so

#ask #store

[mayakern]

don't miss out on the new preorder items 😳

#store

[mayakern]

aww this looks so gorgeous on you!!! 🥰

Obsessed with the Celestial Sun skirt by @mayakern and @sergle, I've been at home sick the past couple of days but I'm gonna be wearing it out a bunch as soon as I'm able to! The colours and pattern are 😍😍😍

#reblog #store #customer pics #.

[mayakern]

all fixed!

how much slack would you recommend for the picnic top for the length metric? I feel like i'm doing it wrong since i'm getting a pretty different size from the wrap shirt (S instead of L/XL)

it's difficult to compare the measurements of the two since the picnic crop top is measuring the underbust, whereas the wrap top is measuring the waist.

since it's elastic, it's also sized a bit differently and large size differences like this can occur. so the small probably is accurate for your measurements.

#reblog #store

[mayakern]

It's Anony Mouse here reporting on behalf of the "boobs way too big" squadron - do the waist ties on the dresses have a limit to how much they can cinch in for us disproportionate queens? Or at least without looking silly. I'm obsessed with your funeral print but I gotta make sure I'll look good 😭

they don't have a limit, it's just however tight that you choose to tie it! we also lengthened the waist tie another 6" (compared to the sample pics of maya), so you should be able to adjust it as you see fit. since it's a tie and not shapewear, the amount of cinch provided is whatever the difference you have between your bust and waist.

maya also has a 10 inch difference between her bust and waist size, so it fits and cinches well even with a larger bust size.

#ask #store #carsyn social link rank up

[mayakern]

hi y'all! we've taken a closer look at the picnic crop top measurements and it looks like there was a mistake made due to a miscommunication with the factory, so we're reworking them now.

we'll be contacting anyone that has already ordered one to let them know!

thank you guys for being so patient! 🧡

how much slack would you recommend for the picnic top for the length metric? I feel like i'm doing it wrong since i'm getting a pretty different size from the wrap shirt (S instead of L/XL)

it's difficult to compare the measurements of the two since the picnic crop top is measuring the underbust, whereas the wrap top is measuring the waist.

since it's elastic, it's also sized a bit differently and large size differences like this can occur. so the small probably is accurate for your measurements.

#reblog #store

[mayakern]

how much slack would you recommend for the picnic top for the length metric? I feel like i'm doing it wrong since i'm getting a pretty different size from the wrap shirt (S instead of L/XL)

it's difficult to compare the measurements of the two since the picnic crop top is measuring the underbust, whereas the wrap top is measuring the waist.

since it's elastic, it's also sized a bit differently and large size differences like this can occur. so the small probably is accurate for your measurements.

#ask #store #carsyn social link rank up

[mayakern]

when drop-time hits, i become bongo cat until however long it takes the page to migrate out of placeholder status (im gonna GET me one's those black picnic tops 👀)

omg don't even worry!! you have all the way until may 12th to snag that black picnic crop top hehe

i'm glad you're so excited for the launch!! 🥰

#ask #store #carsyn social link rank up

[mayakern]

So I have a question about the picnic top size chart and the accompanying picture. In the picture the waist circumference is drawn in, but the size chart itself doesn't have a column for the waist (but the underbust instead). Do they mean the same thing in this case... kinda sorta at least? Or does Underbust actually mean the part where the bra-cup wires would go (higher up than the actual waist)? Thanks in advance and sorry for the dumb question ❤️😅

oops, that's our fault! the picture was meant to say underbust instead of waist, and we've now fixed that. so hopefully those measurements make more sense now!

#ask #store #carsyn social link rank up