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Post by Uncle Bob on Jul 15, 2015 22:26:31 GMT
I'm pretty sure the business relationship between Abbey Dawn and Iron Fist dissolved several years ago. I don't know why. After that happened, I was able to help several fans to secure refunds for items they ordered from Abbey Dawn that were never shipped by Iron Fist. Iron Fist issued the refunds. They were pretty good about it once they were provided details of the order.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jul 15, 2015 22:27:04 GMT
We don't know for sure but I've seen other pieces from the Iron Fist line and the designs are very similar to that AD collection.
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Post by Blackarachnia on Jul 15, 2015 22:28:40 GMT
The site is still working for me. Maybe it glitched for a few minutes? Sometimes that happens. If not, I am so glad I placed my order when I did! I've been charged for the shirt I bought (gray with skull flag)... reminds me of the PacSun shirt that was such an uproar (although this is different). Is that the same skull that was used in the 2013 IF collection?
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Post by booknerd on Jul 15, 2015 22:35:26 GMT
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Post by Blackarachnia on Jul 15, 2015 22:39:37 GMT
The hoodie's cool. For anybody who likes getting what Avril wears, the pink hoodie is what she's wearing in the Fly music video (during the studio bits)
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Post by Monet ♥ on Jul 16, 2015 20:57:49 GMT
I'm not really a fan of it.
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Post by Jinkxx on Jul 17, 2015 11:36:54 GMT
Hmm it's not that spectacular. It's quite average; normal. Also a bit the same as AD was before. It feels a bit like AD hasn't been grown up Not mature xD I don't know, maybe the other pieces wich are coming in the future are way more cool then these It's not that bad but I wouldn't buy these I think ^^
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 7:23:20 GMT
What were you expecting to see? Evening dresses and tuxedos?
The prices ARE a bit steep, though. $25 for a t-shirt, not including shipping?!
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Post by Blackarachnia on Jul 18, 2015 14:01:20 GMT
$25 for a shirt is great. $60 for a hoodie is not. They're just basic tees with basic graphics on them... I was hoping for actual fashion and design, and a more mature look. Yeah, I was hoping for dresses and men's dress shirts and stuff like that where she focused more on construction and prints. This is crap... Idk why she even bothered
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 14:41:22 GMT
Everything looks a bit ... bland. Hopefully there's more to the collection and this is just a sort of trial.
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Post by NinjaPirateAssasin on Jul 18, 2015 15:23:18 GMT
I'm hoping that the items currently on the site are just the beginning for Abbey Dawn. I would love to imagine that those are just what they happen to have a large stock of because they're obviously simple and quicker to make, but I'm afraid to set myself up for disappointment. I was a fan of the striped hoodies and devil horn hoodies that Abbey Dawn used to release, so I'm hoping they'll bring that design back. Hopefully no future Abbey Dawn shirts will have an obvious spelling error on them like the "ROCKS" shirt did. I was hoping that the steep prices would go down when I heard Abbey Dawn was starting back up again. There were definitely some pieces with the old Abbey Dawn that I was interested in, but they were always far too expensive. I get that celebrities names, even if by association, can make the price go up but I could easily get a more mature shirt at Kohls or Target for under $30. Fans aren't made of money. It would be awesome if they could lower the prices, or have free shipping, or if buying Avril's CDs/donating to her charity gave you "Abbey Dawn Bucks" or discounts. Although it's possible that by the time another album came out, Abbey Dawn could be closed down again. Kind of off topic, but looking at the prices randomly reminded me of the $75 bracelets made from Avril's guitar strings.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jul 18, 2015 16:25:57 GMT
Ironically AD seems to have the same problem as her music- it hasn't grown with her fans. Most of us are at least late teens to 20s and early 30s. A lot of us have school or jobs and can't be walking around in a shirt with skulls all over it. Honestly, that white tuxedo jacket Avril wore to NYFW is something I'd seriously consider wearing if I had a job interview or presentation. The fun stuff with skulls and bright colors is fine for casual clothes but IMO she should also make some nicer stuff for her older fans for going out, work, school, etc. I really hope in the future she'll add some pieces like that but I'm not very hopeful for that. She seems to want to keep catering to her younger fans for some reason and as someone mentioned, most of these clothes are simple and quick to manufacture. Disappointing, to say the least.
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Post by Jack on Jul 18, 2015 16:58:10 GMT
She seems to be playing it safe for now, perhaps too safe. I like the AD-skull shirts, but as something casual I would wear once in a while. If she wanted to "revamp" AD, it's not much of a revamp so far. Sure, there will be fans who will buy it just because it's Avril and some might like it, but it won't attract older fans and GP. And much less considering she doesn't have the star power she had before. We'll see if she does some interview where she talks about it in a more deep manner...
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jul 18, 2015 17:28:29 GMT
I find it really strange that neither she nor her official social media accounts have tweeted about the new collection.
The only thing I sort of like is the black rock and roll shirt, as you said, for casual wear. But at $27, not even including shipping, I don't think so. Instead I just went on eBay and purchased 2 items from the older collections, a yellow plaid button down for $8 and the gray At Least We Have Each Other shirt from the Alice in Wonderland collection for $26, which was a little steep for me but at least it included the shipping and it was brand new. I also put in a $7 bid for one of the old animal print hoodies with the studs because I always like to have comfortable hoodies. I'd say eBay is your best bet for AD because it's a lot cheaper and you can still find some of the older items.
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Post by thyarchery on Jul 18, 2015 18:00:17 GMT
She seems to be playing it safe for now, perhaps too safe. I like the AD-skull shirts, but as something casual I would wear once in a while. If she wanted to "revamp" AD, it's not much of a revamp so far. Sure, there will be fans who will buy it just because it's Avril and some might like it, but it won't attract older fans and GP. And much less considering she doesn't have the star power she had before. We'll see if she does some interview where she talks about it in a more deep manner...I just had a flashback that took me back to the GL era: Interviewer: Well, Avril, you've got a new album going on, and it's pretty deep and sentimental, one would say you poured your soul into some of the songs, could you tell us more about it? Avril: Oh yes, of course, I've got this clothing line called Abbey Down, which is super cool and it's full of skulls and spikes and stuff...
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