Comments on: Designer: Mandinez

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:37:45 +0000

What can I say? Bought a Mandinez tote last week and haven’t stopped wearing it! So spacious yet not bulky at all and the print on it is very unique and attractive. Definitely a MUST buy!!!

By: Sulky

Sulky — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:50:29 +0000

Props to Mandinez for [apparently] getting sales
and Tony, yeah i totally agree. When i saw the pieces instead of thinking to myself “I feel extremely lame” or “I feel particularly uninspired” the first thoughts that came into my mind were “I feel nature” and “I feel art”. You know I think I had better turn on the air conditioner before I start to feel a tad “science” over here.
and “divag”, if I were in a “Victoria Secret’s” i would be marveling at a (now its MY turn to use a thesaurus for a comment) foldable yet thoroughly insipid tote as well.
Now if worked at Victoria’s Secret I would actually know how to spell my company’s name correctly.
just a note maybe you should advise your customers NOT to shop at Syms any time soon.
verdict: posts that make sense=really cool

By: DivaG

DivaG — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:50:29 +0000

I love my Mandinez tote.

I wear it everywhere and it looks great. I work in Victoria Secret’s and everyone was ooing and ahhing about it.

Is very soft, folds, and the design is exquisite. In the middle of a very hectic Manhattan day, these designs are refreshing and very high quality. I specially like the fact that the design is printed on double-sides and is very bright!

I love to wear a black power suit, glasses, stilettos, briefcase and haul my Purple Fantasy on haul-I know what it means so it keeps me centered and I love the look!

By: TonyOn7th

TonyOn7th — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:32 +0000

I LOVE Mandinez Prints.

Mandinez designs invoke feelings of nature and art, science and spirituality.

To me the prints represent the mysteries of the very small or the expanse of the very large. I daresay the designs have a corpuscular and a cosmic quality to them.

Mandinez has nailed a look that I’ve been searching for and had hitherto never found. It says nature, growth and renewal to me — and I appreciate the commitment to organic materials and production.

I own the Peace Mandala T-shirt and it is the softest T-shirt in my drawer.

So my verdict: nature + peace + taste = brilliant

By: Sulky

Sulky — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:12:57 +0000

I dont know, from what I can see in this collection im not that inspired.
When I look to get a t-shirt with a graphic on it, because im essentially just paying extra bucks for the ink, the design quality better be fucking amazing, or should AT LEAST be something I, or anyone else with photoshop (Microsoft Paint in this case) cant recreate and slap another tee with little effort.
So when i saw this post, first of all, i noticed the mandalas are not even that good looking and if i pay for mirrored shapes i might as well just go to one of those tibetan shops in the LES and get something a monk made in tibet that comes with a free bumper sticker.
ANYWAY on top of the poor graphic quality, the shirts and bags are clearly made through cafepress.com and, hey there’s nothing wrong with getting that website to make your products free except for the fact that the product quality over there is generally… not good. I made tees through them a while ago and when i ordered some samples it looked like my designs were ironed on.
so the verdict: base-looking iron-on mandalas=not cool