Eileen Fisher
27 statements across 2 episodes · 10 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 6, 2017 by Eileen Fisher · said 16 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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2025 2 mentions in 1 episode
2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 12 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
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Nov 6, 2017
Nov 6, 2017 neutral
Fisher: More than $3,000 in initial orders would have caused delivery failure
“And it was the right amount, because anymore, I would have never been able to deliver. I wouldn't have been able to get enough fabric. I wouldn't have been able to figure it all out fast enough or get the money to make it happen.”
Nov 6, 2017 positive
Nov 6, 2017 positive
Fisher: Japanese kimono's simple shape inspired her brand's aesthetic
“Like, you could really see, like, with the kimono, for example, one shape, you know, for thousands of years, and, you know, they would just do, you know, use different fabrics and different techniques to make it different every time, and, you know, it was beau…”
Nov 6, 2017
Fisher: Bootstrapped early orders via staggered delivery and COD payments
“Well, I would have needed about 20 to do the production. And but I got some good advice, actually, while I was at the boutique show, that I deliver a small order first, so I did white just for, like, February delivery, and then I did the other colors for deliv…”
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Feb 25, 2019 positive
Feb 25, 2019 positive
Feb 25, 2019 neutral
Feb 25, 2019 neutral
Fisher: Overwhelming success at her first trade show would have caused failure
“And it was the right amount, because anymore, I would have never been able to deliver. I wouldn't have been able to get enough fabric. I wouldn't have been able to figure it all out fast enough, or get the money to make it happen.”
Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019 neutral
Feb 25, 2019 neutral
Feb 25, 2019 positive
Feb 25, 2019 negative
Eileen Fisher says discomfort with glamour drove her to design comfortable clothing
“I couldn't speak the language, so tried hard to learn it. So there was glamour, yes, I guess, you know, but I'm not, I don't, I'm not so attracted to glamour. I'm always more uncomfortable with glamour. I always say I'm this uncomfortable person. That's why I …”
Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019
Fisher's early core customers were artists, therapists, and teachers
“In the early days I described them as artists, therapists, and teachers. And it seemed like they were people who, you know I used to say they helped people find themselves, something like that, you know, that, or that they could figure out how to make their ow…”
Feb 25, 2019 positive
Feb 25, 2019 neutral
Fisher launched her fashion brand with 12 sample garments in three colors
“I made them in the three colors, so I had 12 pieces, and that's what I took with my little logo, and I was, I spent probably as much time obsessing about the graphics and the name because I didn't want to call it Eileen Fisher.”
Feb 25, 2019
Fisher financed early production by requiring trade show buyers to pay COD
“I did the orders on COD, so then when I Delivered, the boutiques would write a check, and... They had to pay right away, and, you know, at the show, when they were standing in line, it was kind of easy to ask them to do COD. Because I could sort of plead with …”