Print help & missing button WWYD???

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Chico's jacket. It's a 1 button jacket & it's missing. It has a barb in the arm, so I think it's new.  I know it needs new pics. Would you buy a button to have sewn on or just disclose & let the buyer choose what they want?

Also, ideas on this pattern? I'm curious if you guys see what I see?

Thanks!

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A barb could be from the thrift too so I wouldn't assume it's new because it has one. I would list the print a geometric and show your close up. I would also leave the button off and let the buyer put one they like on there.

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I would call it tone on tone geometric. I think I would only replace the button if I could do it myself. And I know you don't 'do' buttons. But if you're still doing well with Chico's and you can recoup the cost of button and seamstress, it will likely sell faster with one. Good spring color.

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Agree with peek. I'd list it with missing button. I'm not seeing anything specifically describable about the pattern. Can't wait to hear what you're seeing in it.

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The only word that is coming to mind for me on the print is architectural but I doubt that's a highly searched KW and would take up a lot of space in the title.

It looks like house trim to me.

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I would take the jacket with me to Jo-Anns and buy a button (probably wood or metal with an etching rather than trying to match the color and using plastic ugh) and sew it on myself. They usually come in 2's so I would baggie the remaining button and loop in on the label. List as pre-owned in excellent condition with a replaced button plus an extra. Cost, maybe $2-3

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The print itself looks retro to me. That picture frame geometric print was popular in the 70s. But in brighter, bolder colors.

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Feb 15, 2015 18:54:00 GMT @elly said:

I would call it tone on tone geometric.

Textured tone-on-tone geometric?

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Thank you all! The barb is not a thrift barb, nor is it in the thrift location, but I'm gonna have to list as pre-owned cuz with all those wrinkles, I think I have to dry clean it.

You're right I don't sew buttons myself, although I keep swearing I'm going to learn, so maybe this is a good one to learn on, since it's only 1 button. OTOH, I'll never find that thread in my arsenal. Cleanny, thanks, yes if I buy a button I was thinking of gold tone or silver tone, something unique, definitely not a color match b/c that's what Chico's would do.

Chico's is not going great for me, so I'm not sure about adding another $5-10 (button & seamstress) to the price.

As for the pattern, ding, ding, ding Elly, I get a very retro, though I thought 60s atomic vibe. Now that you mention it, I think it may be 70s. I saw it on some Libbey's glassware in the last year. Off to look up the decade.

Thanks everyone! Stay tuned, new question abt knit to be posted soon lol.

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I'd replace the button, maybe with a jeweled brooch? Something to make it stand out.

Pattern looks kind of retro/mod geometric. Background fabric is faille, but I don't know how good a KW that is.

www.ebay.com/itm/311263571717
www.ebay.com/itm/161492291782

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Thanks Ahrn, I hadn't even looked on Ebay. Looks like it was a matching button originally. Mine is the same size. For $18, I'm not doing a damn thing!

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It's a cute jacket. I wouldn't put a lot of effort into it but if you find a pretty pin that can double as a button I'd try it.

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Feb 15, 2015 20:33:58 GMT @ahrncitygal said:

It's a cute jacket. I wouldn't put a lot of effort into it but if you find a pretty pin that can double as a button I'd try it.

Oh, maybe I didn't follow that. You mean leave the pin there & sell it that way?

That I can probably do.  It would be cheap & ez.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Make it clear it's a pin, of course! But that way the buyer can add their own button if they want.

Cheap and easy fixes are often the best ones!

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Personally, I'd just disclose and list. Sewing isn't my thing, though, even buttons lol. If I were to replace the button, it would sit in my "to do" pile until next year, lol, so I'd just get it listed and be done with it.

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I can sew a button lickety split so I'd do it but disclose that it's not the original button. So many folks don't know how to operate a needle & thread that you'd lose a lot of customers by not making that simple repair. I assume you know your way around a needle and thread.

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I sell lots of things missing buttons. And I think I've either sold or still have listed that exact jacket.