Yes/No?
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:41AM
Having waved temptation in the face of a good friend in the form of our recent travels to India, she returned the favour by pointing this out to me
We share a love of colour and texture and have a penchant for gorgeous scarves and this one was a dead cert for me as well. Since it was so realistically priced (!), I didn’t hesitate before clicking the “buy” button and looked forward to a colourful parcel arriving.
The contents of the box were well packed and I was thrilled by the sight of the real thing. I was also intrigued by the small packet at the bottom of the box.
Made of a fairly firm double layer of paper, machine stitched together and fastened with a tie fastening, I opened it carefully to find
the receipt.
For the second time in a week, I’m not sure what I think to this. For sure, I love the attention to detail, the small fastening which can only be managed by hand and the overall concept of the stitched envelope. But for a shipping receipt for an item costing £25? A little excessive, yes/no? (apologies to Edward’s favourite English teacher for that particular style of question!) Or an indication of a brand who pays attention to detail?
I love the scarf and plan to incorporate the rather lovely stitched envelope within my next travel journal. Reuse and repurpose!
Conclusion: Clever Anthropologie for incorporating a small detail which will make me remember their package, that prompted a blog post and which singled their mail order service out from the rest.
Reader Comments (1)
Like the scarf :) Mine is darker - greens and purples, but I've kept it and it suits :)
Agree re the packaging of the receipt. First thing I thought when I saw the envelop - "what can I do with that then"?
I love the attention to detail.