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Pretty Busy

25 Aug 2026 · 45m · 22 chapters

In short

An OddMuse team’s multi-day China trip to develop and sample new clothing (resort, knitwear, and bridal), tour factories/offices, and launch “Chic” with performance goals and sign-up tracking.

Guests (people featured)

The host is an OddMuse designer/creator (Amy). Chiara is the designer who documents measurements and changes. Joy and Sophie are team members present during sample try-ons and office work. Maggie is a knitwear factory guide/teacher. Josh is mentioned as part of the team (e.g., commenting on makeup/lip liners). “Flakchie” appears briefly at the end. Several unnamed staff/fabric suppliers and a delivery robot are also shown.

Key claims

China is ideal for sourcing fabrics/knits; returns are costly for dress brands; knitwear is strategically easier than special-occasion dresses; Chic sign-ups should convert better than prior viral sign-ups.

Notable examples

Tweed fabric color scouting; adding zips to a sunbot and planning a midi; a suede jacket selling out in medium/large; merino wall knit samples; bridal cap-sleeve evolving into a longer version; chocolate croissants and robot-delivered dinners.

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Chapters

1:10

Preparing for the Trip

Discussing last-minute preparations and packing for the trip to China

“I am leaving in like 10 minutes for the airport.”
2:26

Home Makeover Reflections

Sharing insights on recent home improvements and personal style

3:52

Arrival in China

Experiencing the arrival in China and visiting the new office

“Cutting department and then we're gonna go see the new office.”
8:32

Design Discussions

Engaging in discussions about fabric choices and design decisions

“Oh, I thought it was gonna come with more.”
14:00

Pre-Launch Preparations

Discussion on team activities and upcoming site launch.

14:48

Fabric and Fashion Talk

Conversation about sourcing fabric and design considerations.

“All day to normal we will get it at the day of tomorrow.”
15:47

Makeup and Skincare Routine

Sharing skincare routines and favorite products while traveling.

17:34

Influencer Experiences

Reflections on the challenges of being an influencer and sharing products.

“about it like being my whole friday night because obviously that's what i'm going to do on friday night and i had like dms from people who don't work they're like you need to delete this like you've signed an NDA.”
18:52

Food and Snack Tasting

Trying snacks and sharing thoughts on unique food experiences.

“Then we did think, how did the robot actually ring the doorbell?”
19:41

Fashion Samples and Trials

Trying on fashion samples and discussing designs with the team.

“Oh yeah I'm gonna put these ones to them.”
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22:23

Breakfast and Food Review

Enjoying breakfast and reviewing favorite foods in China.

“We've got some pineapple and got croissant.”
23:27

Product Development Insights

Discussing the process of developing and launching new products.

“People make TikToks about the odd muse effect and it's like when they put the dress on they feel really confident Yes, yes So you just described it perfectly I always wear the cap sleeve dress Yeah you do?”
24:28

Final Thoughts and Coffee Conversations

Casual discussions about lunch and sign-up goals for the launch.

“You've gone again for your beef rice that you had yesterday And cucumber macchi.”
28:03

Shopping Trends and Personal Preferences

Discussing shopping habits and the dynamics of product queues.

“No, first of all, you need to sip a bit.”
29:13

Snack Time and Casual Conversations

Light-hearted banter about snacks and drinks while recording.

“We're gonna pour some of mine into the glass.”
31:46

Fashion Launch and Popular Items

Excitement over the successful launch of a new clothing collection.

“Party in my house and you're all invited.”
33:56

Dinner Reflections and Massage Experiences

Sharing experiences from a dinner while discussing a massage.

“There was a point where I thought I was gonna walk up with no neck.”
34:29

Exploring Knitwear and Factory Insights

Learning about knitwear production and factory processes.

“I love knitwear because you just learn so much.”
36:16

Food Choices and Cultural Reflections

Discussing food preferences and cultural eating habits.

“I just noticed Chinese is going to go off.”
38:24

Last Day in China and Trip Reflections

Closing reflections on the trip while preparing for departure.

“It's saying that we have a lot of the same everyday but just not like that.”
42:00

Discussing the Trip Results

Learn about the various samples and experiences from the trip.

“Anyway, the guy opposite us just got up and left.”
42:44

Favorite Samples Revealed

Uncover the hosts' favorite samples from their trip and design process.

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0:00When I wear this dress, I feel confident. Yes. That is the odd piece of it. I am very, very, very nervous for today. Okay.

0:13You hit it. Oh yeah. 2016 Swift Sage Pallover, 1325. We just got back to the office and... I just know this Chinese is going to go. So I'm wondering... so we're gonna be trying on a lot of samples today I'm proud of it yeah as you should be I just feel like I'd really have to remember everything I say which is not on brand for me wow wow wow they're getting white girl wasted crazy joy crazy Amy you guys drink responsibly

1:09Hello guys and welcome to the China vlog. I am leaving in like 10 minutes for the airport. i'm feeling very organized this morning um normally i'm like running around in the morning there's been an element of that i'm pretty organized i don't think i forgot anything i just need to put all my jewelry on because i had a spray tan yesterday and i need to pack mics i did myself a little blow dry yesterday with my dyson i haven't used my dyson in forever but the only thing is it makes it quite frizzy but anyway i digress i'd love to show you what i spent yesterday doing instead of packing and i'm really really happy with it basically turned the entryway to my house now this is actually called they call it like a maid's room it's essentially a lot of families out here have nannies so there is a front bedroom with a bathroom and stuff um but i've rebranded this to the powder room which i think i do have a lot of guests come so i think it's just a spare place for someone to get ready there's a shower in there but also spare place for me to get ready i have fully infiltrated the powder room so i've got all my hair tools here again when guests come they can just use it all and then i have all my makeup josh seems to think i don't need that many lip liners but i beg to differ it was quite fun when i was packing because i was just doing a little pick-a-mix shop here i went to them all three times yesterday to get things to dress here like originally the dresser come with like brown um knobs so i've changed them zara home i got them from i got the vase from zara home i actually got this lamp on amazon and i hated it and i threw away all the packaging but then i bought this lamp shade in h &m so i thought that was a bit of a life hack because yeah if you can't return your lamp just get a new lamp shade or if you're bored of your lamp get a new lamp shade that's from h &m home and then i've donated some scents to the powder room so when guests come they can basically just have a little spritz but also it is for me when i'm just running out of the door in my um past life i was an interior designer i really really enjoy it and I really kind of like obsess over it and but there were many drafts of this entering a picture of what this room was like before because it was literally just like a broom with just suitcases in and crap so I'm happy it now has a purpose hi guys we are in China we've looked none of the journey journey it was a lot I love your new hair we're gonna go to the Cutting department and then we're gonna go see the new office.

4:04I'm gonna bring my phone. Yeah Wow look at the sign

4:13Absolutely

4:20Oh, it looks really fab

4:27Oh my god great mirror it's huge oh wow this looks so good oh this is so good

4:39so phila wants to find the tv book yeah where we come with the business so i will sell your design here oh it's so good i love the nice skin as well great mirror

4:58Look at her, you look so young, which is so weird. I remember when you, yeah I remember this, I remember this. Yeah, I took that, I think I took that photo. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is another work in progress, so just moved the cotton floor to this floor. Nice. This is all your fabric? Yep.

5:21this is cotton mix yeah cotton mix fabric from from resort what we're realizing is this color really is actually an obmuse core we used to just be like black white cream camel core but people want color all year round especially when you have a global customer so blue might be really working in one market and not the other so we just need all markets covered um and this sunbot originally had no zip but we added the zip and i'm going to make a midi version of it because i think that'll be really nice for the races but basically we have like this one big dock that design and buying all use and it's called the design deck and it literally has like all our ideas all the collections before we show anyone it um i'm just trying to load that it is like a 500 page document so I get why the Wi-Fi is a bit slow anyway.

6:17It's maybe not working but. Cheers. This is really my colour. Yes. I think it goes with dark hair as well. Well you know what dark hair but you like the darker roots. I'd say my hair's dark. Yours is quite dark now I guess you're comparing it to like a few years ago. I've done my hair colour since January. Yeah crazy. Do you get your hair coloured? I do. It's like eight weeks every eight weeks. which seems quite a lot. I don't know why I didn't know that. Yeah, everyone always thinks it's a bit of natural. It's not. It's not. I'm more, that's more my shade naturally, I guess. I just can't do blonde anymore.

6:51It's too much of a commitment. I get that, but then at the same time, you get your lips done. You get your... All right. No, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. I mean, I just mean, you said this. I've got my lips tattooed. I won't have to get them tattooed for like three years. You said you're high maintenance to be low maintenance, right? Yeah, but blonde is like every eight weeks in the chair. That's a lot. That's a lot. It's like getting your nails done. I like to, yeah, I hate getting my nails done. I just in my head. I think now is the top. It is the worst now. I don't get my lashes done anymore But that used to be quite bad lashes are bad But now I get the lady to come to my house at 7 a.m.

7:21On a Saturday morning and asleep perfect Okay girls apparently Amy sits really sweet, but I don't care cuz like how cute it looks It has a duck on it I'm always Mmm My god That's like having Lemon sweets A little bit like A little bit like a cough sweet Do you know what I mean? Do you want to try a little bit? No I know what it tastes like But I'm enjoying the feel They've just bought this for me That's so lovely of them You know like a long jumpsuit white white yeah we can do it in white working on a urgent sample because wholesale need we're just done making the office pretty this is the vibe we're going for we've already got that table we've already got like the rails and the curtains in so it's just like deckle bits do you like it do you have the swatch book for our tweed fabric i'd love to see what other colors because you have many trade the fabric make which one you know the I show you I just I feel like it's gonna become quite a cool fabric of me so I'm wondering what other colors I was thinking pink but I don't like that shade of pink so blue is nice though and when when you go to the fabric market we'll just get loads of like that kind of fabric because we really want to make tweed like a big thing oh we're really shopping we're already shopping yeah we need to go to shenzhen yeah phil bought her a birkin for a 30th birthday yeah which one what color the black do you use it a lot no no they're meant to be used look I use mine every day okay but also maybe he needs to buy you the bigger ones bring it to work and put loads of stuff in it I'll tell him to buy you bigger one as well okay right so that's the office yeah I mean that's a job done on the Monday to the urgent samples are Confirmed?

9:51Lunch is here. We have... The kumbh macki. Gosh, that's for us to share. And your roll? Oh, I've got... You only got two. Oh, I thought it was gonna come with more. Some miso soup. Do you like miso soup? I love miso soup. I don't like it. Do you not? No. I love miso. And then, I feel really bad, because yours is big. Yours is small, and mine is... Oh, I didn't... Huge. That's okay. But I will share that, because I do not need to eat all that rice. You can. need to get my ass in gear but our designer kiara doesn't get here until tomorrow well she lands tonight she'll be in office tomorrow so i don't really want to try anything on without her because i want to like make sure she's aware of the changes because she is the one that documents like any measurements we change anything that we change and anything that we can't anything that we don't like so i just feel like i'd really have to remember everything i say which is not on brand for me um but there's some really gorgeous resort fabrics there's even a little bit of lace here that looks very very cute um but yeah as i said i don't really want to try anything on without her there's a few things that we've sampled that i'm not sure we'll go ahead with we've got we've got a brown version of the lillian set that we did this year but i really just want to improve the actual quality of like the hem because it was like a bit bubbly um we've got some teal teal gives me ptsd because it actually flopped last party season um we've got the cotton i said i wasn't going to show you anything so i don't know why we're doing this um but there's a really really cool fabric that we found in the fabric market that we're going to make a bit of a like main for um resort and it looks bloody fabulous it's not in the most odd new shape right now but i'm really thinking like what else we could do in this fabric because i really want it to be kind of like the main story there wasn't enough lightweight stuff this summer it was all very heavy like when i was shooting it i was like i look fabulous but i'm so hot so i think we still want to do that because obmuse you love everyone loves the way of obmuse and but i think it's also really really important to do more lightweight fabrics and obviously our simple statements is super lightweight but we need some like shirt cottons and stuff lunch break at the moment so i'm just gonna catch up on last week's trade it's at 6am in the uk but i've actually connected codex to shopify and i can basically get it to like pull all the info that they'll chat about in trade the main thing i'm looking at at the moment is um obviously sales but i'm also looking at what stock is out of stock because i think there's a lot of missed opportunities at the moment and i'm also looking at returns where we're predominantly a dress brand returns is quite a problem for us because returns in the dress category is higher and especially when you're in bridal territory like we have people that will buy like eight bridal dresses and keep like two of them and so we're constantly monitoring returns but i think that's why i'm really excited for chic season that's why i love knitwear because you're not really competing like someone has bought that because they really like it they're not they haven't got the pressure of like a special occasion where they're buying like 10 dresses and returning like whatever ones don't win um so yeah i'm constantly constantly constantly looking at returns i don't think people actually realize the cost of returns to a business that's why i love our stores like it literally like we spend thousands every week just getting the returns kind of washed and folded again to go back on the shelves um in fast fashion it's actually cheaper for them to just throw the returns away so that's what they do which is disgusting um i'm just gonna chat away to a robot because my team aren't online and find out what's been going on last week at odd muse i'm also going to be looking at sessions and signups for chic because we go live on wednesday so typically in a soft launch week our conversion rate on site will be around half because people are coming on site to sign up for something that they can't buy yet and so i won't be looking at conversion i'll be looking at sessions on site and making sure people are signing up for wednesday okay guys if you're wondering if i've moved from this office i haven't if you're wondering if i'm wearing a new color polka dot dress i'm not and we have just stopped very important conversations about a fabric that we've sourced resort to try and find the only flat whites in china how are we doing how are we doing girls oh we was having a very serious conversation about a very expensive fabric that i found That looks great in a mini but I've been told if we do the maxi dress that I would like to do it would be very very expensive.

15:14They have three. Do we want cappuccino on? Yeah. Yeah. Cappuccino? This one? Yeah. And they deliver it here. All day to normal we will get it at the day of tomorrow. Okay that's okay. okay it is the end of day one i'm gonna take my makeup off which i felt really glowy today i used this under glaze and the sculpted by amy hydratin and it's really normally i was i was pre-warning sophie if alice is watching this you'll know exactly what i'm talking about pre-warning sophie about how throughout the day in china your makeup just like falls off and you're just like you look back like hell at the end of the day so i'll probably put it down to this under glazed primer anyway let's take it all off my favorite part of the day favorite cleansing duos are dermalogica oil with the dermalogica daily exfoliant the quarterly oil with the matching quarterly foam cleanser which i'm going to be using today that anua cleansing oil oh that's gorgeous I use that actually on my body to get my spray tans off as well must double cleanse guys and the reason people don't get on with balms and oils and stuff is because you must emulsify them which means I'll show you what emulsifying is you just get a bit of water and you start dabbing and then it goes all milky if you're wondering and I always go on about how sensitive my skin is if you're wondering just how sensitive this is what happens to me every time I get my eyebrows waxed my skin's got so much better this year with like all the laser treatments I've been having done like in terms of like my rosacea like day to day but the second a bit of heat gets on my face wax sun I just come out in basically little burns and it's so hard not to pick them because they're just like little tiny yellow heads but that's what gives me scarring so basically i got very excited about this new product that got sent to me and then i posted about it like being my whole friday night because obviously that's what i'm going to do on friday night and i had like dms from people who don't work they're like you need to delete this like you've signed an NDA.

17:45I was like oh whoops. So that's like lesson 101 in them being an influencer but I'm a terrible influencer. I hold my hands up. I'm a terrible influencer. Had some snacks ordered for us. I did think that they could just order it online or I think they could but they wanted to go to the shop so. I said I'd try these things but But she bought me the whole shop. Yeah. Do you want to try one? Yeah. I think they're just like little... You know what I envisioned? Do you remember like the chips and sticks thing? That you'd like shake the salt in. I just thought it would be like that. So you can go first.

18:28The guy's funny is what's happened. Obviously, since we actually haven't filmed this, but both our dinners got given by a robot today. And it absolutely petrified me. The robot comes to the door, yeah. The robot comes to the door. So Amy just goes, the doorbell goes, and Amy's like, oh there goes your robot. So I'm like, this robot really scares me. I open the door, expect to see it's a human being. I jump out of my skin, the fact that it's a human being. But then we did think... I don't know how to say this. No, you've gone for the top one. I think you should like... Oh, I've already gone. Then we did think, how did the robot actually ring the doorbell?

18:59That was silly of us. You're correct with the shape. Okay, try that. Okay, no, this smells like salt. I love that I'm a guinea pig. I'm going for that.

19:13yeah they're nice yeah just a slight salt just salt you like them you can't not like them they're just like salt

19:25yeah they're classic amy i do think we need to charge this before we go to bed oh you just dropped some i think there's different oh what are them ones then what what are these ones you're have them currently? Seaweed. Ah these are the seaweed ones! Oh yeah I'm gonna put these ones to them. These are good. I like them, you can get your own pack. Okay perfect! Well then you've also got Ralka's... I don't even want to stick with these, I like them. Oh you don't even want to start opening grape. And then... Well I want sweet. This is what I've requested. And then these are just guaranteed goodness really.

20:01This is gonna be nothing like... I'm gonna start reading the shower. This is gonna come on a lot. This is like what, first sample tease? Cinch her. Do you want a pin? Should we pin it? I want to put it in the water. It's not good.

20:25What have you done? Oh. DIY. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah is that expensive yeah

20:42said they're working with the supplier now so if they can get a certain a little bit over a meter they can make a maxi dress out of one instead of having to get two so that would make a difference to the best guys welcome to day two chiara's here say hi to the vlog so we're going to be trying on a lot of samples today and this is the first we've got a bridal cap sleeve slash and we've now made it long i don't know what it's going to be but it's going to be amazing and this is going to be like this is very far from what the it's quite fun seeing like i don't mind you seeing this first arm i mean she's literally pinned in girls this is This is just fabric.

21:19This is really close to there. Okay, so we'll sit with this for a minute. But we've ordered a new sunboard for the minute. Yep. Cool. Thank you. Amazing. Also, we have Amy in a gorgeous of Muse dress. We've got Joy in the crystal top. I haven't seen the tea in some time. It looks lovely. It looks very, very nice. And both the girlies over there got their obvi shorts on. I missed out on the memo, girls. But tomorrow, I'll wear my shorts. Fall never arrives all at once. First the air, then the light, and slowly the things you love begin to find each other. A jacket meets a dress, a hoodie slips beneath a blazer, an old cap finds a new scarf.

22:02Because you don't simply step into the season, you create it layer by layer until it finally feels like fall. Find fall your way at Ross. So fun fact, China does the best chocolate croissants. I might offend a whole nation saying that. But these are very good. They look good though. This is my ideal China breakfast. We've got some pineapple and got croissant. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. The chocolate's still melted. It tastes really buttery. Ten out of ten. We're having a croissant break. and then we'll get back to samples sample sample samples oh I'm glad you're impressed okay that's a good first reaction yeah yeah I haven't seen it so that's one of the reasons why it took so long to develop right because ideally we would have done this being Amy but we just could not source a hundred percent suede for a good price and we really had to like literally look like the world for this and I was to check the the yeah that I see could be I was so into this saw the details really good yeah yeah think about bite for them she's really sold it to me good that one that shot really nice yeah I think we've cut this now

23:43Yeah, I was sorry every day Amy how does it feel when you make a product and then you see it on the website and I'm proud of it Yeah, and you should be well. I wear this dress. I feel confident. Yes. Yeah The shoe? People make TikToks about the odd muse effect and it's like when they put the dress on they feel really confident Yes, yes So you just described it perfectly I always wear the cap sleeve dress Yeah you do? You love my cap sleeve? That is a good one That's everyone's favourite Because some of these I can't wear it Yeah, yeah, yeah No, you love your cap sleeve Ok Gorge, lunch time in the office You've gone again for your beef rice that you had yesterday And cucumber macchi.

24:31And cucumber macchi. I've gone for a new roll. It's the avocado roll with crab inside, girls. Soft-shell crab. And some seared salmon. Actually, it's quite nice. Yeah, doesn't it? Guys, we're out for dinner and these girls are going crazy. They're getting white girl wasted. Crazy joy. Crazy Amy. Honestly, they keep the neck of the swine. The glasses. Guys, it's a cheese stone. Look at this video of them. Together? Yeah, why not? Gambe.

25:10No, no, don't drink all of it. It's okay. Another one? No, no, no, it's okay. Just drink responsibly.

25:23She did. She said it's okay. We just... a nice little sip. We can sip. We can sip. Yeah. It's nice and nice to chill, I must say. Anyway, we had food. We'll have food. We'll have food. We'll have food. We need a dinner. Amy texted me halfway through the day like, should we get some wine tonight? Absolutely. You're preaching to the choir. Okay guys, it is day... Oh, you're wobbling. It is day three in the Big Brother house.

25:58this travel just having a party seriously can't keep still i've got my merino wall top on which is just i just love her for every single season it's literally like 40 degrees in china but this is super lightweight it's great for layering in the winter perfect summer option as well so i wear this all the time but i've also got these does anyone remember when asos done like a premium range called arrange i don't know if they do it anymore but i got these and i want to say that it was like over 200 pounds but the button the zip broke immediately so i actually had them fixed for the second time but i've had these for about two years and i wear them all the time that's my outfit for the day and then me and sophie were just talking about how many times we think i've actually worn these chanel pumps because i've had them for two years and i've probably worn them like every single day i actually uploaded them on my instagram and i actually cleaned them for the occasion can you believe it they were worse than this these more samples tomorrow will be really fun for the vlog because we're actually going to our knitwear factory so i can show you the knitwear factory i can introduce you to maggie tonight tonight actually about 4 p.m today China time chic goes live I'm getting our hair done so I hope to celebrate I am very very very nervous for today I feel like we really really deserve a big launch because the product is amazing the shoots have been amazing the website everything just it just looks like a perfect synergy of everything working and i really really really wanted to go well our goal was i think our goal was like 6 000 6 000 sign ups when we hit that and we used to literally get like 20 000 people signing up but i feel like but they didn't really convert like 20 we didn't get 20 000 orders from that people just used to like really get excited from like a viral tiktok and sign up for something whereas now people who sign up are people that are a lot more likely to buy and so i'm feeling i'm feeling hopeful around people that have signed up and and then a lot of people just don't sign up i'm i'm not a sign up girl i'm really not no it's like when we um when we done the suede jackets the other day store release yeah everyone was texting me like is there a queue outside store and i'm like yeah but i think suede jacket is like territory of people that don't queue yeah like you know what you think about it like i feel like i don't think i've ever queued for anything but for food yeah no do you know what i mean like i would just i would just make sure i get it online like i wouldn't run to london oh my god we just had some coffee delivered mine is too milky and so we would like a bit of milk So what we're gonna do is pour a bit.

28:58Wait. No, first of all, you need to sip a bit. Yeah, but you need to pour into mine first. Before I make yours milk it and then you pour back. Yeah, that would be stupid. But what we'll do is we'll sip a bit, then I add some mine. And then I add some. And then you add some mine. No, do you know what we need? A separate cup.

29:20How do we do that? Kira. I'm joking. Right we need two. No no I've got this. We're gonna pour some of mine into the glass. Oh still recording. She just washed it up. That's right. Oh snacks! Snacks! Pringles! Uh, Kira? Your snack was almost a bit better. Woo! Cashews! Oh my god! Whoa! So many! We already have like four in the room. You need to try this. Yeah, we'll get your reaction. It's like a seaweed crisp. They're just like salty little crisps. You're gonna have to say they're quite ground broken. Okay, yours is a bit more milky today. Let me know what you think of these. I think that's enough.

30:09Okay, yeah, I'm just trying to pick mine. Okay, then. Then you pour your whisk. Thank you. Don't take any of my eyes. Okay, but I can't control gravity.

30:22Look, yours - you needed to drink some of yours. Oh, yours looks good. I know, look at that. What you can't see. Look at that, guys. Who's what? No. Alright. Okay, there you go. I'm done. Done. Then I say you need to be - do you think - do you think - do you think - do you think - do you think - Do you think I'm fine? Do you think I'm fine? It's like a beer glass. I don't know why they've got a beer glass in here. Perfect. Look at us go. That's helped yours a little bit out because you had barely any colour. Like me yesterday. Guys, Amy has a real problem. Full stop. Salted. She's coming up with a master plan.

31:01I think that could be a nice little trail mix. Yeah. What's going on? This is really helping me. Good, it's like a fidget spinner. When you've got no salt.

31:15Has it added a little? No. Right.

31:21Okay.

31:25Hit it. Oh yeah. We like the sound. So wait, the new suede jacket is already sold out in medium and large. Oh. Stop it. Yeah. I think I'm not surprised about that because I think I would go for medium and large if I was them. Fuck, stop that in two minutes, that's not a vibe guys. Unless it's um, that's missed opportunity. It's not showing the old stock. Surely not. Surely not. Woah! Might just jump. Yeah. Everyone's coming in, yay party! Party in my house and you're all invited. That's all the orders coming in. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. hahaha haha haha

32:09Joy order There's all the orders coming in There's a thousand people on site right now ordering He's selling the information

32:24Sounds nice So nice We like that sound So the new collection is sealed today? Yeah. Oh nice? Yeah. Wow.

32:41I love this sound. I love this sound. Yeah, yeah.

32:49Everyone's loving the tweed. I'd say the Wimbledon outfit is best seller right now. Really? Yeah. Two. I mean, you're not surprised. You look great. Everyone's been putoid. And Denim. Denim's doing really well. Well done. Well done guys. Joy, who wouldn't have got the sock without you? Amy, Sang. Done at all. Amy, Sang. Guys, we're at dinner. We are so full up. We're having Chinese beer, which you love, you requested. And say hello everyone. Hi. Bye. Cheers. Cheers. Gambe, we keep cheersing. Here we go again, here we go again

33:31And we have a lot of food

33:38We're new women! Show off your new hair, I love the way you have this You've never waved it, it's looking good Carrie, your hair looks so good I got a side part of I don't know what's going on here, but I like it. What was your best part about the massage because we were there like the neck There was a point where I thought I was gonna walk up with no neck. I was like, okay cool. It's gone Shoulder was like really getting there with his thumb and he's hurt a bit. Oh the next great, but the neck is great That's the hotel. Okay. It's now We should be here longer. It is nearly 11 p.m. Girls I don't know if we'd be able to understand the instructions like what's left alright anyway good night from us bye hi guys we're at Onyip with Flakchie and I'm not showing you this gorgeous neckline we're not allowed to show you anything how cute guys we've got coffee we're not allowed to show you anything but we've got this up here this up here i'm literally i don't know i'll show you chiara's here hello hello and that's it that's all i oh wait she showed she showed this in the video can you show the new walls here we are so here we have our merino wall that you've seen in the resort but in a nice gray color i really like the gray very soft i want to get i think i want to get the white in this one and when the gray comes out i'll get the gray long sleeve the gray is very cheap that's so good we do like the yarns all over there to hold back again to check with everything in the box.

35:20Yeah. I love knitwear because you just learn so much. I'm such a knitwear novice, but I'm like the customer, so I can do like the commercial side of it. But actually the technicalities behind knitwear is actually something that I'm really enjoying learning about. So Maggie's just literally taking me through every single step. But this is basically the room where they make the yarns all into panels that then go to be made into beautiful knitwear shakes. Good, look at it.

35:58This factory have been in knitwear for 25 years, so they work with a lot of luxury brands. And they've just got a lot going on in here.

36:14We're out for lunch. Guys, when we say it's poop. I just noticed Chinese is going to go off. It's not going to happen. Yes. This fish for your care? Yeah. This fish is very nice. Okay, I go off your taste. Whatever you say. I'm scared. No, it doesn't taste like tomato. It's your passion. Yeah, passion fruit. that's what it tastes like yes oh wow oh nice we just got back to the office and

37:01guys remember when earlier this this trip we stopped a really important meeting to order this where they finally have arrived after three days look at that that's the new bridal okay can't show that let's just cut that out it's a really cool top guys and then this Oh, oh, oh. Okay, I can't show anything. Cut it out, cut it out. I fear we have hacked the system. What is the cost for us? It's worth, yeah. Maybe we have dollars. Yeah, dollars. What would that mean for... Yeah, I know. I know why it's that. Yeah. So maybe we can check the... Check the... Grab it? Oh, no, no. Oh, the fabric is the dress.

37:51Happy Friday. Woo. Yay. Thank you so much. Do you need to order some for lunch? What do you want to sit? I don't know. Not rice. We don't want rice. Do we have anything but rice? We've just had rice quite a lot. It's a difficult question. Yeah, I know. I know. I, I. What? How do you do? You eat rice every day. Yeah, I want you to eat rice every day. I get it, it's productive because in western cultures we waste so much time on thinking about what to eat. Choosing foods, or if you can go... Yeah. You don't have time to eat rice. It's saying that we have a lot of the same everyday but just not like that.

38:29Noodle's rice. Noodle's rice. Noodle's rice. Whether we get the chocolate croissants. What else do they have? Ah, others. Yeah. I want to get my phone. Oh yay. Awesome. Running. Zoom. It's Friday, we've tried on samples and that's the update for today. and we're excited for the vintage shopping later hey hey hey oh I can you show it up I have this top thanks Chakamers nice is it? yeah I can go to Chakamers I think I have it loads it's really nice it's backless as well but I've got a bra on this you and your bras but in Paris I wore it with no oh I remember seeing it in Paris yeah yeah correct but I've worn it loads okay cool for sure Hey guys, we're going to my favourite store in the Valentine world.

39:14There she is, the motherland. Oh god, she's here. Oh, she's running. She is. Is that one store? Yeah. I'm buying my dream bag. I've done extensive research. I've spoken to two resellers in the UK. I've been with it all myself. That is an amazing price. It's not retail price, but this bag doesn't exist anymore. Okay, 2016 Swift Sage Leather, 1325, and it's my dream bag. You should've... Look, look, it doesn't fit like... It's meant to be... I can't believe it. I can't believe it. She also likes these guys. Can I chuck them for free? So this gorgeous girl has come up to us and Amy's translated it but basically she's got a notepad and she's collecting messages from people from all over the world.

40:12So Chiara's been really cheap and writing her message in Italian and then yours is going to be... Me and Sophie are going to write ours in English. Mine's going to say hi babes. Hi babes. Hi babes. I hope you're well. You've got to stop for an autograph. I was like oh my god, our views have made it to Shenzhen. No guys, because we are now in a cat's shop. By the way, I come here last year and I did check and at night they put all the cats away and they're very happy. We checked with them. Also, did you check if that one was stuck? No, it's here. Oh, it's the one that was stuck. Oh my god, this one was stuck.

40:41My ass was stuck. I'm asking Josh if we can buy her. Amy, how much? I'm gonna save her. Hi baby!

40:59we've broken down guys we've broken down we've got a flat tire but it's china so someone will come quick a drone will just come and change the tire i'm sure but we need to get our flight but kiara's here for one more night yeah we're so early we've got so much time yeah we're getting in this car here oh wow okay well god here we go guys um hello guys we are in chenzen Wee! Sophie just hit 600 follow me! Go follow my... You can do anything to me and no one lives. Yeah, you can just scream in the Batten Island. It's so funny. This would be my dream clip. I knew about TikTok like this too. No one says.

41:44I'm so delirious. I have lost 15 hours sleep over the last five days. You can sleep like 15k on bags. Yeah, we're closing out the vlog, closing out the trip. Yeah, we are. We are. We are. And that's that. And our flights are not until like 1 in the morning, so... We board in 40 minutes. Oh, of course. I don't know. I've got Sophie on the Aveen cream. She just purchased it. We got two for the price of one. Yeah, we did. And you need... Anyway, the guy opposite us just got up and left. Oh. Oh, wait, no. yeah it's been pretty busy hasn't it been pretty busy um and i've had a great week successful trip loads of result samples loads of crazy samples those are the amazing samples and piara's going fabric to the fabric market tomorrow yes and then she flies back tomorrow so next week i will be able to review loads of more fabric samples we're mainly going for like bridal embellishments what was your favorite sample that you approved of without giving it way but like kind of explain me like like the sparkly one but you haven't yeah probably the sparkly one but it wasn't approved it was like first it was expensive guys it's very expensive i like the um oh i know mine mine's the dress the um trick come dancing dress oh that's your favorite yeah yeah yeah yeah that's a good one yeah

43:13honestly this is crazy but mine's that sleeper's jumper i just know that i'm gonna wear that so much but that was gorgeous one from the lipwear factory and the resort knit two-piece oh yeah you love that you really enjoyed your knits i really enjoyed knits i was i was not expecting all the samples to be that good just because we're still fun in our feet with our knitwear supplier and it's quite uh it's different because a lot of their knits are like quite fine and like good quality but for us we've always been like this really like heavy brand yeah so you have to kind of like yeah yeah but yeah i really love the knit sample okay well get ready guys all right well i'll see you on the next one bye Hi.

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From the publisher

Aimee brings you a vlog from her trip to China last week, where she visited the Odd Muse office. You can expect to see behind the scenes of an Odd Muse collection launch, the process of approving designs, and even the exciting annual shopping trip!

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