Aoa all,
I’ve been thinking about it quite for a while but didn’t get a chance to work on it. I’ve personally hardly had lapses in communication or problems in orders so far Alhamdulillah until last couple of weeks where I experienced some hiccups and felt the need to have a platform to help myself and others in this regard.
let’s put up points and ideas here and I’ll compile a sticky thread based on this thread soon IA
Re: Tips and guidelines for buyers and sellers to place a smooth online order of outf
That’s a good idea. Might be helpful for many. Why don’t you start? 
Re: Tips and guidelines for buyers and sellers to place a smooth online order of outf
for designers: make a disclaimer and insist the customers to read it prior to ordering
for customers: read and follow the disclaimer and ask the designer if there are any reservations/confusions
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designers: clear payment policy, fixed deadlines
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Designers: before committing to making replicas, let the customers know how close they can make it....a sample of kaam be always provided before commitments from either sides, to avoid any unsavory situations later!
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Desigers: Don't send out clothes until you have received payment
Customers: Don't expect full and heavy kaam when you've paid a fraction of the price of an original. Respect the time zones and working times of the designers
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Always let the designers know how flexible are you regarding the colour of the dress because screen resolution of all laptops/phone screens are different. on. a colour perceived in a particular tone to you might be different to the designer.
Post a colour swatch if you are expecting an exact shade for heavy formals/bridals if really particular about it.
I prefer asking for multiple pictures from google images for additional ideas
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Same goes about informing the designer about flexibility on a replica since no design can be 100% replicated as the original. sometimes there's a cut or embroidery pattern or a part of the original dress that appeals you the most. Communicate it clearly before finalizing so the designer can explain if that part can be taken care of on priority or not.
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For the fabric, please please be clear about chiffon or even silk chiffon to an extent gets caught in kaam. People demand flowy and slimming fabric which is undoubtedly chiffon but it gets ruined sometimes over a single wear esp at the sleeves/underarm areas. Please dont blame the designer on that,choose charmeuse or raw silks to avoid this issue.
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Haan this has been big issue for me 
for that cream and peach suits I got
will try raw silk next time…let see how that goes
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For lawns, if there is any huge difference between the color of the suit shown in photos and in real life–I can accept a slight variation in shade and for the most part the colors are true to what you see, but every year there’s at least 1 disappointment amongst the bunch 
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Yea but is there a solution for that since mostly formLs are made of chiffon, and use by designer too.
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designer dresses rip off with kaam too. try going to a designer stop. the point is you'd hardly go back to big shot designers with complains. their assistants will shuuu you off,stop attending the calls and you'll leave a bad review in 2-3 forums and will move on. this hardly makes any difference for their repute.
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The threads of some fabrics are going to get caught and pulled by kaam, designer or not! I can buy an expensive western dress in chiffon and if I wear the wrong type of bracelets (for example) I can expect the fabric to suffer. It's not a fabric issue.
I thought dabka and crystals in metal settings were the main cause so when I made one dress with different kinds of sequins, I thought I'd be safe. But this time it turned out the sleeves fabric was getting caught by these tiny flower sequins instead. You can't win! About the only kaam that is safe is just threadwork and round beads.
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^true! my threads and motifs dresses with light sequins+threadwork suffered equally.