Frederick’s of Hollywood
Ali Brooks Reprised – Not Worksafe!
Having had a really lovely shoot with Ali Brooks last month, I thought I’d do her justice by getting her into a studio in London and so we did just that on March 1st at The Factory, which I thoroughly recommend.
So Ali and I had a great time, shooting nudes, lingerie and latex.
The results can be found in the Lingerie and Fetish portfolios.
And the good news for London photographers is that Ali is planning to move up to London from the South-West this summer, so watch this space for many more photoshoots with this fantastic model.
Marlyn Lindsay at my London Apartment
I’ve not updated this site for way too long: my PurplePort portfolio is the place for up-to-date shots, by the way.
But I had the second of two shoots yesterday at my apartment with the superb Marlyn Lindsay: both have included proper seamed, fully-fashioned nylons and a variety of outfits matched with Jimmy Choo and Frederick’s of Hollywood stiletto heels.
Some handmade shoes from Fabulously Fetish in Marlyn’s size – size 4 – are still on order, sadly, although this does mean we’ll have to shoot again soon when they arrive.
Anyway, there are some images in the Fetish and the Glamour portfolio pages.
Frederick’s of Hollywood/iShopUSA
Never again!
I will never again buy any shoes from Fredericks of Hollywood. For non-US orders, they use iShopUSA to ship them and they are utter fecktards:
2 March, order paid by credit card:
“Credit Card Payments
Your credit card will not be charged until we have been able to verify the details of your credit card information”
2 March, e-mail from iShopUSA:
“Dear Richard,
Due to the high risk of credit card fraud associated with international transactions as well as discrepancies regarding your order information, we ask for your understanding and cooperation in verifying your identity with us, since we always strive to do our utmost to protect our clients from fraudulent and unauthorized transactions.
Before we can proceed with your order, we need you to provide us with the documentation outlined below:
1. The signed credit card authorization form (click here to download this PDF document)
2. A photocopy of the front and back of your credit card
3. A photocopy of your driver license or passport
Please send all required documents to Anti-Spam e-mail Link or fax them to +1 310 882 5447.
Please note that we need you to send us these documents only once. As long as you use the same credit card, it will not be necessary for future orders.Please take the following security precautions before emailing or faxing the documents:
- Cover all digits of the credit card number except for the last 4 digits
(Please note: This does not apply to the credit card number field on the credit card authorization form; this field has to contain the full credit card number including all digits.)
- Cover the driver license/passport number
- Send the documents separately
In order to avoid delays with your order, we suggest that you scan the documents and send them via email or at least set the fax resolution to high, so that they are clearly legible.Alternatively, you may also pay by PayPal.
In case you’d rather like to pay by PayPal, just let us know. We will then revise your order and send you a link with which you will be able to pay for your order.We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
As always, if you have any questions or need help with your order, please contact our Customer Experience Specialists at Anti-Spam e-mail Link or give us a call at +1 (424) 903-4002. We look forward to hearing from you.Thanks in advance and have a good day.
Kind regards,iShopUSA”
2 March, my reply:
“Sorry, but no chance!
PayPal will be fine: please send me a payment link.”
3 March, PayPal link received.
3 March, e-mail from iShopUSA:
“Dear Richard,
This is your revised order containing a change in payment method to PayPal.
As soon as you accept the revision, we will be able to process your order. Please reply to this e-mail and send it to revisions@…, so that we can proceed with your order. Please be advised that your response has to include a copy of this revision as well as your statement accepting or declining the revised order. If you do not include the statement or the copy of the revision, this may delay the ordering process. If you do not accept the revision, please let us know as well. Thank you.
If you would like to respond to this revision in order to accept or decline this revision now, please click the reply button in your e-mail program, add your statement that you accept or decline to the e-mail text and make sure that the e-mail address in the send-to field is revisions@…. You may need to replace the e-mail no-reply@… with revisions@…. Please note that if you try to reply to no-reply@…, we will not receive your e-mail.
You can check your order status any time you want by logging in to your iShopUSA customer account.
Thank you for your order!”
3 March, e-mail from me accepting the order.
3 March, e-mail from iShopUSA to my PayPal e-mail account:
“Dear Richard,
Due to the high risk of credit card fraud associated with international transactions as well as discrepancies regarding your order information, we ask for your understanding and cooperation in verifying your identity with us, since we always strive to do our utmost to protect our clients from fraudulent and unauthorized transactions.
Before we can proceed with your order, we kindly request that you to reply to this email to confirm that you placed this order.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused…”
3 March, e-mail from me to iShopUSA:
“There are no damn discrepancies with my order. You’ve been paid. Now stop pissing about and send the damn shoes!”
4 March, e-mail from iShopUSA to me:
“Your order has been successfully processed!
The amount of time it takes for items to arrive at our warehouse varies between 5-7 business days. Once we receive your item and inspect them they will be shipped out to you. At this time we will email you with a tracking number.”
Silence.
29 March, log in to their website:
“Status: In transit to warehouse”
Looking at the explanation of what this means reveals this little gem:
“In transit to warehouse:
Your items are on the way to our warehouse in California where they will be consolidated and eventually shipped out to you.”
“Eventually” being the operative word, it seems…
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