Lotus Traders

Same here. This is my go-to company for my wardrobe and has been for many years.

Follow washing directions and they never shrink. I even cheat with some of mine and wash them in the washing machine on cold and dry on low knits and they come out perfectly.

That's *** I brought my first dress from them. And I've washed mine 5 times to the instructions aka cold wash and it did not shrink a single mm.

You either warm or hot hot washed it, making the elastic shrink.

You can unpick the elastic and replace it. Or just be sad.

I don't know what you could be talking about when you say their items do not wash well as I still wear the first item I bought from them close to 20 years ago. NONE of the dresses, tops, pants, etc., which I have purchased from Lotustraders (I have over 100 of their pieces) has EVER shrunk to child size.

I do not believe you are being truthful as I have found from experience I do not need to follow the wash tag simply wash on gentle and delicate dry and have NEVER had any problems. The reason I say I do not believe anything you wrote is the very obvious lies you told about their correspondence. I am Irish born and a ginger at that and have one *** of a temper and shamefully loosed it on Lotustraders once due to the 2 month delay on a few items (not knowing there had been flooding and other natural disasters on the island) and their answer was nothing but APOLOGETIC AND EXTREMELY COURTEOUS. I have since had occasion to write them many times and have NEVER been told "too bad" or "my comments were not appreciated".

On the contrary, I was told they appreciated my feedback even when it was not exactly the nicest thing in the world. I have only had occasion to return one piece and that was because it was too thin and see through in my opinion and it was the second piece in that style I had ordered. The first dress had been black and was not appreciably see through. The second, however, was a pale blue and a little too transparent for my taste.

However, the error was mine as it did mention this in the listing & they took the item back IN SPITE OF THE ERROR BEING MINE AND DID NOT CHARGE ME FOR RETURN SHIPPING. I can not recommend a company more highly than I do lotus traders. Their staff is wonderful, their items beautiful and of wonderful quality. I just stumbled onto this site and find I can not really respect the opinions of anyone who would be so crude as to name the site "Pissed Consumer".

The vulgarity is not necessary and has no place in reviewing a business. Just the fact that I have had such a long and extensive dealing with this company as have many of the friends and relatives who have seen me wearing their items and are now loyal customers themselves. What tipped me off to the fact the above reviewer is not being truthful is her comment regarding correspondence with this company. The only negative I could give is that there is such a long delay from when you order to when you receive your items.

They have problems with weather etc., and items are hand dyed as well as made to order so you can expect to wait up to two months at times to receive an order. I have also received orders in a a couple of weeks so on occasion I have been pleasantly surprised but for the most part you can expect to wait a while to get your order.

I have ordered $100s of dollars worth of merchandise from this company. I have NEVER had any issues with them or with any of their items.

My items have been washed and washed and washed because I wear them all the time. Not buying this complaint!

I believe it would be you're stupid.

I would love to see some proof of what you are saying because I have been buying from Lotustraders for almost 20 years and have not found one single allegation you have made to be truthful. I have at least 100 of their pieces, they have been my favorite designer for a long time and I have quite a few friends and family who now buy from them also without a complaint.

I did a little checking with the BBB about your accusation they use "sweatshop labor" and that can be almost defamation. No wonder Lotustraders demanded a retraction and I hope they got it. I am going to write to Etsy myself and tell them Lotustraders request to retract this comment be retracted be honored.

This whole site is nothing but a load of garbage since I see there are only 9 complaints on Lotustraders and they have been around for 30+ years. ALSO, THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS ON BBB REGARDING SWEATSHOP LABOR AND THEY HAVE AN AAA+ RATING WITH THE BBB.

Lotus Traders is located in beautiful Bali. I do not believe they are a sweat shop as this person is trying to make you believe. Annie runs a legitimate business with her family; and the clothes are well-made and will last a very long time, unlike clothing made in China, Hong Kong, Viet Nam and thousands of other places where child labor really is used.

The review said nothing of child labor; they said sweatshop labor which implies low wages, long hours, and poor conditions. YOU mentioned child labor which was likely a subconcious admission on your part. I also don't like seeing mass produced items on Etsy.

I have ordered at least 25 pieces of clothing from Lotus Traders. When one orders from them, one MUST go by the chart of measurements they provide for each garment, NOT by the size one wears normally because the sizing doesn't match up to normal sizes.

Each garment size provided by Lotus Traders spans a range of sizes.

It's simple to take one's own measurements and order the appropriate size. I've done it for the past five or so years.

My first order with them one of the items had a small mark. I contacted and they sent a replacement straight away. No need to send back the imperfect garment.

whilst communication can be a little slow I have been happy since.

So where are you shopping now? I love their stuff too.

Will not order from them

Thank you for your post. I was about to order with them, but am so glad to do a search on them first. This is one headache diverted!

I have ordered many, many items...dresses, pants, skirts, shirts etc and have been absolutely happy!. I get compliments EVERY single time a wear her items and they wash very well. I haven't ordered anything I've been unhappy with.

I won my dispute against Lotus Traders. My dispute is what prompted this company to inform consumers, via their website, that returns are not accepted unless the item is defective.

Once I started registering complaints with the various consumer fraud outlets, they immediately updated their website to include that information. As far as Paypal's complaint resolution service, I'm hopeful that you never have to use that service because you will be ever so disappointed. I challenge you to successfully contact Lotus Traders using the contact information provided by PayPal.

I'd bet a farm, if I had one, that you won't get a response if you're goal is to return an item for any reason. Just sayin'

Yes, interesting that items are shipped from CALIFORNIA, but if you want to return something they say "you are required to ship to our address in Bali and the address will be provided with email." There is absolutely no address or phone number that I can find. They claim to make no money on shipping, and yet they cram multiple dresses into a single envelope and charge more than double what they paid FedEx FROM CALIFORNIA ADDRESS.

No way were any of my items MADE TO ORDER, CUSTOM OR SHIPPED FROM BALI as stated several times in their seller information on Amazon.com. NO WAY is their clothing being sold for MUCH LESS THAN RETAIL - not a freaking chance.

I am happy to report that my credit card company ruled in my favor against Lotus Traders.com. Do not let these companies bully you and beware of companies like this who do not list phone numbers or mailing addresses on their website. I'd also like to add that PayPal was no help whatsoever with resolving this issue and I will never use PayPal again and I suggest that you don't either.