— Geisha by Asunaro

I found this somewhere on the internet ages ago and thought it quite beautiful.

We started this idea of importing clothing from Iran several months ago. Hossein has many contacts in Iran, some of whom I have spoken to many times over the last year and a half. I’ve had a phone number in Tehran since March 2007 which allows anyone in Tehran to call me (via VoIP) for the cost of a local call (free in Tehran). So, while Hossein isn’t officially allowed to work in Australia (visa restrictions at the time of writing), I’ve been doing all the leg-work, so to speak.

Our ranges are from successful designers/manufacturers in Iran. We are the only representatives in the Pacific Region for these companies, which gives us an edge in terms of unique products.

I’m slowly contacting designer and manufacturing resources in Iran and hope to build a sizeable range for wholesale as well as retail. Our top sellers, most stylish designs and our picks will go for wholesale. To start we’ll be offering all our styles for retail and wholesale, but a season or two and there will be a small and very exclusive range for wholesale only.

If you are a retailer interested in any of our new season’s range, please contact us!

The online store was created in mid-June with Magento, one of the few open source ecommerce packages that does inventory on size/colour/style.

Megento took a bit of getting used to, but once I understood some of the workings, it became easier and easier to use.  Until today, I had a front page created with WordPress, but it was always my intention to have the front pages done with Joomla 1.5. Today I swaped over, created the front page and did some store links.

It’s not yet finished but it’s functional. Using Joomla (which I’m very used to) lets me add all kinds of things to the site. Particuarly because it’s our link to family and friends all over the world, eventually I intend to add some other info and some personal pages. I’m attempting to get the important bits working first.