Priya reviews the products we order, with a focus on how well a listing matches what actually arrives. She spent four years on a retail quality team reading supplier inspection photos before joining the desk in 2021. She built our fit-check routine — flat measurements, a 30 °C wash cycle, and a comparison against a garment we already own — and she writes the drawback sentence in every review that costs a point.
Reviews Editor
Apparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
8 Jahre in diesem Themenfeld
Flat measurement and garment shrinkage testing
QC photo sets and angle requests
Carton integrity and inner packaging
Size chart discrepancies across listings
Fabric weight and hand-feel checks
Damage claim evidence
Werdegang
2013 Joined a regional apparel retailer as a returns analyst.
2017 Moved into supplier quality, reviewing inspection reports and photo sets.
2021 Joined Kako Buying Primer as reviews editor.
2022 Introduced the site's standard fit-check and wash-shrinkage routine.
2024 Added packaging and carton-damage scoring to all product reviews.
Qualifikationen
Certificate in Apparel Quality Inspection Textile Quality Council 2017
Bachelor of Science, Consumer Science Oregon State University 2013
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Portland Process Group 2019
Priya Nandakumar
Reviews EditorApparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
We wrote a five-line note before the agent bought this $7.76 crew neck: variant code, size, a measurement request, one photo angle and a packing rule. Three lines earned their…
Priya Nandakumar
Reviews EditorApparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
We paid $6.27 for a size L in blue and put the listing's vocabulary under test: "non-stretch," "3D print," "straight leg." The fabric has no give, the print survived one wash,…
Priya Nandakumar
Reviews EditorApparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
A $6.87 graphic tee that shrugs off a 30 °C wash but not a dryer. We measured the flat-lay numbers, checked the raglan seams, and translated the listing's cotton shorthand into…
Priya Nandakumar
Reviews EditorApparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
A $5.67 loose-cut cotton tee with a hot-transfer bear graphic, ordered and measured flat. The fit is the weak point: Dior sizing reports conflict, so the listing chart has to be…
Priya Nandakumar
Reviews EditorApparel fit checks, warehouse QC photo interpretation, packaging and damage assessment
We ordered the $7.46 Foreign Trade black athletic shorts, measured them flat, washed them at 30 °C and checked the parcel against the warehouse photos. The cut held up; the…