Some of our buyers have been in New York all week for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. And many of them had just been in New York making showroom visits a few weeks ago. More of the team has been in Las Vegas this week at market as well. It’s exhausting trying to keep up with them!
One of our more far-flung buyers is Jennifer Myers, buyer for designer ready-to-wear and handbags. Jennifer flies several times a year to Milan and Florence, visiting vendors such as Prada and Gucci. She’s a good sport and always sends back a short report for us to be jealous of enjoy.
I just got back from Milan buying Prada handbags for Fall 2012.
Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures that I can show you of Prada and the showroom because pictures are not allowed, but I can tell you that it looked amazing! The colors were definitely darker, but that is fall. I saw bordeaux, graphite, military green and ocra (somewhere between gold and yellow). These were the dominant colors throughout the collection, but the usual suspects were there as well…black, camel, and light grey.
Here I am getting all excited about the next fall season and we have so many amazing spring bags in right now!
So for the time being, I am going to enjoy the brightness of spring…orange, pink, turquoise, just to name a few, and wait for that spring warm weather to get here. Speaking of weather…Milan was absolutely freezing, so my picture taking of scenery was limited for two reasons…a lot was covered in snow and I simply did not want to walk around in 10 degree weather. So…two pictures around my hotel and one in the airport…I spend a lot of time there too, so I thought I would give you a glimpse. More next trip in July!
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I can’t wait to see the fall Prada bags!