FW23 Retailer Shows - Paris, New York (& LA-ish)

[Alex]

It's that time of year again. Back on the road with a couple of suitcases full of samples to meet our retailers and show them Fall Winter 23. First up is Paris, with @Steve @Bailey…

[Alex]

We had to come in from different directions, I was on holiday with Kira in the Dolomites prior to coming out here, so drove down to Venice and hopped on a plane to Paris yesterday afternoon.

Steve and Bailey flew in from Heathrow with our samples and luckily we all managed to get in despite the national strike action.

[Alex]

Packed up and ready to leave our hotel in the Dolomites.

I won't derail this thread by posting too much about that, but I think it could have been the best hotel I have ever stayed at. It is eyewateringly expensive, definitely not in mine and Kira's budget, but through her work for http://slh.com/ she gets some free nights to use at any of their hotels every time she completes a photoshoot, so we managed to scrape in a tower suite with breakfast and dinner included for nothing. Would highly recommend to anyone who does have the budget for a special couples get away. Any of you that follow me on IG will have seen some of the other pics from there already.

http://forestis.it/

First leg of the journey

Venice - Paris with some legroom, thankfully

AirTags ease some of the anxiety on these multi-city, quick turn around trips

[Steve]

on our way to the apartment, in the opposite direction to the protest march! (which was fun pulling along the bags of samples)

[Bailey]

The motorbike nerd in me had to take a photo of the Holy Trinity; Triumph, Harley Davidson and the Lampost.

insta: @bailey_ironheart

[Fl4vM]

Which retailers are you working with in Paris ?

[Alex]

None, but our shops from all of Europe come to see us in one city twice a year, this season we chose Paris fashion week to show at

[Bailey]

[Daniel San]

awesome pictures gentlemen 
don´t stop

[Alex]

Samples are set up and ready to show - you'll need to use your imagination for now though

[Giles]

[Steve]

quick lunchtime meander…

[dinobarnesberlin]

Nice shots Steve –got that "film quality" look going on

[goosehd]

Absolutely loving all of these pictures!!!  …except for the blurred out one in the flat  ;). I think you have a smudge on the lens…

[Alex]

Is this better, @goosehd ?

[goosehd]

much better…lovely flat 

[goosehd]

…and the view from your room in the Dolomites is unbelievable.

Good luck and have a great time in Paris!!

[jordanscollected]

those samples must be the new "foggy denim" Haraki has been working on.

@Alex The beauty of the places you all get to travel can't be over stated. If you came to Minnesota, I would have to take you to North Minneapolis to get shot at just to provide any feeling of excitement.

[Kasi]

I hope someone leaks the information out.

Alex good like Giles keeping secrets of what’s coming out

[Giles]

@Alex:

Samples are set up and ready to show - you'll need to use your imagination for now though

Attaboy…..