Working at SOTO.

“Shit people say at trade shows” – January was a busy month. Lots of trade shows, showrooms, new collections, meeting people and the whole shabang. It’s amazing that in 4-6 weeks time you see exactly the same people in 4 different cities. Designers, sales persons, buyers, pr… all the same. You just gotta love it.

After walking all these trade shows I think it’s definitely time for:

“Shit people say at trade shows”

I think the top 5 would be something like this:

1. “I hate trade shows” (Well, don’t go then)

2. “It’s so boring. Everything looks the same” (go look somewhere else)

3. “Well, it’s a sample. It will be much longer/tighter/shorter/softer.” (yeah right)

4. “However, we do have an order minimum” (yeah, me too)

5. “We work with pre-payment”. (fuck you)

Hahaha! I’m sure people that are in the same boat feel me right now.

After Florence and Berlin we hit Paris… here some snapshots…

Obviously, I’m getting the master bedroom in our apartment:

The WOR crew always makes us laugh:

At the Thom Browne show. Some mad Adam’s-Family-meets-Punk-meets-Frankenstein situation:

Dinner with my old crew from Amsterdam: Akim, Bir, Abby & the Staff International crew:

At Capsule:

At the new MAN show:

Dinner at Nanashi… Sandrine, Helena & Anais:

Samir & Max re-united:

Thanks for organizing, Alice!

Yorgus, Yue & Misla:

At Adam Kimmel:

The Tiger:

Sneak-peaking what they got:

Superb treatment at Acne as usual:

Followed by some serious meat at Ralph’s (yes, Ralph Lauren’s restaurant):

That’s 750 gramm!

Samir & Johan:

Probably the only time that all of us were quiet:

Paris Goodnight.