oh how i miss the days of going to LA market!  i’d fly in the night before and stay with my BFF in Venice Beach.  we’d always drink wine, eat ice cream and dish while her crazy little boys ran wild!  the next morning – we’d race down Venice Blvd – trying to get ahead of the bus so i could hop on w/o having to wait.  her boys loved the chase.

then i’d rush from appt to appt – usually a little late or asked to come back later because someone else was late (finally – i stopped making appts all together!).  i’d ooh and ahh over the collections…touching the fabrics, loving the prints!  i always felt sorta like a spy getting the inside scoop on fashion before everyone else.

(sigh)

and let’s not forget the candy!  oodles and oodles of candy at every showroom – where i snacked to my hearts content.  and all the beautifully dressed women (though LA is generally too casual for me). and all the extremely nice people.  it was all so lovely.

hopefully i’ll be there again – as a reporter, no less….

but until then i shall rely on YOU to give me the scoop!  tell me about fab new designers or re-tooled collections that make you say WOW!