Premiére Vision Day 1

Last week I was just telling Judy that I want to do more posts.  Like one every day.  Then what happens.  Of course our internet poops out for almost the whole week.  But now we are back on and promise to do more for real this time. Even if we have to use the wifi at the library.

 So before we got to France we were already super excited to go to Premiere Vision, pretty much the hugest fabric trade show in the world.  Everyone who knows us knows that Judy and I are probably the biggest fabric freaks in the whole world and going to this was going to be like letting 5 year olds loose at Disneyland.  I mean who refers to a fabric trade show as a fabric festival. Please Dress Up thats who.  We had to fight the temptation not to run down every aisle screaming out of excitement while tearing our faces off.  Never have we been surrounded by so much beautiful fabric coming at us from every angle.  But where to start.  We went directly to the mill that we found out produces most of the Lanvin fabric (and Hérmes, Gaultier, Chanel).  We were quickly reminded that we have along way to go before reaching that level when the 5 fabrics we pulled to enquire about came with a disclaimer from the sales lady that those were possibly the most expensive fabrics in the booth.  But we already had the designs coming to life in our heads. What do you mean 95 euros a meter with a 300 meter minimum? Gulp.. We'll take a card instead, moving on.  We ordered some great samples from some Japanese suppliers and a couple others.  We have a better idea what to expect for tomorrow and have a definite game plan.  I know the picture we got from today aren't very good and we will get some better ones tomorrow.  Stay tuned.