Tag: Florence

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

    In todays world the pace of life is extraordinarily fast.  We consume information with the swipe of a phone or ipad, on the go.  We fly between cities, we catch trains to meetings, cabs to shows, we buy, we sell, we are non stop.   I’ve learnt to juggle a career as a fashion writer…

  • Florence Menswear SS15 Transition and Tradition

    Florence Menswear SS15 Transition and Tradition

    Buonjourno!   On the road again, this time to Florence.  I like the Pitti Menswear Show as I’m part buyer, part seller, part writer, many cappellos that fit!   I walked the show on the first day with Mr B slightly relieved to find the temperature a little less than scorchio, last year in June…

  • Vente-Privee Party, Florence

    Vente-Privee Party, Florence

    One of the more interesting business trips I take with my husband every year is a trip to Florence for the Menswear show Pitti Uomo. The show runs twice a year January and June.  In the summer its baking hot in Florence and you need more than a gelato to keep cool.  In January Florence…

  • Florence Menswear Show – Pitti Uomo

    Florence Menswear Show – Pitti Uomo

    Pitti Uomo is the menswear show in terms of trends, it’s certainly the place to go, look, be inspired. Having said that it’s not just a PR excercise….buyers attend in abundance and they do buy and plan for the coming season. This January was no exception, journalists, PR’s, buyers and sellers attended in their hundreds.…