catherine andre.

clothing and accessories have arrived.

melissa joy manning hoops!!

first round of hoop re-orders!!

new york and italy. buying for spring 2012.

randi from aesa opened up a beautiful new store with electric feathers at 35 crosby.

it was so fun to revisit pieces from all the collections that we have had over the years and to see the special one of a kind pieces made especially for the shop.

amazingly adorable shop lady, emma.

beautiful suzanne in her showroom, W29.

il bisonte factory outside of florence, italy.

(john and renato in the background scheming about which bags they need and what

technical devices will fit in what bags.)

my sweet rep melania and the designer.

shipping dept.

quality control.

cutting room.

all that leather...

the coolest thing...

they took us to a special room where an il bisonte museum will be.

so amazing, every bag made since wanny di filippo (whom i met briefly!) started the

company in the sixties. i wanted to grab so many of them and run! ha.

pretty interesting to see how they have evolved over the years.

thank you to melania and everyone at il bisonte for taking the time.

boessert schorn.