Gianfranco Ferre, I've loved you from afar

With the economy being what it was we minimized travel this past season and that meant we tried doing as much as we could from afar.  The Italian trip didnt happen in the winter (for the Spring 2012 Season) and we tried to do as much as we could via correspondence.

Fortunately in this day and age of the world wide web and digital photography that is not as difficult as it may have been in the past.  We emailed our suppliers and within a few days we had pictures in our email box to choose from.

So on a blustery Winter night in 2011 (unlike the balmy Winter the east coast has had this year) we all sat down and selected our Gianfranco Ferre and Laura Biagiotti for the spring 2012 collection.

And here is some of what we came up with (see the balance of the collection thus far, online):

 

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