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Last day of MAGIC

Well, as they say…all good things must come to an end. Today was the last day of the show, and what an amazing couple of days it was. I loved every second of it, and I can’t wait till the next show.

One of the things I learned was that two days is not enough. Next time I will come for the full three days. This show is so huge!!! I could spend a whole day just in the footwear hall alone. Oh, and I have to ham it up a bit, and show you the shoes I bought. Some of the vendors will sell their samples at the end of the show. Check out this pair of purple awesomeness…

Of course I couldn’t stop at a pair of shoes. I also needed to add some rad edgy bling to the mix. If you don’t know the jewelry company Liquid Metal, you have to check them out! What an amazingly cool company…I absolutely fell in love! And, they were selling their samples as well. Check this out…

During the span of the last two days, I met with over 200 companies, and most of them said they had a really great show. After attending the furniture show two weeks ago, and this fashion show this week, I can’t help but get the sense that business conditions are slowly but steadily improving. There were a lot of smiling company owners at both shows. Things are look’n up!

Unfortunately, covering so much ground, and talking with so many companies, my camera didn’t come out of my pocket nearly enough. However, this next photo just had to be taken…

Yup! A vending machine with ballet flats! What a brilliant idea!

Seriously, how cool is this???

To wrap things up…here’s another photo I snapped solely for the delight of many of my readers. Underwear models were everywhere…

I can’t wait to see the comments on this one…LOL!

Well, it’s now 3:00AM, and I have a delicious baked apple pie to finish here. After that, do I go to bed? Or do I go back out? Hmmmm…decisions…decisions…

I hope you have a great day full of smiles 🙂 And, as always, thank you so much for reading!

All my best wishes,

Robert

MAGIC & PROJECT Day 1

It was a beautiful sunset landing in Las Vegas last night, and today was a crazy good first day at the show! The fashion peeps are some of the coolest on the planet. Boundless creativity and vision. I was loving every minute of it…despite my sore feet! I would love to know how many miles I walked. It was a whole lot, but worth every step!

Out of respect for the designers, I didn’t take any close ups of the new products, but I did manage to snap a few shots to give you a little of the atmosphere.

G STAR RAW shoes. No way to resist visiting this booth!

ROCKSTAR SUSHI, a way cool edgy brand from California…Loved it!

CONDOM Socks. This company makes their socks with bamboo…yes you read that right…bamboo! And, you would not believe how soft and wonderful they are! So cool…so GREEN…so awesome!

There was SO MUCH more, but I was so focused on the next rad piece around each corner, I just couldn’t stop to take more photos. But, I will leave you with a very cool video I took at the end of the day in STREET

Have a great day eveyone! I’m off to start day 2! 🙂

MAGIC Marketplace

On my way back to Las Vegas to check out the MAGIC show. It’s a huge apparel show with literally thousands of brands. I’m especially looking forward to seeing PROJECT! I’m such a freak for new fashion…can’t wait!

I got my cam, and I’ll be beaming back photos…

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新年快樂! Happy Year of the Tiger!

Xin nian kuai le!

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Wishing all my friends in China, and all over Asia a very Happy New Year! I hope your Year of the Tiger is a very happy, healthy, and prosperous one! I will miss being there with you this year. Especially all the fireworks!

Remembering last year…

新年快樂!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Wishing you lots of hug’n and squeez’n on Valentine’s Day!

– robert

Philippe Starck + Palazzina Grassi

The Palazzina Grassi is on the bucket list! Starck always makes me speechless, so I’ll just stop typing and load the next photo…

Genius!

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Las Vegas Furniture Market…

Thanh Nga, a very special person…

Dear Robert,

This is Thanh Nga in Hanoi. You surely know the Lunar New Year of Tiger (Chinese originated) – a greatest holiday in a year not only in Vietnam but also in China – is coming soon.

So, I would like to share with you as well as some other friends a new post with some selected images of typical spring flowers (peach, kumquat and apricot flowers) and Banh Chung (glutinous sticky rice cake) – the Vietnamese square-shaped typical cake for this festival so that you can partly feel the joyful atmosphere to welcome Lunar New Year in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city of Vietnam these days, just for more fun:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=509197596

Though you may be not in China now, please accept my best wishes to you and your family for Good Health, Good Success, Prosperity and Happiness for the Lunar New Year of Tiger !

Look forward to your coming post of marvelous things you are viewing at the show in Las Vegas.

Best Regards

Thanh Nga

Dear Nga,

Thank you for your beautiful note. I’m posting this forward so that my readers can also enjoy the wonderful person that you are. Wishing you and your family the most wonderful, healthy, happy, and prosperous year!

Warmest wishes,

Robert