What a crazy busy week!!!!! so many things I can’t even begin so I will start with this: Yesterday Katya and were in New York. Knowingly we had a busy schedule but everything was so intense (and fun) it turned in to a mad dash! We started our morning at Gerber Systems. They provide industry software (everything from design to patternmaking and product life management) amazing!! If only I had that over the last six months it would have already paid for itself! We liked the first part so much we decided to go back in the afternoon to see the other software types.
We were then of course late to our next appointment at Fox. They sell used and new sewing machines. After almost running over Anna Sui on the street in our rush (remember in elementary school when you weren’t allowed to run in the
Fox Machines and Me
hallway so you would walk super fast all but running, arms a flutter? – that is what this looked like) You have gotta love it, I was there last week but I am not sure my description to Katya quite quantified the experience. 10 foot wide store – 3 sewing tables deep on each side of a tiny tiny isle. The owner Eli, Jeff the Russian sales guy and the mechanic – oh, i can’t forget the tom cat.
the cat at Fox
We heckled a bit while fulfilling the list of machines we needed. Had to go to the basement, yeah…. Finally coming to an agreement (18 machines + accessories in total) and arranging our timeline and logistics we were on our way to Edite showroom to look at Krelwear organic sweaters made in Miami! (side note, in the mean time, I received a phone call from Chinatown and may have a better deal on the buyout of an entire factory…will keep you posted on Monday!)
After Krelwear we were back to Gerber with a quick stop for a Mr. Softy swirl with sprinkles for lunch on the way. (yes, my favorite NYC workday lunch!). And finally to Mood to pick up some of the yardage for a few styles for fall that we hadn’t already purchased from Italy.
When getting in to the elevator (they still have an old-school manually operated
me driving the elevator
elevator), there was no driver. He pops in and I joke about driving the elevator myself. He then let me drive the elevator to the 3rd floor!!!!
Then it was time to get serious. We needed about 450 yards of fabric across 10 styles for some of the small run pieces we are doing. Tarik helped us, they are all great there and Phillip gave us a great deal! Next time though, I think we will just go to the warehouse in NJ where we can just chose from the bulk production. All in all a fun and productive day!
operator
In other news this week; zoning variance for the signs was approved (next art commission), environmental clearance from the City which was the last step before the City’s stamp of approval, hired our cutter Tai (more to follow this week)…just to name a few…
