Paris, je t'aime!

Live from Paris!

We are just leaving the Andres Sarda show and it feels like leaving Heaven! The show had a very retro cool Mad Men/Hitchcock type inspiration that was perfect for the occasion. Andres Sarda is based in Barcelona, and they just celebrated their 50th Anniversary on Monday. 

The company is a family business that originated making mantillas...those beautiful lace scarves women wore in Spain over up-do's. Here's a picture of Jackie Kennedy wearing one of their mantillas in the 1950s...

 Tres magnifique, non? 

So, when the mantilla went out of fashion, Mr. Sarda had the idea to start creating lingerie, and lucky for us all he did! He just turned 80 years old and still oversees much of the company. 


This is Vicki - she's their gorgeous model - we've seen the new lines on her for the past five years, she's fantastic!

Not sure if it's the beauty of Paris or the new Andres Sarda collections, but we're fairly breathless over it all...or maybe we need more champagne!  We're headed into the VIP Gold Lounge now!

The other special treat on this trip is one of our long time customers is in Paris too. 

Cindy started fitting Ananda when she was a teenager and much like Cindy, she fell in love with lingerie and the beauty and the magic of the laces and designs.  She ended up going to college for clothing design and has decided she would like to be a lingerie designer.  She is Paris making contacts and we met up with her so we could  introduce her to a few people in the industry.  You'll hear more from her and her experiences next week as she will be our Guest Blogger on Tuesday!

Miss you!

Love, Jeanie and Cindy