February 2012

New York Fashion Week

| Orie, Melisa, Elizabeth and Yukari |

Hello, friends! What's new with you guys? Things at Beyond Vintage have been busy as usual. Like most of the New York fashion industry, I've been feverishly preparing for fashion week. It's the one week of the year when all of our buyers from across the world fly to New York to see the new Fall collection. I spend 6 months preparing for this week and it flies by in a whirlwind of appointments and lace. This season we kicked off our market early, beginning with Bergdorf Goodman. The appointment went so well, we got a great reaction to the line! Yesterday we knocked 'em dead with our first Japanese appointment, Journal Standard. Here's a picture of Yukari and Orie, the Journal Standard buyers, with Melisa, our international account executive, and myself. Yukari and Orie have the most amazing style, they always look so adorable. The Fall 2012 line may be finished, but my mind is already planning spring. No rest for the weary ;)

Until next week!

xo,

Elizabeth

Song of the week: "Blues" by Alton Miller

Retro Fashion

| Retro Fashion available on Amazon |

Hello again, friends, do I have a crazy story for you!  About three years ago, right around the time of our inception, I received an email from a publisher in Antwerp called Tectum. They wanted to know if they could use a few pictures from Beyond Vintage in an upcoming book. This was a couple months after our launch so I was incredibly busy making sure BV was running smoothly. I said sure, got back to business and never gave it a second thought. 

Fast forward to a couple weeks ago ... Maggie, our senior designer, had been browsing her favorite bookstore {St. Mark's Bookshop} and purchased this super cool book called Retro Fashion. It wasn't until she got home and took a closer look that she realized it was the Belgian book from years ago! What are the odds?! Check out our Facebook page for a shot of Beyond Vintage on pages 16 and 17. We were so excited we couldn't wait to post a picture to share with everyone.

Until next week!

xo,

Elizabeth

Song of the week: "Believing is Art" by Spoon from Girls Can Tell