ENK show and my 3 new obsessions

ENK show is a professional fashion trade show. What does that means? it's where buyers who buy wholesale for stores, boutiques or chains can go and see next season's collections by thousands of brands and designer and place orders for their stores.

It's set like a gigantic mall \ craft show with a lot of boots by both emerging individual designers, established brands and everything in between.

I love going to the trade shows, yes, it's not glamourous or dramatic as fashion week, but I get to see how trends translate into actual wearable cloths, I get to talk to designer and get to know about brands who aren't established enough to put on a runway presentation, and I get to start planning what I want to buy for next season.

I think that out of last week's show, those were my top favorites. 

Raffi Cashmere 

Cashmere saves me every single NYC winter. It's cold here, and it it wasn't for cashmere, which is very warm even when knitted to a very thin knit. 

Raffi Cashmere is a company owned company that makes very basic pretty sweaters with interesting details. The type of sweaters that are going to look great fall, winter and spring and that will never go out of style.

My gray sweatshirt from a couple of years back is starting to fray and I think that a gray cashmere sweater might just be the best upgrade ever.  

Tucker

I have a tucker dress from a few years ago, I got it at a second hand store and every time I wear it I feel stylish and girly. Tucker is known for their whimsical adorable prints and slightly vintage inspired cuts. They design and manufacture in NYC, which as far as I'm concern, merit a medal or award or something.

I adore this periwinkle armadillo dress.  

Byron Lars - Beauty Mark

I haven't seen anything this creative in fashion in a really long time. Byron lars manage to go totally overboard with creativity while still keeping it pretty and wearable. He combine high-tec scuba fabrics with traditional embroidery, glamourous sequence with earthy burlaps and super sweet with super sexy.

The Makeup Show

I was really excited to check out The Makeup Show, I mean, what's more exciting then meeting creative people, see new treands and colors, know before everyone what the cosmetic companies are launching and get to say thank you to some people who makes my everyday life so much more colorful and pretty.

Sadly, it wasn't all I expected it to be. It was very very crowded and was mostly about sals of products, rather then exploring new things, and it was too packed and loud to make friends or even have a conversation. 

Still, it was a rather colorful day...

Trend Alart

Floral pants, perfect spring outfit no matter what you wear it with (though I especially like it with the converse shoes).

Also, note to self, if you take photos in a moving subway, they will come out blurry.

Rina Zin

Beautiful and beautifully dressed young lady from Israel, at the Rina Zin booth at D&A show last month.

I really adore Rina Zin's style and her commitment to her own style language regardless to trends or fashion. 

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The show before the show

Some people think the front row is more important, or at least entertaining, then the show. Other's get really upset by the amount of attention the front row gets and feels as if it's taking fashion from being a form of art to being a gossip ridden "Scene".

I'm somewhere in between, I don't really care about who was sitting in the front row but I want to know what they all wore.

Here are a couple of really nice examples from A'Detacher show last NYFW

Fun Day at D&A

Going to D&A is like a visit to a candy museum, you are looking at the coolest, newest most awesome things but can't wear or buy any of it! 

Designer & Agents is a small fashion trade show that take place right after NYFW. in which smaller companies, up and coming designers, showrooms and difusion lines can show their collection to potential buyers without having to go through the effort and considerable expense of having a fashion presentation \ runway show.

I especially like this event because in most of the booths you get to meet and talk to the actual designer, and I feel l seeing the person behind a brand always gives me a better understanding of what the collection is about.

Also, it's a really nice way to see how fashion forward people dress for a long and very tiering work day.