Ugh, trade show time again!

Yes, trade shows… for the most part they really suck. The dog and pony show at the shows and the whole after party thing is so tired that the best part about trade shows coming to town are all the great friends that roll through NYC during the week. It’s great to have an opportunity to hang out over a few drinks and good conversation.

Just about the only trade show that doesn’t make my skin crawl is Capsule which just concluded last night. It’s the first one I have not attended. I just decided on Monday morning when I woke up that I just didn’t feel like hanging around ‘fashion’ people (I know I’m a self hating mother fucker).

Luckily, the whole web was there for me (us), ready to disperse the information across the blogosphere with their take or a regurgitation of someones elses take on what was worth seeing.

One man who is definitely not regurgitating someone else’s point of view is my boy Chuck Welch who is  behind RUPTUREreport. I’ve been sleeping on giving Chuck a plug here for months but if you haven’t visited his site, give it a try. Chuck put up a good little recap on what he saw at Capsule this week. And by the sounds of it and from the looks of what has been on the blogs, there wasn’t much newness being shown.

All that being said, after I visit LA next week I have commited to being at Compass next month. What can I say, a man has to work.

(capsule) New York

We will be at (capsule) New York for parts of both days of the show, July 20-21. BPMW has basically created the only trade show that doesn’t make my skin crawl. It’s always a good mix of designers and people, so we are looking forward to it. We are still nailing down our plans but we should be bringing you some interesting tidbits here.