Antwerp shopping

[melt977]

Thank you Scott

 

[JamieCD]

droogist.. is thats ya who owns the website http://beautywithoutirony.typepad.com/mintred/2007/10/rebel-without-a.html
?

abt michael verheyden.. is a real cool guy.. i talked to him lasttime when i was in antwerpen

 

[droogist]

^ Nope, not me.

melt, they usually sell stock from the season immediately previous, and earlier.

...and you're welcome, Scott.

 

[JamieCD]

totally agreed scott

all the pieces of Ann if there is any failure, the logo will be cut!!!
but dirk schönberger und walter wud be gr8 too..
i will cal em 2morrow 2 see:-P

 

[melt977]

melt, they usually sell stock from the season immediately previous, and earlier.

Thanks Droogist... That's what I guessed but thought I'd ask...

 

[JamieCD]

i caled walter, they said at the end of october and they r not really sure yet:-(
louis will have 3-4&8-9 of nov!!!

 

[Scott]

^that's also a great thing too! in 2002 ann had loads of pieces from s/s 99 so you could luck out and find stuff from earlier collections. i wish i were there because i'd love to visit christian wijnants and see if i could find some of the pieces from his a/w 03. and bruno pieters.... oh my,i could have a field day!

 

[Scott]

jamie the bwi blog site belongs to my friend i was telling you about previously-she's the one who took me to the ann d. sale. her name is ninette murk. she's also curator of designers against aids...FYI.

 

[JamieCD]

ohh cool.. nice to know scott...:-P
christian wijnants is gr8 like his stuffs! but no stocksale this year i think

 

[Divo]

Hi Jamie,

Can you be please more precise on dates and time sample sales Louis? Thank you in advance

Divo

 

[MissIndecisive]

just looked up http://beautywithoutirony.typepad.com/mintred/ and was so happy to discover i'm going to be in antwerp during some of these sales!

are these sales easy to get to by public transport?

also i'm not familiar with all the labels, which ones are the relatively more affordable ones?

 

[JamieCD]

ya can walk to dries von central station

ann d, think ya need the tram

the others ya can walk

 

[Scott]

and you can take a taxi if you want as well depending on where you're staying. perhaps from the centre of town(nationalestraat,kammenstraat,Groeneplaats etc.)and there's an address a bit farther out. they are relatively affordable compared with most cities. they usually have a few drivers stationed right there in in between the school at groeneplaats and the underground area(there's an escelator)where the supermarket is.

 

[JamieCD]

was back form the trip.. gr888 no more word to describe:-P

 

[MissIndecisive]

I was quite pleased with it too! I went to the sales on Friday, I thought they were pretty good! I got two tops from the Dries Van Noten sale, and a pair of boots from violetta & vera pepa as well

 

[JamieCD]

i think fashion club is the best then verinique.. dries was ok but it was better in the summer

 

[JamieCD]

who wann show up @ Ann D 2morrow?
any info abt stocksale of Walter?
i was working .. no time to reconfirm the sale day?

 

[Misako]

Hi, I'm new to overseas shopping, but I had some general questions:

I want to buy a pair of shoes from Dries, and I'm going to try calling the Antwerp store - I'm assuming they sell overseas? (I'm in the US). Anyone else have any experience regarding this?
I'm hoping that I'll be able to communicate effectively - I don't speak Dutch or German and my French is INCREDIBLY rusty so I'll probably need to speak in English, and I want to make sure I'll be getting the right shoe. Eep!

And specifically:

Has anyone seen these shoes in orange patent at the Dries store? If they don't sell overseas, would anyone be willing to get them for me and I'll send payment, etc?

http://www.brownsfashion.com/public/pictures/products/standard/86080_1.jpg

(from brownsfashion)

Thanks!

 

[JamieCD]

they are professional & speak fluent english!!! no worry

 

[Misako]

JamieCD - thank you for the quick reply!