My silky friends, I'm just back from the sale. I went at 10 and could not believe my eyes : nobody lining up outside! I was so shocked I asked the security guards, who too were amazed. The site has been changed, with a new place where you have the 90s, the 140, jerseys, mousselines, 70s and twillys, and the men RTW. At the usual place, boots and shoes, women RTW, sweaters, hats, and men ties and scarves.
I went straight on to 140 stand, and had there to line up something like 1/2h. Always the same : you come in 10 by 10 and have 15 mn left to make your choice. This is what I was able to see :
Jerseys : only Brides de Gala en Désordre maxi-pointes, no other design. 90 jerseys : mostly Kelly en Calèche, navy blue, purple, red.
Mousselines : Kelly en Perles mostly in grey, Ors Bleus d'Afrique red only, Flots du Cheval mainly in dark blue, one changeant brown/blue (which came home with me) and 2 or 3 red. One or two Chevaux de Karnak in the white/turquoise/purple. Some racoon collars with mousselines, too.
140 silk twill : La Fabrique des Rubans in all the cws,
140 DD : Brazil in all the cws,
CSGM : some ACSMC, only in dark blue, and mainly Parures des Maharadjas (orange, red, white and blue) Cavalcadour (khaki and navy blue), Camails in periwinkle and naturel brown, a ton of Guépards in all kinds of cws except light pink, Circuit 24 Faubourg in dark cws mainly, and Laboratoire du Temps in orange, dark blue and gray, Etendards & Bannières in khaki, dark red, brown with white border.
Everything was so quiet, even if the line was quicklly increasing that I went -first time ever- to the 90s stand. No line up at all !!! A lot of things among them plenty of Rêves d'Escargot, Coquilles, Cheval de Mer, Peinture Fraîche (one of them splendid, dark green and grey), Astrologie Nouvelle, Géométrie Crétoise, one sublime grey Vent Portant II the girl before me grabbed, sigh...
Then shoes, RTW and other accessories : a lot of boots, dresses and jackets, but with a very high caretag... I tried on a splendid croc jacket, initial price 75 000 on sale for "only" 37 500, useless to say I didn't take it!
A fair bit of hats, but very few in my size, and a lot of gloves.
And at the end, near the cash register, the men's stand with ties and CSGM (Séquences I already have...)
Ladies if you're around and can hear me, go to the sale in the morning before Saturday. Once again, I never ever saw this place so quiet! And to sum up, I came back with a CSGM Cavalcadour in the khaki cw, a 140 mousseline changeante Flots du Cheval sable/azur/mauve/bleu, and a 90 jersey, Kellly en Calèche dark red. Half price as usual.
), and a lavender and grey 90 PdM as a gift for my Aunt. I'm so glad I got to experience at least one Paris sale and and such a pleasant one!
