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The other day a woman came into work and was eyeing off the Celine bags and whenever a customer hovers for a long time around that general section I get waved off to go help them because I'm the Celine expert in our department. So I went to see if she needed any help and we ended up in a lovely 20 minute natter about the state of the luxury market and how Celine is the next Chloe (which would make Phoebe Philo the next... um... Phoebe Philo) and that everything she touches just turns to gold, and that those luggage totes are just amazing aren't they? and that she really knows how to use colour, and how great is her mix of linen and leather? I love it when I get to really talk to customers. It doesn't have to be about Celine - but of course it's fun when it is - it can be about anything really. It makes the whole monotony of retail seem a bit more exciting. And I like seeing the Celine go to a good home.
I really hope we get some of these neon bright and candy-floss beauties into work next season. Seeing all the new bags coming in is the most exciting thing about working in retail, we get to open up those plain cardboard boxes to find magic within. I've become really good about knowing which box has come from which company (anything marked Firenze heralds Tods, the ones that come via Emirates/Etihad from Hong Kong are Marc Jacobs/MBMJ, Celine comes with the most beautiful "Made in Italy" stamp on the outside near the invoice). It's like a game, though, to see what is inside. The invoices will say cryptic things like "Boston bag: Sunflower" and we can only guess what beautiful, bright, egg-yolk-hued loveliness will emerge. I will literally be waiting with crossed fingers and bated breath for these to arrive. Can you imagine how uplifting it would be to have these bright-as-a-button bags on the selling floor?
The new Celine resort collection is great in the way that things that are slightly tacky are great. The crazy jacquard prints, the bright neon, those huge oversized novelty belts, the flatforms, the latex pants (not pictures, but you can imagine, right?), the too-long cuffs. It's all a bit weird and wacky and 70s but it works because of the way that Phoebe puts it all together. She plays with proportion so that cropped pants flare out just slightly at the calf, and a little leather mini dress hits right where your hands rest by your sides, and the slouchy pants of the season before last are updated as le smokings where the blazers tuck into the pants like shirts. I actually kind of like this season's Celine girl. She seems like a bit more fun; her hair is messy and she's wearing crazy "look-at-me" pants and those belts are just too good to be true. She seems a bit younger and a bit less severe - past seasons (including last fall) have been quite serious and oil-slick city dweller, this is looser, slouchier and more relaxed. It's resort after all, how can you take it seriously? But it's still wearable and chic; the trench in the bottom left is probably the most beautiful jacket I've seen in a long time, and don't get me started on those tuxedo suits. It's Phoebe's usual old schtick but, as they say, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
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