Champagne and Shopping

I recently wrote about a shopping day with my mother.  As you know she is a true fashionista and has the most amazing style and taste.  It’s something she was born with.  Her mother had amazing style as well.  She loves to shop and also introduce people to new labels.  One of her specialties is hosting at home shopping parties.  She will invite a designer or designers to present their collections at her home or the country club.  She then sends out immaculately handwritten invitations to hundreds of her friends.  And let us not mistake, she has a lot of friends.  FromGstaad, Switzerland to Greenville, South Carolina, she is the center of attention and seems to know everyone.

When we went shopping a few weeks ago, she introduced me to PLIA Designs.  This accessories line crafts a beautiful and luxurious collection of designer handbags, satchels, purses, and leather goods.  As I blogged, I purchased several of their handbags; beautiful clutches and a few courier bags.  They have made amazing additions to my wardrobe.  I absolutely love carrying all of my new PLIA Designs handbags.  The clutches are fabulous for light work days and when I know I have to go from the office to a dinner or cocktail party.  The satchels have been perfect and great for not only long days at the office, but also travel.  The larger satchel handbag serves a great purpose for long weekends when you only need a ‘mini-weekender’ as I call it.  I also love it for a carry-on.  The smaller satchel is great for when I have a 13-inch laptop and/or an iPad.  It’s perfect when you want to carry a satchel bag, but not a large one.

I digress.  It’s easy to when the topic is PLIA Designs designer handbags.  My mother recently sent out invites for her friends to meet the designers behind PLIA Designs.  They would have a brunch at the country club and then sip champagne and view the collections of handbags, clutches, and satchels.  She named it:  Champagne and Shopping.   I loved that these designers would be applauded and introduced to a new audience and new customers.  They flew to the US from Paris and checked into the Ritz.  The night before the brunch and shopping party, mom and I took them out to dinner.  Of course they were jet-lagged, but we got along so well.  They were super excited for the show the next morning.

Champagne and Shopping went incredibly well.  PLIA Designs designer handbags earned a legion of new fans and sold over $100,000 worth of goods in just one day.  I cannot wait until we have one again.  I loved meeting the designers.  They are so talented.