MAGIC Show Las Vegas: Snapshot Overview :

The road to MAGIC . . .

Riviera Hotel & Casino (the picture I saw online when I booked the hotel . . .)

The view that apparently comes with the “Early Bird Booking Special” . . . Never Again!

Questionable Ice Cream Ad @ Caesar’s Palace (umm, maybe my dirty mind is working overtime?)

Nikki & I grabbing a bite to eat @ the Wynn . . .

Liquid signage @ the Sourcing show . . .

The Road Home (Phase I)

The Road Home (Phase II)

My trip was wonderful. Despite the crusty remote in the hotel room, the fact that I probably inhaled the smoke of what would amount to 9,000 cigarettes while walking through the casinos, and the fact that we couldn’t find a good meal under $29, Nikki and I had a great time and made some really good contacts. I attended a lot of inspiring seminars and met some great people. I’m really excited about the future and about implementing the knowledge I gained during my time @ MAGIC. It was also great to spend time with Nikki, I think I laughed more in 4 days than I have in the last 2 months combined! . . well, maybe that is an exaggeration, I tend to laugh a lot!

p.s. I am realizing as I post this, that I did not take very many photos of the actual show. I think this points to the fact that I am still learning to think like a blogger, and that includes thinking about what people would like to see!! I promise to include more “action shots” in my next industry event post!! ☺

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I LOVE IT!!!
http://boboloulis.wordpress.com Bobolouli

No way. I was at Magic about a year or 2 ago, man, it is MASSIVE. What! So many things to see, contacts to make, suppliers, it was a rush and a dream I had from when I first started working in fashion. All I ever heard was, Magic this and Magic that…. that was 7 yrs ago. I swore one day I would see Magic. And I did!!! WOuld love to go again, but for my own business! How did you find it?
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  How funny, the first time I went to MAGIC was 7 years ago, and I finally just went back. I have worked in the fashion industry for quite a few years now so I knew about it from school and work, but this time I went for my own business. It is MASSIVE! you are right! But there are a lot of great lines showing there, and the Sourcing show is was very helpful indeed. I love that you made up your mind to go and you did! You should plan to go again if it suits your needs. I think I may go again next year. Are you still in the fashion industry?
  - http://boboloulis.wordpress.com Bobolouli
    
    I am yes. Although now Im in graphics & merchandising, as opposed to the tech packs I was doing when I first entered the industry. How utterly boring! Planning on making illustration & graphics my specialty hence the force behind the sketchbook & my illustration posts
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      Well you absolutely seem to be on the right track! Your work is beautiful and very inspiring. I want to do a post on you here on my blog if you don’t mind! I have a deep love for illustration and fashion illustration. I almost selected that as my major, but my love of design won out over my actual illustration skills. I still love to draw though, and I have about 30 different “characters” that I illustrate and put on handmade cards that I used to make and sell. I have only recently begun to draw again in my personal style posts, so I can relate to you deciding to just go for it! I love that!! That is what I am doing with my handbag line… Thanks also, for posting about the sketchbook contest! I had never heard of it and it is so awesome!!! I plan to go see when it comes out to California. I hope you win!
      - http://boboloulis.wordpress.com Bobolouli
        
        That would be really nice of you Funny, I never intended to study fashion, let’s say it was put in my path, and well, now Ive come to realize that illustration and art are what I should of been doing all along. Its been a tough journey, some artistic blocks, but we’re getting there You’re starting your own handbag line? No way! thats great news. You must really love fashion, going to Magic, blogging. Where do you manage to find the time? Anyway, I would love to chat more, you wanna exchange emails? mines tanithlambi(at)hotmail.com send me an email when you have a few minutes. Man, too bad you’re in Cali, it would be so great to go out and grab a bite, discuss your adventures! Have a great Day sweety!
      - http://thelookbookphilosophy.wordpress.com thelookbookphilosophy
        
        Fantastic, I will email you later this eve! So fun getting to know you! Believe me, my journey into the fashion industry has not been a bed of roses either, I know all about those artistic blocks! But once I finally accepted that that was the field that truly made me happy, I think I became better equipped to handle it! But I started out as a graphic design major, then went to English, Sociology and then back to graphic design before I decided to go full force into the fashion industry. Anyway, I am looking forward to chatting more. I’ll email you later today! Enjoy your day!

MAGIC Show Las Vegas: Snapshot Overview

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