This man might be even more important than Alessandro Michele

So I was shopping. Want to know where, then I refer you to my post from yesterday with mysecret Puglia pearls. While I handed dress number four with a ‘yes, I want it‘ nod to the saleswoman, I was tapped on my shoulder. I was a bit scared it was the other woman in the store who had been waiting quite a while for the fitting room I occupied, but it was her husband.

‘Your shoes, did you buy them about three or four years ago?’ he asked while pointing at my Gucci sandals. I nodded in agreement. Yes, that was right, but I still thought they were beautiful and ‘comfortable’ and they held up well, so why would I get rid of them? The man started to glow. ‘I love beautiful sandals in the summer.’ Start talking about fashion and the talk button goes on for me. ‘In the Netherlands, I also have Balenciaga sandals, but I had to make choices.’ The man glowed even more. ‘He made them,’ his wife proudly told. ‘These and your Balenciagas.’

The man turned out to be the court supplier of all leather goods from Gucci. For years. Previously also of Balenciaga, but with the arrival of Alessandro Michele, he could no longer serve the other brands. ‘The sale of shoes has increased with 200%,’ he spoke. He supported his words by making a bowl with his hands and touching the other fingers with his thumb. ‘Come lo posso fare?’ He made 330 pairs of shoes a day. 330 pairs! I could only thank him for all the beauty and goodness. And tell his wife that she was a very happy person.