With the help of my friend Shin and also from Tina I fulfilled a longstanding dream and wandered around the National Stationery Show at the Javits Center last week.
I got a bit starstruck when I got to meet the head designer for Jack & Lulu and when I introduced myself to the head of Snow & Graham. I’m not sure whether they encounter many starstruck fans, but I hope it gave them some pleasure.
In a bizarre bout of full circle-ness, I happened upon a new line at Crane’s called Chloe B. (my future daughter since I was 16). I’ve had a thing about the stuffiness of Crane’s since I was 15 and I interviewed to work at a stationery store in Concord where the old woman (who didn’t hire me) made a big to-do about how they were a licensed distributor (the only one in Concord!!) and only sold Crane’s.
With the new Chloe-ish lines, it’s clear that they’re trying to woo younger folks like myself. I guess they picked the right name to do it.
