after the show

New York fashion week is over, and my show is done also.

I do trade shows twice a year for Spring and Fall seasons.  Designers like me take orders from retail buyers at those shows.  

I'm just so relieved it's over now and I completed my collections on time.

There is a story called The Grateful Crane in Japan.  An old man saved a crane from a trap.  The crane appeared as a beautiful lady one day and she uses her feathers to make a cloth for him.

When I am making collections, I feel like I am using my feathers to make jewelry.  It's like you devote all your life and energy into it.  

I wonder how other designers feel like when they are building their collections...