Fanning the Flames of Bread&Butter
Bread&Butter, Barcelona’s tradeshow for selected brands, was steaming this year, not just because it attracted most of the koolest brands in Europe, and beyond. It was also just hot and humid in southern Spain, the sort of weather that drives most Indians or Texans to the comfort of their airconditioned offices and living rooms. Europeans like the heat though—which is still a relative novelty in these global warming times—and, so while some premises were airconditioned, especially those in the swankier Urban Superior and Denim Base areas, many had to deal with the heat. Especially those stuck in the concrete sweatbox of the gargantuan Sport & Street area. Our sympathies went out to Reebok, which had one of the coolest stands at the fair, but was stuck in Barcelona’s version of Dante’s Inferno—down, down in the basement.
The heat, though, meant that fans (the objects, not the star-fuckers*) were in high demand, and those brands savvy enough to hand out their own punkahs certainly got more bang for their buck than biz-as-usual stickers and fliers. We went around photographing fashionistas fanning themselves, and here you go.
And, finally, one of our favorite brand managers, Stephan Ploch from Reebok, Germany
