A Glamorous Afternoon with Darby Scott

The Gotham Girl team was recently invited by our friends at Darby Scott to an exclusive trunk show at Bergdorf’s for her luxe new handbag and jewelry collection! If you’ve never been, let me tell you that the Bergdorf Goodman store on 5^th Ave is breathtaking. The ground floor is a maze of chandeliers and gilded glass cabinets (filled, of course, with designer accessories starting in the thousands). And the entire building is strategically speckled with near-perfect personnel ready to assist you in maxing out your credit card.

Darby Scott setting up

Clients trying on jewelry

Darby Scott, of course, fit right in with her gorgeous handbags made from rich skins like python, alligator, stingray and lizard. But what really sets her apart from other designers that also love the exotic, are the jewelry-inspired clasps, closures and handles on her bags made up of semi-precious stones and minerals (though she occasionally strays to other clever materials like bone, shell or wood). 

I have never seen anything like her Karung (snakeskin) shoulder bags (pictured from her website below) which feature multi-strand handles so beautiful, they could be necklaces themselves! Naturally, Darby’s jewelry line got some well-deserved attention too. I don’t think I ever saw anyone walk up to her jewelry display that day who could resist slipping on a ring or two. 

After pulling ourselves away from all that opulence, Gotham City Online’s amazing photographer and I decided to take a walk down 5^th Ave for… some more opulence! New York City’s 5^thAvenue is like a roll-call sheet of the most well-known brands and famous design houses: Rolex, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Christian Dior, Rock & Republic, Burberry, Apple, Tiffany’s, etc.  

The Disney Store, 5th Ave	The Apple Store, 5th Ave
Gucci & Trump Towers, 5th Ave	Rock & Republic, 5th Ave

But don’t think you have to be a millionaire to enjoy the area, just the window displays alone are worth the trip! Check out these shots below of the displays for the Louis Vuitton store!

Louis Vuitton window 1

Louis Vuitton window 2