High Vibes, Bad Weather

This past weekend I was in NYC for a pop-up with one of my favourite Escapewear brands, Tombolo, at their Soho flagship location.

They make the most fun stuff! There are, admittedly, many photos and videos of me on various vacations wearing Tombolo - a few of which I am sharing here, against my better judgment.

To kick off the weekend, I spent Friday night becoming intimately familiar with the underside of several martini glasses. My brother came, my sister lives there, there were cousins involved… and we got a little ahead of our skis. As one does.

But the sun did rise (somewhere) Saturday morning and we filled ourselves with coffee to tackle the day.

Tombolo’s shirts have the same energy as our sunglasses, so the pairing made perfect sense: high vibes, good people, and a shop full of things you want to wear on a boat, in the sun, immediately.

Inside, it felt like a holiday. Outside, it was torrential rain and borderline personal and aggressive wind.

Which, as it turns out, is not an ideal climate for selling sunglasses.

Pop-ups are a humbling and educational experience. A few takeaways:

1. I need to seriously up my sales game. Truly — professional retail staff are elite. The Tombolo team was incredible. Lessons were learned.

2. People shop when they’re happy. Rain does not make people happy.

3. People shop when they’ve had a drink. I served alcohol. It helped.

We had the best time. Huge thank you to the Tombolo team for having us. I may have spent as much as we made, but honestly, worth it.

I pulled together a few of my favourite Rosa x Tombolo combinations below.

Happy shopping friends! I’m keeping our Soho discount live for the week.

Nat xx

Discount code: Soho15