Since it was our first time at such a large show, the anticipation was at the maximum. The morning was spent setting up the booth and settling in, getting ready to know our neighbors and the surrounding booths.

Our setup was not a fancy one, but just the right amount of information on the table to let the visitors know what our company is about	Our beautiful girls on the packaging did all the "talking" and marketing for us. Nothing else needed to be added.
And this is me, wearing my signature tattoo-looking Missy Ann 01 Tiger Head Tights. Yes, people did come up to me on a few occasions and asked me if I had real tattoos, and even wanted to touch my legs ( a bit inappropriate I say, but anything to convince I' not that crazy, at least not yet).	Samples, samples, samples... feel the comfort of Gatta, see the abundance of colors, decide on the density of your tights and leggings... all at our table.

Saturdays are not the best days really to invite people for an early morning event, as most of the visitors that were coming in at 10 AM at the door opening, were looking as if they just woke up, yawning and just dragging their feet after their body. So I decided to take the opportunity to do a quick walk around, to see what else was going on. Surprisingly, quite a bit of fund stuff that I knew I was going to unfortunately miss, because I would have to stand by our booth (not to worry we did get our share of excitement when a celebrity visited us, I'll tell you who further down).

What a beautiful Red Carpet!!! No papparazi, no limouzines! Still a minute of fame is all a girl needs!	These cushiony seats felt so good to sit down after a whole day of standing on high heels.	The folks on this makeover stage were just a tad bit noisy, but I think it was part of their routine: get women excited about their makeovers.
I had to stop for a minute to observe some of the women getting their make up done, simply amazing, some scary, in a character.	Yes, yes, you saw it right, and what kind of women's gathering without a psychic! Believe it or not they had customers	Need a tazer? No problem? Wanna taze in style, we've got it, let's just add some more sparkle and glam so your tazing is more effective
Alcohol... sponsored by Ralphs! I wonder if they would start adding wine tasting tables in Ralphs isles, wouldn't that be something?	More alcohol! In bigger bottles. Vodka! Hopefully flavored, and not on the rocks, or that would be too harsh.	The Jockey girls were impressed by my tights, so I showed some interest in being impressed by their booth.

As I got back to our booth after a short walk around the other isles, it appeared that in isle 1000 (where we were), there was a bit of a commotion going on. And the next thing I know the wonderful Marilu Henner stopped by to do some shopping at our booth! And she was so nice to even take a photo with us! Thank you Marilu! Such a down to earth person, despite her celebrity status.

As the day went on, and especially more on Sunday, visitors started flowing in. At times, we had to get out of our booth to give everyone inside some space to do their browsing. Our products were so different from what everyone has seen out there that some people couldn't decide on what to get at their first visit and came back later, to look over what we had again. One lady said she wanted to have all of our tights and leggings. 

Oh, and I almost forgot, there was another celebrity citing at the Expo: the one and only Mario Lopez was there for his book signing. I had a chance to deliver some goodies from our booth for his wife. All I saw was that our bag was being taken to him by security. I hope it made it to him. And if so, a simple thank you would have sufficed from his team. Haven't heard anything back. A bit disappointing but I'll live.

So was it worth exhibiting at the Expo? Definitely. Would I recommend it to my friends and family and our customers to come visit us next year? Absolutely! It was a weekend full of girl things to do, getting make up and hair done, sipping on some free wine or alcohol, shopping for interesting products and more. Who wouldn't want all of this under one roof?

Until next time, ciao!

I am married, have two little ones who take up almost all of my free time (no complaints there), a dog, and a cockatiel (more to come on this in my future blogs). I love technology, clean environment, fashion, sewing, knitting, pinning photos and great ideas on my Pinterest boards, rummaging the internet for interesting stuff, and most importantly I love writing for Gatta Hosiery and always looking for opportunities to introduce our great and such unique European Hosiery Brand products and the company that stands behind it.

In my never ending efforts to find events where our products can be showcased, a few months ago I came across an ad for the Ultimate Women's Expo. What is it you ask? 20,000 women, boutique shopping to choose from over 500 shopping booths, inspiring seminars, business coaching, haircuts, makeovers massage and celebrity speakers, and much more according to their Facebook Page and their LA show website, in only two days. And since our staff and Administrative offices are located in the Fashion Capital of Los Angeles (though New York and Paris come very close), I thought this would be a good opportunity to pitch the event to our Marketing department.

And so here we are, just a bit less than two weeks away from the event, with our vendor kit, getting ready for the Expo on October 25-26, at booth 1023. I'm very excited as it'll be my first time visiting the Women's Expo both as a visitor, as well as representing Gatta Hosiery at our booth.

And for those who are reading this blog, I have even better news: I have 20 FREE PASSES in my possession, Courtesy of Starbucks, and I have been given the green light to give them all out before the event. So if you are in for some WOMAN time, and want to check us out before you buy from our website, this is your chance. Come see us on October 25-26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We'll have most of our current inventory of tights and leggings, as well as some of the new Fall/Winter 2015 products that are not even on the website yet, like this Gatta OMBRE tights, that you can't find anywhere else. I know I'll be getting a pair when it arrives.

Or the new collection of Gatta Girl Up tights:

And for those of you who have little princesses at home and like to shop for them (just like I do), we'll have a variety of little girls tights to choose from, and so much more.

Don't want to shop? Come anyway, enjoy your complimentary entrance, walk around the expo, see what else there is to do.

But make sure to stop by our booth and share your experience, as I'd like to add it in our blog after this event is over.

The Free Passes are going to go fast, so here's how you can get them:

You will receive details on how to get a hold of your complimentary entrance ticket to the LOS ANGELES ULTIMATE WOMEN'S EXPO on October 25-26. Mark your calendar, and I'll see you there!

"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous" - Coco Chanel

Ciao!

Gatta products are well known in Europe for their quality, comfort, durability, fresh, unusual and unique designs, diverse styles fitting women of all ages and their style preferences - casual to classy, chic to polished, sexy to trendy, swanky to sassy, bohemian to groovy and much more.

Our website offers most of the new Spring/Summer 2014 collection products, as well as products from previous collections favored by European consumers. We also carry products from the Classic collection, which are manufactured and made throughout the year.

We believe in being fair to our customers when it comes to shipping, therefore we only charge $1 per item for shipping, and free shipping for total purchase of over $50.

For a limited time, to celebrate the launch of our website, our customers can enjoy !0% off their entire purchase, by using the promo code: welcome.

Aren't these beautiful? I want to wear them all!

Check out our website for many more beautiful hosiery products by Gatta

www.gattahosiery.com