Chicago Green Festival — By: Keara
I don’t even know where to begin! I am going to add a bunch of my photos to make this as interesting as possible.
Friday morning Julie, Maia and I hopped on a plane to Chicago and began running around to prepare for the festival. Building shelves, folding shirts, unpacking suitcases and trying to map our way through the gigantic McCormick Place convention center. We had never gone to a Green Festival before and didn’t know what to expect, but everyone we met was really helpful and showed us the loops.
Bright and early Saturday morning the doors to the festival opened and thousands of people began pouring in from all over the country. It was great to see some of the attendees wearing Cottonfield clothes! The zen shirts were definitely a big hit.
Below are a few of the customers who stopped by our booth wearing Cottonfield clothes!
The girls and I were able to walk around the festival for a bit and explore some of the other booth which was great. Lots of great speakers (Dennis Kucinich, Amy Goodman, etc) and fun music to listen to. The food was also great, we especially liked the Temptation ice cream booth! We are very upset that we didn’t get to meet Jason Mraz and Oprah though!!
After a looooong (but fun and informative) weekend, we packed up the car and headed back home to Boston. We all learned so much, and will be even more prepared for the next trade show we attend. Thanks to everyone that came and said ‘Hi’ to us, it was great meeting some of our customers in person.
