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"  &amp;quot;I was having a glass of wine on the banks of the Arno River in Florence just before sunset,&amp;quot; says designer Joy Gryson. &amp;quot;At first the sky was pure blue, and then as the sun continued to sink, an amazing magenta color started to frame the clouds. This is where the color palette for my entire spring collection came from.&amp;quot; Working as the accessories design director for Marc Jacobs before launching her own line in New York last year, Gryson opened a second office in Florence, where her artisanal bags and shoes are handmade. This past summer, Gryson traveled to Italy to check on the production of her fall line and saw the city and its countryside with fresh eyes. From the colored leathers to the slightly speckled pale gold finish on her tote&amp;#039;s hardware (an interpretation of the sun hitting the Duomo&amp;#039;s cap) to the thick braided handles on her En Tresse styles (a play on the twisting grapevines from the vineyards near Gryson&amp;#039;s shoe factory), each piece for spring reverberates with the nature, architecture, and culture of the city where her designs are born. Gryson found beauty in even the most ordinary of Italian happenstances: &amp;quot;One night after dinner, we stumbled upon a gelato stand mobbed with jumping children. The flavors the man was selling were so tantalizing\u2014bright lemon, lush berry, and rich cream\u2014I designed a shoe just for that moment.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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