We only took with us what we could fit into four giant duffel bags that could be checked on the plane sweaters were a priority, summer-wear not so much.
"If you wear a khaki suit during the summer, it isn't that big of a leap to wear mauve, " said Josh Peskowitz, men's fashion director at Bloomingdale's.
McCarthy, who will wear the number 17 shirt, joined Blackburn from Porto in the summer of 2006 and has scored 52 times for the club but is eager to boost his chances of playing for South Africa when the nation hosts the World Cup this summer.