“THE RAYON JERSEY DRESS”

…………….This deceivingly simple dress is MODERN and TIMELESS…..Almost 20 years old it can be worn today with confidence! The scoop neckline combined with a sleeve WITHOUT an armhole brought it to a higher level of design. The easy skirt had a flat, narrow pleat front which laid flatter over the tummy, but was still concealing. It did come with a self fabric belt to hide the elastic at the waist, but I always recommended a woman used her own special belts to accessorize the dress.

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“THE FEBRUARY 2013 LINEA COLLECTION-PART ONE”

…………………..There were two Linea shows in February 2013. The CAD above features the main show. It comprised of EIGHT NEW PIECES and THREE REORDER PIECES……Starting at the top left of the new items….there was a semi sheer jacquard single button jacket. It had the effect of a “burn out” knit. Next was a clip dot georgette blouse with a self bow tie. Next and just below, the Crepe suit. The jacket had three buttons and many body seams to give it a perfect fit.. Next is the WK Tank with the waist whittling ribs on the torso to the hem. On the second row at the left is a drawstring dress in a jacquard Ponte knit. The pattern at the hem started as a solid and then graduated upward with a speckle pattern…..almost like a birds egg. It was an easy relaxed dress and the drawstring was pulled through metal grommets……Next, the Faux De Chine pleated skirt with a hip yoke…..Lastly, the Ponte knit stripe cardigan with the cascade front. There were to be other pieces that worked with this open front cardigan……Among the reorders was a tiered georgette skirt with a pleated hem……a WK Mock TN with an elbow sleeve, and a Hounds Tooth check jacquard cotton swing jacket. It had three quarter sleeves with a turn back cuff and a stand collar that also could be turned back……………February was always the official start to Spring.

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“THE FEBRUARY 2013 CREPE SUIT”

………………………The crepe blazer had a three button front, and a gracefully shaped body due to the many seams….It was fully lined. A classic straight leg matching pant was also available.

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“THE CLIP DOP GEORGETTE BLOUSE”

 

………………………..The fabric of this Clip Dot blouse was truly beautiful. It was excellent quality. There were and are many different qualities of clip dot fabrics on the market, and what determines the price of the fabric is what yarn they are made in and how the dots are manufactured. You can see in the close up photo the actual clipping of the threads between the dots. This type of fabric was originated in Switzerland, and originally the jacquard dots were connected with “floating threads” between each dot. Then someone would clip each of the dots by hand eliminating the connecting threads. As you can imagine this was a very time consuming, and costly way to make these fabrics. Eventually a machine was created to do the clipping automatically.

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