From Louis

………………The Crinkle Gauze was another fabric I introduce in the April 2013 collection. When I found the fabric it “said” RESORT/SUMMER to me. It is a sheer fabric with this marvelous irregular crinkle texture. Since it is polyester the crinkle pattern is permanently set into the fabric with a heat process similar to creating a pleated fabric. It had a classic shirt and stand collar, and had a button front. The body FLARED out to give the shirt the airy floating quality I wanted. I new it would be beautiful caught in Island breezes….The kimono type loose sleeves were 3/4 length. The sides of the shirt were longer than the front and back…..It came in……WHITE…..TURQUOISE and BLACK…..This was one of Jac’s favorites. She wore it all summer long, and a top she favored to wear out to dinner. It looked great all buttoned up with a tank………or opened as a breezy shirt jacket.

………….This dress in the Crinkle Gauze was another of Jac’s favorites. It had a tank top and an Empire waist line. There were many TOP STITCHED SEAMS to give detail to the dress…..and its’ FIT & FLARE SHAPE! The sides dipped like a handkerchief. It had patch square pockets sewn on in an angle…It was lined with an attached light knit tank dress, because the fabric was so sheer. It was truly like wearing air…..It came in TURQUOISE……BLACK…….and WHITE……….The perfect accessory dress……The crinkle gauze shirt could be used as a coverup….or the new open knit shrug was perfection as well.

………………..Jac loved her GAUZE BIG SHIRT & DRESS, her FEATHER JERSEY pieces, and her TIE DYED PRINT DRESSES. They were all perfect for Anguilla…….our favorite vacation spot!

……………The Linea April 2013 collection had THIRTEEN NEW ITEMS, and FIVE REORDERS!….There was a COTTON/SPAN PONTE KNIT BLAZER, a DRAWSTRING PENCIL SKIRT and PULL-ON PANT also in the Cotton Ponte Knit……Two pieces in Feather Jersey….a V-NECK TUNIC with elbow sleeves and an asymmetric hem line, plus a new PULL-ON PANT……I introduced a new CRINKLE GAUZE semi sheer fabric in a TUNIC FLY-AWAY SHIRT with 3/4 kimono like sleeves and an asymmetric hemline, and a great TANK DRESS with PATCH POCKETS and an ASYMMETRIC HEMLINE…..a cotton/span CAPRI PANT LEGGING…..a GEORGETTE TIERED PEASANT DRESS in a fantastic huge FLORAL PRINT……a LACE KNIT SHEATH DRESS…..an OPEN STITCH SHRUG…..and a beautiful IKAT PRINT LONG SKIRT and PRINT TOP………..In addition to all of that….the reorders for April were the TIE DYE PRINT CARDIGAN…..the CHEETHA PRINT JERSEY KNIT TOP….the LEOPARD PRINT COTTON STRETCH BLAZER…….a short sleeve button front CARDIGAN with LACE EMBROIDERY, and a knit TANK in a NOVELTY fine tweed speckle yarn…..It was a great group of TIMELESS clothes……They certainly don’t have clothes like this on QVC anymore

……………….For the 2013 Spring Linea Collection I introduced many new fabrics to the Linea Ladies. The Cotton/Span Ponte knit was just one of them. The unlined blazer { I think the front was lined?] had many seams in the front for the close to the body shape. It had DTM buttons and 1/4 inch top stitching details… It came in……BLACK…..WHITE….LIMOGES BLUE…..and NECTARINE…….The pull-on pant was avail. in BLACK, LIMOGES BLUE and WHITE………..It was great as a matching suit, or broken up to mix colors or wear with other things.