“FEBRUARY 04”
…………………Feb 04 was the start of a new year…….a new Spring collection………Starting at the top left the now very popular linen/rayon blend. It satisfied all linen lovers, but also the rayon kept it from wrinkling so much which made it much more acceptable…….Also, the natural fabric lovers loved it. I called this the “Tree Of Life” emb. because between the paisley of the border , and above the border itself there were very primitive naive tree designs……..Next is a cotton/acrylic sweater with different size and color flat back faceted jewels hand embroidered. It came in two colors….. white with multi color jewels, and black with the same jewels colors. These were really fun elaborate spring/summer sweaters that couldn’t be duplicated today for anything less than triple the price……a true collectors item……..next was a cotton/acrylic long cardigan with contrast color bandings. It came in the ivory with the multi colors and navy with the multi colors. The jewel neck short sleeve sweater below was the coordinate and a fun separate sweater……..next on the top row was a Silk crepe de Chine shirt with two separate prints joined together and trimmed in white cotton. It was ordered in a blue and white and espresso/white as shown above………The cotton sateen jacket came back in thee navy/white and the espresso/white. This is the CORRECT sketch with the collar on the jacket. Below the sketch are the actual emb. applique swatches I received for approval……….On the bottom row it the extreme left is a sketch of “THE FIJI SILK WORK SHIRT” which was now reordered for the first time……….you will see how many of these pieces were coordinate with what was to follow………and that was the start of spring 04.
