Yearly Archives: 2021

……………………..The Feb. 03 group was all about Spring….It was an eclectic group with very special pieces…….The first jacket at the upper left was a suede jacket with multi color suede floral and leaf appliques….the colors were very pretty as you can see from the little suede clippings…there was a short suede skirt to coordinate and a short sleeve jewel neck rib sweater that coordinated with the jacket and skirt…….The next jacket was an unlined suede topper with contrast crocheted seams…It came in two colors the navy with red crochet and the parchment color with black crochet…….The two sweaters at the bottom were very special. The first, on the right, was a rayon blend sweater with an interesting diagonal rib on the  body. The sleeves were vertical ribs. The body was emb. with tiny tonal pearls in the ribs……..the last sweater was a cotton acrylic ballet neck sweater with 3/4 length sleeves. It had baby tonal sequins hand emb. all over in three beautiful colors..

……………………….THE July 03 group was short, but sweet……From left to right…..the Suede topper with tonal leather trims……..the Suede jacket with leather whip stitching….the reorder Leopard shirt……….the Boiled Wool jacket with knit rib sleeves and collar……….the coordinating mock neck elbow sleeve sweater……….July traditionally  starts the fall winter season. That’s the month that most retail stores start showing the new fall items. QVC followed the retail program and also started showing fall clothing…….,sorry this is out of order!

………………This weekend my nephews Chris, to the left, and Matty to the right, along with Matty’s lady Michelle paid me a visit. Just to put things in proportion, and you don’t think I’m such a shrimp!, Chris is 6’3″, and Matty is 6’6″ tall. We had a wonderful weekend together……lots of eating , drinking [no one had to drive], stories and laughs. We watched movies on NetFlix and made it to bed by 2am…….I had just made a Stollen and a big bowl of fresh fruit salad so we all had a delicious breakfast. Matty and Michelle left about 1pm and Chris stayed. We went shopping and decided that Chris would make me his special hamburgers on the outside grill. He used his special secret ingredients, and I must say it could possibly be the best hamburgers I’ve ever had!….He left about 8:30pm and still had a 1 1/2 hour drive to get home. Like the good boy that he is he called me to let me know he got home safe. Chris and I are still planing our trip to Africa this August if Covid doesn’t stop us again!!!. The boys are my oldest brother Mauro’s two boys. They have a sister Jeanine who is the middle child.. Matty looks like my brother. They both have green eyes, and Chris looks like his Mom’s father. He has bright blue eyes…….very sweet, good-hearted boys….When Chris was very young, 7 or 8, he had a big crush on Jac and she had one on him. He was just too beautiful for words with his long unruly blond hair [all gone now}, and those sparkly blue eyes. He also had a somewhat deep raspy voice that just sealed the deal….He was also super skinny [not his problem now]. She would always take him on “a date”, just the two of them. She would take him to Carvel, a local ice cream store, for a cone. He loved those special times with Jac. We reminisced about their dates……….They are always welcome to pay their Uncle Lou a visit.

…………………………May 2002 ended the Spring /Summer collection for the year. The famous SILK WINDOWPANE shirt/jacket was first introduced. A solid was also offered, but it was the windowpane that was the star. Stripe sweater, and a V-neck sweater with a shirt collar and 3/4 sleeves was new and fresh and still looks great today. Silk Dupioni was introduced and used for shirts. At the bottom left a linen/rayon topper with high side slits was the start of many toppers to come. A Silk print bordered shirt was done in the colors of the group. At the bottom right a TULIP print shirt and long pull-on skirt in poly georgette finished the group.