“NOVEMBER 012”

…………………………November 2012 was a small Holiday group………There was a textured woven suit with SATIN RUFFLE details, and a “pencil skirt” that had a surprise peplum detail at the lower hem in back. The suit came in Black, Ivory and Violet…all trimmed in black satin. The pockets and buttons were in black satin too….There was a simple fitted, V-neck knit dress with elbow sleeves. The dress had tiny sequins scattered in rows that twinkled. It was in Black and Violet…….Then there was a super fun striped sweater tunic that was my ode to Sonia Rykiel, a very famous French designer who was known for her ultra feminine knits and her signature wild red hair. It was actually at one of Sonia’s shows that the hair stylist burned Jac’s hair off when they were crimping it with a hot iron! The sweater had Black & Ivory, Black & Violet and Black & Grey stripes. The top had three black stripes that were paved in black SEQUINS. As an added Sonia touch there was a knit bow attached to the jewel neckline. It was a very whimsical fun sweater that could be dressed up or down with black jeans. You could even wear it over the sequin dress so it looked like a sequin skirt peeking out………The last piece was a faux fur jacket with knit sleeves and knit side panels. It had a stand collar and a zip front. There were also horizontal band pockets. The ribbed knit panels made the jacket look slim instead of bulky, and also bridged the jacket from super dressy to a more hip casual vibe. The fur was Astrakhan which is often confused with Persian Lamb. Persian fur has very tight curls, while Astrakhan is flatter and wavier. It came n Black only, and was the perfect little jacket to wear over anything from evening dresses to jeans. It solved a lot of problems as to what to wear over your little black dresses.

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“THE OCTOBER 2012 WHISPER KNIT ESSENTIALS”

…………………………With the popularity of Whisper Knit sweaters we finally did a separate group of WK sweaters that would be sold “on line only” as part of the “ESSENTIALS GROUP”. Of course whenever I could I would incorporate them into my shows…..There were EIGHT STYLES………..a classic button front cardigan…….a V-neck tank………….a V-neck short sleeve………..a sleeveless mock neck…..a scoop neck  with short sleeves….a moderate scoop neck with long sleeves, a kimono cardigan and a pencil short skirt. Other styles like the classic TN were already part of the reorder list…Not all styles were offered in all colors, but we tried to balance them out so there would be variety. The colors were ………BLACK…….IVORY……NAVY…….WALNUT…..DEEP TEAL…….VIOLET……..and FUCHSIA…………..they coordinated with all of the FALL clothes from each month.

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“THE BYZANTINE JEWELRY

………………………………There were many pieces of jewelry introduced in Oct…..One was the Byzantine group which consisted of a double sided cross with cabochon stones on both sides, a shorter station necklace with jewel color beads and gold square stations with color beads inside the gold squares on both sides, and a long necklace with many types and sizes of carved large color beads……There was also an earring that was a THREE for ONE…..You had the square top in gold with a fine rope frame at the edge. Inside the frame was a cabochon stone Then you had two choices of drops to hang from the square top…..A  teardrop baroque pearl or a carved teardrop color bead. The earrings were avail in Green, Purple or Red, always with the ivory Baroque tear drop pearl as the alternative. These were all pieces I had done for Anne Klein, and we reproduced them exactly…..except some of the beads in the AK necklaces were real Murano glass beads imported from Italy. We reproduced them in clear resin. Just from looking at them you couldn’t tell the difference. The glass beads were heavier.

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“LOVE KNOTS & CROSSES”

…………………The LOVE KNOT necklace came long or short in gold and silver tone…..The station Cross necklace came in Antique Gold and Antique Silver. It was a long chain from which seven very geometric crosses hung. It was wonderful on it’s own, but it was great layered with all the other pieces. We also introduced a watch. A Chain Drop Hoop Earring was added to work with Chain necklaces.

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“THE INLAY CROSS and the STATION NECKLACE”

……………………………The Cross had a metal “cage” where the resin color cross was inserted from behind……….It hung from a gold chain. There was also a station necklace. Each station was a special gold frame with metal bead work surrounding the open center that was fill with resin enamel to match the cross. There were also the same color oval small beads scattered on the chain.

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