There simply is no other like BARBRA… I’m looking forward to her new “Duets” album… Next she should do a “Country Duets” album with the likes of Vince Gill, Dolly, and so many other great singers. She would reach a whole new audience!
Posted by Louis Dell'Olio on Sunday, May 4, 2025
…………………CITRUS GREEN…..was a strong and vibrant color…..great on brunettes, blonds and red heads!…….Gayle, to the right is wearing a citrus knit tank body suit with a silk draped front sarong skirt……and a Citrus Green CLOQUE puckered silk elongated blazer……The model to the right was wearing a silk A-line dress with a huge bow in the back…….Vogue chose the dress for a full page in COLOR!…….The jewelry was made out of faceted resin and glass beads, and fine gold chain. as in the BIB NECKLACE on Gayle….We tried all glass beads first, but couldn’t get the intense color…..so we went with resin mixed with glass which turned out great….The cluster bead earrings were lighter in weight mixed with the glass……..All worked out well!
……….Different shades of GREEN were the second group of colors for my Spring 1991 Spring AK collection…..Here the EMERALD GREEN wool crepe pieces…..a zip front jacket, with a Emerald knit short sleeve sweater on Gayle, and white wool crepe walking shorts……The gold door knocker earrings and the gold belt were made for me by my Jewelry licensee…….The model to the left was in my signature dress of the season….A sort of trapeze shape with short sleeves and a rounded neckline……It was a beautiful blue GREEN!
………………The print I designed for this color group was an abstract floral tropical print on SILK…..Once again I took large sheets of white paper and with special color inks I started to paint…..using the HOT PINK, the RED, and BLACK….with small areas of the white fabric untouched……I must have made 20 variations……Then I hung them on the wall and had my assistants vote….very democratic…..when it got down to 4 they voted again in secret ballots which only I read….I was curious to see what they liked without influencing each other….then I selected the one I liked of the four. It was sent over to Italy with color swatches, and in a few weeks the printed trials came back…..and viola a TROPICAL PRINT! To the left is the silk lined topper coat over a sleeveless dress, and on Gayle to the right a draped front strapless SARONG DRESS….They added just the right touch of fantasy to the group.
………………….BOLD COLOR was a major part of my Spring Anne Klein 1991 collection…….Here we have the mirror image of Christy on the left and Giselle on the right…..They are both wearing SWING ZIP FRONT wool crepe jackets over slightly A-line short skirts to mimic the shape of the jackets….Christy is in a HOT PINK JACKET over RED…..and Giselle in in the opposite RED over HOT PINK…..When you are mixing these to colors they must be BALANCED……The INTENSITY and VALUE of the colors must be EQUAL or one will dominate the other…….All of the GOLD PLATE jewelry and ball zipper pulls was made by my jewelry licensee…..The tights were dyed to match the skirts by my hosiery licensee…..and the shoes, made in Italy were insilk to match……You can not be a shrinking violet to wear these clothes….but I had many flowers who ate them up!