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………………….August 07 continued from July 07 with some related pieces that could be mixed and match…….Starting with the four button BOUCLE jacket at the bottom left….This is definitely one of my all time FAVORITES. It is the perfect combination of CLASSIC and EDGY. It was in two colors….BLACK and the deepest richest BURGUNDY……The details of this jacket were phenomenal. When I presented the sketch to Elaine I think she thought I had lost my mind, that I had crossed the line! I figured I might as well give the jacket the “kitchen sink” with all the details I could think of…..start there and see what happens. The ENTIRE jacket was trimmed in ZIPPER TEETH…..The COLLAR….the LAPEL….the entire FRONT and HEM of the jacket were trimmed in zipper teeth….The sleeve had a curved slit with a single gold WORKING BUTTON, and it too was trimmed in ZIPPER TEETH…….The FOUR FLAPS were trimmed in ZIPPER TEETH, and each had a gold working button. The jacket had body seams from the shoulders to the hems, front and back which gave the jacket a great shape along with the strong shoulder pad……Elaine made the jacket as the sketch, and when I saw it I was blown away….it was gorgeous…..and under $100….unbelievable!!! To coordinate with that was a classic….SILK/CASHMERE/LYCRA long sleeve fully fashion sweater finished with tubular trims. This was the first time I used this yarn and it was beautiful. The colors were IVORY, BURGUNDY and BLACK……..Next to the sweater was a FULL LEATHER COAT!!!! but not just any ordinary leather…it was a WASHED leather, and was soft as butter. Due to the price we did it in BLACK only. The swatch of the leather that I have on file is still as soft and black as the day I filed it……The coat had a spread shirt collar with a half moon back stand. It had princess seams front and back to give it a nice gentle shape that followed the lines of the body. The pockets were in the seams. It had a slight A-Line silhouette….The modern details of the coat made it special…The details that gave it pizzazz were all of the DOMED GOLD SNAPS….down the front….on the pocket flaps….up the sleeves and on the BACK VENT….This coat was a knock out!!!! If you still own it I would love to hear from you. Jac’s coat still hangs in my hall closet and looks brand new…..The next sweater may have been one of the first Whisper Knits before we named the yarn “Whisper Knit”. I loved this sweater because it had incredible hand sewn emb. All of the sequins were MATTE GOLD on the Black and Burgundy so they looked very rich like my Russian Gold jewelry. All of the different shapes were small. There were SQUARE  sequins, round CUPPED sequins that were sewn upside down and the TINIEST round CUPPED SEQUINS that were sewn in clusters. The sweater itself had a wide V-neck….not too deep, and long sleeves. The sketch indicates a bell sleeve, but I don’t remember if we kept them or made the sleeve straight. It had a nice body shape with tubular trims. The colors were BLACK with MATTE GOLD, BURGUNDY with MATTE GOLD, and SMOKE with MATTE SILVER…..The next sketch was a FULLY FASHIONED, WOOL/ACRYLIC, RIBBED, 8 GORED SWEATER SKIRT. It was 29 inches long, and draped and moved beautifully! We did it in BLACK and BURGUNDY. This skirt worked with everything!…..The top row, starting at the left was another incredible BOUCLE jacket. It too had details, details and more details. It had a top yoke, and body seams for shape…It had real leather trims…the front placket, the bottom bands on the jacket and sleeves and a stand collar that had a working GOLD ZIPPER in the center of the collar which went all around. It was totally for decoration. The yoke was also trimmed with a leather piping. It had exposed gold zippers slanted at the top of the jacket to look like high pocket but they were just ornamental. The two inseam zippers were for the real pockets. The jacket had the same GOLD DOMED SNAPS as the leather coat. We did the jacket in Black on black, and Chestnut with Dark Brown leather. All of the jackets became reorders, and the leather coat did too….but the price went up and QVC wouldn’t accept the increase. Elaine and I always thought the customer would have paid the increase because the initial price was ridiculously low…but QVC had a rule reorders always had to be kept at the same price. Many times when certain garments were reordered for more than 2 years, and the prices went up, Elaine and I had to take a cut just to keep the QVC price, and to keep the order. The next sweater was something I did at AK. It was a wool/acrylic blend, MILANO STITCH V-neck tunic vest….We offered it in BLACK, PEACOCK and TOPAZ….It looked fabulous with the next sketch of a TUXEDO COLLAR SHIRT, and the long straight knit skirt from another season which was reordered. The shirt was in SILK CHARMUSE it had a 2 covered button stand, a curved bottom and body darts. It had a FRENCH CUFF and I had special cuff links made for the shirt. It came in IVORY and PEACOCK…….Last but not least was the  PEASANT SWEATER. It had raglan sleeves and a scoop neckline that had stationary shirring. The full sleeves had an elastic bottom. The straight body of the tunic sweater had high side slits. The tie belt was in the same knit, and was finished off with rayon chain tassels. It came in BLACK, BURGUNDY and VIOLET. This was also in the new “Whisper Knit” yarn.