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………………….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!

……………….Sometimes I mixed the colors, but many times I showed the same color from HEAD to TOE……..Here are two great examples of COLUMN DRESSING…….A notched collar coat over a tank and trousers all in HOT PINK on your left, and a hip length jacket paired with walking shorts………All in my exclusive wool crepe…..Again all of the jewelry, DOOR KNOCKER EARRINGS and the zipper pull was made exclusively for me.

…………….Taking these bold colors and COLOR BLOCKING them was a natural progression…..All of the clothes shown here were in my signature exclusive to me….wool crepe…..The coat on the left was HALF HOT PINK….the front….and half RED, the back….Even the RAGLAN SLEEVE was bi color with a seam down the center…..The sleeveless dress had an empire yoke. The top was HOT PINK and the bottom was RED….All of the accessories….shoes and tights were dyed to match…..Gayle in the center is wear a color block blazer over a stripe knit tank and a bi color skirt the front being hot pink and the back red!….To get the yarns for the sweater, done in the Florence area of Italy, to exactly match to the wool crepe made in Northern Italy…..took many lab dips and trials…In the end it worked perfectly as one would expect…..but this was no easy feat!…..The model to the right is wearing a topper…..ALL of the HORIZONTAL STRIPES were cut and sewn together creating this bold stripe….The knit short sleeve sweater under the topper was in yet another smaller stripe…..The slim leg straight pant was RED!……You needed great confidence to wear these clothes!!!

…………………..My nephew Chris is coming to visit with me today…….GOING FISHING……..not really……just spending a lovely day together…I’m making dinner and I’ve made a LEMON CHEESECAKE……..his favorite!

The incomparable SARAH VAUGHN. When God made her he broke the mold. There just aren’t voices like hers anymore…..and they certainly don’t write music like that anymore! SAD…..and she was sick during this performance!

Posted by Louis Dell'Olio on Saturday, April 26, 2025

……..There is only one Sarah Vaughn….When God made her he broke the mold…..There just aren’t voices like hers anymore….or at least voices that don’t get heard….and they DON”T WRITE SONGS like that anymore!….SAD