Author: Louis Dell'Olio

Hello Everyone……Jac and I made it home in record breaking time….. 2hours and 40 minutes. I was surprised to see how little traffic there was for a Friday night at rush hour. Thank you ALL for an incredibly successful show and it is all because of you!
We went to our favorite little Italian Bistro for our Anniversary dinner. Now back to reality. Tomorrow we will have a very exciting day! We need to get a new double oven and a washer and dryer…a new water heater is on order and we came home to find out the TV isn’t working!!!!!!!. Why is it my parents had their appliances for 25 years and now…..five years is all they last….. tops…..the exciting life of a fashion designer.
After all the mundane stuff is taken care of…..I will have some exciting news for you!…..much, Love, Louis

Sorry for driving everyone NUTS…..I just wanted to see if you were on your toes! just kidding…..My mistake. My shows are 2/3 at 6am and 2/3 at 1pm…..there are no shows on Thursday……..sorry for the confusion. I guess I’m not on my toes…Louis

Hi Everyone,
The shows are getting close and I have received my “show line up” of what will and will not be on the next shows. You may not realize it, but the sneak peaks are items that have been planned for the month of Feb. and not necessarily for the appointed show. Items are always held for a morning show or a fashion Friday, or a sat. morning with Leah and even a PM Style .All that said, there are two items that will not be on the next shows on Thursday or Friday. They are the A221805, double breasted swing jacket and the A221807, butterfly sweater. I know some of you will be disappointed with this news but let me assure you all the product is here and it looks great. Look at the sunny side…..you don’t have to pay for everything at once…LOL. I promise you the BUTTERFLY will land…..and when it does I will let you all know……Louis

Sneak Peek #7  is A221807. This is a cotton/rayon blend light weight printed sweater….suitable for the spring and summer….actually it’s suitable to wear all year. The colors are NAVY,  OLIVE, and ESPRESSO BROWN. The print was inspired by a butterfly’s wing. Imagine it magnified 1000 times to create this abstract pattern. The olive sweater has shades of pale turquoise, khaki with apricot…. all on an off white background. It also has olive gros grain ribbon down the front on the inside of the placket.. The espresso combination has shades of aquamarine, peach and pink…..again, on an off white background. Aquamarine ribbon is used to trim this coloration.The navy has shades of lilac, cadet blue gray and is high lighted with gold and mustard. Lilac is the color of the gros grain trim. This sweater has long sleeves and is approx. 24 1/2 inches long for an xs. Wear it layered or on it’s own.Wear it loose, belted or just over the shoulders with a tank when the warm weather arrives. I have the olive sweater pictured with the olive mock neck and the olive cotton crop pant. The navy is shown with the new navy tank and the navy peasant skirt from past seasons. The espresso is pictured with the espresso peasant skirt worn as a dress. The new jersey pant in either espresso, navy or olive work with each one. This is a unique, one of a kind print created by me for you. It has a very modern edge to it and really is ageless…………I hope you enjoy…..Love, Louis

Sneak Peek # 6 is my new TRIBAL AFRICAN PRINT CARDIGAN, A221816, This cardigan/jacket/draped top is made out of the same poly/span jersey as all of my printed T-shirts as well as the new JERSEY PULL-ON PANT, A221815. This top comes in 4 different colors, ESPRESSO, NAVY, OLIVE and BLACK [not pictured]. Of course, this is an unlined, easy fly away top that slides over everything. You can wear the olive with your: OLIVE tank,  short sleeve mock neck, turtle neck and long sleeve V-neck [pictured above]. For bottoms try your: Olive boho, olive crop cotton pant [pictured above], olive gab trousers, your sage or natural pebble crepe pull-on crop pant from last season or the sage pencil skirt. All of the sand bottoms look great too: last seasons sand pebble crepe long pull-on pant, the two sand pants from this past Dec and Jan. plus the sand long pebble crepe pull-on skirt…..it will also look great over your faux de chine safari dress in olive…..enough options? I think so and that’s just off the top of my head. I’m sure you can come up with a lot more. Under the Espresso, I have the espresso tank with coffee bean pants. The espresso peasant skirt, the sand pieces and all the pebble crepe pieces in coffee bean and natural work beautifully too…..don’t forget the new espresso pull-on jersey pant was made to go with this top…..keeping everything fluid. The navy has that every day chic look….paired with jeans and THE NAVY TANK…..I told you the navy tank was going to be VERY important through out the entire spring summer season, It also looks great with the navy acrylic/wool A09484, pencil skirt for a dressier look. This top looks great just easy and loose or for a sexier more dramatic look, try belting it over a pencil skirt. The black combination has white and pale gray in the back ground and I am showing it with the WK black tank and a black pencil…..great for the office, or dinner out. This is one of those perfect items you take away on a trip….easy to pack….easy to wash, and you can wear it with so many things in so many ways. I know you will enjoy coming up with your own ways to wear it…………Love Louis