Author: Louis Dell'Olio

Dear Ladies,
I thought I’d had better let you know right away that I had to cancel my PM Style show appearance. Let me be clear, this was a change in MY plans, so the item that was supposed to be on PM Style will now be on my Sunday, 8am show. There are lots of things being planned for next Spring, so I’m pretty sure I will see you on PM Style then. In the mean time we still have Aug., Sept. Oct, and Dec. to look forward too.
Thanks for understanding, Louis

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted you to know that in addition to my show on Sunday Aug. 28th, I will be on PM Style on Monday, Aug. 29th. I will have one new item and from what I have been told….Lisa chose it. I will tell you this….it is a brushed cotton topper. It is the same body as the A78354, the french cuffed blazer, except it is long sleeved and doesn’t have a french cuff…LOL….but the body and fit is the same. This “topper” measures 35 inches long for an XS. It is done in a brand new bold and beautiful print….but that is all I’m telling you…..I have to have some surprises!
On another note, last night we saw the last of the three shows Jac gave me tickets for my Birthday. The evening started off as one huge disaster! It was pouring rain and the traffic into the city was at a crawl. I really thought this would be the first show we were going to miss the first act! Thank goodness we left really early due to the weather because, it took 2 and 1/2 hours to get in. We got to our seats 6 minutes before the show started!!!The show we saw was “War Horse”. This was without a doubt one of the best shows I have ever seen. I would easily say it is in the top 5……and I’ve seen a lot of shows. It was truly brilliant and, the second it was over the entire audience JUMPED to their feet and gave a well deserved standing ovation. The staging was simply brilliant…..no easy feat considering the story. If you are coming to NYC or live in the area this is a must see event!
I hope you are all having a good summer even though the heat has been unbearable……Fall is right around the corner and I can’t wait for cool clean air……much love to all, Louis

Thank you for all of your good wishes on my Birthday! I know Jac has been filling you in on all the plans she has made to celebrate. She doesn’t just celebrate the Birth…..”Day”……she makes plans for the Birth….”Week” and beyond! We have been out to dinner three times and have seen “The Book of Mormon”, which won the Tony Award for best musical. Next week we go to see “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and out to dinner. We are going to one of my favorite theater district restaurants….”ORSO”. The restaurant is small and the food is very good. I love their very thin Rosemary pizza bread! Then, in early August,we are going to see “War Horse” at Lincoln Center. It won the Tony Award for best play. I’m not sure where we will eat…..I’m not that familiar with restaurants in that area…..any suggestions? We used to love to go to “Cafe Des Artistes”, but, unfortunately, that has closed…..There is always “Cafe Luxemburg”………Again, thank you all very much for all the good wishes you have sent my way!………. oh…my three girls sang to me. I need to U tube that!….much LOVE, Louis

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would give you a heads up to some of the sneak peeks I have planned for the two shows. Primarily, I want you to see what the new essential sweaters in the “Whisper Knit” will be. These items usually do not get scheduled air time so this is a great way for you to see them on models.
During the 6am show you will see the sweater that started it all, A72448, “THE” turtleneck in the new RED. A fabulous clear, true red…..the olive, long sleeve v-neck [this style was a strong customer request and it looks great with the sleeves rolled up to 3/4 length for early wearing]…….the olive tank which is the perfect layering piece for ALL of your olive pieces [the cotton jacket with studs, the olive safari jacket, the olive shirt dress, the olive boho and the new olive blazer, plus it’s a great accent to all of your neutral pieces [the khaki safari pieces, the sage blazer or under black], and with bright colors such as your boho skirts or the new olive paisley skirt….this is a MUST have.
The 1pm show will start off with the A3825 reorder of the short sleeve crew neck sweater. I will be featuring the new Olive and the new Aubergine [all of the colors in this style are terrific]. The sneak peak will be the new slim leg pant, A217972 in the fawn and olive….very important colors. I want you to pay attention to the jewelry being worn by Kate and Brenda. What they are wearing is what I am “proposing” for FAll….my new colored pearls….super long for doubling and tripling, and on Brenda….my “BYZANTINE” group, a cross, two necklaces and an earring. You will see the aubergine tank on Angela under the khaki dress and the new black blazer….it’s a wonderful accent color and goes with many things. The olive mock neck will be on Kate and the aubergine V-neck will be worn by Brenda. The olive tank and cardigan will be on Jac…..the cardigan worn over the shoulders with the new olive paisley boho. The mallard blue short sleeve mock neck on Brenda….an incredible saturated bright teal. She will be wearing it with my gold chain necklace, bracelet and ribbed earring. At the end of the show, Kate will be wearing the pearls again, in spruce green and dark gray, Angela will have the new mock neck in black and the new straight leg pant in Fawn. Jac will be wearing the aubergine mock neck with the black v-neck over it ……a great way to layer colors and to punctuate the jacket being worn….in this case the new aubergine leopard print jacket…..a wonderful layered look for fall.
To recap….the essential Whisper knit group consists of the turtleneck, the short sleeve mock neck, the long sleeve V-neck, the tank and the cardigan. Each style will come in black, mallard blue, aubergine and olive. Of course the turtle neck will come in additional colors. I will be doing other styles in the Whisper knit but, these 5 styles I consider my “CORE” group. They are terrific on their own or for layering….the combinations are endless.
I hope you enjoy the shows!………….much Love, Louis

Hello, Everyone!
Jac and I want to wish a Happy 4th of July to one and all! Our BIG plans for this evening will be to sit in our two red rocking chairs, eating ice cream and watching the fire works across the sound from all the towns along the Long Island shore. We have a wonderful open view of the Long Island sound and on the 4th of July the water is busy with boats sailing up and down the coast. Of course, the “girls” will be with us and we will see how Sammy deals with the fire work noise. Enjoy the holiday!
As I promised, here are the details of the June 13th shows that are coming up. There are 4 new items. I call these pieces “Transition”, because they are clothes that can be worn now, but can also be worn in Sept, Oct. and Nov……of course, depending on where you live or how you layer them, these can be pieces you can wear all year. The following are the style numbers and the details of each piece.

1-A216528, is the brushed cotton twill blazer. The jacket is aprox. 26 inches for the XS size. This jacket is longer than the spring/summer jackets. It has a two button front and the jacket is fully lined. There are two pocket flaps but the actual pockets are in the “SEAMS” below the flaps. Above each flap there are horizontal zippers which opens to real pockets. It has a long sleeve with three working buttons and the facing is wide enough to turn back without any lining showing. The metal half dome buttons and the zippers are all gunmetal. The colors the jacket will be avail in are Olive and Black. There are so many ways to wear these jackets that the combinations are endless. The black jacket over the “faux de chine” khaki shirt dress looks fantastic and, yes, the olives do work together. I would suggest wearing a colored tank under the dress for a hit of color. The khaki shirt dress under the black jacket with the new Aubergine tank is just plain CHIC!

2-A216529, is the matching brushed cotton crop pant. The fit of the pant was taken from the A199260, last years cotton sateen pant. They came in Tobacco and Black. The pant is side zip and the inseam on the XS is aprox. 25 1/2 inches. The brushed cotton gives the fabric a softer hand as apposed to the crispness of the cotton sateen. The olive pant not only matches the blazer, but will work with all the olive pieces you have purchased this past season. On their own, they are a great neutral to work with any color top. The black brushed cotton has a very different look from the cotton sateen. It looks great with cotton sateen tops and it perfect with all the brushed cotton jackets you may already have from Linea,  such as the A83571 leopard print jacket, which will be coming in two new colors later in the season. They are also going to be great with all of the new essential whisper knit sweaters coming in Aug…..but I’ll get to those later.

3-A216531, is my new paisley print Boho. They are made exactly like the original Boho. The ground colors are Olive and Black and the two skirts look very different because of the colors used in each print…..so, if you are considering getting both colors, do not be afraid that they will look similar. There are many Linea  tops that will work with these skirts and some that you may already own……some are still avail. I will be showing the A198824, Azure top with the olive skirt, and the A199856, Fuchsia top with the black skirt…..the Azure also works with the black. I will also be showing the skirt with a “Sneak Peek”!!!!Love those!.. I will be pairing the olive paisley with the new olive essential tank and cardigan in the “Whisper Knit”, which will be avail in Aug. and they are wonderful!

4-A216530, is the paisley peasant top. The colors again , are the Olive and the Black. Wear them with the crop pant, the matching paisley bohos for a 2 piece dress look, or with your solid boho skirts. They will come with their own self fabric tie belts. The neckline and sleeve cuff s are elastic, so there are multiple ways to wear the top. I would say it’s a long sleeve because it has a 5 inch circular ruffle below the elastic but, the sleeve can be pushed up to a 3/4 length. It is the perfect top to wear with multi strands of colored beads. It will be a wonderful addition to your summer and early fall wardrobes.

THE SNEAK PEEKS!

I always love, when possible, to give you an idea of some of the pieces that will be coming up in the months ahead. Hence, my “sneak peaks”!

1-A3825, is the reorder short sleeve crew neck sweater. I am not sure if  some of the new colors will or will not be avail. to buy on this show, but you can wait list them. I will be showing the new Aubergine and Olive sweaters and, yes, they will work with everything that is in Olive and everything that is or will be coming in Aubergine. Later in the season we will be bring it back in two additional new colors: Fawn and Deep Plum.

The “Whisper knit” group. The sweaters will be avail in August. They are all “CORE” pieces in “CORE” colors. They are the perfect layering pieces and the perfect basic sweaters to wear on their own.

A217360, is the short sleeve mock neck

A217629, is the long sleeve V-neck…..the one that many of you have been asking for!

A217627, is the tank, which is the same shape and neckline as the fall essential tank in the berry and black.

A?, is the cardigan. I do not have the A number yet, but I will get it and substitute the ? with it. Again, the body is the same as the essential fall cardigan in berry and black. It will work over all of your whisper knit sweaters as well as many of your blouses and shirts.

I can tell you each and everyone of these sweaters is beautiful and the “Whisper Knit” is definitely a customer favorite. All  styles of the sweaters will be avail. in Black, Olive, Aubergine, and Dark Mallard Blue [which is a rich teal]. I would suggest ordering in your normal Linea size. There is no need to size up or down. If you already own the essential tank and cardigan, then you know what size will work for you. IF you already own the essential fall cardigan in black …do you need the new one in black?…..I can only say………. the whisper knit is reason enough to own two black cardigans.

I will also be giving you a sneak peak of…. two of my new pants !. They are both in a new quality of poly/rayon/span. The A217972 is a slim leg pant and the A217971, is a straight leg pant. The colors are Black, Olive and Fawn which is a light camel beige. The good news is that they will both be avail. in petite lengths. In the petite lengths they will have different A#s. The regular pant will have aprox. a 32 inch inseam for size XS.

That, my friends, is what I will be having for you in July…..I hope you like the shows and enjoys how I have accessorized each outfit.

Enjoy The 4th and No playing with firecrackers!!!!!……………………….Much Love, Louis