Yearly Archives: 2012

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

Sneak Peek #5, is another reorder for spring/summer 2012. It is the A213216, faux de chine SAFARI jacket. The returning colors are OLIVE and KHAKI and the new colors are NAVY and WHITE…..which is more Ivory than white. All the colors have the tortoise buttons which fives the jackets an authentic look. For those of you who are not familiar with this jacket…..it  has 4 patch pockets and button flaps a roll-up sleeve with a tab and button, side slits and a drawstring waist…..how much you draw it is up to you. This is a jacket you can layer….or not. From the photos above you can see I have layered the khaki jacket with the new pale sand and lavender tanks and I used two new skirts as bottoms. One is a natural pebble crepe….which is the exact same color as last years ballet neck 3/4 sleeve top [they look great together] and a new MOSAIC or MOROCCAN TILE print peasant skirt……both coming later in the season. The navy safari jacket has the espresso tank that many of you own and a new jersey pull-on pant that will be on this show. The style # is A221815 and it will be avail. in BLACK, OLIVE, INDIGO and ESPRESSO. This pant is made in the poly/span…same as my cheetah, floral, medallion and python print jersey tops. The pants has a beautiful flow and drape. This is a great jacket for now and….right through fall.

…………………………………………………..Love, Louis

Sneak Peek # 4 is actually an old friend! It is the A87423, cotton acrylic mock neck, elbow sleeve sweater. Blogs have been posted, letters to TPTB have been written….all to bring back this little, sweet sweater. The returning colors are WHITE,  BLACK and HOT PINK…..the new color is PERFECTLY PINK! This sweater was going to be retired because the factory refused to make it at the same price. I begged and pleaded, on your behalf, to bring it back even at a higher price. The question was asked on the Fashion Forum, “would you pay more for this sweater?” and many of you blogged that it was such a great sweater you would pay more for it. So you may ask how come the price is the same? Let’s just say……it’s a gift from my manufacturer and myself. Why is this a Customer Top Rated sweater? I have been told by you….you love the fit of the body and neck and you love the weight of this sweater. That IS what makes this a special sweater and one you will NOT see anywhere, let alone on QVC. This is known as an “Every Needle Rib” construction and it takes double the amount of yarn to make as apposed to a jersey knit sweater. During my 20 years at Anne Klein I went to Italy 4 to 5 times a year just to work on the sweaters  directly in the mills. Making sweaters is a totally different language and education from regular “cut and sew” garments. Creating sweaters is definitely one of my loves. ENR is becoming a thing of the past due to costs rising and I’m not sure if this sweater will see another day….it’s really up to how successful this one does. I really don’t have to go into the positive aspects of this sweater…..you all have told me. If you haven’t tried one…..this is the time……it’s a little GEM……………….P.S. the crop pant in all the photos is new….it’s cotton sateen and it’s coming in April…..that’s all I’m saying…..except it’s a GEM too!…..Louis