Yearly Archives: 2021

………………………….The five gauge cardigan, and chunky  hand knit pull over sweaters, both in a blend of cotton and silk, had a NAUTICAL FLARE. I have always loved the look of CABLES……The cardigan had gold lurex and navy cables HAND LINKED into the sweater. This was a very labor intensive process, and a detail you rarely see today….It also had gold lurex trims and real gold plated buttons that my jewelry company made……..They often made buttons for me to go with the collection…….The pull over V-neck in the cotton/silk yarn was a truly magnificent hand knit sweater with a very intricate cable and rope pattern. The double cable in gold lurex that was inserted into the V-neck was just beautiful……These are hand done details that you will never see in other sweaters…..pure Designer……….The navy and gold lurex continued the nautical theme.

…………………GOLD LUREX hand crochet styles……….The TANK and the DRESS…….spectacular on their own but wonderful layering pieces too. So easy to pack, so comfortable to wear and such STATEMENT PIECES! These fish net pieces were made out of the same super soft lurex yarn as the cardigan. I repeated the gold fishnet top for Linea, not quite as bare, and it did well to my surprise. I was surprised they bought it in the first place!

…………………….After a few days on the beach, and after you get that beautiful “Sun Kissed Skin” tan…….it’s time to pull out all of the stops! Reservations are made at the best candle lite restaurant on the island, and you are ready for your entrance!….Above, the HAND KNIT gold lurex multi stitch cardigan…….under that the gold lurex hand crocheted dress…..Even the jewelry was made out of clear resin with gold dust floating inside…..In all of my 50 plus years in this business I have never found a lurex as soft next to the skin as this one made in Italy…To be able to wear a crunchy lurex sweater like this against bare skin and it not feel scratchy at all was a true find……..It was amazing………The crocheted dress was made out of the same yarn. It was lined in nude stretch knit……….The outfit gave GOLDEN GIRL a new meaning!

……………………………The Navy Sweater knits with GOLD BALL DETAILS were just as successful on my Anne Klein line as they were when I repeated the idea for Linea……It’s all in the DETAIL…..you can take very simple, classic pieces and make them Fashion Statements by adding the right touch…a new fresh detail……….Of course each of these pieces were impeccably “Made In Italy”….All of the gold beads were hand sewn onto the sweaters as they were for both the AK sweaters as they were for the Linea sweaters…..The belt and jewelry of course were all Anne Klein…………Even though these were available thirty years ago….they could all be sold today…….It seems to me that the designers today are trying so hard to be different and on the edge that they are loosing sight of how women really want to dress………………I think this type of clothing, this simple sophistication, is what the market is drastically missing today.

………………..The tropical print was named “BLUE ORCHID”. The colors were a combination of deep navy, vivid blue and white. The ETRO Company created it for me on beautiful Italian silk. There was a wrap shirt, a pair of walking shorts and a fully lined and tailored blazer which is worn here with white linen trousers and a deep navy tank…..Of course the print shirt and shorts could have been worn with other solid pieces, but together gave the look of a short jumpsuit without the confines of a jumpsuit…..It was really special.