……………………….The July Designer Gallery was high on GLAMOUR!……..No lounge clothes or sweats here. This was a PRIME TIME SHOW so all of the stops had to be pulled out!!!! The top jacket was in the ever popular WOOL BOUCLE. It didn’t matter how many styles I did in this fabric….they all sold out, and this was no different. The trims on the jacket were real MATTE GOLD LEATHER!…..The colors were BLACK/GOLD and BOTTLE GREEN/GOLD. The green was very dark and rich. The Gold leather banding trimmed the collar, down the front and hem of the jacket, which had a curved side slit. The three pocket flaps also had gold band trims. The sleeves had a curved split trimmed in the leather. All of the half ball buttons were in a matte gold to match the leather……It was a hard decision whether this jacket or another boucle jacket with zipper trims should be in the Designer Gallery, but we had to choose one so we felt the gold leather and the next jacket told a strong story…………The next jacket was a METALLIC LEATHER BELTED MOTTO. It came in the MATTE GOLD and a MATTE SILVER……Everyone at the gallery show went wild for these jackets and all of the models had to try them on!. I think the sketch speaks for itself. Zipper asymmetric front…..zipper pockets and zippers on the sleeves plus a gold roller buckle would be all the details you would think it needed, but you know me…..I always like to go the extra mile. I added two more zipper at the hems of the back seams. I showed them unzipped…..SEXY!……Skipping down to the bottom row were three pieces in the yet unnamed Whisper Knit. They were all in the heavier weight yarn which was all I was using at the time. The classic TN was in a jersey stitch and had tubular trims [which I brought back last year], the Pant was in the ENR and had a wide-ish leg opening. The LONG CARDIGAN was fitted through the top rib cage, and gently became A-Line and easy over the hips to the A-Line bottom. It had 1 1/2 inch tubular trims down the front to create bands. There were 4 buttons, but I don’t remember them. From the sketch they could have been DTM domed oval shaped acrylic buttons, but that’s a guess. This cardigan looked great with the pant and the WK ENR long skirt to come…..The colors were BLACK, DEEP MAGENTA and BOTTLE GREEN………….The next two pieces were SHOW STOPPERS! There was a convertible PEASANT TOP, and a SUNBURST PLEATED MAXI SKIRT. The fabric for both pieces was the same with TWO DIFFERENT FINISHES…..The fabric for the skirt was smooth as you can see in the photos, but the same fabric was crushed by a heat process with made it permanent…..One had GOLD metallic threads that were crossed with black polyester fine yarns, and the other was SILVER metallic threads crossed with the same black polyester thread. This gave both colors an antique look and not garish. We called the colors BRONZE and GUNMETAL. The polyester yarn made the pleats permanent and kept the crushed treatment permanent Polyester is the only yarn that will do this…….so if a pleated skirt has poly in it you know the pleats will not come out…..If it’s made in another yarn like silk or rayon the pleats will eventually come out and have to be individually pressed back in………….All in all this was a dynamite segment….Once again I raised the bar!!! Looking at these clothes, and looking at what QVC stands for today …they are worlds apart. For them to make money their direction is probably better……..but not nearly as much fun!
