Monthly Archives: January 2023

……………………….I LOVE browns with stark white or a soft ivory…..The jacket is made in the COCOA SILK CREPE GEORGETTE….Again, it is lined in the self georgette fabric…..The V-NECK TANK is made out of two qualities of georgette. The base is the Silk Crepe Georgette….same as the jacket…..The OVERLAY is made out of sheer silk georgette…..It was meant to be worn with the base georgette tank TUCKED INTO the bottom, and the sheer top layer worn freely over the bottom skirt or pant. The sheer georgette part of the top was slightly A-Line so it could glide over any bottom. It gave the effect of a veil…….The slim skirt is made in the IVORY CADET……The accessories give the outfit LOTS OF ATTUIDE! The hip slung LEATHER belt has two large leather rings that the straps  go through from the back, and then through the keepers in the front…..which are then held by golden studs. It was totally adjustable……The PLATFORM HIGH HEEL had a retro vibe with the multi straps criss crossing over the front, and the X ankle strap………..I have to say the models LOVED these shoes and wanted them!!!….A few pairs did disappear! LOL

………………..SILK GEORGETTE played a major role in my Spring 1992 Anne Klein Couture Collection……Firstly, I used two different qualities of georgette from Italy…..The first, shown here, is the SILK CREPE GEORGETTE. The difference is…a regular georgette is very thin and transparent…….a SILK CREPE GEORGETTE is heavier and more dense……The crepe version is not transparent, and the fabric is weightier….The three piece suits on the right were all made in the Crepe Georgette. On the right, Yasmeen is wearing an elongated, high notch collar, button front jacket in PUTTY over an IVORY tunic vest. On the bottom she is wearing CEMENT languid pants…..At the left, Gale is wearing a NAVY jacket over a CEMENT tunic and an IVORY tulip shaped skirt….meaning it was fitted through the hips and flared slightly at the hem……..What made the jackets and vests even MORE SPECIAL was that they were DOUBLE GEORGETTE….meaning they were lined in the self georgette fabric, not a typical lining fabric. Even the Ivory bottoms were lined in the self IVORY crepe georgette. This gave the pieces a wonderful drape and flow, and they felt wonderful on the body……The navy short sleeve belted jacket at the lower left was made in a RAYON CADET also from Italy. It was inspired by safari style bush jackets, but it wasn’t a literal translation……………She is wearing it over Ivory Rayon Cadet trousers……..All of the jewelry, shoes and sunglasses were designed to go with the collection.

…………………..In India it is very common to see both women and men wearing long or shorter TUNIC SHIRTS over PANTS…..My interpretation of that look was the basket weave GAUZE LONG TUNIC over the WOVEN SLIM PANT…….It had an open jewel neckline, long slim sleeves, and a button front. The side slits were high enough so the wearer could easily side her had into the pant pocket without hiking the shirt up. The slit was high so you had to wear something under the tunic. Other options were the knit Capri pant or the knit TUBE PULL-ON SKIRT that was the same length as the tunic. I belted the PUTTY outfit with one of my many leather belts………Yasmeen wears the leather hoop earrings and the putty open toe platform sandal…..The round sunglasses became the “signature” sunglasses of the collection.

…………………The HONEY SUIT had a very relaxed and unconstructed jacket made out of the SILK BLEND woven basket weave light weight fabric. The pant was in the same material. The jacket was totally unlined, and was gossamer in weight. It had a jewel neckline and a button front. To finish off all edges of the elongated tunic jacket….the neckline, sleeve hem, down the front and the entire hem with the rounded high side slits…..a 1/2 inch banding was added to give the jacket, inside and out, a clean finish. This jacket also looked great over the “suede knitted pieces”.

……………………I have ALWAYS used suede or leather or BOTH in every collection I have done…..even SUMMER……………For the cut in armhole, jewel neck top….I had suede skins made into thin fine strips that could be hand knitted. The very construction of the knit gave the top a lot of stretch. The raw edges of the HONEY SUEDE were paler than the suede itself which gave the knit an interesting, almost frosted look…..The unlined wrap side button skirt was made in the same honey suede from Italy….One of my relaxed jackets could easily be worn over it….The belt was a combination of woven extremely thin strips of suede and leather with a leather buckle, keeper and end tip….The shoes were another version of the platform , open toe, “birdcage” sandal with an ankle strap in HONEY SUEDE……………The STATION NECKLACES were a series of different shaped and sized glass and resin beads. There were also different gold station beads mixed through out…..There were coordinating long earrings……..The outfit had a kind of BOHEMIAN LOOK……I also did a tube skirt, and a sleeveless midi dress in the knitted suede.