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………………Many of you are familiar with my “WHISPER KNITS” that I did for my Linea Collection………..This is wear it started…..With every collection I did at Anne Klein I always did a group of “MAGLIA UNITA” sweaters. That is the term for the type of knit….In the US we call it “every needle rib”. The Whisper knits were done with the same machines as the Italian sweaters, though these were in a different more expensive yarn….The three styles shown here were a…..TANK…..a JEWEL NECK SHORT SLEEVE PULL OVER……and a BUTTON FRONT CARDIGAN…..The PINK and LILAC sweaters were all trimmed in BLACK. There were matching light weight wool crepe pleated skirts to match…..All of the jewelry was done for this collection by my licensee for the ANNE KLEIN COUTURE JEWELRY COLLECTION…………….They still look great all of these years later.

……………….”BOLD BANDING”……….Contrast bold banding became a very STRONG message on the Spring 1992 collection……Whether it was a trim on a low back sweater worn by Yasmeen, or bands on a pleated skirt as in the center sketch, and the actual skirt on the right…..or black bands on a tailored elongated Jacket with all of the BELLS & WHISTLES at the far right……..Banding also worked on a more delicate IVORY WAVE jacket, and SKIRT in the photo at the upper center………BANDING was the EXCLAMATION POINT on many of my designs.

……………BOLD BANDING worked just as well in COLOR with BLACK…..as it did in it’s truest form of BLACK & IVORY…..sometimes adding a spot of color, as the pink leather weskit on CHRISTY, helped to make the contrast even stronger….Christy is wearing it all with a BLACK T SHIRT, and black sheer legs……..Yasmeen, on the left is wearing an elongated PINK & BLACK jacket with bold banding over an Ivory U-neck dress, also with bold black banding…….These were not clothes for the timid! These were clothes for powerful women!

…………..” THE WAVE”……was a detail I created for jackets, tops, skirts and dresses. Each style line for each garment was hand drawn on the muslin while Jac was wearing it to make sure the placement and the “look” was correct……Christy, at the extreme left, is wearing a three piece crepe outfit….all bordered in BLACK…..The Pink elongated jacket is worn over the Wave shell which has a wavy neckline and bottom hem. She’s wearing it over a Pink skirt with a black border at the hem…..At the top center is Yasmeen in the solid wave crepe jacket over an Ivory crepe Wave dress…..Below her is Christy in the solid Black Wave crepe dress version………At the extreme right, Ludmila is wearing the elongated, buttonless wave jacket in Lilac crepe, over a solid Wave Black crepe shell and an Ivory crepe skirt with a Wave hemline bordered in black crepe…….Bold contrast borders became an important message on the Spring 1992 collection.

…………..Morning!…………..I just wanted to let you know, that as of now, ALL OF THE LINEA JEWELRY IS ON SALE! on my QVC jewelry sight. It’s the perfect time to pick up the piece or pieces you have been looking at!