…………………….The “Designer Gallery Show” for each new season was now becoming a tradition. The designers were planning on it and so were the customers. We all knew it was going to be an exciting presentation….For Feb. 07…..starting on the top row was a suede jacket in three fabulous bright colors….RED, MARINE BLUE and GREEN. The jacket had a side panel for a gentle shape The beautiful hard wear was the focal point. The quality of the “TURN KEY” closures was high end, and used on hand bags. They went down the front of the jacket, on the patch pockets and even on the sleeves. This eventually became a reorder jacket….The sweater to the right was in a new yarn. It was a rayon yarn that had a very high twist, and a dry hand almost like a matte jersey but heavier. Everyone loved it. What made this super special was the HORIZONTAL top stripes that went from the hem of one sleeve straight across the body to the hem of the other sleeve WITHOUT AN ARMHOLE SEAM!. It had a boat neck and 3/4 sleeves…..It came in RED with NAVY, NAVY with IVORY and MARINE BLUE with RED….It was simple but very special because of the yarn and unexpected construction……The next sweater was really a sweater jacket because it was in a MILANO STITCH which is more like a double knit fabric. It had contrast bands down the front and at the hems of the bottom and sleeves. It also had contrast bands outlining the pocket flaps [I can’t remember it there were real pockets, but I would doubt it because of the bulk]. The cardigan front and pocket flaps had beautiful Gold domed buttons with a center domed Pearl. This was a button I created at AK and had it reproduced for Linea. It was to become a signature button that I used again and again. The cardigan came in IVORY, NAVY and BUTTERCUP…..I believe the Ivory came with Tan trims…….The bottom center sweater jacket was 100% COTTON. It was in a 3 or 5 gauge which gave the sweater jacket weight. It was the perfect early spring cardigan to wear with a TN and jeans. We made it in IVORY, NAVY and RED. It had 7 signature Gold Knot buttons…..again from my AK archives…………Last but not least, to the extreme left was a Boucle jacket. It came in RED, NAVY and IVORY [you think there’s a color theme going on with this group!]. The entire jacket was piped with gold cording and had the gold knot buttons……To coordinate with the jacket there was a silk and nylon, scoop neck, elbow sleeve ENR button front sweater. The buttons were smaller versions of the knot buttons in Gold. This was a fabulous sweater and reordered a few times…….Actually, there were many reorders in this group.
I still have my navy top with the stripes.
Hi Louis! I was able to find the navy jacket on eBay! I’m so happy to have the opportunity to wear such a beauty! Elizabeth
I have the navy. boucle jacket with the gold trim. Lovely. I wear it with a navy boucle skirt that has a different navy jacket that has the pearl buttons. I have had several of the button front sweaters with the knot buttons, but no longer. My favorite was a Kelly green.
Gorgeous, Louis! I wish that I had been a Linea customer om 2007. I would have bought one of everything.
I bought that ivory cotton sweater jacket with the knot buttons! Wore it all over Spain on a springtime trip that year. It still looks like new, and that quality is NOT TO BE FOUND anymore.