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………………….SEVEN YEARS!!!!! By now I felt like an old timer….LOL…I’d seen new designers added to the roster…..and after two or three seasons I’d see them go. If you weren’t a success after a certain amount of time you were cut……Many times a designer didn’t get a chance for the customers to even get to know them….to try the clothes out and see how they liked the product…….Pamela, Victor, George, Marc and so many others came and went…..The May Anniversary group had many beautiful items starting with the LINEN/TENCIL  two button Blazer at the bottom left. This was a brand new fabric I had developed from an Italian fabric I had in my archives. It was beautiful. It had a weave like a Panama hat…..it had panache….It was weighty but had a beautiful soft languid drape due to the tencil. The blazer came in IVORY, GREEN and FUCHSIA. The black lace trims gave the jacket the punch and nuance it needed…It had 3/4 length sleeves with a curved hem and a button. The coordinating rib tank in the cotton/rayon also had the black lace trim…..The Bermuda shorts and the Trousers were in the Linen tencil and worked with everything in the group and everything to come. If you loved the look of linen than they were the new summer essentials. I’m not sure when the Bermudas became avail. but they were planned for this group. Both pants were in Ivory and Black…..The next stretch cotton shirt was a THREE FOR ONE! I loved doing those kinds of things. First you had your basic shirt with a button front, a small shirt collar with a stand, body darts for shape and a curved bottom. The sleeves were 3/4 length, but the split cuff went straight down with a single button. The fun part of the shirt was the TWO SEPARATE button on front pieces. One was a self cotton fabric pleated trim set into a separate band that buttoned onto the front buttons of the shirt……The second attachment was a little more frivolous. It was a DOUBLE LAYER of shirred tulle cut in two widths so one peeked out from the other. The edge of the tulle was finished off with a fine cotton piping. This helped to keep the ruffled tulle bouncy. Again, it just buttoned onto the front and no one would ever know they were separate pieces…..Again, three for one…….Starting at the top again was a short sleeve sheer rayon georgette shirt. I saw the picture of Jennifer Aniston wearing a similar shirt and new I had to do one for Linea. ALL OF THE SEAMS were FRENCH seamed so the shirt was clean inside and out…..NO SEAM ALLOWANCES…..even the body darts were French seamed. The sleeve had a very wide facing which made it look like a wide band. It had a round bottom, and came with it’s own tank. Some complained it was too sheer?????? That was the whole purpose of the shirt!!! This quickly became one of Jac’s favorite pieces. As soon as she saw it away it went to her closet! I had to BORROW it from her to do “looks”, and she quickly told me to return it. Jac eventually got tired of this borrowing business and started ordering her own clothes which she had to pay for. She only did this with things she didn’t want me to touch. Most of the time she was happy just to take my sample!….The next sweater tank had all over [front and back] small black sequin emb. It was finished with black tubular trims. The colors were Ivory/Black, Fuchsia/Black and Black/Black. These were fun layering tanks under so many things or just on their own…..The last item was a  flowing silk chiffon paisley print tunic. It had fine silk piping and a button front which, if so desired, could be left open to show the solid Silk CDC tank. It had side slits. It also had a piped handkerchief cuff that added to the movement and femininity of the tunic…It came in Black/White and Red/White…..The White and Black sequin top looked great under the black paisley for an interesting and unexpected mix….play, play, play