………………March 08 really said SPRING IS HERE……Starting at the bottom left a true Spring Blazer. It had all of the Linea hallmarks of a true blazer, but to change it up a little it had 3/4 sleeves with FRENCH CUFFS……and LARGE POKER CHIP BUTTONS in contrast colors…….so the ivory had Black and the Black blazer had Ivory buttons….To give the jacket some exaggeration the pocket flaps were larger than normal and the French cuffs were also larger……..,even the top stitching was 1/2 to 3/4 “…… The jacket had a wonderful shape due to the body seams, and it had a strong shoulder. The fabric was in a wonderful smooth stretch woven gaberdine. The pockets were in the seams…..The next blouse [at the bottom left], had a scoop neckline, but not very deep, and a 3/4 sleeve with a very narrow single button band cuff. The neckline, hem and side slits plus the cuff were bordered with narrow bands in black CDC…….The tiny “Art Nouveaux” design that you see in the lower picture that looks like small dots were actually baby black SEQUINS, all hand sewn….down the fronts and both sleeves…..The blouse had a nice little glimmer, but not so much that it only looked like an evening blouse. It and looked fun with black jeans and all kinds of pants and skirts like the georgette pleated skirt at the upper right or a summer Boho……The next jacket was in suede and came in red and navy….they were too chicken to order the yellow which was my favorite…….cleaning issues was the reason………The next A-line jacket was in silk Shantung. I think the sketch says it all…It had 3/4 sleeves and self fabric covered buttons…..The diagonal seaming on this jacket was very interesting. The pockets were in the seams…..it came in that beautiful pale SHELL PINK…..The blouse at the top left was in Silk Crepe De Chine and was in a charming two color tiny leaf pattern. It came in Ivory/Black, Red/Black [not shown] and Blue/Black….What made this peasant type blouse interesting and fresh was the corded self fabric over lapping scallops that were pre-made on a tape, and then sewn into the neckline and the bottom of the cuff. You can see a trial that was sent of the scallop in black CDC for approval. The actual scallop trim was done in the matching print…….The Tennis type v-neck cardigan with short sleeves had TONAL contrast trims. It was in the rayon/nylon blend [WK] and had DTM buttons….What was interesting about this little cardigan was the front was all fake. It looked like it opened and the buttons worked through button holes, but it was sewn closed where the bands attached to the body. There was no chance of gaping and this really wasn’t the type of cardigan to wear open. The colors were Pink/Deep Pink/, Ivory/Black and Blue/Deep Blue. It looked great over the poly CDC knife pleated skirt with the drop yoke. The skirt came in Ivory and Black and worked with everything. It would still be a great skirt today!