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……………………..August 09 was all about Fall…..Starting at the top was a jacket I reproduced from an Anne Klein jacket in the photograph.. It looked simple in the solid Java Brown and Slate Grey, but it had lots of details….from the four button hole pockets with small buttoned tabs to the TABS with button holes down the front which was a very labor intensive to make. It had a high notched collar and body seams. The entire jacket was top stitched which exaggerated every line……..The next jacket was made in a beautiful, very sophisticated men’s wear check. This was a fabric swatch I had in my archives from an Italian mill in Northern Italy. They specialized in in very fine men’s fabrics. Armani was a big user for both his men’s and women’s collections. The quality was superb. I always looked forward tom going tom this mill. The designer of the fabrics, who presented the collection to me, was incredibly handsome and always beautifully dressed. This particular check I sent off to China with fingers crossed, because the paler color yarns were heathered which gave the fabric it’s character. I was truly expecting a check in two solid colors without the heather effect, but the factory came through and duplicated the fabric perfectly. I have to give the Chines factories and designers credit. They were and are great at copying. This two button blazer was on the longer and leaner side and had slanted flaps. It had a faux breast pocket to give it the men’s wear look. It also had all of the tailoring and fit the Linea Ladies came to expect. The two tone button was created to go with the fabric…The colors were Blush heather with solid Java Brown and Oyster Heather with Black…Elaine did a beautiful job with this jacket achieving the nuance of the notch lapel and collar and the balance of the jacket….making sure the pocket flaps were just the right size and followed the line of the upward slanting hem…..and so did the very special factory that made them……The SILK Crepe de Chine blouse below had a beautiful rose design woven into the fabric…..There were areas of the fabric that looked satiny and areas that looked matte making the roses stand out. It had a hidden button placket front a smallish more feminine collar and 3/4 sleeves with buttoned cuffs……The colors were Blush, Oyster and Light Grey……..The next sweater was truly beautiful It had a V-neck and 3/4 sleeves with tubular trims for a dressier look…..However it was the intricate bugle bead design that gave this WK sweater a pure designer look. There was something antique about the pattern of the bugle beads combined with the misty colors. Black, Java Brown and a Wood Violet were the colors. The Black had steel bugle beads, the Java Brown had a dark copper color bead and the Wood Violet had iridescent purple bugle beads………….The last jacket was suede with metallic leather trims. Unfortunately I could not capture the true colors. The colors were Taupe suede with a tonal Taupe metallic leather and Wood Violet with a Gunmetal metallic leather that had a violet tint…….It was not your typical suede jacket!