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March is here and I have 3 show this month on the 24th at 2:00am, 2:00pm and 11:00pm. Pencils ready….here are the descriptions:

1-A213613, THE PIPED BLAZER. This jacket fits like the medallion and/or Leopard print jackets…so whatever size you bought in those…it would be the same. This jacket has a narrow shawl collar,  a 3 button front and has a 3/4 length sleeve . It is piped all over… the shawl collar, front and hem of the jacket is piped. The faux cuff on the sleeve and the band pockets are piped. The princess seams, front and back, are piped to create a very slimming effect and the front bust darts are piped……. even the armholes are piped. The fabric is a beautiful quality of cotton sateen….68% cotton, 29%poly and  2%span. The 3 buttons match the piping so they contrast with the jacket. The colors are: Navy, with Ivory piping….very spectator or nautical…which ever way you want to play it……a true American classic. Perfectly Pink, with Navy piping….. YES, it goes with the PP sweater with the navy stripes and YES, it matches the PP Boho. The last, but certainly not least, is the Ivory with Red Piping. It is fresh and clean and goes with many things…did I say jeans?

2-A213614, THE MATCHING PIPED CROP PANT. This is the same body as the A89801, cropped cuff pant. There are 4 differences: this is cotton sateen, not cotton satin [the satin is much shinier]. This has no cuff, this is sized XXS-3X….not numerical sizing and this has piping bordering the pocket and down the side seam. The colors are the same as the jacket. You will be surprised at how many things you can wear these with. They uplift and add some pizzazz to an ordinary outfit.

3-A213617, the first of my 3 WHITE SHIRTS. I call this the “Robyn” shirt, in honor of my dear friend. She is a makeup artist supreme and works out of the Sally Hirshberger salons in LA and NYC. She asked me to design the white shirt she has always looked for but could never find! She wanted a man tailored shirt but fit for a woman….not baggy, and long enough to cover her behind….she stands all day so it MUST be comfortable. I think I’ve come up with her perfect shirt. First, the fabric. I could not find the right cotton blend at the perfect weight…a lot of cheesy garbage out there! So, I had one woven, 98% cotton, 2% span. I had them weave it with a super fine twill. You have to look really close to see it but this gives the fabric the body I wanted….not too thin….not too heavy. I sent my very expensive shirt to the factory so they could copy all the men’s details. The top stitching, the 2 button cuff with the buttoned placket on the sleeve and the placket down the front. The collar even has COLLAR STAYS!! …so it will always be perfect……you never find this in women’s shirts. It has top stitched princess seams, front and back for the perfect fit! Not too tight, but definitely womanly……THIS IS NOT YOUR HUSBANDS SHIRT! The XS is 27 inches long….so there is plenty of coverage. For all of you women who belong to the “White Shirt Cult”….this is for you. Robyn said she want’s to order them “by the dozen”…LOL. It will also come in a great dk. navy….perfect with jeans or all 3 piped pants.

4-A213219, The HYDRANGEA PRINT JACKET. This jacket is the same fit as the medallion or leopard print, so you know your size. The only difference is…this has pocket flaps instead of band pockets. The fabric is the same as the medallion print 98% cotton, 2% span, This is all about the PRINT. Again, it comes from my archives, so it comes from Europe. The print is large with Hydrangea blossoms and leaves scattered on a solid background. I think it’s gorgeous and VERY EUROPEAN looking. The color are: Navy ground with White  flowers and  touches of Grays and Pink. A Pink ground with shades of deeper pinks, fuchsia and purplish flowers and a Butter Yellow ground with Nikko Blue flowers. Every combination is beautiful and each is special!

5-A213615, is the printed HYDRANGEA T-SHIRT. It’s the same body and fabric as the medallion print t-shirt. This has 3/4 length sleeves and a self fabric piped v-neck. Of course, it looks incredible under the matching blazer or on it’s own with absolutely anything! It come in the same colors as the jacket. You will wear this all spring and summer..again…wash and wear.

6-A213268, is, of course, the matching HYDRANGEA PENCIL SKIRT! You know the colors….same as above….you know your size….same as the medallion and all the others. As a 3 piece it’s stunning….garden wedding, Easter, graduation, but on it’s own, with the new shirt….belted….watch out!! Of course you can wear it all together or split it up with solids….

7-A213272, is the coordinating poly/rayon scoop neck, short sleeve t-shirt. Think of the tanks that came two in a pack. The neckline is the same scoop with a little shirring. This T was done to go with the hydrangea group, but the colors will go with anything……it’s just a great, easy spring/ summer T, in a very comfortable fabric. The colors: White, Periwinkle, Pink, and Green.

The next 3 pieces are in my pebble crepe. I did this fabric last spring in the jumpsuit, the big shirt, the long pull on pant and the long bias skirt. This is a true spring/ summer/ early fall fabric. You have asked for “easy care”….this is it. It’s light, it’s airy and it looks expensive. This is one of those fabrics you have asked me to please bring back….I did and I love it.

8-A213621, this may look like a very simple and clean 3/4 sleeve, ballet neck top……but it is far from simple. The neckline, sleeve hem and body hem are finished off  with top stitched bands. It has curved patch pockets sewn on top, but you get into the pocket through bison bands sewn into the patch. The XS is aproxx. 26 inches long. The fit is easy and fluid, extremely comfortable. It’s the kind of top …..I want to pile ethnic jewelry on…..it’s Linea at it’s purest. The colors are Coffee Bean….looks perfect with the new Mocha Boho,  and Black.

9-A213620, is a sleeveless safari shirt tunic with a self tie belt.. It has a spread collar that looks great open, epaulets, 2 patch breast pockets with flaps and buttons, band lower pockets and side slits. When the “dog days “of Aug. come around you will be glad you have this top!!! Wear it with its self  belt or no belt at all……better yet,  throw on your own fabulous waist or hip belts. Talk about ethnic jewelry and long beads……The colors are Sage….yes, THE SAGE and a marvelous “Natural” which is a pale khaki beige….two perfect safari shirt colors This is similar to the safari shirt jacket but a whole different look. This would look great with a pencil skirt, but is perfection with the next item………………

10-A213622, is the pebble crepe pull-on crop pant. Ladies, you will live in these pants, they are that comfortable….and petites….no shortening necessary! They have an elastic waist band, POCKETS!!!!!!!!  and have the perfect easy leg and will go with the two tops mentioned above….. PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE YOU OWN. Do they look good with the “faux de chine” safari shirt jacket.?..you bet! Ditto for the zipper trim jacket! The colors are the same as the two tops, Black, Coffee Bean Sage and Natural.  All the colors are neutral enough that you will find zillions of things to wear them with. LADIES, I’m telling you…these will go quicker than you can say “wait list”…LOL……and they are machine wash and hang to dry….perfect for traveling!!!!!!

11-A213619 is a great new jacket! First, it’s a print. I call it my “brush stroke print”. It looks as if I took a 1 to 1 and 1/4 inch brush and made small brush strokes all over. They are very close, so…it could look like an abstract animal print….but it is not. It has a notch shirt collar, a 3/4 length turn back cuff sleeve, big patch pockets with turn back flaps which are part of the pocket, and large 4 hole buttons. The jacket is 30 inches long for an XS and it has a marvelous SWING SHAPE……..think of the A87434,  hounds tooth swing jacket, but longer.  It is unlined, so it is super cool. I love the PRINT…..I love the SHAPE…..I love that it is new, new, new! The colors are Black brush strokes on White and Black brush strokes on LATTE BROWN. It looks equally good over a pencil skirt, my crop knit legging or the new pebble crepe crop pant mentioned above.

12-A213616, is a top in the poly/rayon knit in the Latte and Black. It’s got a peasant neckline with a small v…. notched out. It has a cap puff sleeve [not too puffed]. Elastic finishes the neckline and the  sleeve hem. It’s sort of sweet and naughty at the same time. Another top you can wear with anything!

13-A107319, is the reorder window pane silk duppioni shirt/jacket. The new color is Jade with White accents……yes, it will match the Jade tank you may already own.

That is all for now!…..   but…….I may have some other surprises for you….as soon as I know…….you will know……….much Love………Louis

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted you to have my March and April show dates and times:
March 24th: 2:00am, 2:00pm, 11:00pm
April 8th: 10:00am, 11:00pm
If anything changes or there are any additions I will let you know………much Love, Louis

Hello, Everyone!

Here’s another “sneak peek”! We would like to introduce you all to Samantha Elizabeth….Sammy. She will be joining Annie and Lili this March. Oh Boy!! then the fun begins. She’s six weeks old and sitting up! Too funny.

It was great being with all of you on Presidents Day. I will be seeing you again on March 24th……3 Shows! Lots of great new things. Of course puppy updates will be coming……much Love, Louis

Hi Everyone!
There have been some additions to my 2/21 show appearances. I will also be on the morning show with three items from this past Fall. The A210363, the Roma Ponte Knit stand collar jacket in Loden, Magenta and Sweet Potato. I’m glad to be presenting this jacket again as I will not be able to repeat this fabric. The mill that made it said it was just too difficult to produce and refuses to make it again…we did ask. This truly has become a collectors item in one season!  The second item is the A210353, the ethnic emb. jacket in the Red,  Black and Winter White. This jacket is for women who want something out of the ordinary and you don’t have to be an emb. lover to like this one. Certainly, it will bring on the compliments. The third item is A83571, the Leopard Print jacket in the brushed cotton. Many of the existing colors will not be coming back to make room for the New Aubergine come Fall, so this may be the last time you will be able to get it in the size you want.
Also, on PM Style, besides the new “Faux de Chine” safari jacket which came out to perfection, there will be  A87428, the  reorder cotton satin shirt in the new Chambray Blue. I will also be showing it on Jac in the Pink with the Perfectly Pink Boho……..a little sneak peek for my Ladies! Let me just say this…..if you have any thought of wanting the Boho in this Pink…..you had better wait list it now…..it’s that pretty….. and with the Pink shirt….WOW!

I hope to see you on the 21st. It’s always nice to know my friends are watching………..much Love, Louis

Hi everyone,
I know you have all been waiting to know what I will be showing on the up coming shows. The following are the new and reorder items by date and  show:

PM Style, 2/14, Valentines Day:
A213215  is my new three button blazer. It is shaped like the medallion print and leopard print blazers from last spring, so if you own one of those, and you are happy with the fit….that is the size you should order. This blazer is made in a NEW super fine crepe, 62% poly, 33% rayon and 5% span. It truly looks like a fine Italian fabric. It has a notch collar with beautifully shaped lapels and band pockets. The shaping is achieved with princess seams and bust darts [same as the medallion jacket]. The jacket has top stitch details to accentuate the seams. The sleeves are 3/4 length with a small slit …so if you wish to turn them back., you can.  The buttons are my signature dome pearl buttons with gold rims that work beautifully with my NEW pearl necklaces, as well as the necklaces from last fall. The colors are Ivory, Black and my signature Perfectly Pink.
There will be 3 pearl necklaces. J156593 is the group number. The individual numbers are:
J156414, which is 31 inches long. These are baroque pearls of different sizes with quite large ones in the front. It also has some spacer faceted crystal beads with a slight aurora borealis finish.
J156413, has one size baroque pearls with cone shaped, finely ribbed stations, small gold spacer discs with diamond cut edges and a larger baroque pearl between the set of 2 cone and disc stations. So there are pearls, then a cone, a disc, a larger pearl, a disc, a cone and then the pearls again. I have often shown my vintage AK necklace on my shows that this was inspired from.
J156415, is a 72 inch pearl necklace. This has the smallest size pearls and there are finely ribbed gold ball beads  [ to coordinate with the cone shaped beads], scattered throughout the necklace. Needless to say, this can easily be doubled.
All of these mix beautifully with last years pearls when you want to add a touch of black. They also look wonderful with long gold chains. If you are a pearl lover, as I am, you will love these necklaces. The quality again is superb and the pearls are of the finest quality. Certainly, something to be treasured.

2/21, 3:00pm, Sharon will be joining me and she is always a pleasure to work with.

There will be 4 new styles and 2 reorders. The reorders:

A87423,  is the short sleeve mock neck sweater. The colors are Hot Pink, White, yellow and the new Black. This mock neck is a true essential.

A87434, is the hounds tooth check solid cotton jacquard swing jacket. The colors are Hot Pink, Kelly Green, Yellow, Turquoise, white and the new, very requested!… Black. This is a very easy and comfortable jacket and I know many of you own it in more than one color. It always looks great.

The NEW:

A213327  is a slightly  brushed, cotton twill blazer. This is pure Linea. It has a notch collar, top stitched body seams and 3/4 length sleeves. This jacket is trimmed with my signature zipper treatment. The collar, lapel and front are trimmed with zippers. It has zip pockets and the sleeves have zippers for turning back. There is also a yoke… front and back, that is trimmed with zippers. The jacket closes with 3 gold half ball buttons. It is lined in a beautiful satin and it even has a gold hanger chain at the inside back neckline for just that little something extra. NO DETAIL has been spared and it is truly a show stopper. The workmanship is, as always, excellent. The colors are  Black and Sage. The sage is a cool, slightly grayed, pale olive…….sort of a fatigue green…….I will be showing it on Jac with a sneak peek of the new medallion print T in the sage and olive combo. It is really savvy! The gold zippers and buttons pick up the golds and yellows in the print. The second color is, of course,   Black. WOW!!!  It looks superb with the black/gold bracelet and the black necklace with gold beads from last fall, it is simply sensational!!

A213329, is the matching pencil skirt. Again, we have not changed the sizing or shape, so the size you have ordered in the medallion, for example, or any of my solid cotton pencil skirts, will be the same. The back slit is accentuated with a zipper to match the jacket…refined, yes…. chic, yes, but a bit naughty, too. The colors are Sage and Black.  Just for my own curiosity, I tried the sage skirt with the medallion T and the jacket many of you have now received in Olive with the bronze studs, and.. to my surprise, it looked fantastic. It was very edgy, very unexpected…. and the colors all worked together. The outfit looked very “designer” and very “editorial”.

A213330, is a cotton/ span T-shirt….but not just any T- shirt. It is  the same cotton /span  I have used for many of my T- shirts. The fabric is substantial.  This T has a short sleeve and a V-neck line, but it doesn’t stop there. The V-neckline is trimmed with a working zipper. So you can be very modest or…………The colors are Sage and Ivory, which of course looks terrific under the Sage and Black jackets. Ladies, this three piece suit is really something special, and, of course, you can mix it with things you already own ….like  Black and White Capris, the Black, Ivory and Olive Boho and peasant skirts. It is the perfect jacket to wear with jeans and many more things in your closet.

A213126, is a very special piece. It is an anorak. I can hear some of you now…..”Oh, that’s not for me”. For the doubters….I ask you to keep an open mind. It is very similar in shape to the A87436, which was a sleeper and surprised many women when they got it home. My dog sitter, who is a 1X, owns it and loves it. This jacket has a double zip front, a funnel neck which looks great open, 3/4 length sleeves which roll up and have tabs with snaps. It also has large patch pockets,  which are completely sewn down onto the jacket. The patches have bison bands, which is how you enter the pocket. It also has a draw string, which comes out of metal grommets in the jacket and the self fabric cords have metal end caps. The draw string is aprox. 1 and 1/2 inches above the waist….not under the bust, which many women find objectionable. This jacket looks just as good with the draw strings pulled or not. The jacket has an easy A-Line shape. The fabric is a shine fabric [which is the same fabric as my A86867,  [trench coat that came in Navy and White] The colors are White…fabulous , Black… wonderful and Olive…  VERY SPECIAL!  The “olive” should not have been called that since it really is a marvelous SAGE color. It isn’t the exact same sage as the above pieces, but I think they still work together. I will be showing the sage jacket with my reorder cotton/span knit legging in Olive with my Olive bodysuit….it’s a stunner. You will be seeing and hearing a lot about anoraks this season….but not all anoraks are equal. The fabric and the silhouette make this one a winning combination.

2/21 PM Style

I will have one fabulous item on this show.:

A213216, is a utility safari shirt jacket. First, the fabric…..it is made in my brand NEW “Faux Crepe de Chine”. When I found it I thought it was silk! It is 90% poly and 10% span….totally washable. The hand is silky and the drape is wonderful. It tailors and stitches like a dream. It has a tortoise button front, a shirt collar that looks great open, 3/4 length sleeves that roll up and have tabs and buttons.  When the sleeves are down they have a finished band cuff with a button. There are 4 patch pockets with flaps… as any decent safari jacket would have, and a draw string belt at the waist….It also has side slits for a shirt look. You can wear it open with a tank and the jacket slightly drawn… or all buttoned up with nothing under it at all.  This is a spring/ summer and early fall jacket and I see no reason why you can’t wear it with a whisper knit turtle neck right through the winter. The colors are Olive, a true Khaki tan and a color I am calling Straw, which is a pale butter . Of course, it is perfect with the Boho and long peasant skirts and I love the olive with the A89801, my sand crop satin pant with the cuff. What I love about this shirt/jacket is the softness….it’s a soft, tailored shirt jacket….everything you would want from a “new safari jacket”

This is just the beginning of what promises to be a terrific Spring season. The snow, ice and all the really difficult winter days will be behind us soon. Let’s think of all the things good and positive we  have to be so grateful for. I count all of you as a huge positive in my life. Hope to “see” all of you very soon. We kick off on Valentine’s Day P.M. Style. Until then,

Much Love,     Louis