………………After dreary winter weather it was always a relief to think about designing Spring clothes…..These croquis were done for the Spring/summer 1989 collection……Once I decided which styles I would put into the collection. I made individual sketched of each style and gave them to my draping assistants, and they would put them in their own binders…….The sweater sketches I would take with me to Italy, and work with my agent, Giovanna Ciampini, to put the samples into work with different mills that specialized in different techniques of knitting……From the left….a longer cardigan With contrast trims and gold buttons. I had all of the buttons custom made by my jewelry licensee. Under the cardigan a cotton poplin shirt with a crest embroidery. The wool crepe pant had a high rise waist line, and tuxedo stripes down re legs……The little shrunken cardigan was in a cable stitch and also had contrast borders. It is drawn with pleated trouser pants. The little sketch next to the little cardigan is a sweater set in cables…..a v-neck tank and an elongated cardigan . The set is shown with a high waisted short skirt with tuxedo stripes…..The blue wool crepe jacket has a double breasted front with the custom gold buttons. It has 3/4 length sleeves, a peaked lapel. and bottom band pockets. The breast patch pocket has the embroidered crest which became a theme in the collection. The “Chanel length” skirt in ivory was also in the wool crepe from Italy……The ivory wool crepe single button blazer also had the embroidered crest on the breast pocket. It is sketched with languid trouser pants in the matching ivory wool crepe………This suit became an editorial in one of the Fashion magazines……photo below.
