My Facebook Live show this Saturday, July 6th has to be canceled…..It will be rescheduled hopefully next Saturday, July 13th. I will get back to you when I know for sure. Sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment……..Louis
……………..”THE MUST HAVE LACE BUSTIER”………I have often been asked….when a certain style shows up on different collections……if the designers got together and discussed what they were doing!…..I CAN ASSURE WE DID NOT!…….However, it did happen that certain styles or colors would show up on many collections, and it became what is called a “TREND”………..THE BUSTIER was just such a trend! I myself often wondered HOW THIS HAPPENDED??? After all a BUSTIER isn’t a common article of clothing….I have suspected that sometimes the “WORD” got around through certain fashion editors…..They will see something from one designer, and like it a lot, and think it’s TREND WORTHY, and start asking other designers if they are doing any….WIDE LEG PANTS??? or maybe BUSTIERS????knowing they would make great editorials for their fashion pages…..Designers who weren’t doing them…all of a sudden had some on their collections…All of a sudden there they are walking down many runways…..A “TREND” has been born!…. That’s what happened this particular year…the Bustier, among other trend setting items, made a BIG IMPACT on many runways……There was one fashion editor who worked for a major Fashion Magazine who was talked about, and it was believed she told certain designers, who were her close friend, what the other designers were doing…..At one time the length of a skirt was the BIG NEWS, and she would have “her friends” either lengthen or shorten all of the skirts on their collections according to what she had seen at other influential designers….People started connecting the dots, and word did get around about who was leaking the information. She was banded from many designer’s studios!…..I designed 3 or 4 versions of the bustier that season. In these photos they are all the same bustier worn different ways….with a black blazer and soft draped trousers on Daniella….with white denim on Yasmeen, and on Yasmeen again in the Pink Wave jacket…..Lastly on Christy with a matching lace Bolero and tiered pleated skirt in georgette…..Ralph Francisco, who was one of my three draping and sample making assistants, made all of my bustiers as well as most of my “soft” clothes……Ralph was a very handsome young man, who looked like he walked out of a muscle magazine…You would never imagine he made these beautiful delicate things….but he had the most delicate light touch. Jac, who wore, and was fitted for many bustiers all over the world….always told me Ralph’s fit the best! Eventually, after I left Anne Klein, Ralph went on to made samples for Vera Wang’s bridal and bridesmaid dresses where he remained for many years….He now lives in Florida and is a Facebook buddy and friend…..The BUSTIER was a major hit, and the quality and workmanship was superb!…….A huge surprise for an AMERICAN SPORTSWEAR COMPANY, and we sold LOTS of them to my great satisfaction!
…………………I greet this 4th of July with trepidation and fear……..Fear for this country and the up coming elections……..We have one man who is good at heart, but age is taking its’ toll…..Then we have a felon, a felon running for the highest position in our nation….A felon who just can’t say an honest word, and only thinks about his own rise to power….a true con man…..I fear what the coming years will bring…….but…..today is a day of HOPE……Hope that the people of this nation do the right thing, and vote for the good of this nation………..Let’s keep America free of despots, dictators, and those who think they are above the laws of this country………..Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!
………………ATTENTION!!!!……….I WILL BE HAVING A FACEBOOK LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY, JULY 6TH, at 2:00PM…………..I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN CATHY AND ME!!!!
………………..”FRENCH LACE”….is simply the best………It always amazed me the enormous amount of different patterns and treatments these companies could create each and every season……The three different laces in this collage all came from FRANCE….CHRISTY, on the right is wearing a simple ivory lace dress lined in nude……HOWEVER…..it was re-embroidered ALL OVER with tiny pearls and crystals…..Even the spaghetti straps had pearls and crystals embroidered on them…..Christy’s organic pearl earrings were made for the collection…..For the upcoming Christmas season, I was asked by SAKS 5th AVENUE if I would make a “gown” for one of their Christmas windows. It was to be worn by a ballerina mannequin on a revolving music box. She was to be standing on one leg balancing on her toe. …..I made a ballet length dress out of this re-embroidered ivory lace. It had a very large and full skirt with lots of tulle crinolines, a ballet neckline and 3/4 sleeves. She had on ivory satin laced up ballet toe shoes. It just looked magnificent in the window with the lights shining just so on the embroidery….so it twinkled as she turned……I believe they sold this one of a kind dress for $25,000, and it was worth every penny!……………Christy, on the left, is wearing the black lace Bustier with a matching skirt….all lined in nude. Over these two pieces Christy is wearing a buttonless fitted lace unlined duster…..All three pieces had tiny black sequins scattered all over………Yasmeen, below, is wearing a STRETCH LACE BLACK DRESS, again lined in a nude stretch knit….The use of LACE goes back centuries, and of course it was all hand made!…Today, it is just as important as it was so many many years ago!…………These clothes are just as relevant today as they were 32 years ago!!!!