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Pantone announced the Pantone Fashion + Home cotton swatch set, the newest addition to the Pantone Fashion + Home SMART Color System line of products.
SMART is indicative of the company's commitment to deliver innovation that is Sensible, Manageable, Accessible, Relevant and Tough, reducing costs and shortening the color development cycle.
The Pantone Fashion + Home cotton swatch set, a portable case containing loose-format cotton swatches of all 1,925 colors in the Pantone Fashion + Home library, is the ideal tool for designers, manufacturers and retailers involved in palette development.
Chromatically arranged by color family and displayed on two removable trays, the set is enclosed in a durable case for convenient storage and protection of the color swatches.
"Changes in today's marketplace have inspired us to reevaluate, restyle and reconfigure our tools into multiple formats so that our customers can find the tool that best suits their needs," said Tod Shulman, vice president of the fashion, home and interiors division at Pantone.
"The Pantone Fashion + Home cotton swatch set offers our customers a new, easy way to create color palettes.
It's a playground for color."
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Nolcha Fashion Week: London kicked off with such a wonderful welcome from the London fashion crowd!
The crowds queued up to see the catwalk shows, industry supported the launch of PROFILE NYC and the UK release of Nolcha Metier Magazine, not to mention several highly regarded UK and Global Nolcha partnerships are now set at work.
The catwalk shows were held on Monday in the Crystal Ballroom at The Mayfair Hotel opening to a standing room only crowd for the first of six shows.
Le Nac (Netherlands) showcased simple yet elegant feminine pieces with beautiful fitted cuts.
This designer complimented the collection by implementing a selection of fabulous handmade hats by New York designer Ms Bo Dangles.
Following this DMG (Columbia) featured their exquisite, chic white coat collection which left
an irresistible impact especially the attention to detail and gigantic buttons.
Fine artist turned fashion designer Laurance Rassin's (USA) show was bursting with colour and energy leaving the crowd stunned.
The abstract prints on amazing silk dresses were reminiscent of a modern contemporary Picasso piece.
The evening shows began with Georgie W Couture. Fabulous darling was the word - English tea party was the theme. Striking yet simple pieces were strutted down the catwalk of this British designer.
Selphie Bong (Indonesia) showed striking evening looks with an edge. Using large beading and ornate accents her dresses were both glamourous yet wearable.
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The first exhibition devoted exclusively to Alexander Calder's unique body of jewelry work will be presented at the Norton Museum of Art.
Co-organized by the Norton Museum and the Calder Foundation, the exhibition consists of approximately 100 objects, including necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings and tiaras.
Calder Jewelry demonstrates how the artist's jewelry has the same dynamic and dimensional aspects as his celebrated mobiles, which revolutionized the art of sculpture.
"For Alexander Calder, each piece of jewelry was a work of sculptural art.
His inventive jewelry techniques echoed those used for his world-famous sculptures," said Norton Museum of Art Director, Christina Orr-Cahall.
"The Norton is delighted to organize and present this unprecedented exhibition."
Organized as a collaboration between Alexander S.C. Rower, Chairman and Director of the Calder Foundation and Mark Rosenthal, Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art to the Norton Museum of Art, Calder Jewelry provides a full examination of the artist's achievement in the realm of jewelry.
"Although the art of Calder has been widely celebrated and examined in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions, his work in the field of jewelry is far less known," said Mark Rosenthal," This exhibition further demonstrates why he is considered to be one of the most innovative modern American artists."
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Levi's has signed a deal with London Fashion Week designer Henry Holland to create a capsule denim collection.
Based around the classic 501 jean, the eight-piece range will launch for spring 2009 and will feature as part of Holland's London catwalk show next season.
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Last month a project called Redlight Fashion Amsterdam offered a group of young Dutch designers the chance to live and work rent-free for a year in the former establishments of prostitutes; their designs will be also be available to buy in a gallery store.
The project sits at the very heart of the Wallen (red-light district) and the result is a radical mix of hip, young Dutch designers and members of the world's oldest profession.
Bathed in the neon glare of the sex shops, the work of these designers vies for space between windows displaying girls dressed in eye-popping underwear.
The initiative is a collaboration between the Dutch authorities and the fashion consultancy HTNK, which supports young designers.
It has come about in part due to rising concern among city councillors about gang culture and crime in the area.
Armed with new laws enabling the closure of establishments believed to be involved in criminal activity, last year the city bought 55 buildings from a former brothel baron; 16 of these are now to be handed over to the designers.
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