What, exactly, did I see at the show?
To begin, the signs on the front of each building were….gray!
Now you have a hint as to what I saw. I started my day in this building, “Home Accessories” and yes, gray was the overwhelming color of the day. From table linen to upholstery to furniture to zinc storage to lamps, it was a gray world.
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{deshouilliers}
Then some totally new, out of the blue, outside the box trends:
1. The use of Swiss motifs…as in edelweiss, reindeer, fir trees, skis and skiers, snowflakes, small hearts combined with surface lace motifs. Now, I could not have been more surprised by this, as you can imagine. But the more I looked, the more I saw. It was especially evident in bedding and table linens.
One company that really stood out in this “trend” was Sylvie Thiriez:
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and from Charvet Editions:
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2) I also saw a lot of pierced lamp shades…and again, totally unexpected! Traditional bell shapes to modern drum shapes: they all had piercing. And here, again, there were often Swiss motifs in evidence: skis and poles tossed or a line of upright fir trees with snow on the end of the branches, ringing the shade. I wasn’t able to get any pictures of this at all…..and haven’t been able to find anything good online yet: sorry about that. But believe me, it was there!
At the very opposite end of the color spectrum and, as it turns out, the opposite end of the fairgrounds, is the personal accessories building. Take a look at the totally wonderful jewelry from Ana Hagopian:
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it’s a bracelet!
Needless to say, I am totally in love with her entire line! Look around the site and see the saturated colors in so many great combinations.
There was so much more to see. Well, maybe I just have to go again….want to join me?
