01/01/2008 :: Selvedge Opt for Designers with Sense and Sensitivity http://www.selvedge.org/ For more glamor and elegance with a dash of realism turn to Cynthia Ashby. Her Holiday collection for 2007 absorbs all the materials we know and love as party fabrics plus a few more. The difference with Ashby's work is that her satins are silk, not polyacrylonylomide and therefore do not emit flashes of static crackle when greeting one's host with a kiss. Her satins are soft and washed, structured to allow for the nature of the fabric to billow and waft, ensuring a stunning entrance. Ashby's palette is sensitive and a million miles away from the usual chemical slash reds and boot polish blacks that come November will be available at a high street near you. 'Nightfall' replaces black with the mix of indigo, dark grey and almost imperceptible violet that are the true colors of a near light-less sky. Adding a seasonal warmth and spice to her selective shade card is a pale scarlet cinnamon wash. Many items in the collection are made from fluid, lush and slightly battered looking silk velvet. High street chains did this fabric a great disservice a few years ago by making ugly button front shirts with
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