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SPRING 2008 Salon Collection....Huge success!!!!  Thanks to all who attended.  This Collection was again a collaborative event based on "good design".  Customers, stylists, casual observers, antiquities, nature, for example, can have great influence on a designer's choices.  This Spring Japanalia explores many of these influences, as well as integrating our originals with the work of Emmelle, Reintsema, Chrzaszck, Denise Peterson, Jessica Beels, Angela Caputi, Joycemarie Washburn, Irene Reed...and of course some special pieces by Eiko.

Spring celebrates rejuvenation!!!!

 

Separates are what Japanalia is all about...versatile tops & bottoms coordinate in stylish ways that take you through your day and an occasion in graceful comfort...interchangeable pieces in fine, and often exotic, fabrics help define the wearer...makes Japanalia a perfect destination for play, business, Mother of the Bride and special occasion dressing.  Courting "Mommyhood"?  Try us on for size!

MEN?...wear a skirt if you will, but every fabric group has styles that cross gender lines, satisfying the person who wants more than just polo ponies on his chest!  Loose, comfortable, simple lines in unusual fabrics make most styles accessible to both women and men.  Shirts & jackets wrap left over right, a signature of traditional kimono...so SHARE!  (CHER?)

Can't find cottons in winter, or wool in summer?  Japanalia always has off-season clothing available for cruise wear or travelers to contrasting climates (even discounted at our Hartford outlet. on one!)...just ask!

Skirts...Skirts...Skirts
A-lines...Straight...Fishtails...and our specialty "spiral" in every fabric imaginable...skirts for every figure!

Washable silk...Crop cowls or cowl tunics &  crop tees in many colors... black, white, beiges, pinks, reds, blues, purples and greens...Weddings...YES...Jeans...YES...mix and match!!!

TOPS?...The best are easy: Tees in every fabric, cowls in crinkled silks, & soft jerseys, crisp shirts with one button at the neck.  A simpler top often makes a stronger statement, providing a clean background for great ACCESSORIES!...LIKE...

Angela Caputi's Florentine bakelite jewels; beaded trapeze earrings and necklaces by Jessica Beels: heirloom & semi-precious constructions by Denise PetersenIrene Reed's "pearls" of trapunto-stitched & lacquered fabric, & more!

KIMONO is, of course, what originally inspired JAPANALIA.  The national costume of JAPAN, these garments are made from humble cottons, linens, wools, or silks that can cost more than your car!  Not always as wearable these days in the traditional form, we think the sumptuous kimono fabrics are fabulous appliquéd to tunics, jackets, coats...a continuing Japanalia signature that can be customized in colors to suit your fashion palate!

Some of our favorite JAPANALIANS tell it like it is: Hartford's Joan Baker & Barbara Dennis (the actress & the "techie") "met in the 60's & started wearing Japanalia in the 80's...many changes since then, but not in our friendship or the clothes we love to wear...everywhere!"  And GAWWWD do they wear us well!~ A New York "Japanalia JAP", Elise Platt (business owner in high profile real estate) is "by no means a size8...Forgotten Women closed...a devout J-wardrobe shopper...I get more compliments on my clothes than anyone I know...on a recent cruise, a couple never got their luggage.  I clothed us all: she 5'2" size 6, & he, tall & distinguished...saved the day in Russia!~ Maryland architect, Coriolana Simon-Wolters, an energy efficiency specialist combating global warming (when she's not doing Ikebana, traditional Central Asia dance, photography, & performing viola da gamba) always "feels like a celebrity (that includes Tall & Thin) wearing these clothes...gives me head-turning style, classic or over-the-edge, depending on my spirit...my secret dream is to park an Air Stream in my driveway, stuffed with Japanalia...why wear anything else?"  THANKS!
     

Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, or a dress-to-impress event coming up? Sherbet-flavored washable microfibre separates are "rich tasting" but "light of calorie$"...or try a lush 4-ply silk in 8 classic colors!


From our stores, studio, or on the road: We enjoy working with you...Tom, Ellen, Karin, Georgianna, Larry, Donna, Laura, Pam, Susan, Jose, Elsa and Maria....

See you at a show!

Bye! Dan

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