Klingensmth Leaves Z+R
NEW YORK—(USA) Robin Klingensmith, design director for Hodsoll Mckenzie and Travers brands at Zimmer + Rohde since 2015 has left the company, it was learned. Klingensmith’s tenure with Z+R predates 2015 when Erin Finn left the company in… Read more.January 29, 2018
Li Expands U.S. Manufacturing Footprint in Gaffney, S.C.,
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Home Fashions International is expanding its existing operations in Cherokee County, South Carolina with a reported expenditure of $5.5 milion expected to create 60 new jobs according to the Chamber of Commerce here. Since… Read more.January 26, 2018
Designers Continue to Play Musical Chairs With American Jobbers:
NEW YORK--Sumitra Mattai has been named Senior Design Director for Scalamandre Design Studio. She will be in charge of Scalamandre product development. She replaces Susan North who left Scalamandre to join Jim Thompson, The Thai Silk Company… Read more.January 9, 2018
Jungalow Founder Justina Blakeney Designs Valdese Weavers’ Inside Out Performance Brand®
VALDESE, N.C.-- Valdese Weavers’ new performance brand, Inside Out Performance Fabrics®, is designed by Justina Blakeney, She is the blogger behind Jungalow, “The Inside Out brand speaks to the bohemian lifestyle that fuels my work,”… Read more.December 4, 2017
Kravet Unveils 8,200 S.F. Philadelphia Showroom
PHILADEPHIA, PA—Kravet’s corporate masterplan continues to roll out coordinated, vignettes of interior products in designer driven settings at all new showrooms with the latest opening of the Philadelphia Design Center on Ludlow Street here. … Read more.November 17, 2017
The Use of New Fibers and Yarns Enable the Chinese to Offer Middle to High-End Ranges of Decorative Fabrics
SHANGHAI — China is no longer a cheap source of decorative fabrics and prices are increasing regularly, according to attendees at this year’s Shanghai Intertextile Fair here. The use of new fibers and yarns has enabled Chinese suppliers… Read more.November 17, 2017
Sevim Keskinci Weds Ton Merkx
Sevim Keskinci Gunes, longtime sales agent for Fabrics & Furnishings International walked down the aisle with her beloved Ton September 16. The pair will spend part of the year in Istanbul and part in Ton’s native Holland. Sherife and… Read more.November 17, 2017
Raymakers Taps Rietveld
HELMOND, The Netherlands — Bas Rietveld has been named International Sales Director of Raymakers Royal Dutch Textile Mills here. He joined the company in February. He is responsible for sales in the USA and Canada in addition to his more… Read more.November 17, 2017
