{"id":8782,"date":"2013-03-04T20:10:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2013-03-04T20:10:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:10:48","slug":"a-inspiration-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/a-inspiration-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inspiration for The Season…A Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure, each season brings forth a whole new range of patterns and colors, trims and wallpapers! \u00a0But all of those beautiful textiles are more than just one company’s passing whim. Each collection is a purposeful execution of their inspiration points and how today’s color trends relate to and contrast the vision. \u00a0When Grizzel and Mann<\/a> (a showroom that reps many designer lines) rep, Mollie Rowe, was in town the other week to share their current line, we were almost equally fascinated by the historical and geographical background for the collections. \u00a0Who knew there was so much learning to be had from a fabric and trim presentation?!<\/p>\n

(Note: All direct quotations come from the official line materials as issued to designers and reps.)<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the Seraphina Collection by Designers Guild<\/a> where the image above came from. \u00a0This collection claims to be “but a small step from the romance of the English country garden to the early 20th century modern style of using chalky paint shades and crystalline white interiors; a look taken up in the twenties and thirties in New York and epitomized in the style of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his circle on Long Island, upon which the novel The Great Gatsby\u00a0<\/em>was largely based.”<\/p>\n

How fascinating! \u00a0This not only makes us want to pull out that high school paperback copy of the book but it makes us want to watch the Robert Redford classic before the new rendition of the film comes out the spring.<\/p>\n

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Great Gatsby Remake…image via the internet<\/p><\/div>\n

The second layer of the collection is owed to the ” ‘it girl’ of the period, Louise Brooks.”<\/p>\n

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Louise Brooks image via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Louise is said to epitomize “the spirit of the movement in the roaring twenties…the civilized world stepping up to a snappier rhythm…” \u00a0Now, to get to the collection, “we arrive upon the air of romance this spring, as seductive as it is reflective. \u00a0A restrained yet voluptuous burgeoning of floral forms, combines with stunning silks in a muted and lustrous palate. \u00a0Smoky blues, mauves and tuberose, dusky greens and chalky whites give a very serene twist….” \u00a0The names of the prints even pay homage to classical heroines, “Portia, Ophelia, Viola.”<\/p>\n

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“the graceful Viola with armfulls of pastel roses strewn across soft linen”<\/p><\/div>\n

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“sophisticated romance”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"blues<\/a>

“tall windows with panels of Seraphina with its beautiful garden flowers in muted chalky shades of wedge wood and indigo”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Roses\"<\/a>

“a rhapsody of roses”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Savine<\/a>

a compliment of modern glamour and traditional surroundings<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Portia<\/a>

“shades of shell and heather with panels of Portia, a delicate flock velvet layered lace damask wallpaper”<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether you are a fan of florals or not, one cannot help but appreciate the combinations of colors and patterns that Designers Guild puts forth in this latest collection.<\/p>\n

We’ll continue to highlight collections all week. \u00a0Next up is the Osborne and Little Spring 2013. \u00a0Sneak peak…<\/p>\n

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Osborne and Little’s Persian Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

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