World Market Center to Host Fabric & Color Event

October 9, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on October 2008 The Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center will host a “covered” event next week offering window presentations, upholstery fabric selections, color trends, eco-friendly leather and more.

The fabric event runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Margaret Casey, director of programming for World Market Center Las Vegas, said “designers, students and design aficionados are all welcome to attend where they can be inspired and hear from the experts what colors and fabrics are here to stay.”

Events include:

• “Beyond the Basics--Creating Cutting-edge Treatments using Classic Contemporary”

Jackie Von Tobel, author of The Design Directory of Window Treatments, will discuss current trends in window treatment design and construction and demonstrate the basic elements of soft treatments in new ways to design unique, cutting edge window fashions; 11 a.m.-12 noon, Las Vegas Design Center Seminar Room, C-316.

• “Designer Appreciation” lunch

A hosted lunch for designers only; Building A, noon–2 p.m.

• “Tricks of the Trade: How to Select Upholstery Fabric so Projects are Problem-free”

3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Steve Avitable, vice president of merchandising for The Robert Allen Group, will uncover insights on choosing the most suitable fabric constructions and designs for a variety of furniture styles and frames, while discussing furniture lines such as Bolier & Co., Christopher Guy, E.J.Victor, Ferguson Copeland, Guy Chaddock & Co., Kindel Furniture Co., Payne Street, Swaim and Robert Allen Furniture; Las Vegas Design Center Seminar Room, C-316.

• Reception in the Robert Allen/Beacon Hill Showroom

Las Vegas Design Center showrooms Masterloom, Abbyson, Omnia, Dillon Wells and Prestige Arts will have special hospitality and showcased product during covered; 4 p.m., C-101.

Day-long highlights include: Leather for the Sustainable Conscious Consumer in the Kathy Ireland Home by Omnia Furniture showroom, A-256; Color Selections for 2009, Abbyson Living, C-196; New Colors and Trends in Fabrics, Masterloom C-124; Be Inspired by the Wide Variety of Home Décor at Dillon Wells, A-236 and A-239; Prestige Arts, A-130; Masterlooms Home with Massoud Furniture, C-124.

To R.S.V.P. or for more information please e-mail or call (702) 599-3093.