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HPMA Releases Style Report for Summer/Fall
June 14,
2017 by Jane Chero in Designer Weekly, High Point, Market 
Developed by eight home fashion gurus from the High Point Market Authority (HPMA) 2017 Style Spotters team, the HPMA has released this season’s style report.
Trends range from “White Hot Texture” to “Tissue Pink” and from “Angles vs Organics” to “Grand Textures and Salute to the Past”. All trends in the style report may found be found and downloaded at www.highpointmarket.org/products-and-trends/summer-fall-2017-style-report.
“The Spring ‘17 event was as tantalizing as ever. We came away with beautiful selections for many of our projects, new design inspirations, and forward thinking business ideas,” commented Style Spotter Emeritus Michelle Jennings Wiebe in her intro for the report.
“Now, the 2017 Style Spotters – four design team duos whose talent is off the charts – bring you their special finds in our Summer/Fall 2017 Style Report,” said Wiebe.
The Style Spotters program, launched during the October 2011 Market, features home fashion pace setters that showcase their favorite products and top trends from High Point Market exhibitors via Pinterest, the at-Market Style Spotters LIVE! event, the Style Report and various media interviews.
In addition to Wiebe, Style Spotters who contributed to the Style Report include:
- Cloth & Kind, Tami Ramsay and Krista Nye Nicholas
- Ishka Designs, Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom
- Parker Kennedy Living, Lance Jackson and David Ecton
- Woodson & Rummerfield’s House of Design, Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield
Led by Wiebe, a veteran of the 2013 program and HPMA’s Style Spotter “Emeritus”, each Style Spotters team serves for two Markets over a calendar year. When they source a treasure at Market, they present exhibitors with a sign that highlights the Style Spotter’s name with a QR code and URL for the High Point Market Pinterest board. The Spring 2017 Pinterest boards can be found at www.pinterest.com/highpointmarket.
The Style Spotters program is sponsored by Crypton, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance fabrics (www.crypton.com).
Program information is available at http://www.highpointmarket.org/event/style-spotters-hub.