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fShowrooms Illustrate
^Fashion Excitement
ex!if‘'®Wng fashion with
ill^ currently is being
Kgj, dramatically at
Chin showrooms in New York,
and San Francisco.
decora which were re-
ftiarw for the summer carpet
intrnH spotlighted the
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®^iDh carpet collection.
Kara given to show
. dealers how they
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the u stores by tying in
Haisj designs with other-
Th merchandise,
caropf^^^'^io displays showed the
fashia„® with Halston couture
forpj Halston II collection
toiietp-perfumes and
itUeri*^^' addition, window and
Hakfp”^,.displays re-created the
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tiew ofestyle as illustrated in the
' karastan film.
‘At Home with
dea^g*!^’ ’ which was also shown to
•Markets ®*"^onding the various
Clean
iticlaa-!,’_ oiodern furnishings.
Platfgp**'® carpeted seating and
be~i>. ais
IS
Jest” T'^’. Pi'osented “fess
tParkeH philosophy that has
„^^fston’s creations in all
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variety of
lii
Halston for Karastan”
aaaterials developed to
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the ^ distinctive look wherever
The;,''^ parpets are shown.
Wexig]^ *aclude handsome smoked
Psed^ t ^fgns that can be hung or'
and ^^^'Standing with vignettes
apiblgj? ®yc-catching block “H”
^atiia] pinned to the top
%nrg^ oa a waterfall display
innovation which was
THIS VIGNETTE DISPLAY (above)
In Karastan’s New York showroom
was constructed to show dealers
how they can create eye-catching
and handsome displays in their
stores tying in the Halston for
Karastan designs with other
Halston fashion merchandise.
THE CLEAN, UNCLUTTERED
LOOK expressed in Halston de
signs keynotes this striking dis
play (top, left) at Karastan’s New
York showroom. The carpeted
stairs and platforms establish a
bedroom and living room area with
pillows and a platform bed cover
ed with the Halston II bed fashions
from Fieldcrest.
CARPETED PLATFORMS and pIF
lows establish this living area (at
left) in a window of Karastan’s
Chicago showroom featuring the
new Halston collection. Both the
“Suede Look’’ and “The Halston
‘H’’’ are highlighted in this dis
play.
appealing to Karastan’s
^ at the ma^et was
^ich
a new
called the “Tri-Tower”
'''as previewed at the
Standing eight-feet high
C^biiit;
'ca u -.7 m any carpet selling
^aisL unit holds the complete
Mthr” for ” " ■
- Karastan collection,
sample in the three lines
A CONVERSATION PIECE FOR
CARPET DEALERS. Re - creating
the clean modern look seen in
Halston’s townhouse, this living
area (at right) appears in one of
the windows at Karastan’s show
room in Chicago’s Merchandise
Mart. Besides showing a large
picture of Halston, the display
shows the new “Basketweave”
and “suede Look” carpets from
the Halston collection along with
Fieldcrest’s “Halston Rose” de
sign on the platform bed.
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Cu convenient hanger racks.
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