Fabrics

American spirit inspires new Sunbrella fabrics by Joe Ruggiero

Casual Living Staff, April 2, 2012
Joe Ruggiero, one of America's favorite globe-trotting home decor designers, found inspiration closer to home for his new Sunbrella fabrics, set to debut in the Miles Talbott Showroom at the High Point Market, April 21-26. More
National Spinning acquires Carolina Nonwovens

Casual Living Staff, March 28, 2012
National Spinning Company announced its acquisition of Carolina Nonwovens Corporation. More
Chella's pale textiles follow fashion flow

Casual Living Staff, March 9, 2012
Today's fashion designers are weaving the flirty femininity of pastels with the edgy and urbane and Chella follows suit with timely outdoor textiles that are sweetly sophisticated. More
Flipping out

Nicole Crews, March 8, 2012
Writer and gourmand extraordinaire jim harrison once described himself in his esquire food column as "a multiple entrée kind of a guy." His book editor at Knopf, Gary Fisketjon, confirmed the description over lunch one day at one of midtown Manhattan's myriad meaty restaurants. "When I take Jim to lunch, it's an all-day affair," said Fisketjon, who seemed to speak for all of us swept up in a torrid romance with food when he added, "and probably the best affair I've ever had." More
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics first to earn NSF/ANSI 336 compliance at Silver level

Casual Living Staff, March 6, 2012
Two of Glen Raven Custom Fabrics new Sunbrella Contract fabrics - a filling-face twill and plain-weave canvas - have attained Silver level compliance with the NSF/ANSI 336-2011 Sustainable Assessment for Commercial Furnishings Fabrics. More
Partnership is made in the shade

Casual Living Staff, February 27, 2012
Solair Shade Solutions, Leader's Casual Furniture and homeowners Jansen Wood and Jessica Nichols partnered to showcase an in-home installation of Solair's retractable awnings that are marketed via an in-store retailer program to consumers. More
A Sunbrella Story

Nicole Crews, February 9, 2012
The story of Sunbrella Performance Fabrics is a yarn of fairytale proportions. More
Casual Living's tour through Glen Raven's Anderson, S.C., manufacturing plant, in pictures

Nicole Crews, January 26, 2012
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics' highly automated, vertically integrated, sustainability-geared, 1-million-sq.-ft. manufacturing center in Anderson, S.C., is not your grandfather's textile mill. Casual Living Publisher Norman Hamilton and Executive Editor Nicole Crews recently got the insider's tour. More
Laurie Bell, Inc. is woven into the fabric of the South

Nicole Crews, January 9, 2012
LAURIE JENKINS IS NOT YOUR STANDARD-ISSUE southern belle. Yes, she comes equipped with a drawl as long as a South Florida summer without air conditioning. Yet she's a tough-talking textile chemist and fabric designer who knows both the science behind outdoor fabrics and the fashion trends on the forefront. She carries a fan to match every outfit, but quips, "Honey, it's not pretentious, it's the vapors." More
Casual Living Conference to honor Supplier and Retailer of the Year

Nicole Crews, January 5, 2012
The upcoming inaugural Casual Living Conference, to be held Feb. 22-24 at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota, Fla., has announced the honorees of its first awards ceremony that pays tribute to those that take their company and the industry as a whole to a new level through creativity, innovation, and decisive and bold actions. Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, manufacturer of its Sunbrella brand of outdoor fabrics, will be honored as Supplier of the Year, and Leader's Casual Furniture, the Florida-based, 19-store retailer will be recognized as the Retailer of the Year. More
Ratana to debut at Atlanta winter market, show new Sunbrella line

Casual Living Staff, January 3, 2012
Ratana Home and Floral, a supplier of outdoor woven and indoor rattan furniture, will debut at the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, Jan. 11-18, in Building 2 WestWing, space 10-A-5. More
Exclusive Research: Casual Living's Fabric Survey 2012

Stephanie Nickell, January 6, 2012
Retailers and designers alike predict in 2012 that the gray color group will grow in popularity, according to Casual Living's exclusive 2012 Fabric Survey. More
Fabric supplier Phifer receives Greenguard certification

Casual Living Staff, January 5, 2012
Phifer's collection of Designed Fabrics has achieved certification by the Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI) for superior indoor air quality performance. These outdoor fabrics have also been certified as meeting the more stringent Greenguard Children and Schools standards for commercial use. More
In Living Color

Nicole Crews, January 6, 2012
MANY EDITORS, LIKE ME, ORIGINATED AS CREATURES OF THE black and white page - writers and word nerds who liked to let the reader's imagination do the illustrating. That was all well and good for the pre-Information Age. But in today's digital world of multimedia information sources where online, print and video merge, attention span is truncated and competition clamors for face time - we've had to get creative. And when I say creative, I mean visual. More
Brentano releases 2012 Color Forecast

Casual Living Staff, December 14, 2011
Brentano has released its 2012 Color Forecast, which looks back on the successes and trends of 2011 and predicts what's in store for the interior design world in 2012. More
Sunbrella recognized by Interior Design magazine

Casual Living Staff, December 9, 2011
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, makers of Sunbrella fabrics, was honored by the inclusion of its fabrics among three award winners at the Interior Design magazine Best of Year Awards on Dec. 1 at the IAC Building in New York City. More
‘Tangerine Tango' is Pantone's 2012 color of the year

Casual Living Staff, December 9, 2011
Pantone LLC announced PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, a "vivacious, enticing hue," is its color of the year for 2012. More
De Leo Textiles launching first outdoor fabric line

Gary Evans (Furniture/Today), December 5, 2011
De Leo Textiles is launching its first outdoor high performance fabric at Showtime here this week, with the initial collection containing seven patterns featuring a solid fabric, stripes, plaids and botanicals. More
Events set for High Point's Showtime fabric show

Casual Living Staff, November 30, 2011
Showtime, the semiannual fabric show held in High Point, N.C., will host an opening night Welcome Home party Sunday evening from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Boiler Room at Market Square. More
Brown Jordan, Sunbrella and Trex transform The Raleigh

Casual Living Staff, November 29, 2011
Architectural Digest will host the AD Oasis at The Raleigh, where art and design unwind in this Miami retreat created by designer Mark Cunningham. Café, gallery, spa and lounge by day, hot spot by night, the AD Oasis is a luxurious venue created for artists, designers, collectors and VIPs in Miami Beach for Art Basel, Dec 2-4. More

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