Sheer Genius (continued)
Peekaboo textiles—with cool laser and die cuts, funky burnouts and 3-D effects—are the hottest trend in fabric design
Photo: Antonis Achilleos.
Ribbon Hood
- With its trompe l’oeil cutouts and hand-embroidered touches, polyesterviscose Sussex creates the illusion of woven ribbon (62"w, through designers; ClarenceHouse.com).
- Flirty silk doupioni detailing (woven from two different colors of thread) dresses up the silk organza of S. Harris’s Campeche (54"w, $102 through designers; SHarris.com).
- Highland Court’s polyester sheer 500063H-130 has a romantic, satin appliqué and generous double width (110"w, $182/yd. through designers; HighlandCourtFabrics.com).
- The hand-embroidered satin bows seem to float above the shiny, doubleweave silk ground of Ulf Moritz’s graceful Ballerina (57"w, through designers; BergamoFabrics.com).
- JAB Studio’s sheer, snowwhite polyester Mindoro provides a playful take on string theory with its artful, hand-sewn detailing (55"w, $150/yd. through designers; JAB.de).
Subscribe to ELLE DECOR magazine
MORE DECORATE ARTICLES
