Letter from the Editor On love and color

I’m lucky to have a husband who has an outstanding sense of color and design. So when he came home raving about an interview he’d heard with Kassia St. Clair, author of “The Secret Lives of Color,” my ears perked up. I was in the middle of putting together Window Fashion VISION’s annual color edition, and I immediately knew I wanted to talk to her about her book. I’m eminently glad that I did. Like me, Kassia enjoys digging into the history of things, and I found her long-term perspectives on color fascinating. (As a writer, I also appreciate her lyrical prose.) After perusing her interview on page 66, I hope you’ll buy her book and keep reading—about the puce phase spurred by Marie Antoinette, the way electric blue is used to convey a futuristic tone in movies like “Minority Report” and “Inception,” and the insanity of artists brought about by lead used in the white and yellow paints of old.

Since this is our color issue, of course, you’ll find the magazine saturated in articles about shades of all sorts. Don’t miss my interview with Rayman Boozer on page 60 and our tips on decorating with white on page 68.

October is Window Covering Safety Month, and we’re grateful that our friends at the Window Covering Manufacturers Association have once again shared a safety update on page 30. I’m also grateful to columnist Kathryn Dillon, who offered to write yet another highly technical article with an analysis of different headrail systems for roman shades.

Elsewhere in the issue, we’re pleased to offer the latest contributions in two ongoing series. You’ll love Kara Karpenske’s tale of how she hung a challenging set of drapes in our latest “Triumphs & Tribulations” column on page 38. And Rose Mary LeBlanc and Amanda Deal Smith take on another how-to topic—this time on shaped banding for roman shades— on page 76.

Will we see you in Charlotte on March 25 to 27? Plans for the

International Window Coverings

Expo are well underway at this point. We’ll have an update for you in the November + December issue, coming soon. Until then, I hope you’re enjoying your return to normalcy after the summer hiatus. My family and I had lots of fun adventures this summer—camping, boating, fairs and festivals, and more—but I think all of us are happy to be getting back into our regular routine.

Best wishes,

Sophia Bennett Editor-in-Chief sophia@wf-vision.com