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SAFAVIEH HOSTS PARTY TO CELEBRATE NEW COUTURE DIVISION
Safavieh Couture is a new designer rug licensing collaboration with three awarding winning interior designers: David Easton, Jamie Drake and Suzanne Kasler. 10 rugs from each designer were introduced. Hand knotted of wool and silk and made in Nepal, the rugs retail at $3,675 in 6x9. The three new designers join Thomas O'Brien to form the new rug division.
Retailers came to meet the designers at a cocktail party and presentation on Thursday January 8 at the Safavieh showroom.
 Arash Yaraghi, left, Safavieh principal; Couture Division Designer Suzanne Kasler; Richard Zolt, Stark Carpet Corp., and Cyrus Yaraghi, Safavieh principal.
 Couture Division designer David Easton, second right, with Ehsan Siddiqui, left, and Shawn Siddiqui of Bokara Oriental Rug Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, and Ken Shahi, right, of Safavieh.
 Jamie...meet Jamie! Couture Division Designer Jamie Drake, center, says hello to Jamie Carney, left, president and ceo of Rugs Done Right, Sudbury, MA, and Audrey Dunham, right, senior account manager of Rugs Done Right.
 Thomas O'Brien, left, with Safavieh principal Arash Yaraghi. O'Brien was the first designer to be a part of what is now known as the Safavieh Couture Division of aspirational rug designs.
 From left: Cyrus Yaraghi, Safavieh principal; Maria Conrad, rug buyer for Bloomingdales, New York; Scott Kraus, Safavieh regional manager, and Walter Creamer, business manager for Bloomingdale's rug department.
 John Stark, left, of Stark Carpet Corp., New York, with Cyrus Yaraghi, Safavieh principal.
 Couture Division designer Thomas O'Brien, center, with Fred Hulett and Lewis Fancher of Hulett's, Meridien, MS.
 Paige Ward, left, of Rugs Underfoot, Richmond, VA, shares the cheer with Safavieh principal, Cyrus Yaraghi.
 From left: Ken Shadi of Safavieh; AnthonyTinghitella of Smythe & Cortland, Vero Beach, FL; Yervant Varjabedian of Safavieh, and John Fulcher of Smythe & Cortland.
 Jody Shapiro, left, and Jeff Lin, right of Safavieh with with Ehsan Siddiqui and Shawn Siddiqui of Bokara Oriental Rug Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL,
 Couture Division Designer Jamie Drake, left, welcomes Bella Baitel and Gary Baitel of Gershon Carpet, Inc., Dania Beach, FL.
 Designer Jamie Drake, center, with Jennifer Price, left, and James Smith of Dixon Smith Interiors, Baton Rouge, LA.
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