LAS VEGAS MARKET PEOPLE & PARTIES, EXCLUSIVE SHOWROOM TOUR - PART 1
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LAS VEGAS -- Despite soaring summer temperatures, retail buyers, designers and celebrities from all walks turned out at the summer 2019 edition of Las Vegas Market to check out the latest area rug introductions.
From big names on the brick and mortar side, such as the Fine Rug Gallery at Macys, which had all its regional buyers walk the show, HOM Furniture, Nebraska Furniture Mart and Rooms to Go; to boutique retailers including Rugs as Art (Sarasota, Florida) and Outrageous Rugs (Del Mar, California); to the buyers from online outlets like Grandin Road/Frontgate, Overstock and Rugs Direct; to the scores and scores of interior designers, all of whom made participating in the summer edition of the semi-annual show a must, Las Vegas Market's summer edition provided a steady stream of business.
In Part 1 of RugNews.com's Las Vegas Market tour, we introduce the people and parties that made the show a success, and cover companies Bokara Rug through Kaleen. Don't miss Part 2, which runs from Loloi to United Weavers.
BOKARA RUG
Aaron Ward of Bokara Rug, Kevin Malkiewicz of IMC, Bokara Rug founder Jan Soleimani, Suzy Soleimani, Gabriel Vaknin and David Lew all cut the ribbon for showroom A440, where the New Jersey-based rug company debuted at Las Vegas Market.
COURISTAN
Nour Pshehalouk and Vanessa Sesma of Echt Interiors in Mission Viejo, California, compare notes after a showroom visit of Couristan and a private screening of the rug maker's 2019 trend video.
CREATIVE TOUCH
Kevin Malkiewicz of IMC with Baki Ildiz and Chelsea Novakoski of Creative Touch of Secaucus, New Jersey, at their new Las Vegas Market showroom, C-340. Behind them are rugs from licensed programs with architect Robin Gray and artist Carol Benson-Cobb.
Deanna Johnson and Becky Clement of Marche in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, with Baki Ildiz and Chelsea Novakoski of Creative Touch pose in front of a hand-knotted abstract rug from the Benson-Cobb collection.
DALYN RUGS
Brian Vander Werf and Todd Muntifering of Dalyn flank Russ Evans of HOM Furniture in Minneapolis in front of a premiering Rou collection polyester rug (style #R02) in the Meadow colorway.
DYNAMIC RUGS
Ashleigh Morris and Monika Schwartz of Rooms to Go with Anoosha Rouhanian of Dynamic Rugs. Behind them are designs from the new Million collection, machine woven of polyester and debuting in Pantone colors in neutrals with black and gold accents.
FEIZY
Celebrating Feizy's colorful new Dalia Luxe collection are California-based Rachel Moriarty of Rachel Moriarty Interiors and Treci Smith of Treci Smith Designs. The designers often team up on vintage trunk shows and home styling under the Velvet Couch Sisters moniker.
Mike Riley and John Feizy of Feizy flank John Murse of Rugs as Art in Sarasota, Florida, in front of a new hand-knotted wool Dalia Luxe collection rug in fashion's newest spice tones.
FJ KASHANIAN
Jonathan Kashanian of FJ Kashanian reports a busy show - the company's second at Las Vegas Market - with modern designs in contemporary colorways the biggest crowd-pleasers.
HRI
Bridget Werther Kelley of Nystrom Design in San Francisco, Greg Jordt of HRI, and Ellen Nystrom of Nystrom Design, pose in front of the new Nelo collection of abstract designs hand-knotted in wool and silk.
KALATY
At the Kalaty showroom Ramin Kalaty shows Steve Blumkin of Outrageous Rugs in Del Mar, California, designs from the new power-loomed Kingsley collection. Pictured is medallion design #KL-340.
Ramin Kalaty and Annie Hayes of Kalaty are with Hamid Tahmasebi of McCreerys Home Furnishings in Sacramento, posing in front of Zafra collection rug, ZF515
KALEEN
Brian Brigham, Blake Dennard and Darryl Ernst of Kaleen take Sharon Gautschi of Rugs Direct in Wilmot Creek, California, on a tour of the rug maker's sleek redesigned showroom and newest area rug collections.