Name That New Trend

Fitzpatrick-I'm still stuck on stuff from Surfaces, but wanted to discuss further the trends we saw there.

Retro 60's/70's. It's baaaack, but at once more polished and textured; think, Babe Paley's apartments and the Getty's and St. Laurent discovering Marrakesh. Elements:

• Laquer; gloss is in, especially white, yellow, orange, espresso.
• Morrocan patterns; in furniture such as benches, headboards and end tables.
• Texture; capiz shells, rope, wool rugs, beading, ethnic fabrics.
• Stones; onyx, high polished and translucent.

The secret to this look is the balance of gloss to texture, sleek to pattern. As with everything in the new century, borrowing the best and combining skillfully creates success. For some easily accessable and economic examples of this style, see the West Elm catalog; www.westelm.com.

If you've seen some good examples of the new style or would like to give it a name (I'm stumped, and I've yet to see it christened by any of the shelter mags), drop us a line.

And as always, a trend's a trend; take it (or a few key pieces of it) or leave it.