Top it Off Camisole - Fleur de Jazz™ Print

Pattern released in 2007

Can the fleur-de-lis be any more New Orleans? This ancient heraldic emblem of French monarchs, the Crescent City and even the Saints, blooms anew as Fleur-de-Jazz. Kathy Schorr, one of America’s foremost textile artists, takes her 10th commission from us back to its roots — literally. The abstract “flower of the lily” symbol is revived as a “flower of jazz” spray of Louisiana flora: violet irises with trombone stamen, crimson hibiscuses with trumpet pistil, pink azalea with a soprano sax style, jade banana leaves enveloping a saxophone and tangerine stargazer lilies bound around a clarinet. A heady bouquet revitalizing the classic floral Hawaiian shirts of the 30’s for New Orleans in the naughties. Bronzed royal European fleur-de-lis buttons cinch the deal.