'Barclay Butera Home' Launches Pillow Collection During Return to New York International Gift Fair

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2007

Known for accessorizing spaces with his signature, casually elegant approach to interior design, lifestyle designer Barclay Butera continues to expand his upholstery and accessories lines, in true 'fashion for the home' style. Butera returns with a splash to the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) this year - after a three-year absence - by launching his new accessory collection for Barclay Butera Home which will include pillows, throws and candles. The collection will use a number of fabrics exclusive to the line, as well as those from the greater Barclay Butera Home fabric selection of over 400 varied, strongly textural choices. Barclay Butera Home will be in the Pier 94 / At Home area, Booth #46002 - 47027, August 11-15, 2007. For more information, please see http://www.nyigf.com.

The NYIGF features fashion-forward design, contemporary suppliers, and a comprehensive collection of handcrafted merchandise and cutting-edge, sophisticated home furnishings. Says Butera, President/CEO of Barclay Butera Inc., "I really respect this venue as one of the most important accessory markets in the country. I find the diversity in manufacturers and the creative visual displays to be inspiring, much like Maison d'Objet in Paris, thus making this the ideal venue and opportunity for me to debut my home accessories line."

While Butera has been designing and selling pillows for a number of years -- as a favorite, best-selling and easily rotating accessory -- the new collection takes the designer's creative expression to the next level making them timeless, stand-alone pieces, just as fashion designers do with a classic scarf or shoes. The collection has different styles, such as printed linens with raffia back, and some more stylized with flocking and damask. But in signature Butera fashion, they are all driven by pattern and texture. The pillows in his new collection will feature hidden zippers and various trims, along with the different textured and contrasting backs. The pillow collection will also reflect Butera's special affinity for 1940's Hollywood glamour, while maintaining an understated feel.

MAKING 'GREEN' CHOICES
Barclay Butera Home has steadily been taking steps to reduce its overall environmental footprint, while continuing to create high quality home furnishings and maintain a set of values that focuses on serving lifelong clients. With the new pillow collection, the inserts are made of feathers and corn by-products; and the inner-covers are made of unbleached cotton, are biodegradable and come from local manufacturers. Butera plans to persist in making responsible choices when it comes to the home furnishings industry, as he has been doing with his upholstered goods -- using water-based stains, glue with no off-gassing, pure alderwood from replanted forests with no chemical processing, and pure linens, raw silk, raffia and bamboo based textiles.

ABOUT BARCLAY BUTERA
Barclay Butera, Inc. is based in Newport Beach, CA, and entails the Barclay Butera collection showrooms in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, CA, and Park City, UT. Barclay Butera Home, Inc. products (http://www.barclaybuterahome.com) are distributed through over 300 showrooms and designers nationwide, and are represented in the designer's retail showrooms and his 'to the trade' showroom in New York's Design & Decoration Building. Butera designs and manufactures his products in Los Angeles, CA. Please visit http://www.barclaybutera.com/media for a full introduction.

# # #