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Seven years ago, Deborah Sharpe was looking for beautiful pajamas for her two children, eight year-old Natalie and thirteen year-old Charlie. She didn't want anything too fussy or cutesy, preferring classic, simple shapes in fine fabrics. Her search led her to Baroni, a linen company founded in Florence in 1912 by three Italian sisters who shared a passion for embroidery. Sharpe had been buying the company's exquisite bed linens for 20 years, and found that, not only did they produce exactly the kind of PJs she wanted for her children, but also nightgowns and pajamas for men and women as well as classic smocked and embroidered dresses for little girls. Sharpe knew the collection was one her friends and others would love, and worked with the company to create the line that makes up Deborah Sharpe Linens. What's amazing about the collection is the diversity of fabrics, embroidery patterns, and colors. Bed sheets are available in all hues and in thread counts from 280 up to 1020 with 100 different embroidery patterns to choose from to personalize each set. The embroidery is extraordinary, ranging from simple polka dots to more ornate filigreed designs. Sharpe, an art consultant and former West Coast Editor of SELF Magazine, recognized the quality and artistry of the firm and its willingness to customize each product, including bedcovers, duvets, pillowcases, shams, sheets, baby linens, blankets, pajamas, robes, towels and blankets. She works with each customer individually in order to meet their precise requests for sizes, fabrics, designs, decorations, and colors. Her strong sense of color and design comes from her background in contemporary art (Sharpe was the owner of the Sharpe Gallery in the East Village and Soho when she lived in New York City in the eighties.) The result is the sophisticated point-of-view and understated style she brings to the product. People visit her in her studio or she makes house calls to discuss what would look best in each client's bedroom. She has coordinated bedding for hundreds of clients' homes, yachts, and even a plane! Deborah's clientele list consists of celebrities such as: Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer and Sylvester Stallone, Jodie Foster, Lisa and Dustin Hoffman, Herbie Hancock, Christa Miller, Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, Jerry Leiber, Glen Ballard, and Stephanie Powers. For more information, contact Deborah Sharpe at 310-276-6082 or email her at dsharpeart@aol.com.
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