The Vera Company

Vera For Target!!

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:59:37 -0400

10 more days until the release of 17 wonderful Vera Neumann scarves. Target will be releasing the collection on April 28th.

http://abullseyeview.com/vera-neumann-for-target-style-collection/?sf11730958=1

Vera For Target

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0400

Vera has teamed up with Target to bring you great fashion at an affordable price. Target will be carrying 17 different scarves from The Vera Collection. Here is a sneak preview of a few that Target will be giving away! Enter to win!!

http://www.stylelist.com/read/a-springtime-prints-giveaway-vera-neumann-for-target/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook

Easter Easter is right...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:55:00 -0400

Easter

Easter is right around the corner. Are you ready?

Whether Easter Brunch or Easter Dinner an Vera Cloth napkin adds an elegant vibrant touch to any layout.

So take those napkins out and open up an array of possibilities.

Happy Easter!!!!

Napkin Folding: Orchid In Bloom (by napkinwizard)

Women’s History Month!!!!

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:50:06 -0400

Vera Neumann

The Smithsonian inducted Vera into its Resident Associate Program in October 1972 as their first artist and commissioned her to paint the Foucault Pendulum, which still hangs in their offices today. The institute launched the program “A Salute to Vera: the Renaissance Woman” at the Museum of History and Technology. In 1975 the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Museum launched a retrospective named, “Vera: The Artist in Industry 1945–1975.” The Goldie Paley Design Center at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science also launched a retrospective of their own in 1980 entitled “Celebrate the Seasons of the Sun With Vera.

“Vera scarves” became immediately popular and Vera herself was soon on first-name terms with well-known women around the country. Marilyn Monroe was a fan as were Grace Kelly and First Lady Bess Truman, who selected Vera fabric from Schumacher, Inc. to decorate the third-floor solarium windows and upholstery of the White House.

Women from around the country also chose Vera products for their color and cheerful prints.

The Vera Company’s New Licensee: Propac Images

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:47:29 -0500

Last week at the Gift Show at Americasmart in downtown Atlanta, The Vera Company’s new line of licensed product–wall art with Propac Images–made it’s debut. Wall art is such an amazing product to display Vera’s work since all of it began as original pieces of art.

Propac’s new collection of Vera’s art is uplifting, happy, and inspirational–full of pieces to brighten up any room. Samantha Floyd, Vice President of Sales for Propac, had this to say about the new partnership, “Propac is thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with the Vera Company to design and produce wall décor that originated from a true artist and American legend, Vera Neumann. Her work is timeless and classic and brings a unique depth of design and inspiration to our assortment.”

Propac’s line of Vera wall art will be available at specialty and furniture stores soon–check back here for details of where you can purchase Vera wall art near you!

For more information on Propac’s Vera launch, visit HFN Magazine.

Vera gifts at Crate and Barrel!

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:38:41 -0500

This Holiday season, Crate and Barrel is featuring some great gifts by Vera! Stop by your local Crate and Barrel store or check out their holiday catalog for more details.

The Vera Candy Jar dishtowel or matching apron is a festive addition to any kitchen at Christmastime!

The Vera book makes a great addition to your coffee table any time of the year!

So Very Very Vera! Vera and Crate & Barrel

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:34:50 -0400

Vera is currently being featured in Crate and Barrel’s early Fall catalog! The festive Farmer’s Market print on the dishtowel, potholders, and apron is one of our favorites. Keep an eye out for the catalog in your mailbox this month, or go to Crate and Barrel’s website to grab the Farmer’s Market collection to update your kitchen for Fall!

The Vera Company in Atlanta Magazine

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:59:35 -0400

The Vera Company is featured in this month’s issue of Atlanta Magazine “Big Ideas: The BEST of What’s to Come.” We had a great time having them visit the office and they did a wonderful multi-page spread on The Vera Company–who Vera was and where the company is going. If you live in or near Atlanta, the magazine is on newsstands now! If not, you can still check it out online at http://www.atlantamagazine.com/.

Vera in July's Marie Claire

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:09:43 -0400

A Vera scarf from our Fall 2012 collection is featured in July’s Marie Claire with Blake Lively on the cover. Pick up a copy and let us know what you think!

Vera at Crate and Barrel

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:05:46 -0400

Crate and Barrel has recently teamed up with The Vera Company to create a fun and colorful new line of kitchen linens and accessories for Spring 2012. Slices of carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and other garden favorites align in whimsical and vibrantly colored patterns by renowned designer Vera Neumann. Insalata (pictured above) is one in a series of archival Vera prints released exclusively to Crate and Barrel. Vera’s brilliant and graphic artwork patterned housewares and fashion textiles for nearly four decades—always finished with her signature ladybug. Believing that good design should be accessible to all and incorporated into daily life, Vera designs were welcomed into homes across the country—including the White House—and worn by everyone from the fashion-savvy masses to Hollywood royalty. Keep a lookout for more patterns available for Fall and Holiday 2012, as well as a set of prep bowls rimmed in colorful slices of carrots, tomatoes, and celery, available now!

CFDA Impact and Vera

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:51:46 -0500

Vera is featured in the CFDA’s (The Council of Fashion Designers of America) new book IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA. The book covers the past 50 years of Fashion and Designers and has decided to include Vera Neumann in their retrospective!

“Known for her bold use of color and brilliant designs, Vera’s artwork is still immediately identifiable today. She believed that fine art should not be relegated to the walls, but enjoyed in everyday life…”

The book includes designers such as Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Proenza Schouler among others and was released in collaboration with a CFDA exhibit at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York City.

Get your copy here!

MAC Cosmetics Vera Collection

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:37 -0500

The past few weeks have been very exciting here at The Vera Company! Debuting this week in all MAC retail stores and department stores (Macy’s and Bloomingdales) with MAC counters is the MAC/Vera Neumann collection for Spring 2012!

This limited edition collection features Pealmatte Face Powder, Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner, Crushed Metal Pigment, Plushglass and Nail Lacquer with a Vera twist!

Each of the colors has a name from a design in the Vera archives that fits it perfectly. All the colors in the collection are bright and cheerful and represent the essence of Vera’s art.

My personal favorite product is the Pearlmatte Face Powder with Vera’s signature and her ladybug!

Check out the Vera collection here. You’ll want to order soon as it is limited edition!

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to attend the launch party...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:27:02 -0500

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to attend the launch party for Tashen’s new book Norman Mailer, Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe. The party was held in Beverly Hills at the Hotel Bel Air and was swarming with swanky celebs, including our very own Susan Seid, president of The Vera Company (Pictured above with photographer Bert Stern).

This masterpiece of a book is $1000 and includes pictures from Marilyn’s iconic last photo shoot with photographer Bert Stern, with commentary from the author of her biography, Norman Mailer. The book comes in a fabric covered box and the image featured on the cover is of Monroe draped in an orange and yellow striped Vera scarf! This amazing book is also lined with the design of the scarf. Marilyn Monroe by Taschen books would make an amazing gift for any Vera fan (or Marilyn fan!).

Vera is featured in Pantone’s new book “Pantone: The...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:05 -0500

Vera is featured in Pantone’s new book “Pantone: The 20th Century in Color” For those who don’t know, Pantone is the authority in colors for the art and design world, producing their “color books” of swatches for designers to use to match colors worldwide.

I love what they say about her use of color—in the chapter on the 1970s:

“She turned everything from garden flowers to ancient Incan motifs into scarves and dresses, home textiles and posters. Her customers trusted Vera to manage the rainbow for them, and as a result, they were often some of the most confidently colorful ladies around.”

For the rest of the entry on Vera’s use of color, and tons of amazing pictures and commentary on colors, check out Pantone’s book The 20th Century in Color.

Check out this Vera Retrospective on the Huffington Post's Stylelist Home blog!

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:42:54 -0400

Check out this Vera Retrospective on the Huffington Post's Stylelist Home blog!

Just love these little ladybugs…

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:35:49 -0400

Just love these little ladybugs…

Inspiration, by Vera

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:22:53 -0400

Inspiration. Anyone working in design is on a constant search for it. We make inspiration boards, scour blogs and virtual pinboards and fill our heads and our lives with things we hope will make us better designers. Working for a company that houses the archives of an artist that so many claim to be their own “design resource” leaves no shortage of inspiration. Vera Neumann created over 8,000 prints in her lifetime. Her goal — which she amazingly achieved — was to create 1 print per day. All her. All strong. All original.

Vera was able to create so much because she was inspired by everything — travel, culture, trends, seasons and nature. Every experience was a resource for her designs. Her mission was to create wearable illustrations inspired by her life. Even though she was inspired by everything around her, her travels were by far her largest visible inspiration. Back in the 1960s and ’70s — when the Vera Companies were in full swing, a single woman traveling around the world to exotic locales was almost unheard of. But Vera went everywhere — India, Africa, Peru, Haiti, Europe — and then would come home and design a collection based on what she had seen on her travels. Looking through the photos of those trips you can find anything from a gorgeous turquoise door in Morocco covered with intricate carvings to a cluster of flowers climbing up the side of a centuries old building in Germany. Surrounded by beauty like this, how could you not be inspired?

Today, companies like Anthropologie — with their Man Shops Globe buyer-at-large Keith Johnson and dreamy internationally-shot catalogs — are keeping this sense of travel-inspired work alive, filling their stores with “found objects” from exotic locales. But the real question is: how can we take a cue from Vera — looking to the world around us for inspiration? What kind of inspiration is hiding in our own backyard? How can we look to our little neighborhood as a design resource?

Where is your inspiration coming from right now?

Featured in The Huffington Post

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:22:51 -0400

Today we’re being featured on the Huffington Post’s new Home Design blog Stylelist with a post on Vera and Inspiration written by yours truly :)

Please take a look and like, retweet, and comment if you want more content on Vera and her design inspiration to be featured on Stylelist!

Inspiration, by Vera on Stylelist

(Love) The Signature Scarf

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:31:48 -0400

Love this post from Picnic by Ellie on The Signature Scarf (and Vera, in particular)

Check out her other posts for some awesome vintage finds!

Is it fall yet?!

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:45:19 -0400

Is it fall yet?!