Veratex Hires Two New Designers

Cho, Massie Replace Hagan, Hoffman

By Michele SanFilippo -- Home Textiles Today, 6/20/2005 12:00:00 AM

Panorama City, Calif. — —

Panorama City, Calif. — Veratex has hired two new designers for its bedding and window team to replace Susan Hagan and Colleen Hoffman, who left the company at the end of April. The new designers are Sandy Cho and Patricia Massie, who respectively started at Veratex in mid May and June 1.

For the past 12 years, Cho has been designing apparel for companies such as Rampage Clothing and Kellwood. She also managed the children's division at Kellwood.

Massie was creative director for Graham-Massie Surface Design, design director for The Rug Market America, as well as a designer of tabletop and soft goods for At Home.

Cho and Massie join Catherine Hong, another designer who has been with the company for a year and a half in the bedding and window arena. Hong has a textiles/surface design background for home decor and apparel, and is a former textile designer and colorist.