HomeTex announces design award winners

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/30/2002 2:55:00 PM

New York — The Home Fashion Products Association has announced the honorees for its annual HomeTex Design Awards to be held Oct. 13 at the Fashion Institute of Technology here.

The winners are Michael Day, vp, Textile Fabric Associates Inc. (presented by Neil Zuber, president, Ashford Court); Mary Ella Gabler, founder and ceo, Peacock Alley (presented by Raymond Gabler, executive vp, sales and marketing, Peacock Alley); Victor Hollingsworth, home fashion consultant, Victor Hollingsworth Designs (presented by Jeffrey Cohen, vp, sales, Ginsey Industries); and Suzanne Morse, design director, DKNY Life Home (presented by Elizabeth McNulty, creative director, Tommy Hilfiger, Revman).

In addition, JCPenney's Charles Chinni will receive the HFPA's Paradigm Award, which will be delivered by Crandall Bowles, chairman and ceo of Springs Industries.