Thalia Gives Birth: To new home collection!
Latina magazine
August 2007

On the rooftop of Homestead's New York showroom office, Thalia, singing sensation, fashion designer, mother-to-be, and wife of music mogul Tommy Mottola, held court to a packed house of retail buyers seeking to find more about the Mexican beauty's newest venture: an eponymous home bedding line inspired by her love of silks, laced, drama and ethnic influences. "This is another dream come true for me," she explained as she sat around the collection prior to going upstairs to meet her guests who were being serenaded by a Latin jazz band. "It is another dream that I accomplished as a business woman and I am very excited about it."

Wearing a sleeveless sheer, black baby doll top, long pearl and crystal necklace, black leggings and two-inch strappy stilettos, she radiated a warm glow that had more to do with being muy contenta with being six months pregnant and the launch of many new projects, than feeling the tepid temperature of a balmy New York summer night. Divided into three signatures, the bedding line is loosely based around themes: Romance, offers uber girly ruffles, ruching and quilting inspired by Marie Antoinette; Elegance, presents a mix of gold and cream jacquards with ethnically ambiguous patterns. "It could be Latin, it could be Indian, and it?s our crown jewel of the collection," she says; Sensual, she says, takes its inspiration from couture collections, specifically John Galliano and his over-the-top gowns. "It's very inviting,"explains Thalia of the robust Prussion blue silks with unexpected tie-dye backing—but with a slight Latin touch. "We're known for being that chick, that girl with the color and excitement. And I wanted to blend that with something more subtle, romantic, feminine and exciting."

"Thalia was involved with everything, selecting the colors, critiquing the line, fabrics, everything—and she was so easy to work with during this process,"explains David Greenstein, president of Homestead Brands, the manufacturer known for producing home fashion brands for the likes of Geoffrey Beene and KitsonLA, and who is responsible for bringing Thalia?s line to life.
It took six months to take the collection from conception to completion-the same amount of time she's been with child. So we had to ask. Between morning sickness and body changes, how did she do it? "Pregnancy has made everything more three-dimensional for me; I'm more receptive and everything is more special. My gestation period is my top priority, but at the same time, I cannot stop myself!"