Most people recoil at the idea of insects crawling all over their beds.
Danielle Perez is trying to make a living at it. Open only to members of the home-furnishings trade, the semiannual wholesale market attracted some 75,000 interior designers and store owners, who were looking for new items to sell in their shops next fall. For her new line for the Enhancement Collection, London, Julia Black even decorated placemats with little tiny bugs. Nature, sweet or otherwise, was the main theme of this spring's market. Va. Another collection from the same manufacturer included a wing-backed armchair upholstered in a bee print.