Rug showrooms are an epicenter of informative and fun social events that have retailers and designer stopping in to hobnob.

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Buyers and designers shopping area rug showrooms at High Point Market crammed their schedules in pursuit of fresh fashion – yet they also found time to attend licensing collection debut parties, meet and greets, book signings, educational panel discussions and even Halloween themed events.

Loloi turned heads with its creative car giveaway: a Mini Cooper completely adorned with iconic motifs found in its rugs by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper (and parked inside the lobby of IHFC). LR Home’s licensing partner Evette Rios held her second annual crafting event at the rug maker’s showroom with all the fixings for guests to create their own Halloween trick or treat bags.

Nourison unveiled its much-anticipated DKNY licensed rugs with a launch party on market’s opening day to great reviews, and Liora Manne created lots of buzz with a meet and greet introducing her newest eco-friendly Lamontage textiles and rugs. The Novogratz launched their new book with a meet and greet at Momeni’s showroom, while Erin Gates another Momeni licensee, greeted guests at a debut party for her two new rug collections.

Follow along with RugNews editors as we hobnob with market shoppers.

LIORA MANNE


Kayla Reilly and Liora Manné of Liora Manné with Dwayne Bergmann of Dwayne Bergmann Interiors in Ft. Myers and
Naples, Florida, and Liora Manné’s Ann Feldstein and Ricardo Rust – all standing on the new Mystic Tile rug.


Liora Manné hosts a meet and greet for designers at her popular IHFC interHall showroom, where she
explains the eco-friendly Lamontage process used to make her customizable rugs, textiles and wallcoverings.

LOLOI


Brandon Marcum, Chris and Julia Marcum of Chris Loves Julia, and Cyrus Loloi at a special meet and greet
event at Loloi's IHFC Design Center showroom.


Suzanne Sullivan of Loloi, Anna Bond of Rifle Paper, Krista Hansen and Jen DeRose of Birch Lane in
front of new Loloi x Rifle paper area rugs.

LR HOME


Dana Stevens, LR Home, Del Morales and Nicole Wethman of Macy’s and Bloomingdales Fine Rugs with
Vinamra Laddha of LR Home and Ted Evans, Macys.


Evette Rios and Justin Lingafelt of Accent Prone, Kernersville, North Carolina, at the Halloween Bag
Design event at LR Home, where Rios grew her licensed collection with the debut of washable scatters and rugs.

MOMENI


Robert and Cortney Novogratz pose with Courtney Bohman and Kim Glenn of Art Houzze in Greenville,
South Carolina, who turned out for a meet and greet event and book signing for the newly released
The Novogratz Chronicles at the Momeni showroom.


At a High Point Market meet and greet event, Reza Momeni and licensing partner Erin Gates celebrate
the debut of the celeb designer’s newest licensed rug collections including Abbot, shown.

NOURISON HOME


In the Nourison Showroom, Julie Rosenblum and Steven Peykar celebrate the launch of the coveted
new DKNY licensing collaboration with two distinct labels: DKYN and DKYNY Pure, each designed to
coordinate so consumers can create cohesive looks in their homes.

OBEETEE


Obeetee execs, Vimal Kumar, Stephen Hoberman, Gaurav Sharma, Dushyant Bhat, Rohit Nigam, and
Nate Svoboda take time out for a fun High Point Market photo at their IHFC showroom.

ORIAN RUGS


Jess Sheehan of Orian, Monika Schwartz of Rooms to Go, Deniz Roth and Maria Metropoulos-Ward of
Orian pose for RugNews in front of a fashion-right rust abstract rug from the Aries collection.

ORIENTALIST HOME


Steve, Angie and Brooke Pickett of Pickett Construction in Fernandina Beach, Florida, with Gady Yesilcay of
Orientalist Home, who said his company’s business at Suites at Market Square was brisk.

S&H RUGS


At S&H Rugs’ new, expanded Suites at Market Square showroom, Ori Wilbush and Rony Rodriguez of
S&H flank Riley Jones of Eatman’s Carpets & Interiors in Raleigh, North Carolina.

STANTON HOME


Geoff Siebold, Christine Zampaglione, and Adam Feldberg of Stanton Rug Co. educate designers
about luxury carpet and rugs in the Universal Furniture showroom, where the two companies launched their
rug program for retailers at October 2023 HPMKT.

SURYA


In the Surya showroom, Fred Nicolous and Dennis Scully of Business At Home, Satya Tiwari of Surya
and designer Mitchell Gold talked about the renaissance of the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams brand
under the Surya umbrella.

UNIQUE LOOM


Stephanie Adams of Unique Loom, Alexandre Fleuren of Alexandre Fleurin Interiors in Charleston, South
Carolina, and Beth Griggs of Unique Loom in front of some strikingly colorful overscale Persian motif rugs.

-- Make sure not to miss RugNews' Rug Society: HPMKT People, Parties & Panels, Part 1