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“Prisma is the hottest thing going,
that’s Randy’s prediction. He always
picks the winner, stay with him,” Trull
says speaking of himself in third per-son,
which he often does.
Before this, Trull designed a new
pattern called “Windows” after being
drawn to a magazine photo of a city
skyline. His inspiration continued after
seeing the fabric in woven form and
how different yarns came together in
the multi-color windows.
“He considers that Glen Raven’s
next Dupoine,” Miller says.
Trull has seen much of the world
during his career, and he still travels
to visit clients and friends. He has no
plans to retire.
“I don’t even like the word,” he says.
“If you love what you do it’s not work.
It’s almost therapy. I simply adore what
I do. I enjoy it. Everything is a challenge
for me to do, create something new,
something different — that’s exciting
for me. That is my retirement.”
In early August Trull was showing
off his Prisma pattern inside a polka
dot, and the fabric is reversible.
“I’ll be sending this to all the buyers
in October,” he says.
Like the Sunbrella fabric used for
his patterns, his enthusiasm and inspi-ration
for his work could be labeled
fade-resistant.
“He’s still good,” Ludvigson says.
“He still gets it. He’s very curious; he’s
very up to date. He tries new things.”
afterword: Trull put Glen Raven
together with Sunbury Textile Mills
in the late 1980s. Thirty-seven years
later, on July 28, 2017, CEO Allen
Gant Jr. called to tell him that Glen
Raven purchased Sunbury.
“He called, they all called me to
tell me, ‘You started it and now we
own it,’” Trull says.
Pat Bradford and Simon Gonzalez con-tributed
to this story.
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