Shrimp Dinnerware is on a cream body with a red shrimp and a red band. It’s available in select accent pieces.

Blue crab dinnerware is is also on a cream body with a blue band and a blue crab, and is available in a full dinnerware place setting as well as a wide assortment of accessories.

Anchor dinnerware is also on a cream body with a blue band.

Opal Innocence dinnerware had the addition of a Carved pattern, that takes the Opal Innocence design and interprets that design in a relief pattern. The relief pattern has a more casual appeal.

Butterfly Meadow dinnerware is 8 years old and still growing. Lenox introduced a new Cat Cookie Jar and a Bunny Sugar and Creamer.

Butler’s Pantry dinnerware has added rooster accents to a number of their items.

Peony Lane was reintroduced at the October Tabletop show. Peony Lane dinnerware can be found at Macys and other retailers.

Chirp dinnerware has new candlesticks, bud vase, and accessory sets added to the pattern.

Flutter dinnerware, a gray tone butterfly, is sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Macys.

Chocolate dinnerware has a drizzle design and is sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

The answer is some of them.

Nautica introduced 5 new dinnerware patterns. Anchorage dinnerware was a grey and taupe pattern. Bar Harbor dinnerware featured boats. Sea Beach dinnerware showcased shells. Knot dinnerware had a rope knot trim. Boston Blue dinnerware was a blue and white pattern.
Unfortunately none of these have yet to be placed with a retailer.

Joseph Abboud introduced 3 patterns; Zebra, Cheetah, and Bengal. Both Zebra and Cheetah can be found in Bloomingdales.

Pfaltzgraff introduced a large number of patterns, and haven’t been seen at a retailer.

Denby introduced Sienna, and it is available at a number of retailers. Sienna is a lovely brown dinnerware with teal inserts.

Sango introduce Society dinnerware and Contrast dinnerware in a variety of colors. Both collections can be found at a number of different retailers.

Updates on other manufacturers will be on the next post.

White dinnerware is the most popular – not a big surprise.
Square dinnerware was everywhere – again, not a surprise.
Turquoise and otehr blue-green shades were shown in a wide number of showrooms – shown as accents with brown, white, and blue, but will this fashion color be strong for dinnerware?
Purple is making a comeback.
Greens are still strong.
Birds and butterflies are flying around the plates.
Reactive glazes still very strong in Housewares.

Fitz and Floyd is working with Ralph Lauren to create a brand new Ralph Lauren dinnerware line. The new line will include dinnerware, stemware, flatware, barware, and giftware.

Homer Laughlin showed their new Fiesta dinnerware color. The new Fiesta dinnerware color is Lemongrass. The new color was first introduced in March of 2009 at the Chicago Home and Housewares Show.

Waterford Wedgwood, has a new owner, KPS Capital Partners. They are restructuring, and will now be known as WWRD Holdings, which includes Waterford, Wedgewood and Royal Doulton.

Lenox has been bought by Clarion Capital Partners. They will put the spotlight on their heritage as an American manufacturer, ans will focus on both the bridal and casual upstairs market. They are also planning to develop a premier line of product that will appeal to the luxury consumer.

Mikasa, owned by Lifetime Brands, is focusing on fashion. They are developing a sub-brand called M by Mikasa, to showcase more contemporary and edgy designs for the housewares department.

Portmeirion bought royal Worcester and Spode, bringing togther the three powerful English Brands.

Luigi Bormioli introduced a line of bone china, the first time they have put bone china in their line. The white bone china line was introduced uner Luigi Bormioli;s Michelangelo collection.

Oneida introduced
Allegra – a white porcelain with a subtle texture on the rim.
Adriatic – soft liquid blue textural glaze that moves into even softer tones of blue
Windance – subtle effects, illustrative about nature

A number of companies focused on Black and White dinnerware.
Villeroy & Boch’s Bloom Shadow was black & white with a touch of gray, and Bloom Sun was black and white dinnerware with a dash of yellow.
Mikasa introduced a number of black and white dinnerware patterns, Etch, Brushstroke, and Urban Rose.

Lenox introduced a new Christmas dinnerware pattern called Merry Berry.
Tag introduces a number of Christmas dinnerware patterns, Winter Wonderland with an embossed snowflack and reindeer design and Alpine in red and white.

Zrike introduced three new Coca Cola collections in the melamine dinnerware line: Diner, At the Movies and Red, White & Bold. Zrike also introduced Marisol and Pirouette, 2 dinnerware patterns from Tracy Porter.

Fiesta’s new Square Dinnerware was introduced last October at the New York Tabletop show. Homer Laughlin said it would ship in March of 2009, and Macy’s has it!

The press release from Homer Laughlin says:

Newell, W.Va.—(October 20, 2008)—The Homer Laughlin China Company™ is extending its iconic line of dinnerware with a new youthful shape: Square. Featuring the same sculpted art deco design by Frederick Hurton Rhead, new square shaped FIESTA Dinnerware complements the brand’s traditional [round] place settings and assorted contemporary glazes.

“The new shape addresses the needs of a growing consumer segment that cannot be ignored,” says Rich Brinkman, FIESTA Dinnerware. “Younger as well as new, edgy consumers desire unique shapes, sizes and colors that speak to their personal preferences, as well as stylized home decors.”

The company is unveiling Square in eight contemporary colors at New York Tabletop Market, 41 Madison Avenue, Wednesday, October 22 thru Friday, October 24. Look for FIESTA’s new shape in the following glazes: Shamrock, Ivory, Sunflower, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Cobalt and newly introduced Chocolate. “Additional core colors will be added to the offering in 2009,” he says.

Debuting at the FIESTA showroom on the 16th floor in Square is a Dinner, Luncheon and Salad Plates, and 19 oz. Bowl and Mug, as well as a full FIESTA line of dinnerware and accessories.

Despite square silhouettes, pieces maintain a strong relationship to the company’s established ‘round’ deco offering; coupe shape and height remain the same, along with the brand’s signature concentric rings.

Homer Laughlin’s artisans rounded the edges of the Square designs. “The softened look not only helps to maintain brand continuity,” says Brinkman, “but allows the complimenting intermixing of the two different shapes.”

Softer too are the bowl and mug. “Both are square at the base and round at the top for the obvious reason”, says Brinkman, “as practicality, functionality and ease of use have always been trademarks of the FIESTA brand.”

“Softened does not mean downsized,” says Brinkman. Scale is the only lingering difference between FIESTA’s now two shapes. “Each square plate was designed a bit larger than its round counterpart,” he says. The Dinner Plate, for example, is ¼ inch larger than the round version. “Again,” he says, “to allow decorative layering of the two shapes.” Mug and Bowl are equally more generous as well.

Square FIESTA will be available at major department stores and online in March 2009.

MSRP: Suggested retail price is as follows: Dinner Plate $18, Luncheon Plate $16, Salad Plate $12, Bowl $12, Mug $13.

About Fiesta® Dinnerware

Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead in 1936, FIESTA® Dinnerware is now the most collected china in the United States and among the most collected china in the world. It has been featured on many popular TV programs, including ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover and the Today Show. The product was discontinued in 1973 and reissued in 1986 with new contemporary colors to mark its 50th anniversary. Its unique Art Deco style has landed FIESTA® Dinnerware in the collections of numerous museums from the Smithsonian Institution to the Andy Warhol Museum.