LECCO, Italy – Starting Sept. 1, Addy Bois will be working in the design department at Prosetex as a stylist, looking to extend the company's reach into the US market.

Bois was previously a designer and director of international design for Quaker Fabric in Fall River, Massachusetts.

"They're (Prosetex) very well established internationally but they would like to develop themselves further in the domestic market," she explained. "They hired me to work with customers, visit them, show them the line and then create custom designs and colorways. My focus will be to work in New York with the jobbers."

Bois will be working from her Rhode Island home and traveling to Italy every few months she said.

"I'm hoping to go in and create custom designs and colorways to help them develop their business domestically."

"I had a great relationship with Quaker," she said of the company that gave her a start and great opportunity in the textile world as the Director of International Design.

"Really, for me, after ten years at Quaker it seemed like a wonderful opportunity for me to grow as an individual in a new position with Prosetex."

Bois will be attending Decosit Brussels next month and will be present at the Prosetex Stand.