Brighter Days Ahead with the Latest Leather Accessories from CROSS®

As the days go longer and lighter, moving from black to bright is a cherished spring ritual for the fashion flock. Trading in those winter palettes for sunnier shades is a welcome sign that spring has sprung and new adventures await. Cross has the perfect solution for bringing that much-needed kick of color to your spring wardrobe with its new sky blue and hot pink leather accessories.

Swing into spring with these bright, beckoning hues that are new to the Autocross™ pen and leather accessories. This leather collection, comprised of 16 designs, features such products as valet key chains and card cases, personal agendas and passport wallets. Rendered in supple, pebbled leather with details such as perforations inspired by chic driving gloves, the collection will now include striking blue and pink tones that are sure to enhance style...and mood.

The new cornflower blue and peony pink shades will be available in these Autocross items, beginning in March:

• passport wallet
• mini and personal agendas
• valet and tab key chains
• vertical and slim card cases
• single pen case
• fold-over card case (in pink and other tones – not available in blue)<\li>

The Autocross leather collection ranges in price from $20-135 (suggested retail prices), and also includes a money clip card case, jotter, coin case, double and triple pen cases, medium agenda, and padfolio – each in an assortment of colors, including toffee, black, brown, and red.

Fashion also meets function in the Autocross pen, a signature CROSS design inspired by automotive elements. This purse-sized ball-point pen will be introduced in peony pink leather that wraps around the body of the writing instrument. The soft leather and voluptuous shape of this pen makes it exceedingly stylish and comfortable, perfectly balanced in the hand, and designed for great durability. The Autocross pen (also available in other shades such as toffee, black, brown, and red) has a suggested retail price of $50, and comes with the CROSS lifetime guarantee. The new Autocross leather collection and pen in these new spring shades will be introduced in March 2007, and may be purchased at CROSS stores, online, and through select retailers.

CROSS is the renowned maker of writing instruments, accessories, and business gifts, based in Lincoln, Rhode Island.