Les Parisiennes des Mamansnet: Ce n'est pas bon de faire du lèche-vitrines avec de l'argent en poche

[botemp]

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[botemp]

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[quirkychick]

I love that photo, bo. I can see proper purple and taupe as a good spring combination (I meant to say I have an animal print top in purples and greys, horrible barometric headache today). Those are great trousers, but you'd get blown away like a kite on a day like today! I think lilac is not an easy colour to pull off and can only imagine pairing it with a stronger purple in a tone on tone way.

[quirkychick]

Diffuser sounds great, I will need to replace my old hairdryer/diffuser at some point.

[XingMing]

On the plus side, the new diffuser is lighter, and packs flat so I can take it away. I don't think I have any negatives, except that I need more practice with it, and to try other products: what works with the finger diffuser (sea salt spray and oil) was less smooth..but I was rushing!

[botemp]

Et voilà, the unglamorous reality. I do hope she had an assistant nearby at the ready with a thermal blanket

I like the colour palette for spring, quirky, I'm not that convinced it's that workable for summer. Or more likely I'll be over it by summer. I have a purple (deep rather than bright) spring coat of my mother's that she bought in Italy, no idea where it is, I'll get digging this weekend.

[XingMing]

I just adore the fashion archives we have to dig into here. Proof that one should never toss quality garments aside (no matter how old) until they are threadbare. And then, it's probably best to compost them.

[Floisme]

I'm a big fan of purples and greens but a lot of those shades wouldn't work for me, sadly. Anything too bright or too pale just drains me.

That exhibition looks really interesting!

[quirkychick]

I could see maybe purple with white or cream for summer. I have a few summer clothes in a kind of smoky violet which is not so insipid or pastel like lilac, pairs nicely with denim blue.

[ParisInTheSpringtime]

Checking in to the new thread

[banivani]

Well, I did go into to Stockholm and see the exhibit today, very happy I did it was small but good. Almost everything was super super arty. Posting a pic of Linda Nurk’s bustier that, if I understood it correctly, is made my painting some sort of cellulose/fungal mix on a plaster cast of a torso, decorating that with dried flowers, and then letting silkworms crawl over it (and feed on the cellulose?) spinning silk (Ahimsa silk) all over and around, thus forming the garment. It was pretty cool. My gripe with the exhibit would be that there wasn’t enough detail on how things were actually made. Nurk had a film about the process but it was just a video playing and I didn’t get it exactly.

They had a video of Cay Bond who curated it on and she did say that she hoped people would be impressed by the craftsmanship but sure I’d be more impressed if I could see more of it? I’m hardly going to be touching the exhibits so I wouldn’t mind photos of construction and more text.

There was nothing not impressive in some way, except maybe the black coat by Bite which was just a black coat.

Also photo of Nikoline Liv Andersen’s rokoko wigs, very cool. They’re on the poster that they were not selling for some dumb reason. So I bough the Sara Danius poster instead. Profits go to a fund for women writers in the field of literature. Didn’t know that Sven-Harry was her uncle - what a little pond Sweden can be!

[Redandblue11]

Checking back in after a week on the slopes.
Bani that is a pretty cool exhibition, what is the third photo of? The dress with flowers one.
Yes loving the purples too. From top of my head I have a long sleeve in smokey soft violet that I also wear with denim, looks nice but safe option. A combo of it with brown will look way cooler I think.

[Redandblue11]

The photos that Bo posted immediately reminded me of one of my absolute favourite landscapes. These are two photos of the north of Argentina in the Quebrada de Humauaca and Purmamarca.
The colours are stunning, I feel like wanting to explore more those tones and combinations.

[botemp]

Bani, the exhibition looks really good and now I want that poster too... I take it by your lack of surprise you didn't make it to the bonkers rooftop? I'll get planning but everything seems so up in the air atm. Trip to Italy just got cancelled on account of covid19 this morning (by the organisers, business related trip) and we had already postponed any planning on an Asia trip later in the year. It's left me wondering how sensible it is to book anything right now 😷

Those photos are stunning red, especially the second with the bright blue sky as I've discovered I probably charity shopped the purple coat in a fit of madness 🤦as I can't find it anywhere but I've thought bookending the palette with bright blues -of which I have plenty- will probably work too and your picture with sky proves just that. I've found the trousers by accident on NAP, Roland Mouret and a matching price tag, I doubt it'll go on sale

[quirkychick]

Ooh, I like the idea of smokey violet with brown, with taupe I find it a bit bland (it needs a brighter purple) or smokey violet with charcoal grey?

I'm not even going to look up the price tag, bo, but they're very lovely.

I enjoyed the KarenBritChick video of New York Street style, lots of flashes of brighter colours in with the winter clothes, which is a nice way to start thinking about spring.

[banivani]

red the third photo was my poster (well not the one I bought obv, the one on display ). I love the photos you posted, so gorgeous! They are inspiring colours, it’ll be interesting to see if they turn up in shops here. Maybe in 2024.

Bo sorry I knew I forgot to write something! Are you referring to the house? Because I knew about that before so while bonkers it didn’t surprise me. I loved it though. Jaysus the man has money!

[botemp]

Ah it was spoiled for you somewhat then. I remember it was rather bizarre going from a very slick minimalist gallery space into the elevator expecting more of that and then arriving in this few centuries old house, which is very much a single story dwelling with restricted ceiling height and then you're finding yourself rather high up in the air.

The man is indeed properly rich and bonkers to have an exact replica (I originally thought it was the real deal) built on his already very fancy private museum. IIRC he's a builder (it's why I love the architecture detailing of the building, especially in the interior as it's a bit of a love letter of architect and builder for beautiful solutions rooted in high craft that most clients wouldn't want to waste time and money on as they just don't see the value) but how a builder got that rich is still a bit of a mystery to me. I mean, did he build a couple of ikeas and was he paid in shares? Although the house did make it seem that he's still quite humble (or at the very least the roots are), just with some very expensive artworks.

[Redandblue11]

I love the colour of those trousers. Now, can someone tell me what is that colour called? I am sure Bo will have the precise answer.
Is that purple? My eye is very confusing as I normally associate purple with blueish undertones but this must be a different type?
Also, even tough I love the colour, it makes me think mother of the bride type outfit (in British weddings) , I mean the model looks Uber cook in it with that non bra body suit, pink shades and camel , and I am trying to think how to carry it off irl for an everyday/work.

[banivani]

Bo it'd be great visiting Sven-Harrys with you then, because I'd need someone to point out the finer details to me (I mostly see "modern building" iyswim). I wouldn't say the effect was spoiled for me, it's still mad as hell. As a Swede I can see all the money in that house (also since I know where the original house is located). It might look a little ordinary, but the key is in the details. The furniture chosen, the beautiful Märta Måås Fjetterström mats on the floor ... I visitied the MMF atelier in Båstad once. Wandered around looking at the mats (I belive Queen Margrethe's design was exhibited at the time) and peeked at the price tags. Was surprised at how affordable they were. 6000-ish SEK etc. Then noticed that was per square decimeter. :O

Apparently his money comes from building, like, houses for humans. Maybe he got some good contracts via good contacts ... ;) Tbh me flabber was most gasted by the fact that the floors that are not museum are ordinary flats that people rent. I must look into that!

Apropos purple: A colleague of mine told me that she was wearing a shade one day that someone said was "old lady lilac". Apparently as you age your colour receptors change and certain shades start looking prettier to you. So this is why a lot of older women start favouring certain shades of purple or lilac. Have I already told this story?

[banivani]

Oh, forgot:

Today in Dagens Nyheter there's an article about the director Susanne Osten and there was a great picture of her that I wanted to post!

[botemp]

Hmm, I don't use the Pantone system much (it's more the graphic design and fashion industries, it's an expensive system and I don't find it very useful as it changes colour slightly according to finish/material which is the point of the system but it's not useful in my field) but they're the only ones that name things alongside numbering it and my guess it would be (purple) orchid, although the fabric version of radiant orchid that was Pantone colour of the year a few years back is also similar, so orchid?

I always assumed a love of lilac came from being low contrast in your features ie. very pale and cool blonde or grey haired and pale-ish. I like lilac as a colour, just not on me and I refrain from painting things in lilac too as northern European light reflects on it in a not so flattering way unless, again, you're pale and cool blonde.

Yes, obviously the furniture was expensive, but someone with that kind of money elsewhere would be showing it more overtly everywhere, the size of the rooms and house felt too small to ever be perceived as ostentatious. You have to have contemporary art knowledge, alongside Swedish antique prices, etc.

That is a fab picture. What is with female directors and embracing out there fashion? The picture I posted of Simone Rocha's trouser under skirts look on the red carpet was also a director, Lulu Wang iirc. Is it just a plot to be seen and finally get some recognition?

[Floisme]

Oh I want one of those wigs.

I love the colours in those photos too Red. I was so busy admiring the rocks (second pic) I hadn't even noticed the blue sky . It just shows how nature can be a better guide than any colour consultant.

I would describe those trousers as violet too and yes, in the UK it's one of those colours that older ladies are corralled into wearing, especially for any kind of 'occasion' outfit. Likewise lilac which I think of as lighter and more pastel. From my own experience I am very that either are kind to older, British complexions but maybe I just haven't got there yet.

[Floisme]

Lavender on the other hand works pretty well for me. Weird.

[banivani]

Yes women here love lilac esp as they age, it suits trad Scandinavian colouring. It does not suit me haha. Can't find science to back up my story atm.

The replica house isn't complete of course (only one floor, for one thing), but you're right, it can't have been terribly big. It is one of those posh Swedish places that is posh due to age, location and provenance. Also our fancy posh houses were always so much smaller than the grand houses on the continent! But when he sold it he got 65 million for it (there was some land though) so it was def bigger than the replica!

[quirkychick]

Well, I'm cool toned and pale with grey hair, but find lilac too washed out, I need a stronger colour.

That museum sounds amazing, bani and bo.

[Floisme]

Anyone remember mauve? Last heard of around the same time as 'fawn'.
That's the best purple for me.