 | | 2014-06-11 02:54
From blog Ephemera
Mauve and Cracked Glass
It's a purple kind of day. Is it radiant orchid? Lavender? I've always called these shoes lavender but I was corrected today by a co-worker: apparently, they are mauve. She (hi, Lesley!) is a very well-read person, and recommended this book to me. Mauve was the very first synthetic dye, and it revolutionized dyemaking and fashion. How very cool. Now I love my mauve shoes even more! Question, though: mowve or maahve ? I'm in the mowve camp, even though my grandmother called it maahve . This non-mauve shirt is going directly to another co-worker as soon as I've washed it. Love the colour, love the blouse-y cut, hate that it's developed micro-pilling. Ugh,...
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