Fashion Update

(All the men in the reading audience may want to zone out for this one.)



Here’s a promised update re fashion and a little info about the semi-annual Solde.


First of all, historically the French government has sanctioned 2 sale periods a year – one in the winter and one in the summer. Each sale period (Solde) lasts for a specific period of time, and then in the “old days” there would be no more sales and discounted items until the next official Solde. Kind of hard to understand as Americans since we are used to sales whenever the merchants want to have one without permission from the government. Well now, because of the current economic conditions (every cloud DOES have a silver lining!), the French government is allowing merchants to have sales whenever they want to. And, the really good news is that the traditional Solde periods are still observed also! I mention this because I happily took advantage of the winter Solde and bought an LBD, a lovely, lined wool jumper, a dress with patchwork pattern, and a bright colored top.


Now on to fashion trends…I’m seeing a lot of very colorful coats, dresses, skirts, and tops in patchwork patterns. Hard to explain so here are some pix I’ve pulled from the web to show you some examples.

Pretty cool, huh? The patchwork pattern dress I bought is not as bright as these examples – mostly shades of blacks and grays with some red accents here and there. But, the bright colored top is just that! Patchwork patterned with lots of bright colors. Great fun!


The stores are bringing out their spring stuff now so I’ll be giving you another update in a while.