Fifty Shades of What?!

MARSALA

Gorgeous

Marsala is the color of the year… Well, even though I like this shade very much, to me it gets too close to Radiant Orchid, Pantone’s 2014 seleccion.  Too close but not enough to be able to reuse the accessories of last year with the new shades or tints of the new one. To me last years Radiant Orchid was more in the cooler side, with blue undertones, this years Marsala is more in the warmer side, with earthy undertones like the wine from which it takes it’s name that comes from the surroundings of the Sicilian city of Marsala in Italy . (By the way,  I don’t think there is anything in the colder side in Italy! Everything seems to be warm and intense!)

I love this, I’ve been a fan of lacquered walls and rich tones forever and that light fixture is awesome

Pretty Woman memories

I don’t follow fashion or trends at all, I enjoy them but they don’t dictate anything in my world, unless I happen to fall in love with one of them.  What I don’t understand is that they pick the colors too close to each other, in the same intensity…. I would rather have them pick something complementary or a tint or shade of the color, so regular people who follow these things can have a better opportunity to play with what they already have just adding the “new” color, creating richer environments with more layers and personality and cooler wardrobes . Well, I’m not color expert or anything close to that but for what is worth, this is my fifty cents in this matter 😉

Some hues are gorgeous like this Ives Saint Lauren clutch

Carnival

The colors of 2015

I’m a little afraid…. It’s still Marsala, right?

I’ve had many people asking me along the years why a particular color, even white, didn’t work with what they had at home or in their closet, when it seemed perfect at the store… Undertones!  I won’t get into that, there are too many blogs and too many experts that already do that brilliantly, just trying to give one more reason why the experts at Pantone should pick something complementary or analogous, with the same or compatible undertones, that will work together and in that way make life simpler for people that don’t know much about the intricacies of color but they do know something is not working and they don’t know why!   Probably I’m wrong but it’s just my humble opinion… Still, I think they should do that at least two years in a row…

These are gorgeous! They would make any woman feel like a queen.

Marsala, how much I love thee! Seriously, I absolutely adore these colours here!

The title in this post is Fifty shades of … because I wrote another one called  “The color Purple and it’s fifty shades” talking about last year’s pick.  I’d like to put a link here but I have no idea how… it seems to me that I could reuse some of the images I used there… confusing!

How sweet is this?!

Soft and intense at the same time

Vera Wang

Marsala shoes

Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko

Lacquered walls!

Very rich

Accent

Without the shadow of a doubt..

Burberry love

Marc Jacobs

Just like drops of wine in the snow…

Lovelies !

You prepare a table before me…

Silence is golden and this is perfect!

More Marsala with gold

Starting with wine, ending in rose powder..

O.P.

The new palette

A vase full of colour

So many dreams and hopes in a bundle… (Let’s assume the flowers are in some marsala shades and tones 😉 … we just can’t see!)

Definitely warm undertones

Olivia …  must be so fun to dress like her!  Not particularly this one….

More like this one!

There will be cake!

Scheherazade!

One thousand and One nights!

Rich wines tones,Valentino.  I love the booties.

There is something special about winter weddings… I think

And there will be more cake !!!!

Mark Rothko

Nothing can compete with nature. It’s perfect!

Talking about warmth!

Delicioso!

Say YES! to this dress!!!

A magic carpet

Pinch me to know I’m not dreaming!

Candlelight, the best light after the sun!

Very pretty

Shoes…. No woman is immune to that!

There is a time for everything, Marc Jacobs

Elegance, Lucy in the sky, with diamonds…

Emma… Thinking about “The Help” one of my favorite books!

Too much of a good thing is still too much! I needed a break of solid Marsala!

… and I needed a glass of Marsala wine!

In love with this photo, my eyes were looking for a change..

There is not arguing with this one, beautiful!  Would this be cheating? If we combine the red of the roses with the brown of the branches we get MARSALA! Right?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Mercedes Marsala!…. Humm …sounds like a good name for an italian heiress!    Update 3-6-16  The author of this photo just contacted me and asked me to include the credit due to his work. It is my pleasure and I am grateful to be able to use his beautiful work.  Photographie 230SL ©Boris VOLCK   Website:  http://photo.borisvolck.fr  

http://photo.borisvolck.fr

Wheels or wings? I pick wings..

Nature, makes everything feel obtainable!

Burberry, I love you!

Another one of my favorites! Hunter boots love.

Loving this dress so much, I would only change the shoes

More about Marsala, it should come with wine samples!

Gorgeous Peonies!

Weddings

What a great combination, the softness of the skirt with the structured leather jacket..Perfect!

Shoe Confidential… the power they hold…

Olivia Palermo, in love with her closet …

Wine Dreams…

Chains of life…

Burberry again

Sofas are the best, so inviting..

Très chic

With green?

Accents make a big difference! she is so beautiful..

I find swimsuits and two pieces sexier and more attractive than tiny bikinis

Subtle and classy

Cinderella shoes

So fun!

Marsala is the new black

Sweet Carolyne (Roehm)

Like a romance novel

Marsala in a glance

Warm palette in velvet and gold

Flower guide