……………………Sparkling………..WHITE……………There is something Bohemian Chic about this WHITE PEBBLE CREPE tunic worn with jeans and the BEACH GLASS necklace and EARRING set. I can see Elizabeth Taylor cavorting on the Northern California beach looking for drift wood in the movie “The Sand Piper”. Can you see it?………….For me, WHITE is “the color of summer”. It looks so cool and comfortable………….and this tunic IS ALL THAT!…………………………..enjoy………………..much Love……………………….Louis
Louis- you’re killing everyone with that Sea Glass necklace!
It begs to be worn with white.
Don’t blame me……blame the ones who are holding it up!
I’m another who loves pure white in the summer. I saw that a lot on the Caribbean coast of Colombia when I was a volunteer there. The man’s guayabera,a shirt fashioned with tiny tucks front and back, always white and worn with white linen trousers, is considered rather formal dress there, and very often worn by the groom in a wedding. There used to be an older man in my site who used to put on his white linen suit, Panama hat, and walk on the very dusty streets to visit with me. Very interesting and highly educated man who taught me a lot about the history of the area. In a picture recently emailed me of a graduation celebration, the newly-minted MD and both parents were in white. In another the groom was in his guayabera and white linen pants, and the bride in white. In a tropical climate like that, any bit of coolness is appreciated! Even now with much more common air-conditioning, the tradition of white clothing remains.
I saw “The Sand Piper” very recently on TCM!
Thanks for the very nice visual, Barbara. Made me think of “Love in the Time of Cholera” and how I visualized it when I read it.
Yes, that is how it is in Cartagena. When we returned for a visit a few years back, we started in Cartagena and stayed in a small boutique hotel that faced the small park where the lovers first laid eyes on each other. Gabo’s (Gabriel García Márquez) house there was right around the corner from us, which is a more residential part of the walled city. Gabo hung out at the same neighborhood restaurants we did, and I learned to my disappointment that I had missed him by about ten days. My Peace Corps site, Cienaga, was the top of the former banana zone. Aracataca, where Gabo was born, was a small distance down the zone. If you have read “100 Years of Solitude,” it is about that area. VERY familiar to me! And I recognized all the events in the novel right away. Also the lore behind the “magical realism,” which is a way of life there.
Here is a video of Casa la Fe where we stayed which shows some shots of the little park and the staff all in white. My husband and I were recruited to sit in the lobby and read as the filming took place when we were there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmB9to1I6tA