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In your professional opinion, is "shabby chic" still hot? or are we onto the next thing now? Just wondering...
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Well, my opinion is definitely not professional http://community.here.com/infopop/em.../icon_wink.gif,
but the shabby-type look is still hanging around in places like the Pottery Barn catalog. I noticed white painted furniture with worn edges, etc. Especially in pieces like tables and bedsteads.
But I don't see a lot of the faded cabbage-rose prints and that sort of thing.
What are the rest of you seeing?
Last year someone said that the 'French Apartment' look was big.
In any case, I'm personally not calling anything 'shabby chic' just for the principle of the thing. Rachel Ashford can go jump in the lake as far as I'm concerned....

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hmmm.....I was doing some "surfing" on ebay today, and apparently "shabby chic" is still going strong, at least among bidders. I happened across ebay's supposed "hot searches" for the "home" category, and "shabby chic" was listed as #5 (under decor,lighting, rugs). I thought that was interesting.
I haven't checked the hot list under the textile categories yet though.
I'd noticed that the French Apartement look was big too, but has that fizzled out yet? or still hot?
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I receive a lot of mail order catalogs and it seems like the "shabby chic" look is still popular. But it seems to have morphed into what's called the "cottage" look. They seem to be almost the same to me except the cottage look isn't quite as frilly or lacy as the shabby chic look. But both seem to use "distressed" white-washed furniture as one of their main components. Though the cottage look also uses jadite green a lot too.
I may be wrong, but I don't think I've ever used the shabby chic description in any of my items but I've used the cottage description a few times.
I have no idea if Paris Apartment is still a popular term - that was one I never really grasped anyway. http://community.here.com/infopop/em...icon_smile.gif
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I wouldn't use the term Shabby Chic in an auction if Rachel Ashwell herself PAID me to list her crap.
I think that if you take a peek at what is in decorating magazines, heck, even women's magazines like Good Housekeeping...what is being touted now is a move away from shabby chic towards clean classics (I suppose now, Rachel will trademark that phrase)...I am seeing a lot of plaids and smaller scale florals along with a lot of plain neutrals. But, that's just me...and I think that unlike 30-40 years ago, no one listens to fashion and decorating doyens now - they do what they want...any way they want. I know I do.
So I have found that whatever it is, there's usually a buyer for it...
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pins-n-Needles:
I wouldn't use the term Shabby Chic in an auction if Rachel Ashwell herself PAID me to list her crap.
I think...no one listens to fashion and decorating doyens now - they do what they want...any way they want. I know I do.
So I have found that whatever it is, there's usually a buyer for it...
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I agree. And I'm glad Pins got RA's last name right! Thanks for not making me feel too stupid! http://community.here.com/infopop/em...on_redface.gif http://community.here.com/infopop/em...on_biggrin.gif
Really, I guess the main thing for us as sellers is to figure out appropriate key words for titles so that the buyers can find our great stuff.
So...maybe we should put together a 'glossary' for our own use...
I know great titles describing a style is one of the hardest things for me to figure out. Especially if it's a trend that I personally lived through. Many times younger buyers are calling it something different than it was called back in the 50s or 60s, especially items that were regionally popular as opposed to "nationally named" via TV or movies.
How would one put together such a resource? Would we need web space and photos? Or is this idea really off-the-wall and useless. I do think it's value might be relatively short-lived, but that's not serious. Maybe the thing to do is find examples of search terms that are yielding a particular style or type of item...
Elaine (brainstorming...)

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Elaine- fantastic idea! That's all I was really trying to do, is evaluate possible keywords for some junque I'll be trying to list. &lt;Well, not entirely true, I also have to admit to curiousity on a personal level as well. Part of me adores that "shabby" look, and part of me thinks, is everyone nuts for going so crazy over stuff that's missing half its paint?&gt;
Maybe we could do a "hot keywords" thread periodically here, or something.
Ebay's "hot" items information is helpful but it doesn't get very detailed, that's for sure.
speaking of jadeite, that is a hot keyword too isn't it?
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Yes, I've seen that 'jadeite' term tossed about quite a bit lately and I was wondering why - to me it's a jewelry term...
You know, I have plenty of room on my website to host a little 'dictionary' of sorts describing trends, keywords, etc.
I know that on the VCA board someone is always asking about EMO and/or RAB... (emo is some youth subculture - short for emotional and has to do with a type of music...music that I like to call 'whiner rock' and RAB is short for Rockabilly - and it has its own set of rules and is not necessarily always what someone who lived through it the first time around would figure...the girls all emulate Betty Page and the guys are a combo of James Dean and Bobby Darin).
I don't know if there's new trends/keywords in use for home furnishings...I just don't keep up with it. I suppose one could do some investigating...
--K
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well, I must be TOTALLY out of it. I never even heard of
"EMO". http://community.here.com/infopop/em...s/icon_eek.gif
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