oh yay~ finally a picture of Crocus! I don't mind a mute purple
but ya, I agree, I cannot stand a darker zipper track! Kinda disappointed.. 
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oh yay~ finally a picture of Crocus! I don't mind a mute purple
but ya, I agree, I cannot stand a darker zipper track! Kinda disappointed.. 
Hullo! I thought I would whip back to Holts before reporting back to you but it's foul out...not sure I'll venture out today. I'll rely on my short-term memory
When I saw photos of Cassis bags here on TPF, it looked a bit too "ash" and dull for me but I'm wrong. It's not a heavily saturated deep, dark, dramatic wine tone...but it's not pale or pastel either.
The soft smooshy leather is pigmented enough (but I suppose that could depend on bag to bag; each one might be a little different depending on how batches turned out). The leather also had enough of a sheen on it! So it's not dry or ashy.
I suppose I could say, it reminds me of Cassis wine: if you were looking through the wine glass...it's coloured with a light hand but not a water colour or a pastel. When I think of darker, sinister & dramatic wine or burgundy shades, I instantly visualize YSL Opium ads, kwim? So it's not dramatic like that. The Cassis is not muddy but it is subdued...not bright, vibrant or sharp in colour, kwim?
Personally, I will again purse rggh or perhaps the regular antique brass hardware...just don't know. For once, I could possibly pick my first silver hardware as the mini-GSH is more subtle (the larger GSH is too bright white for me personally although it's beautiful).
I think most handbag lovers are very colour sensitive, so I hope my description helps!
dear fionarcat is right MissMoiMoi, this description is lovely and your short term memory is perfect. Thank you so very much, I really appreciate these details and really got a good visual based on your description! You rock!
Hullo! I thought I would whip back to Holts before reporting back to you but it's foul out...not sure I'll venture out today. I'll rely on my short-term memory
When I saw photos of Cassis bags here on TPF, it looked a bit too "ash" and dull for me but I'm wrong. It's not a heavily saturated deep, dark, dramatic wine tone...but it's not pale or pastel either.
The soft smooshy leather is pigmented enough (but I suppose that could depend on bag to bag; each one might be a little different depending on how batches turned out). The leather also had enough of a sheen on it! So it's not dry or ashy.
I suppose I could say, it reminds me of Cassis wine: if you were looking through the wine glass...it's coloured with a light hand but not a water colour or a pastel. When I think of darker, sinister & dramatic wine or burgundy shades, I instantly visualize YSL Opium ads, kwim? So it's not dramatic like that. The Cassis is not muddy but it is subdued...not bright, vibrant or sharp in colour, kwim?
Personally, I will again purse rggh or perhaps the regular antique brass hardware...just don't know. For once, I could possibly pick my first silver hardware as the mini-GSH is more subtle (the larger GSH is too bright white for me personally although it's beautiful).
I think most handbag lovers are very colour sensitive, so I hope my description helps!
TMitch6542 said:
Hmmm, yea...was hoping same thing...like duck egg yolk...if it's really close to moutarde, then I'm ok to pass on it. This paves the way for Cassis
Am getting nervous about Rose Thulian though...it might be prettier irl.
Thanks very much for the photo! I too was hoping for a more intense yellow. It looks kinda sickly in this photo doesn't it?! Phew! I'm safe this season!
Thanks for the shot, TMitch. It looks like one of Bal's early yellows! Hopefully it will withstand staining better, being agneau this time around.
Oh my, just when I thought I was Bal content!!!
I suspect I am in the minority, as I really adore the Crocus looking slightly faded against the zipper. It makes it look "old already"... and that Cassis leather is so divine!!! Question floating in my head now: "Does having Bordeaux preclude me from splurging on the Cassis, especially when it is as divinely wrinkly as this shot shows it to be??"
... oh dear me, also loving the murky oddness of Cumin (looks like some of my curries), which is the yellow version of the enigmatic Green from a couple of seasons ago (can't for the life of me recall it's name even though I have it - but it looks like the mouldy, oxidised green part of copper domes).
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