After seeing the swatches for Fall '06 like everyone else and then pining for my first bbag in the grenat city, I decided to go over to BalNY to check the colors out in person once I heard that they had some of the bags in.
I asked Kim to see the grenat color, even though they didn't have it in the city style, but when she pulled it out in the purse style to show me, I was kinda disappointed!
It was dark red to be sure but it was not like the swatch color I saw on ateliernaff.com. It was like a very dull dark burgundy with a purply undertone and not that deep rich red that I was expecting (I guess it would be similar to bordeaux '05 but haven't seen that color IRL). And Kim said she was disappointed in the color, too!
I also saw a greige city that was very pretty and the leather was so soft and thicker than in recent years (leather for the other fall 06 bags I saw were similar too) ! It is like a light gray with a beige undertone. I almost wanted to buy it but when I saw the blueberry day and work bags, I said "WOW"! It is a very deep royal blue and the color just "pops"! Joseph, the other SA, said he thinks this is the best color so far that he's seen for fall. I was originally intrigued by this color but expected it to be a midnight blue like the swatch color, but there is a brightness to the dark blue, which is why it "pops" (I hope that makes sense?). Maybe it is similar to indigo though I can't say for sure.
Finally, I saw the forest green but it is a very dark hunter or pine green and definitely not for me.
Anyway, that is my rambling report. :shame: Hope that helps with some of the color descriptions, but my advice is to go see the colors in person (if you can) before you buy. Because I thought I would like grenat but I liked the blueberry much better!
Oh yes, and I ordered the blueberry city, which will be shipped to me once they figure out whether they have one as they have yet to open all the boxes they've received with the fall stock.
I asked Kim to see the grenat color, even though they didn't have it in the city style, but when she pulled it out in the purse style to show me, I was kinda disappointed!
It was dark red to be sure but it was not like the swatch color I saw on ateliernaff.com. It was like a very dull dark burgundy with a purply undertone and not that deep rich red that I was expecting (I guess it would be similar to bordeaux '05 but haven't seen that color IRL). And Kim said she was disappointed in the color, too!I also saw a greige city that was very pretty and the leather was so soft and thicker than in recent years (leather for the other fall 06 bags I saw were similar too) ! It is like a light gray with a beige undertone. I almost wanted to buy it but when I saw the blueberry day and work bags, I said "WOW"! It is a very deep royal blue and the color just "pops"! Joseph, the other SA, said he thinks this is the best color so far that he's seen for fall. I was originally intrigued by this color but expected it to be a midnight blue like the swatch color, but there is a brightness to the dark blue, which is why it "pops" (I hope that makes sense?). Maybe it is similar to indigo though I can't say for sure.
Finally, I saw the forest green but it is a very dark hunter or pine green and definitely not for me.
Anyway, that is my rambling report. :shame: Hope that helps with some of the color descriptions, but my advice is to go see the colors in person (if you can) before you buy. Because I thought I would like grenat but I liked the blueberry much better!
Oh yes, and I ordered the blueberry city, which will be shipped to me once they figure out whether they have one as they have yet to open all the boxes they've received with the fall stock.
ush: Didn't mean to be confusing!
