What is the inspiration behind the essence of these spring colors.Super Lemon,optimism; Fuchsia Red…hot, cool and neutral; Lavender,peace; Vibrant Green,organic colors that are drawn from nature and cool, peaceful, zen-like neutrals and pastels; Slate Gray,colors that have been sunkissed and weathered on a foreign exotic land; Palace Blue,inspired by four elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water; Lucite Green…eternal spring; Salmon Rose,very girly with a gypsy touch; Rose Dust,city savvy but with a relaxed charm; Dark Citron,wit and playfulness.
Though at sixpence the monthly paper was comfortably within the reach of middle-class women, and good value, the following year Sam Beeton decided to make major changes. He would introduce coloured fashion illustrations and needlework patterns. With his wife Isabella, now playing a vital editorial role in the magazine, they travelled to Paris to negotiate a contract with Adolphe Goubaud, publisher of Le Moniteur de la Mode, a high-class journal with international sales, to obtain a supply of fashion-plates by the leading illustrator, Jules David.
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