I hope everyone had a fantastic summer.
Yes, I know technically it’s still summer despite the fact that some sellers in the states are already selling Spiced Pumpkin Latte mixes and there are bloggers talking about Halloween.
I don’t understand this rush. Let’s delight in this month and getting ready for fall. This is my favorite time of year/season. Not that I dislike the other three (well maybe winter, lack of sun and daylight is not my scene) but there’s something about fall that makes me happy. I was one of those geeky kids who couldn’t wait to purchase back-to-school supplies. In my young mind there weren’t numerous things much more exciting that a Mead Trapper Keeper notebook.
Unfortunately, back-to-school shopping for clothes wasn’t as fun as my Caribbean mother was not about that life. Every time I asked for something that everyone was wearing, my mother would say that I was going to school to get an education, not for a fashion show. My father backed her up as he didn’t know (or care) about the difference between Girbaud, or Guess, jeans and a random pair from wherever.
I still look at fall as a beginning even though I graduated from college back in the stone Age. Like spring, it’s an opportunity to hit the reset button.
One of the color trends for fall 2018 is this deep blue called Sargasso Sea.
Photo: Pantone
It happens to be a color that I’m a fan of.
I’m feeling this cape but I might be too short for this lewk. Love the pop of color from Ms. Palermo’s shoes. Great combo.
Photo: Olivia Palermo, Refinery 29
This classic pattern from Schumacher is an outstanding example of Hollywood Regency glamour.
Photo: Imperial Trellis II by Schumacher
There are so numerous beautiful colors to choose from but this one is in my top three, alright five.
Photo: Le Creuset
I cannot write about September without listening to this old school favorite. It dropped in 1978 and if you play it at any wedding reception, party, or cookout now people will still dance.
Here’s to a great fall!
p.s. Here’s a fantastic piece from NPR concerning why this song is so popular years later.
I asked Jeffrey Peretz, a professor of music theory at new York University’s Clive Davis Institute, what makes that groove so powerful. He says a lot of it has to finish with how the music unfolds. The song’s very structure is an unlimited cycle that keeps us dancing and wanting more.
“There’s four chords in the chorus that just keep moving forward and never seem to land anywhere — much like the four seasons,” he says. “It’s the end of summer, it’s the beginning of fall, it’s that Indian summertime, it’s the transition from warm to cool.”
The set off for that yearning feeling, Peretz says, is the opening line. White asks, “Do you remember?” and we supply the memories. It’s a song that can bring all of the generations together, which makes it ideal for family gatherings. The true implying is up to us — including, Allee Willis says, that strangely particular date.
“We went through all the dates: ‘Do you remember the first, the second, the third, the fourth … ‘ and the one that just felt the best was the 21st,” Willis explains. “I continuously have people coming up to me and they get so thrilled to know what the importance was. and there is no importance beyond it just sang better than any of the other dates. So … sorry!”
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