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- February 24, 2008
Fashion Blogging: If you don’t know what chartreuse is, you’re missing out
While driving through the parking deck at Crabtree Valley Mall yesterday, I spotted 17-year-old Katelin Gragg walking into the mall. You couldn’t miss her in the dark garage because she was glowing in her chartreuse slip. But alas, I couldn’t just get out of the car to photograph her for my fashion blog, so her cute outfit slipped out of my life.
Lucky for me, I spotted her inside and she agreed to be photographed wearing this vibrant chartreuse-colored, chiffon slip over a black turtle neck sweater: “I just had to add color,” the Hickory, N.C. resident said of the slip, which she scored from Urban Outfitters.
Turns out a lot of the men in my life aren’t familiar with chartreuse. I thought the green-yellow color was well-known, but apparently not. A few weeks ago, I took my surrogate father to every shoe store in The Streets at Southpoint in search of a pair of chartreuse-colored flats. He had no idea what we were looking for until I likened it to lime green. (We found a perfect pair of Steve Maddens, BTW, but they didn’t have them in my size and I can’t find them on his Website).
Then yesterday, while at the mall with one of my guy friends, he admitted he had never heard of the color. He even asked me to spell the word, which I think threw him off even more. I made a $1 bet that the sales clerk in J. Crew would know of the color, but he didn’t. Out of four clerks in the store, two knew what I was talking about. I’m not clear on whether I won or lost that bet, but he hasn’t asked for his dollar yet.
Apparently there are a few variations of chartreuse, according to the always trusty Wikipedia, read about it here, if you’re so inclined. Or just take my word for it, chartreuse is hot and you should try adding some of it to your wardrobe this spring.
So you tell me, have you ever heard of this color?
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12 Responses to “Fashion Blogging: If you don’t know what chartreuse is, you’re missing out”
Terrific outfit, but even moreso terrfic in how it instantly telegraphs so much informaton, in one glance, about this young lady. Love it. Will rip off a, unique of course, version myself no doubt. The power of fashion never ceases to amaze me.
By SpaceyG on Feb 24, 2008
I kinda like the outfit.. even though it is too simple..
By nousha on Feb 24, 2008
Have you ever tasted the liqueur?
By Joseph H. Vilas on Feb 24, 2008
Never heard of the color. Not that I’m a fashion expert of anything…I do like the outfit though.
By Jason Peck on Feb 24, 2008
Never heard of it. But it looks like a cross between green and highlighter yellow. So I guess it deserves it’s own name.
By Brandy on Feb 24, 2008
I agree: nice outfit.
It may interest you to know that my first exposure to the color came via a line in the famous CW (or should I say “CB”) McCall song “Convoy” about “eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse Microbus.”
By J Karr on Feb 24, 2008
PS: it is not lost on me that your blog layout is chartreuse heavy. It is a favorite color?
By J Karr on Feb 24, 2008
Nope, I’ve never tried it. Is it good?
By Ginny on Feb 25, 2008
Ahhh… Chartreuse and Black… the colors of the new “Rock Racing”… http://www.rockracing.com/
Team Owner- Michael Ball of “Rock & Republic.”
By Donald on Feb 25, 2008
Not an all-time favorite color (I reserve that for purple and pink) but I do love it!
By Ginny on Feb 25, 2008
If I have tried, it I don’t remember.
But I do know it’s another one of those (traditionally, at least) monk-made alcoholic products. That’s just always seemed funny to me. And yeah, the color is odd, but we’ve all seen worse, right? Besides, it’s the herbs. 
I know they keep it behind the bar at Vin Rouge in Durham. I should go taste it sometime.
By Joseph H. Vilas on Feb 25, 2008
Maddens!
I actually got a pair at Shoe Carnival in North Pointe. I always wanted them in high school (around 7 years ago) and never got them. The ones i got were a dark leather brown.
By Allen on Apr 8, 2008