Yes, I am a red weasel and orange will never eclipse my love for red. But orange and red are sort of cousins. Kissing cousins even. And, as I have started to embrace my new home of Valencia I thought I would be a good time to explore my love, history and desires in regards to orange, oranges, and all things citrusy. I didn’t know until today that I loved orange as much as I do. I thought that I thought that oranges were okay—but it turns out I am an orange aficionado. Just shows that we don’t know everything about ourselves.
1. The myth of my mother’s pregnancy with me is that throughout her entire nine months she constantly craved oranges. She ate oranges like peanuts. The legend is that is why I am so sweet and also why I don’t get many colds. I imagine that dump trucks from Florida found their way to my mother’s home in Seattle and emptied the contents onto her yard and that she would work her way through oodles of oranges until the yard was littered with pounds and pounds of peels.
2. I am in love with this orange skirt from Banana Republic and I am certain that when I wear it my life will feel like a Technicolor musical from the 1960′s. Maybe, The Young Girls of Rochefort or the Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Please, I implore you, tell me how to wear this skirt? What do I pair it with? And, do you think if I buy it I am in danger of breaking out in song every time I wear it?
3. Supposedly, according to colour theorists, the color orange is the most controversial. Most people either love it or hate orange and it is rare that people are ambivalent about it. The color orange is supposed to stimulate appetite, activity and encourages socialization. Hmm, perhaps there are deeper psychological reasons why I am craving orange other than the need for some Vitamin C.
4. My favorite drinks at Starbucks all involved Valencia syrup. I would add Valencia syrup to my mocha Frapuccino or to cafe’ mocha and make it much better thanks to the addition of the ooey-gooey orange syrup. Sadly, Starbucks has discontinued Valencia syrup and I am very,very,very unhappy about this. Each time I go to Starbucks, which is not often, I am sure to complain. If any of you know people of power at Starbucks would you please ask them on my behalf to bring the Valencia back? That would be great.
5. Orange is, as you know, the colour of the Oregon State University Beavers. And, the Beaver’s are He-Weasel’s team. Did you know that the OSU Beaver’s beat USC? Did you know that OSU will likely go to a bowl game? If not, come on over to Chez Weasel and ask my weasel and he will explain it all to you in enormous and passionate detail.
6. Yes or no on these shoes? Don’t let the fact that they are 45% off influence your decision.
7. The average orange has 37 calories.
8. In Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain the character who was “Someone’s little weasel” received a letter from her husband in which he wished for an ‘orange- coloured day’ when they would reunite.
Ever since I saw Amelie, an ‘orange- coloured day’ has meant to me a day of perfection, reunion, and all things bright and beautiful.
10. The orange flavored soda pop, Orange Crush, always makes me think of my dad in a sort of sweet and light hearted way. That is a powerful soda that can create that kind of revisionist history.
11. I prefer fresh-squeezed OJ. No concentrated orange juice or, God forbid, Tang. I like it with lots and lots and lots of pulp. I prefer to almost have to chew my orange juice.
12. Once I drank so much carrot juice my skin turned yellow.
Please share some of your orange coloured memories and favorites with me, oh, and tell me if you like the skirt and shoes. Hope your weekend, dear reader, is orange coloured.
I do like the skirt and shoes. I bet they would look beautiful with your red hair! Orange, however does not like my coloring. I like that orange crush gives you a happy memory of your father.
I love the Lindt intense orange and chocolate bar. Here is something I just discovered and I think you might like it.
http://www.bloomcosmetics.com/PRODUCTS/Lips/lb-ora/Orange.aspx
I used to love orange juice, and drank a lot of it. Now it is too sweet for me. I do love valencia oranges though!
1. “Door Hinge” comes closest.
2. Yes to the shoes. I once had a very similar vintage pair back in my thrift shopping/high school days.
3. Yes, I knew Oregon beat USC, heard it on NPR of all places! I actually said “Yay, He-weasel” out loud.
4. Lovely post. This should have been #1.
5. Buying oranges TODAY, am so thirsty for them!
That is interesting what you said about it being rare that people are ambivalent about orange. I guess I would be one of those people! I love it when I see other people have gone wild with it on adorning themselves or their abodes, but don’t come near me with it, LOL! I suppose I wouldn’t even consider it on me as a pair of pants (as far from my face as possible), LOL! I like it in very small doses in my home around fall, and ONLY with the fall decor. I LOVE pictures of compositions made with orange, but not in my house, LOL! Go figure.
Isn’t it odd how NOTHING really rhymes with orange?
Julianne: The shape of the skirt is so lovely. It is so unusual. Banana Republic is offering 30% off this weekend if you bring in a old coat or sweater to donate to the homeless. So, this skirt is mine. And, I have long been looking for orange shoes as they are hard to find. I like that there are a hand full of happy memories with my father–many of them are triggered by foods or drink( I just realised that).
I LOVE the Lindt intense orange and chocolate bar. I think it is my favorite!!!
Ooh, and thanks for telling me about the Heavenly lip balm. It looks heavenly.
I like the shoes and the skirt, I would wear both with white but not together and not black except around Halloween so I guess the rest of this month is ok. Orange and blue are some weird angle on the color wheel that is supposed to make them okay together, but the blue would have to be a special kind of blue I think to actually wear it and not paint it.
I wanted to make my senior science experiment turning my sister orange with carrots, but my teacher said no human subjects, so I measured stream chemicals instead, though none of them were orange.
My high school band sold oranges to make money for our various trips. Honeybells are the best for juicing, but they’re half tangerine I think.
Orange was also my high school class’s color for spirit week so I consequently have lots of orange pants/shirts/dresses/shoes/hats/hair dye/face paint . . . back in my room in the states. Orange is not a color seen often in France, except on leaves and old cars.
Orange can rhyme with “grange” and “mange” as I did when I made up new lyrics to “Home on the Range” when I was little but you have to say orange “OrAYnge”
And finally, my favorite French cookie: Orange Pims. Chocolate covered soft cookie filled with orange marmalade.
I am very not at all ambivalent about orange
Tessa:
1. “Door Hinge”?
2. I do love the style and the color. They also look really comfortable.
3. I told He-weasel what you said. He was very happy.
4. Thank you!
5. Hope your oranges are as sweet as you are.
Tatting Chic: So, it sounds like you like orange on and for others and not so much for yourself.
I do like the orange colours of Autumn. Love pumpkins and orange leaves!!
I wonder if it is also true in French that nothing rhymes with orangerie.
Andromeda: Hello, orange lover!!:-)
I do like orange and black together and I hate that they are associated with Halloween. My He-weasel’s team ‘s colours are orange and black.
I do wear navy blue with orange and I do like that combination.
Hee-hee! I was your science experiment. I think I drank about a pint of carrot juice for a day for a week and, voila, I was yellowy-orange.
I don’t think I have ever had a Honeybell orange( at least I don’t know that I have). I must try them.
He-weasel has lots and lots of orange in his closet too. When we went to France and he wore an orange sweater he did get a lot of looks.
Now that you have rhymed with orange, I have to know if there is a word that rhymes with orangerie?
J’adore Orange Pims!!! Thanks for your orange flavored comment.:-)
The colour orange will forever be associated with the wonderful Hermes. Sadly being dark I struggle to wear it as a colour. The skirt is a tricky one I can only think of Navy, but the shoes would rock with just about everything in your climate.
Sadly oranges = migraine for me they are always a no no, the tiniest sip could tip me over the edge.
As a child I was convinced orange smarties were the only ones with flavour, I think it was an urban myth perpetuated by my mother so she could steal them!
In a wonderful sonnet called “Stolen Moments” Kim Addonizio wittily near-rhymes (a very sensual) orange with “fridge” — Googling will easily find you the sonnet and you’ll see what I mean — and it will give you a whole other way to look at that fruit!
Can’t wear the colour anywhere near my face, but I love it — I’d wear those shoes in a heartbeat. I think the skirt would work with white, navy or chocolate brown — and maybe a nude shoe . . . At one point, when I was much younger, I’d have worn it with contrasting top-and-opaque-tights. It’s a great skirt — great shape, not just the colour.
Yes on the shoes, and you could wear a cream-colored turtleneck/blouse with that orange skirt. Or deep maroon. Or pink. Or purple. Or NAVY!!!!! Or charcoal. Not black, don’t risk being a heinous Halloween harlequin.
After seeing your smiling face orange….I have to say “yes” to orange!
Now…off to drink my morning glass of orange juice! : )
Lovely post La belette.
Yes to the shoes and skirt, both are gorgeous. I would pair them with cream and/or brown.
I like orange but find it quite hard to wear, although I used to have a beautiful soft orange wrap that I used to wear with a beige suede skirt.
I love that story about your mother!
I love orange, the color just makes me feel happy, like yellow.
i’ve got a sexy donna karan bright orange/red skirt that i never wear! just don’t know what to wear on top – but enc has some good advice. i’ve been thinking a cream colored sweater?
I love love LOVE orange, but oddly, not oranges.
I think the BR skirt is beautiful. I’d wear it with a cashmere sweater in burgundy or chocolate or charcoal grey or navy blue.
Indigo: Hermes orange and the chocolate brown remind me of chocolate and orange( my favorite taste combination) and so Hermes colours are delicious to all of my senses( I even love the Hermes scent for men,Orange Vertier; I sometimes wear it.)
I think I only have the courage to do navy with orange–that or brown.
I hate that oranges give you migraines. Bad oranges!! I had never heard that oranges were a trigger. Cheese, coffee and chocolate, I thought were the biggies.
Funny about your mother tricking you with the smarties. She was sneaky.;-)
Mater: That is one steaming hot orange. Whew!!! Thanks for sharing the fridge/or*i*nge flavored poem!
I love the colour, the shapes and the retro feel of both the skirt and the shoes–and yet they are not over the top retro. I am loving them both.
Done wrong, these shoe and skirt could look like something worn by a flight attendant in the late 60′s.
ENC: I am a colour coward. I will probably do navy or brown. Charcoal sounds lovely too. Still scared of maroon and orange. I will get there one day.;-)
La Donna:I am so glad I inspired you to get a glass of Vitamin C!:-)
Notsupermum:Glad you liked. I happen to love how all the orange looks against the black. Looking at this post makes me happy and I could use some happy.:-)
Orange does a have a strong “look at me” quality that can be a little scary. But, I think orange is a little friendlier than red—and I love red. Hope some orange sneaks into your closet or into you tummy.;-)
WendyB: As soon as I was born she quite eating oranges. Funny, huh?
Savvy: I think it is the cheeriest of colours–even more than yellow(but I look HORRIBLE in yellow).
Fashion Herald: If you aren’t gonna wear that skirt, I will!! Sounds beautiful. Get that skirt out of the closet and put it on!!!:-)
Iheart:I love that you love orange. I would love to see the orange that is in your closet. But, I will remember that you don’t like to eat oranges. I won’t make you my Grande Marnier souflee!;-)
I am so glad that everyone is loving the skirt. It is a big shape and I wasn’t sure. But, now that there is an overwhelmingly positive response that skirt is mine!!
I love the skirt and the shoes, I love orange, and an orange colored day sounds perfect to me. I love oranges when they are in season, I usually can’t get enough.
And on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, wasn’t their last name Orange in Greek? (Portokali…sorry, i don’t speak Greek yet).
I have a favorite orange Banana Republic tee that I wore to death all summer. I am sure my family and friends are sick of seeing me in it.
But, I HATE…so I DETEST Orange/Chocolate combination.
Great post!
i remember you told me before, your bdate has got something to do with no. 1 (1, 10, 19, 28). so you are governed by the planet Sun and your lucky color is yellow, gold and orange.
i just love orange, the fruit. and of course, i like the color of the skirt and shoes. =]
btw, i learned that from my mom since she knows numerology and astrology. i believe, i’ve also told you that before. o_O lol.
oh it’s your mom who is number 1. o_O now, i’m confused.
What a lovely list, lady! That skirt is a glory to behold. I’d recommend wearing it with a fitted white button down, tucked in, and brown crocodile slingbacks. A jaunty scarf tied round your neck to finish the job, please.
Yes to the shoes, too. Those are beyond fab! Wear them with a khaki skirt or pants, I think.
The “orange-colored day” line from Amelie always made me think of the jazz standard “Orange-colored Sky,” which I ALMOST got to sing with my HS jazz combo … lost out on that solo, but I did get to do “Your Feet’s Too Big,” which was more fun anyway.
I adore OJ, but it gives me heartburn for daaaaays. However, back in my days at a New Age book publishing company, I did hear the bit about orange power. We would buy bags of Cheetos and refer to it as “orange power food.” Fun. Loony, but fun.
Corfu Cousin: So far there has not been one vote against my lovely shoes and skirt. I am so happy. Love them!! I would love a orange tee that I could wear to death.
Yes, my Greek cousin!!You are right, and when they got married the two families were apples and oranges. Right? Love that! I wish my last name meant orange. I always joke the our Greek last name means”keepers of the pumpkins” as no one in the He-weasel family throws away their pumpkins after Halloween. They keep them until they rot.
If you get any orange/chocolate combined would you please send it my way.;-)
Autumn: No, I am not a sun person. Well, my moon is in Leo. Does that count? It is my mother whose bday are in those numbers.
Thanks for the yes vote for the skirt and shoes. I am giving you a big orange smile. You know the kind, when you put the orange peel in your mouth and smile and all you see is orange.;-)
Skirt yay, shoes nay. Pair the skirt with simple brown fitted sweater and gold accessories or be daring and pair with pale blue (one of my favorite combos).
That said, Go Beavers! My alma matter didn’t have a football team (a Quaker college with a football team? Heaven forbid!), so it has been my duty to cheer for OSU. As you know both my parents graduated from OSU, and my brother spent at least 6 years there without getting a degree… except in fraternity.
I had an orange sweater that I adored a few years back. Sadly I gained some weight and it no longer fit. I like to think that someone found it at goodwill and rocked it big time. I am starting to think orange again. I prefer it to red and I think it would be a fabulous color to add to the browns and greys in my current wardrobe. The only problem is that I no longer have the guts to wear orange. I suppose I could always pull out Sophie and give it a shot.
Sal:Ooh, I really like that outfit you created. I have a great white button down shirt that I love. And, I do have brown slingbacks. I don’t have a jaunty scarf to finish the outfit. Where should I look? I am so bad at scarf shopping?
I love the orange shoes with khaki, white, and even jeans. Orange shoes are so happy.
ENC sweetly sent me the “Orange-colored Sky,” song. I had never heard it before. Really lovely song. I have also never heard”Your Feet’s Too Big,”. I must hear that song! Love the title!
I am going to pretend that Cheetos are orange power food. I love Cheetos, Goldfish and Cheezits and Orange crush. A meal of those foods would really give me some serious orange power.
Oh, and when I worked at a coffee shop we called orange flavored mochas “Borgia’s”. They were very yum.
I knew I liked you! Orange is my very favorite color. I covet the shoes, especially as I cannot wear orange close to my face. My computer bag is a lovely orange, as is my notebook. And then there are the orangettes from Patrick Roger — pure heaven, I think you’ll agree.
Je te souhaite un w-e très orange !
Karen
Kristen:I am thrilled you love my skirt. And, I am holding my fingers in my ears and singing a happy song as you talk about my shoes.;-)
I think that these shoes and skirt out to qualify me for lifetime season tickets at OSU. Don’t you think???
Is your family going to the Civil War game? He-weasel is talking about it. We are going to go watch the Beaver’s beat UCLA. That should be fun.
I think Sophie can wear red, or orange or just about anything you think you can’t. I have confidence in both of you to rock orange in a big way!;-)
I wish I could find a coffee place that would make a Borgia. I miss them!
Karen: Orange is so bright, shiny and happy. Red can be happy. But, it can also be dark and moody. Orange sort of reminds me of puppy dogs—always so excited and joyous and ready for action. I love that about orange.
The shoes are so cute and they look comfortable and like I could walk in them for blocks at a time. Le sigh!! Oui to the Patrick Roger orangettes. Ah, yes, I remember them well.:-)
Je te souhaite toute l’orange de chose!
Sadly, I do not do orange; I do pink. I look hideous in orange, so have banished it from most areas of my life. However, I did have icky orange shag carpet in my bedroom as a teenager (then I changed bedrooms) and more recently I was offered an orange Yaris as a rental car (I declined and took the blue Hyundai). I happily eat oranges, however, so all is not lost I suppose.
let me guess, your bday falls on August? o_O
thank you and you’re welcome. ^^
I love oranges, and I also was/am addicted them. I can eat like fifty clementines…those are the most delicious ever.
Umbrellas of Cherbourg…sigh. Love love love.
On this orange-inspired day, I leave you with an orange poem–”Why I Am Not a Painter,” by Frank O’Hara:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/english/faculty/conte/syllabi/377/Frank_O'Hara.html
Okay, how weird is this: I actually referenced orange in my post today.
Does not liking orange clothes also mean one doesn’t like the color itself? I mean, I would never wear orange, but I think you could pull it off even though I’ve never seen you. Red hair helps, no doubt.
Oranges are delicious, the jury is still out on your sweetness. I kid, please don’t bury me under a sea of orange peels.
When someone says OJ, well, I don’t think of the juice anymore. Orange Crush is the Denver Broncos – boo!
Orange you glad I commented?
yes to the skirt (with a cocoa brown, off the shoulder sweater with 3/4 sleeves); and definitely yes to the shoes (to be worn with cocoa coloured stockings).
yes to oranges in all their flavors.
by the way, love the orange pregnant person! your own work?
and reading your blog has just given me an orange coloured day. orange always makes me think of my very best friend, and my younger sister, both red heads on whom the colour orange looks smashing (and not like pumpkins either).
I can’t stand oranges or orange juice 90% of the time. However, every once in a while (every couple of months) I get a huge craving for OJ and cannot think straight until I get some fresh-squeezed goodness. (Hate anything from box or can.) Then, as soon as I drink the juice, I’m off it again. This actually happened weekly when I was pregnant, so your mother’s story resonates with me. PS: Best salad ever: peeled, sectioned oranges, olive oil, sundried olives, crushed chili seeds. Sunny fantasticness.
What a beautiful, beautiful ode to orange.
I personally adore those shoes. I think they’d look brilliant with that skirt, a crisp white shirt and a coral necklace in a matchy-matchy sort of way.
I have a love/hate relationship with the colour orange, because I love its vibrancy so much, but it clashes with my hair, which happens to be ginger. For many years I have fought with my orange hair and I got the top grade in a class one year for arguing about discrimination against those who suffer from gingervitis (being ginger). I may post about that this weekend, so thank you for that!
xx
In orange, definitely yes on the shoes! A neutral color would be too conservative, I think . . . but orange is perfect!
I have the scarf to tie jauntily. I cannot wear orange near my skin (weirdly for a chestnut haired and freckled celt I am a spring)
So I have a perfect little gift for you. Email me your postal and it is yours.
Yes to the skirt and shoes.
yes to Amelie! Yes to the little orange man picture and yes to Terry’s Chocolate Orange!!!
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xx
I love redheads in orange. I love orange so much but don’t think I can wear it well. Love the shoes. If you need orange as a mood enhancer, go for it!
Indeed, something rhymes with “orange.” If you pronounce it in the French manner, “orange rhymes with the name “Solange.” So there you have it.
PS Belette, will you write me and tell me how you did the multi-image picture group up top?
Orange you happy? Orange looks good with camel, bitter-chocolate or ecru (but white looks cheerleadery and black of course is Halloween) and clear oranges look mod-great with hot pink. Orange and turquoise is classic retro but hard to wear. Kelly and orange show up a lot in my orange-grounded Hermes scarves (as do India’s beloved orange and pink). Navy with orange is not as pleasing to me, but royal blue with orange really pops.
Orange prints are interesting- e.g., orange, olive green and pale blue.
I love the shoes! And pretty much live for Lindt Orange Intense chocolate bars.
Your Belette-arrival story is sweet… oranges also have beautiful smooth skins, juicy ripeness and the most delightful burst of citrus fragrance when you enjoy one.
Love the orange shoes! I just got myself a beautiful orange watch. I feel especially drawn to that color recently. You can count my mom among the women who had cravings for oranges during pregnancy–it continued for years afterwards, too…but I don’t think I’m as sweet as you!
I bet you’d love the watch. Check it out on overstock. It’s the Ladies Wall Street by Stuhrling.
K.
YES! on the shoes! I love them!
for some reason, I don’t drink orange juice much at home, but get me to McDonalds at breakfast time and I can’t get enough Tropicana.
Pinklea:Your name made me think you just might be a fan of pink.;-) As a redhead with pinkish undertones in my skin I don’t really do much pink.
Pinklea, orange shag carpet. Poor you? I had some green shag carpet in my childhood that I will never forget.
He-weasel would love an orange car–that is how die hard a fan he is to his team colours.
Glad you can at least enjoy eating oranges!!:-)
Autumn: I a Pisces with a Leo moon.So my colours would be?
Storialist:Those Cuties, mandarin oranges, are totally addictive. It is impossible to eat just one.
Have you seen the Young Girls of Rochefort? Not as good as the Umbrellas of Cherbourg–but it is still worth seeing. love.
Thank you so much for the orange poem. I absolutely love it. I so wish I had had this poem when I wrote this post. Sardine
s and oranges and the words that spring from them are a good reason not to be a painter.
37 calories in an orange! im sold for like. not keen on the shoes, but im not keen on patent. great post,awesome blog. love it!x
Randal:Oooh, I cannot wait to read your orange coloured post.
I don’t at all believe that you have to love to wear orange to mean that you love orange. But, I bet you would look good in it. Orange looks good on everybody–it is nice that way.;-)
Hey, and as far as my sweetness—yes, I can be sweet. But, I can also be tart and I have my share of pith and seeds.
Orange you glad I mentioned sports?
Hey,and, where is that shoe post?;-)
Bonnie-Ann:I love how you mix orange and chocolate. I want the skirt and the shoes even more after reading your suggestions.
I am not at all responsible for the orange person. And, I thought it was an orange man with a big belly.
You are so sweet. I am sooooo happy that I helped to give you an orange coloured day. And, I am so happy that I made you think of your lovely sister and best friend.
Oh! love the orange. Definitely go for the shoes. Great orange shoes are so hard to find and you will kick yourself again and again if you don’t snag them. The skirt is fabulous too, and not just for the color. I adore orange although it is really not good near my face. No problem as I think Orange goes with many things.
I don’t mind orange and black or orange and black and white, but I think that orange and black and a strong red are really fabulous together, or orange and red and white or orange and red and a very very pale platinum gray. Oh How I love just thinking about it. I am not thrilled with orange and ecru, but do understand the point Duchesse made about orange and white being a bit cheerleadery. I think that’s why I like to throw the red in. I tend to like 3 or more colors or shades of a color anyway, rather than just two.
I also like a deep blue, perhaps a blue with a bit of a purple tone, or a deep purple with orange. I would go red, purple and orange if I found just the right shades, and I think orange really sets off some of those deep plummy purple shades like deep maroons and dusky violets, perhaps offset with a bit of olive.
Orange and hot pink are a great summer combination as are orange and bright green. You could add a little bright yellow too although you would risk looking like a tropical bird. That might be easier to pull off in the warmth of LA than it would be in NY.
I must stop now.
Orange looks good with camel, bitter-chocolate or ecru (but white looks cheerleadery and black of course is Halloween) and clear oranges look mod-great with hot pink. Orange and turquoise is classic retro but hard to wear. Kelly and orange show up a lot in my orange-grounded Hermes scarves (as do India’s beloved orange and pink). Navy with orange is not as pleasing to me, but royal blue with orange really pops.
Orange prints are interesting- e.g., orange, olive green and pale blue.
And pretty much live for Lindt Orange Intense chocolate bars.
K.line:I probably drink OJ once a month or even less. It is hard to find a restaurant that has the kind of OJ I require. I won’t do box or can either.
And, I am so making that salad and when I enjoy the fabulous fruity deliciousness I will think of your sunshiny face!:-D
Pretty Face: Thank you!!
I do think matchy-matchy can be fun when done right. And, I do think that there might be a time when I dare to pare the skirt and shirt.
Ginger hair sounds lovely to me. It sounds hot, spicy and soothing. That is the amazing thing about ginger that it is both hot and calming. I love that you defended your gingerness and were rewarded for it with honors! However,I do not like that gingavitis sounds so much like gingervitis. Ginger is nice and spice and everything nice while gingavitis is gross!
I do hope you post about it. I would love to read it!
Miss Cavendish: Thanks for voting yes on my shoes!!!!
Hammie: J’adore all of your positive oui’s and affirmation to all of the oranges.OMG!!!! You are as sweet as a mandarin orange. No, you are as sweet as a Terry’s Chocolate orange!!! I cannot believe that you have a jaunty orange scarf that is going unworn. I am so sorry you cannot wear it. I will wear it the minute it arrives.Merci, mon amie!!!
Thank you for adding your voice of assent to my citrus skirt and shoes. They will look amazing with your lovely scarf!!
xoxo
Karen: I always thought blond beauties could totally do orange. No?
I am so loving that you all love the shoes too. I do think they will brighten my step. How could they not?
You are right, if you change the pronnunciation to a non-typical pronnunciation you can get words to rhyme orange. But, that is cheating!
Nothing, rhymes with orange without cheating. 
PS I didn’t do the pictures. I found them on Flickr. Gorgeous, aren’t they?! Love them!!
Duchesse: Thank you so much!! I feel like you are a bit of an orange expert!
I do have to see that I am happier today. All this orange talk has had a cheerful effect( and I have had reason not to feel cheerful today).
I cannot manage camel tops very well. But bitter-chocolate makes me so very happy. This may become a favorite color combination. I would love to try hot pink and orange–but I don’t think I could manage it without someone to guide me on how to do it.
Fantastic!Another vote for the shoes. As you might imagine, I have ordered these babies. They are mine!!
Hey, Lindt lover, have you discovered the new mini Lindt Orange Intense chocolate bars. Love that they come in the mini-size for when I don’t have the self-control to break open a big bar.
Yeah, my mother and the oranges. I love that something about me made her crave them. I always love it when she tells me about it. Something about hearing about those oranges that she ate for us makes me feel an enormous love and tenderness for her.
I do love that snap of fragrance that comes when you break a section of orange in half. Also, I love those little tiny sections of orange in a large naval orange. Not the full segments—but, those sweet little sections that are like a bonus. Lovely!
K: First, I have to tell you, I just went by your lovely blog and I am thrilled and honored to be listed in your category of “If you love words.” As a person who does love words I am extremely honored to be placed in this category on your blog. Big hug!!
I have long coveted the Michele orange watch. So, I cannot wait to see the orange watch you got on Overstock.
I love knowing someone who had a mother with serous orange cravings during pregnancy. And, not for a minute, do I believe that you aren’t as sweet. Hey, I have pits and can be sour too. Not every orange is a sweety. But, you are for leaving this comment. I am off ogle over your watch!:-)
Amy: So nice to see you here. Hooray, another shoe vote. Merci!
So funny that McDonalds brings out your orange juice longings!:-)
Aussana:I was shocked to learn how few calories are in the average orange. Sorry that you aren’t a fan of the shoes. But, I much prefer you like my blog and not the shoes than the other way round!! Thanks so much for coming by and commenting. Hope to see you again:-)
Belette Rouge – I did a post yesterday! It’s so funny because I said exactly the same thing that you did about the name. Great minds, eh?
I would not look good in orange. I don’t look good in black either, but I gotta wear something!
What’s a shoe?
Mardel:I am overwhelmed by all the love for orange. You are so right about the rarity of an orange show. I have looked for months and this is the first one I found. The shape of the skirt makes me swoon. It is even better in person.
I rarely have the colour courage to wear three colours at once. But, through all of the wise colour council you all give me I think I am going to branch out on the colour wheel.
I am amazed at the boldness and thoughtfulness you bring to colour combination.
Pretty Face: I am off to your post. And, yes, great minds do think alike!!!:-)
Randal: I just don’t believe that there is anyone who doesn’t look good in black and I just don’t think you have found the right orange for you.
And, don’t make me start sending you a shoe a day. Believe me, I could.;-)
Orange… What can I say?
I’m a multicoloured person so I have to like orange….
Besides in What Type of Fruit Are You? I’m an Orange LOL
Oh, ma belle that cute little orange man is really a piece of art
I think I could wear orange with most of the colours. Black (why Halloween?), white, blue (various shades), green, purple, brown, grey, deep pink, yellow, burgandy…
And I think your mother story is so sweet.
As for fall, orange and red wine are the colours of the best combination of falling leaves…
Love your collage and love you.
(Can you read souls?… I’ve a special relation with dance. I LOVE dancing and I just feel when I dance, forgeting all around me.
I wished very much to be a ballet dancer. Interesting how you associated dance with me….)
Hope you’re habing a nice weekend.
xoxo
Seeker:You look great in orange. But, hey, you look great in everything!!
I don’t know how that orange man was created–but I love it. That is quite a navel that orange man has!!!
So happy my craved oranges and to dill pickles or sardines. Who knows what kind of person I would be??
Not sure if I can read souls. But, the last couple of pictures of you have soooo made me think of dance. I had ballet dreams when I was young. I even made it to point.
Thanks so much for your very sweet comment. And, I hope you too are having a lovely weekend!
Much love! xoxo
Yes to the skirt – wear it with a simple top, so as not to overwhelm the colour. If you want to create contrast and drama go for a chocolate brown, if you want to lower the excitement you could try cream.
Yes to the shoes too.
I love orange juice exactly as you – I squeeze about 3 oranges by hand, then put all the pulp from the squeezer into the glass along with the juice. I hate electric juicers as they remove the pulp – which is the best bit!
I love Orange chocolate – especially when it’s dark bitter chocolate with orange.
I can’t wear orange (as I have cool colouring and it makes me look like I’ve a severe case of jaundice), but have lived in a house with orange walls and enjoyed it – it created a great social atmosphere.
Studies have shown that those with orange hair are considered to be warmer and friendlier than anyone else. I advise my clients who can wear shades of orange to do so in social situations to promote conversation and interaction.
I had a client who loved the colour orange, and he had about 20 ties in orange, and when he found out he couldn’t wear orange as it wasn’t flattering he was very sad, but when I questioned him about his love for orange (which he had no idea why), he finally realised that his bedroom as a child was painted orange, so it brought back the feelings of fun and freedom of his childhood. I suggested that he buy a large painting of a sunset that had lots of orange tones through it, and put in on the wall in front of his couch so he could drink in the orange that he required to make him happy each day. This he thought was a great idea.
I’d put the shoes and skirt together with a really deep purple – you would look divine in that! Buy them, buy them, buy them.
We love orange too. http://geeksinlove.free.fr/?p=95
This is FF6600: http://www.colorcombos.com/FF6600-hex-color
Ok so I spent a few days thinking about the rhyme, and I wanted it to rhyme on all syllables, but the closest I got, in French, is une égérie, which means a muse. Poem is thus:
Dans l’orangerie
avec mon égérie
That was a fun brain exercise, thanks!
When I went to California in July, I visited a v. strange place that I’m sure was near Valencia – The Gibbon Center – a refuge for monkeys that sound like butlers. I’m wondering if it’s near you.
I love the skirt. You should definitely buy it. I always love really bright colours, so I’d wear it with cornflower blue on top.
The orange shoes are just yummy. I do have an orange pashmina scarf from the middle east and that’s about it I think.
A friend sent me to read this post because I ADORE orange! The skirt and shoes are fantastic, and the orange kettle in the collage photo is perfect. What a great post!
I have always avoided orange myself because it makes me look very ill (though I am sitting in an orange room typing this). However, Attila has orange hair (she is strawberry blond but there is a lot of red hair in my family. I always felt hard done by that I missed out on it). In fact Attila had an orange fetish for years – we had to paint her bedroom completely orange a few years ago and at least half of her clothes were orange too (the other half were either pink or violet and she used to combine them in ways that made Lenin cry with pain). I was happy to encourage her individuality – due to my job I have a regrettable black habit. She is currently in a grey phase.
I saw a lovely jumper (sweater) today in the most gorgeous burnt orange colour, and I immediately thought of you La belette. I held it up to my skin and thought it looked ok, so bought it thinking I would pair it with a dark brown skirt and brown suede boots.
When I got home and unpacked the jumper I realised that in daylight – and not the artificial shop lighting – it is RED! A really nice red, but not orange. Sigh.
good lord, I cannot read 81 comments, so maybe I am saying what others said already. I like the shoes and skirt a lot.
Incidentally, I bought a primarily orange striped skirt not too long ago and love it every time I look at it, but I bought it from a thrift store and cannot return it as it is really too tight.
I am here in burnt orange country. Not a fan of burning orange and wearing it much, but I have a wonderful respect for it and hope to be worthy of wearing the energetic color some day.
I always liked orange until I noticed how much Cindy McCain wears it …
Yes on the shoes. adorable.
Did you know that disreputable men hang out near the Orangerie in Paris and try to pick up women? there’s an orange story for you! lol.
Imogen:I feel like I fade away in cream so I will likely do brown. And, the shoes are on there way to me.
Oh, another pulp lover. You, my friend, make a mean glass of OJ. I would happily drink orange juice at your house any day.
Have you tried Lindt intense orange and chocolate bar? I think you would really like it.
Do you find that having orange in your interiors has made you more hungry?
My husband, who wears orange a lot, does notice on the days he wears it that people are much friendlier.
And, I buy him every tie with orange in it I can find. He has quite a collection. Hey, did your client sell his orange ties? I might know someone who would be interested.;-)
I am no colour expert—but if people LOVE a colour it would seem to me that there would have to be a way that could incorporate some of their favorite color in their wardrobe.No?
Cybil: When I went to buy the orange skirt I did look at some purple tops and even thought about daring to pair purple and orange. It is a whole lot of color–but it would be pretty!
Pamela: LOVE the cartoon. Sent it to He-weasel and he LOVED it—as we both are keen on small furry animals and the colour orange it felt like it was made for us. Merci for sending it. Please tell Vincent we love it.:-)
Andromeda: J’adore your poem!!! I am saving that one and with your permission when I write about orange again I will quote your poem that breaks the rule. Orange as a muse—yes, that sooooo works!!Merci!!!Bisoux.
Della:WI just googled The Gibbon Center and it is very close to me. Did you enjoy the Gibbon Center? I have a house guest coming this week and wonder if I should take her.
This skirt is bright! I was a little intimidated when I went to try it on–but not so intimidated that I didn’t buy it!
Songy: Ooh, an orange pashmina sounds lovely. I want one!!!:-)
Randi: I am sooooo glad your friend sent you to my blog. so glad you liked my orange coloured post and I hope you come back and visit again soon!!!!:-)
CA:Do you like your orange room and does it make you hungry?? I must know as I fear a paint colour that could up my appetite.
Lucky,Attila! Love the bright nature of her colour choice.
LOL that her colour choice made her sister cry.Well, I am sure Lenin didn’t find it funny.;-)
I was for very many years a gal who wore only black. Colour started slowly sneaking in. First red and then orange. I even have some blue. But, black is still the dominant colour of my closet.
Notsupermom: You have soooo proved my point. Orange and red are absolutely kissing cousins. I was so delighted that you found a orange sweater.The outfit of an orange sweater and a dark brown skirt and brown suede boots sounds amazing.
Hey, but, I love a red sweater. How about you? Are you keeping the red sweater? Inquiring weasels want to know.
Frieda Bee: Who knew orange was so popular? I am always amazed what post creates the most conversation.
As a former Austin resident I share your lack of love for burnt orange. I prefer a truer orange. However, U of T folks seem to accept any orange as a badge of affiliation to longhorn nation.
Do you think a seamstress might be able to let your orange skirt out a little bit? It is amazing the things a good seamstress can do.
I sometimes use orange as a fake it til you can make it like accessory. Yes, I am tired, grumpy and dysthymic—but the orange makes me look a little less so.;-)
Mignonne:I will not let Cindy McCain appropriate orange. No, she cannot have it!!!!
Thanks for the vote for my darling shoes. And, I love the story about the disreputable men. That story is orange, a little purple and maybe even some shades of blue. Love it!!
I am not sure what he did with his ties, but next client that is in this pradicament I shall send them your way!
As long as 80% of the colours he wore was good, a small splash of orange would be OK, but in a tie, that reflects on the face it would need to be a small splash, so as not to make him look jaundiced.
You can have any colour in your life – we paint our houses, choose furnishings, buy cars, grow flowers in our garden – the list is endless on how you can add colours to your life.
I for instance am a Hot Pink girl, and as I sit in my office am surrounded by hot pink rubbish bins (one for rubbish, one for paper recycling), my hot pink laptop bag, a hot pink folio, my hot pink diary, a hot pink client notebook, a hot pink handcream dispenser and on the back of the door hangs a hot pink scarf, and peeking out of my drawer is a hot pink stapler – this is the colour that floats my boat, though I wouldn’t want to wear it every day, but I like to get my fill of it once a week.
I lovre the Lindt intense orange, have you tried Terry’s Chocolate Orange (or is that something you can’t buy in the US)? That is insanely good – if you have never tried one I shall send you one.
Imogen: Yes, should someone need to get rid of a closet full of orange ties you know where to send them.;-)
I just saw the latest tie I got my He-weasel on a newscaster. And, the news guy had it put together just as I did( the same navy suit with gray chalk stripes and a blue shirt). I have no confidence in my ability to put suits and ties together so I was really proud of myself.
It is a good thing that my weasel looks so great in orange because even if he didn’t he would keep wearing it—all out of his extreme team loyalty.
I love my red pots, pans and kitchen accessories—but, I am careful about how much red I put in my house as I don’t want it to overwhelm. But it does make cooking a little more delightful to have pans that are my signature colour.
You are a sweetheart to offer, but yes we can get Terry’s Chocolate Orange’s here and if we couldn’t I would beg and plead with you to send me one. Happily they are available at the local market!
I think the Gibbon Center is a strange & interesting place to take a visitor. Hopefully, here's a blog entry I wrote about it in July :
http://dellastreetdreaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/visit-to-gibbon-center.html
I have red pots and pans too! (I don’t think they come in hot pink – and hot pink is the other kissin cousin to red on the other side of the family from orange).
Della: Thank you so much for the link and the review. Think I will be going soon and write about it when I do. Merci!
Imogen:I just saw orange pots made by Rachel Rae. Loved them. But, I am aready committed to red.
I just googled for hot pink pots and pans. All I could find was pastel pink.
Random side note: This is the first time on my blog that the comments have gotten to 100. Love it!! Fun.:-)