Bonjour, Jasmine!: Gypset

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Gypset

A gypsy of a strange and distant time,
Travelling in panic all direction blind.

-- Moody Blues "Gypsy"

NOTES

Recently while tidying up some old copies of GLA magazine, I came across a very befringed editorial with the gypset theme that is rather en vogue right now. Gypset, conveniently the amalgamation of "gypsy" and "jet-set", is the embodiment of gypsy free-spiritedness by glamorous young wanderers. Think Free People bohemianism but more luxurious, perhaps draped in exotic prints, paisley wraps or fringed tunics and dripping in glorious ethnic jewellery. I couldn't resist the romance of the concept and decided to try it out with some ethnic print shawls culled from a Malaysian market and an army of green and gold Cor-date jewellery. Vive la vie bohème!

最近在收拾一些舊的 GLA 雜誌時，偶然看見一篇充滿流蘇的拍攝單元，是以目前時尚界頗夯的 Gypset 概念為主題的穿搭集。Gypset 其實是英文字 "gypsy" 跟 "jet-set" 的合體，意味著奢華時尚的新一代旅人展現出的自由不拘的吉普賽精神。可以想像成 Free People 的波希米亞風，但是更加奢華，也許身著異國風情的印花衣物、佩斯利花紋的披肩抑或是掛著搖曳流蘇的罩衫，穿戴著各式閃亮的民族風首飾。想當然爾，最愛各種浪漫元素的我也忍不住想嘗試，搬出之前在馬來西亞市集挖到的民族風印花披肩，還有一堆 Cor-date 的金綠色閃亮亮飾品來體會一下 gypset 自由奢華的時尚精神。Vive la vie bohème！