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Tuesday Trend: Toile

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Spring is coming, despite what the thermometer might say, and I am very excited to pack away the plaid, tartan, and houndstooth in favor of more seasonal patterns and one of my favorite is toile.  This is definitely a word that I have always had trouble spelling until one of my good friends explained that it was easy to remember if you just thought of “toilet” without the “t”. Since then I have never messed it up.

Only recently did I learn that the proper name is Toile de Jouy consisting of a repeated pattern of a complex scene in a single color on a white or off-white background. For classic toile the pattern is usually in black, red, or dark blue but green, brown, and magenta are not heard of.

I used to have pants in this pattern that my younger brother aptly named “wallpaper pants”. I originally made fun of my mother too until I fell in love with a pink toile dress that I wore to my confirmation in 8th grade and since then have been a big fan of this intricate pattern.

           

Do you have anything in this pattern? How would you style it? 

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  2. Kacie Cone says

    I don’t have anything with this print but my friend as a bedspread that looks a lot like the blue one, I love the way it looks in her room!

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  16. Michael says

    I see this on dishes a lot and always wondered what it was. It would be nice on fabric to just frame and hang on the wall. Hmmm.. Maybe a summer DIY project.

  21. LuLu says

    I use a kind of taupe colored toile duvet on my bed for part of the year. I love the richness it brings into the room paired with gold and greens. I also second Carly up there.. I would love a jacket in red.

    xx
    Lulu
    Breakfast After 10

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