Blue — the color of Samarkand mosaics and domes, became fashionable on the wave of ethnic hobbies. At the same time, suzane embroidery, ikats, and characteristic Central Asian prints became popular. This season, the designers beat the blue-blue scale differently, based on a completely different cultural and historical layer. Now it is blue Monet and Degas, the spring Parisian sky, crushing, crystal blue, pierced by the wind and a bright but cold sun. As in the laced mirages of the station Saint-Lazar, one of the favorite themes of Claude Monet's impressions. Geometric prints gave way to impressionistic floral. As, for example, on the Mirafiore fabric of the RUBELLI brand, “studded” with the buds of the sky-blue roses – mirages. Designers of the brand GRIFONI HOME DESIGN® BY VITTORIO GRIFONI decorated the furniture from the new I Decori collection with such floral still lifes: the companions of blue here are lemon yellow and brick red. (A winning combination! Take note and use.)

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