“I have a love for colorful things. I’m a fashion maximalist. I come from the school of people who look at the decoration in Marie Antoinette’s bedroom, and think, Why so reserved?”–Suzy Menkes, British journalist and fashion critic One of my favorite devices in The Wizard of Oz is the transition from black and white with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry’s old, dilapidated Kansas farmhouse—the tornado with cows and chickens and houses flying around, etc.—to the Technicolor of Oz. The shimmering, yellow brick road, lipstick-red poppies, the cerulean blue of Dorothy’s pinafore, and, of course, the Emerald City, eventually … What a magical transformation!
In design, be it floral, interior, garden, or fashion, there are always trends, for better or worse. While I can appreciate the restful, sophisticated polish of…
