Real people: May at the market
Finally time to people-watch at the market, and I'm glad you have time to come along. This is full spring, but we see two camps: the black-forever women who are adding some seasonal touches to their usual look, and others, dressed in the colours of the flower stalls. This couple caught my eye for their all-black attire, and their pleasure as they bought apples. The woman at the right, waiting her turn, wore a classic brown wool overcoat over straight-leg jeans and a high-buttoned charcoal shirt. Her black rolled-brim hat and silver hoops added polish. I realized I had not a duo, but trio of shoppers in simple but striking clothes. At the other end of the spring colour continuum, we spot two women who definitively chose pale palettes: Left: The hyacinth blue charms; the floral scarf, with pink and green, so pretty. Good local asparagus, let's get some! Right: In her off-white shacket over a white shirt, with wide-legged black jeans and white sneakers, she takes a neutral rout
