Ladies who lunch in red hats

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited February 1, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    Red, YES :wow

    I'm being picky today but the tilting umbrella bugs me.
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    bfjr wrote: »
    Red, YES :wow

    I'm being picky today but the tilting umbrella bugs me.

    You think I should have gone over and straightened the umbrella
    before snapping?

    What I wanted to do was ask the lady without the hat to move
    or put on a red hat.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 19, 2012
    Wow! Were they going to an ugly clothing contest? rolleyes1.gif
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    They are lunching ladies, but actually they are far, far, far from being "ladies who lunch" in the way Truman Capote used the term to describe a certain strata of Manhattan society 'dame.' These lunching ladies are probably members of this group. rolleyes1.gifrofl And, wow! I know it is definitely unPC to say this, but some people shot NOT wear red pants.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    Richard wrote: »
    Wow! Were they going to an ugly clothing contest? rolleyes1.gif

    Laughing.gif - in fact, when the page first opened, the colors had the effect of making me temporarily a little ill.
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2012
    I was aware of the Red Hat Society and the phrase "ladies who lunch". I'm
    not aware of any Capote usage, though. I thought it came from Sondheim's
    1970 musical "Company".

    I chose the title because the photo was taken on Park Avenue in Winter Park,
    which is where the closest thing that this area has to "society" hangs out. The
    outdoor tables at the restaurants along Park Avenue are where people go to
    see and be seen at lunch.

    Here's a shot taken in 2010 of a Red Hat member in a St Pat's Day parade.
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2012
    Hmmm... tough looking old chics

    Good grab Tony
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2012
    Those ladies are my personal heroes.

    From Warning, by Jenny Joseph:

    When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
    With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
    And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
    And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
    I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
    And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
    And run my stick along the public railings
    And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 20, 2012
    MarkR wrote: »

    From Warning, by Jenny Joseph:

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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited January 21, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    They are lunching ladies, but actually they are far, far, far from being "ladies who lunch" in the way Truman Capote used the term to describe a certain strata of Manhattan society 'dame.' These lunching ladies are probably members of this group. rolleyes1.gifrofl And, wow! I know it is definitely unPC to say this, but some people shot NOT wear red pants.

    Actually the term is attributed to WWD publisher John Fairchild. There's a great article on this in this month's Vanity Fair


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  • SamoBikerSamoBiker Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited January 21, 2012
    I like the shot but it feels over saturated to me. I think you could still get the same impact with a little less processing.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2012
    SamoBiker wrote: »
    I like the shot but it feels over saturated to me. I think you could still get the same impact with a little less processing.

    I didn't increase the saturation at all other than the default in ACR.

    That's the color of those outfits! Note the greens are normal green.
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  • SamoBikerSamoBiker Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited January 22, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    I didn't increase the saturation at all other than the default in ACR.

    That's the color of those outfits! Note the greens are normal green.

    Yeah, I noticed the rest of the colors weren't that saturated/vibrant. Guess they have hidden battery packs to generate those colors. Probably a special store for outfits like that. :D
  • mariespurlockmariespurlock Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited January 31, 2012
    Yeah it looks like that the picture isn't saturated.. It is really just the red clothing of those "ladies" that can be easily spotted in a huge crowd.. rolleyes1.gif
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2012
    My wife worked with the Red Had Society ladies on a National level for some promotional products many years ago. I can attest to the fact the colors in Tony's shot are not doctored. They ARE that vivid and I'm quite sure if a fabric manufacturer could figure out how to bump it up a dozen points, they'd be on it in a heartbeat. Somewhere I'm sure the Mrs. had the PMS codes for that red and purple..... It's out there, that's for sure.
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