Whaddya mean I can’t have it?
By Christa TerryMy favorite area in Disney’s Epcot Center was always the little alcove I liked to call Morocco World. Being the Epcot was generally boring as dirt, I had to latch on to something. Now they have characters from Aladdin prancing around and things like Test Track right across the way, so I wonder if quite so many kiddies will lose themselves in the geometric patterns and abstract design found in that pavilion.
I was reminded of all this when perusing You Love Me & It’s Heavenly, as the future Mrs. Cruz posted some images from Zara Home. Putting aside for the moment that this shop apparently limits the sale of its wares to *sniff* a great many places other than the US, I’m tremendously in love with their showcase rooms.
If Moroccan influences just aren’t your bag, there’s still plenty to see. In fact, a quick tour of the Zara Home web site reveals design elements borrowed from just about everywhere. Stark, cold whites can be found next to browns reminiscent of safaris gone by. Then there are tropical greens, vivid pinks, and muted, modern grays.
Americans, as I mentioned earlier, are plain out of luck for now, so all I can do is look longingly at the web site, cross my fingers, and hope that Zara Home makes its way to this part of the globe.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I guess this is where the international crowd gets their own back for all the times we make them fall in love with things they can’t get where they are, isn’t it?
(sighs)
March 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I too loved Morocco World in Epcot as a child. My family went to Disney when I was 9, and I clearly remember finding something I liked to eat in the “weird” menu, AND I went and danced with the belly dancer.
As an adult, I’m pretty partial to any of the pavilions that refill the yard-long glass that they let those of us over 21 carry around.
These show rooms are gorgeous!
March 21st, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Zara sells here in Vancouver, and I am more than willing to front for you Yanks in exchange for…say, Jake Gyllenhaal?
March 26th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I’m not sure that we’re ready to give Jake up…
April 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
OMG. I happen to LOVE Morroccan style, and actually have a few “Morroccan Interiors”-type books.
Dream, drool, cry, sigh. 🙁