Are mustard-coloured coats a thing back home? They’re certainly big here, and I believe it’s a recent trend. That is to say, I’ve only noticed this in the last two weeks. Several days ago I was waiting for a friend outside a shop; she’s always been easy to spot because she has snow white hair, and wears a mustard-yellow, all-weather coat. I could see her just in the front of the store by the cashier and I pointed her out to the others in our walking group, before I realised that was a different tall, white-haired, yellow-coated Orcadian lady. Within two minutes, two more ladies walked by in similar jackets. I started watching, and by the end of the walk I had spotted at least another half dozen women (all different; it wasn’t the same lady looping the block) in varying shades of gold, mustard, amber, and school bus yellow.
Scout & I walked into town this morning and at one point stopped to chat with one of the other Community Fridge volunteers (who was in her yellow parka), and within my field of vision I could see seven – yes, seven – women all in mustard yellow coats. I tried to think of a way to get a photograph of them all to post here, but herding them together in the middle of the road didn’t seem feasible. Don’t get me wrong, I like yellow. It just seems like such a random thing to suddenly have sprung up.
Maybe it’s a northern thing – dark days means brighter clothes?