http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabby_chic
"The term was coined by The World of Interiors magazine in the 1980s..."
man ain't that google and wiki sumpin'.
It;s shabby chic.... and I wish they hadn't... I am sick to death of the term. Along with 'cute'..... why is every effin thing 'cute' these days?
it's chic, unless someone made a play on words.
nyc art/fashion crowd coined it decades ago.
You just did !
