it already is a trend: boho chic/bohemianism

so "gypset" is the new marrakech style 2.0?

the problem is the labels and those who create/use them.
how about we just appreciate what looks good using thoughtful descriptions and carefully chosen words?
just and idea....

The Roma consider gypsy to be derogatory. What's next, Mick Style?

I think I can confidently say that the term "gypset" is not going anywhere beyond this post.

I second rayma's comment. The Roma people are an incredibly oppressed ethnic minority. I'm just not into cultural appropriation as interior design.

I third what rayma & chillrepute said. This is just offensive.

Oh goodness no.

david at justveggingout.co, the post says Julia Chaplin's book, Gypset Style: Jet Set + Gypsy. So unfortunately it's already beyond this post. An actual book. Ugh.

Be on the lookout for my new book, Micktastic and Wopalicious, about Italian-Irish fusion style. With lots of crosses! It won't be offensive because I didn't mean it that way!

Can you just imagine being at the meeting where she says, "Hey! I got one! Let's call it GYPSET! You know, Jet Set + Gypsy!"

And then, even worse, picture someone saying, "WOW! What a great idea, Julia! I think that name just might catch on!"

uh, no.

I agree. This is absolutely tasteless branding. No doubt the idea of an MBA'd tool who has no clue or care for how offensive it is to oppressed minorities. And shame on you too, AT, for seeing it as a possible trend. sheesh!

Oh, please! Lower case "gypsy" has been used for years interchangably with the concept of "nomad", I hardly think it rises to an issue of "political correctness" in decor.

The "cuteness" of the combined word is a bit cloying, but so are a lot of common terms in our language these days, like "e-mail" and "iPhone". It's the shorthand of the day.

Whether you like the look or not is a separate issue. (I kind of do.)

I remember seeing the 4th picture before... what was it, a high-end restaurant's bathroom? Does anyone know how to get that flat mirror effect? Does it boil down to getting a mirror that can cover most of your wall and painting over/otherwise covering up some of it?

Last week the fancy new word was "glamping" (glamour+camping), this week it's "gypset", enough already. Stop with the silly abbreviations so we can focus on the interiors again.

(BEPSF rolls his eyes)

Do not try shrink me gypsy...

I am in the "offensive" camp. Just because a term has been used for decades doesn't mean it's ok.I am not a native English speaker, but doesn't "to gyp" mean to cheat on someone or something similar?
Roma and Sinti people have been abused and oppressed for centuries, no need to perpetuate it, it's good to be a bit more sensitive. Especially if there are other words to use - like bohemian in this case, or ethnic or anything else that seems to be idea here.

The fabric is lovely, but these labels are not necessary.

Here in the good old US, gypsy has wonderful, romantic, mysterious connotations for many. Despite the peculiar immigration crackdowns against the Roma in France, we like the term and aren't giving it back. Are you really going to relabel your Django Reinhardt tracks as "Roma-inspired folk jazz"?

Just like Geek, Queer and Jock, our melting pot takes curses and turns them into compliments.

Gypset and Glamping are just the unholy spawn of evil coupling, I'll grant you that.

To be honest, Jet Set, is the true offense (although I am with the crowd that understand the oppression of the Roma) -- who gives a f*ck about Jet Setters in a time when we're all struggling to make ends meet? Yuck, all the way around. Oh, I know -- how about "colonialism + darling"?

6 billion people and now I find out we're required to keep track of what offends every last one of 'em.
Sheesh.

Plus, labels are dandy! It's shorthand to avoid writing 3 paragraphs to describe a bathroom.

Oops - maybe 'shorthand' is offensive to people with tiny fingers. ; )~

I can't call something gypsy without knowing that a marginalized ethnic group is derogatorily associated.

It seems rather callous to bandy about arguments saying you didn't intend insult, or you think it's just too much to take such an insulting phrase into account.

ethicalcannibal, the only way I've heard the word gypsy used - in this century, anyhow - is proudly by bohemian groups in Chicago who wear it as a boastful badge of honor.

With any word having the potential to be used in a slanderous way, I guess I'm just wondering if life wouldn't be lived more effectively by first considering the context? In this case a celebration of color and casual style, with an flair of impermanence. It's beautiful - can't we leave it at that?

Secondly, your very screen name "bandies about" an ethnic group name that "marginalizes" its victims by eating them! If you're truly as sensitive about the "callous" among us, perhaps you should also be aware of your hypocrisy?

The word "gypsy" is not inherently derogatory, nor does using it inherently marginalize, degrade, nor oppress the Romani people.

The word and all its connotations are far too complex to be simply labeled as "derogatory" or "oppressive."

I wish the PC Police would actually do some cultural or linguistic research about these things--or at the very least, ask someone who belongs to the culture--before they spout off about things they no nothing about.

*know

I agree with repressed.

Gypsy, Bohemian and Bohunk were all considered the same thing at one time. Why is the term boho or bohemian style considered acceptable and Gypset or Gypsy style taboo or derogatory.

It is all the same because the term bohémien was a common term for the Romani people of France, who had reached Western Europe via Bohemia.

As a person of Bohemian decent I do not find any of these terms offensive, except for Bohunk and I only find it moderately offensive.

Hmmm.

Gyp-set is a a dorky non-word that will most likely die a quick and natural death.

Wopalicious however has potential. :-)

@Repressed Really? I mean really? I come back from attending a wedding, and can't help but laugh at your attempt at a cogent argument. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to show this to a few folks so we can snicker.