--- version: "alpha" name: "Shabby Chic" description: "Shabby chic landing page with faded pastel tones and vintage romance. Ideal for convites de casamento, embalagens acolhedoras, marcas nostálgicas, decoração de interiores. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#E8C4C4" secondary: "#FAF0E6" tertiary: "#C5D5C5" neutral: "#A4B8C4" surface: "#D8D0E0" accent: "#F0E6D6" typography: h1: fontFamily: Lora fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Lora fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 rounded: sm: 6px md: 12px lg: 18px components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" rounded: "{rounded.sm}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Shabby chic landing page with faded pastel tones and vintage romance. Ideal for convites de casamento, embalagens acolhedoras, marcas nostálgicas, decoração de interiores. AI-ready template. Shabby Chic emerged in the late 1980s through Rachel Ashwell's Los Angeles storefronts, where she sold slipcover sofas and flea-market furniture repainted in chalky whites. The aesthetic drew heavily from English country houses — not the polished ones, but the ones where generations of use had softened every edge. Faded chintz, peeling paint, and sun-bleached linen weren't flaws; they were the entire point. The style hit mainstream retail hard in the late 1990s and early 2000s, spawning an entire cottage industry of intentionally distressed furniture and muted floral textiles. What made it stick — beyond the obvious Pinterest appeal — was its rejection of modernist perfection. In a decade obsessed with minimalism and chrome, Shabby Chic said: wear and patina carry more beauty than anything fresh off a factory line. As a design language, it codified something decorators had always known intuitively — that warmth comes from imperfection, and that a room (or a brand) feels most inviting when it looks like it has a history, even a fabricated one. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 7/10 — Dynamic - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Pastel, Faded, Vintage, Romantic - **Keywords:** Shabby chic, pastel tones, faded florals, distressed, vintage romance, rustic, repurposed, nostalgic, cozy, cottage - **Era:** 1980s-90s English Cottage Revival - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ Not Recommended ## Colors - **Faded Rose** (#E8C4C4) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Antique White** (#FAF0E6) — Light surface, card backgrounds - **Soft Sage** (#C5D5C5) — Supporting palette color - **Dusty Blue** (#A4B8C4) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Lavender Mist** (#D8D0E0) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Warm Linen** (#F0E6D6) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Blush Pink** (#F5D5D5) — Primary text color - **Weathered Wood** (#B8A898) — Error states, destructive actions ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Lora — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Lora — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Lora — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Asymmetric composition. - **Feature sections:** Asymmetric grid with varied card sizes. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth Faded/washed-out color overlays (opacity 0.7), distressed texture backgrounds, soft floral pattern overlays via CSS, vintage vignette borders, gentle blur on background images (3px), delicate thin borders with rounded corners (6px) - **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items. - **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 6px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Rounded (6px) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Rounded (6px) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Faded pastel color palette - Do Distressed texture backgrounds - Do Floral pattern overlays - Do Vintage vignette borders - Do Thin elegant serif typography - Do Washed-out/faded visual effects - Do Cozy nostalgic atmosphere - Do Responsive with maintained romance ## Use Case Wedding invitations, Cozy packaging, Nostalgic brands, Interior decoration