Before I married my "then" husband in 1979 I had bought me a complete set of Le Cresuete (sp?) cookware and was so very proud of it. Well he always made smart *ss comments about it so bit by bit I sold it off in yard sales...that was so stupid ! I did manage to save one fry pan, maybe 8" across...and yes IT WAS ORANGE....I still have that fry pan today and it still does a great job with whatever I cook in it. Since I'm older, retired and live alone I don't cook a lot but it is still my cornbread pan ! The other day I had to take a large crock pot of homemade veggie soup to a function and was taking cornbread....have a larger cast iron fry pan but ended up making 2 out of the smaller pan....because I know what the quality will be !
We've been divorced 20 years and I still miss my cookware !!!!
I now have a set of Emeril's castiron coated cookware and have been pleased with it.