Last minutes COSTUMES !!!

We didn't plan to celebrate Halloween this year...

but we finally planned a last minute party with friends.

So we had only 2 days to find costumes!

Really not easy when you don't want to wear cheap ones from supermarkets....

It really takes time to find good vintage inspired costumes...

but we had no time!

 and as Halloween is not really popular here it's even harder to find nice accessories!

I found first an idea for Sylvain: the joker!

Yes, it's his real hair....

Some flashy, bad taste accessories...

Some make-up and hairspray...

and we had a joker directly out of 40's comics!!!!

It was a bit more difficult to find something for me...

In fact a few hours before the party I had still no idea...

so with a last minute inspiration,

I became a ghost lady from the 40's...

All in black and white...

Some dark make-up...

A few bugs....

and a lot of spider webs!!!!

For last minutes costumes, they were not that bad.

We really were our characters.... BAD!

Our costumes matched in era afterall...

We spent a really nice evening with friends.

Everybody had nice costumes.

We had a lot of fun!!!

The food was also Halloween inspired...

Yummy pumpkin soup...

and crazy bloody pasta! 

It's always so fun to wear a costume....

that's probably why we chose many years ago to be costumed every day... this is certainly what most people who don't know us think about our everyday outfits!!!!

Did you celebrate Halloween this year?

What was your costume?

FRENCH CORNER

Et oui, c'était Halloween il y a quelques jours! Nous n'avions en rien prévu de le fêter cette année... il faut dire que depuis quelques années, on le fête de moins en moins par chez nous! Mais voilà, une invitation de dernière minute et il a bien fallu se creuser les méninges pour trouver des costumes qui nous ressemblent... donc vintage! Voilà ce que nous avons imaginé en quelques heures... finalement pas si mal pour de l'impro! En tout cas, nous nous sommes bien amusés entre amis. C'est toujours très fun de se déguiser... c'est probablement pour cela que l'on a choisi il y a quelques années de se costumer tous les jours... c'est du moins la remarque que nous font la plupart des gens qui ne nous connaissent pas quand ils nous croisent dans la rue "Sympas vos costumes!"... ce qui a le don de nous irriter un peu!

Et vous, avez-vous sortis les citrouilles et quel a été votre déguisement?

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Time for BOOTS again???

After a really beautiful beginning of fall, cold finally arrived...

Time for heavy wool sweaters to go out again,

but also time for fur to reappear in my wardrobe!

It's not easy to take good pictures when the weather is grey...

we are having a lot of fog lately only dissapearing at 2PM...

so sad!

So this kind of weather was the perfect excuse to inaugurate my new boots!

They are once again from Miss L Fire.

To find good looking vintage style boots is so difficult,

so when I saw this model inspired from a previous one I already have....

I bought 2 pairs: a black one and a red one! 

Yes, I'm crazy about shoes... but I'm just like every women...

Sylvain chose a varsity style.

This kind of sweaters are not so hard to find...

but if you want one from the 40's-50's in pristine condition, it's a different story...

I love how he matched his tie bar!

I found this fur cape in a local flea market for a few euros...

Definitively from the 40's judging by the square shoulders!

Don't know what kind of fur it is....

It's quite heavy but could be fake also....

Some people told me my hat was made of swan feathers.

This dress was new old stock with tags still attached!

It is its first time outside after more than 60 years!!!!

As I said earlier, when weather is grey and sad, it's hard to capture the true colors with our camera.

My new cat from Erstwilder was really cosy pinned there!

Plaid season finally started.

I really love purple and lilac.

It's time to find inspiration for winter outfits, quite hard to let go my simple vintage coton dresses till next spring...

Have you already packed all your summer outfits ?

What is inspiring you for your upcoming winter outfits?

FRENCH CORNER

Et voilà, après un début d'automne des plus clément, les journées grises et tristes sont de retour.... avec du brouillard jusque 2h de l'après-midi, c'est dur d'être motivés à mettre le nez dehors!

Il faut donc petit à petit ressortir la garde robe hivernale et trouver une nouvelle inspiration... et la motivation est venue de ces nouvelles botines de Miss L Fire! Trouver de bonnes repro pour des chaussures d'hiver n'est pas évident, donc quand je les ai vu, mon sang n'a fait qu'un tour, il me les fallait... après avoir résisté quelques semaines, j'ai craqué non seulement sur les noires, mais aussi les rouges! Oui... folle de chaussures, comme toutes les femmes! Style universitaire pour sylvain avec ce superbe sweater US...

Et vous, quelles sont vos inspirations pour vos tenues hivernales?

- Amicalement -