Sunday, November 13, 2016

Matching the BROOCH...

In just one week, we jumped directly in winter!


It's so COLD!!!


So it's time for winter coats to go out!


I found this AMAZING one on Etsy last year.


Its color is a deep violet.


And what a breathless colar and sleeves!!!


Sylvain didn't feel like wearing a coat yet...


but I think he had regrets as he was freezing!


But it's true that a coat can ruined all your efforts...


It can hide a outfit that you have patiently put together!


It took me a lot of courage to remove it


to show you what was underneath!


A gorgeous dress?


In fact, it's a vintage 50's set: skirt and blouse!


And the funnier fact about it is that I found the skirt a few months after the blouse!!!!


As you may know, I'm a crazy brooches addict...


I discovered recently 2 talented sisters who are making new creations.


This funny face is from their store DEER ARROW.


You must visit their shop, so much cuteness to see!
I have just placed my Xmas order! 


I thought it would have been fun to wear my black glasses to match my brooch on that day!


They aren't just costume ones, I need glasses but wear lenses on most of my blog pictures...


This tiny 40's hat was an early find more than 10 years ago I think.


I have also owned  this lucite purse for years...


I have sharpened my style since then but still love them!


After years in vintage style, you better know how to put an outfit together...


You learn how important details are....


and colors!!!


But for us it's still really fun to dress up aftter all this time!


Don't be afraid to be different, wear what you like!


Do you know Deer Arrow ?
Do you still wear pieces bought years ago?


FRENCH CORNER
Il semble qu'une semaine ait suffit pour passer directement de l'automne à l'hiver... il est temps pour les gros manteaux de sortir du placard!!! Un sentiment mitigé entre la joie de les porter à nouveaux et le fait qu'ils réduisent à néant nos efforts! Et oui, ils cachent totalement une tenue qu'on a pris le temps de construire avec amour... C'est pour cela que Sylvain ne s'est pas encore décidé à les porter... peut-être à regret par cet après-midi glacial!
On ne me voit pas souvent avec des lunettes dans ces pages, mais j'en ai bien besoin (je suis myopte comme une taupe!)... je préfère en général porter des lentilles, mais là je me suis dit pourquoi pas un petit clin d'oeil à cette jolie broche récemment achetée sur Deer Arrow! J'ai craqué sur pas mal de leurs modèles, ces 2 soeurs ont vraiment du talent!
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Sunday, November 6, 2016

NOOOO, it's NOT Xmas YET!!!

Halloween is just passed and the only thing I see everywhere is Christmas!


I must tell you that Xmas is my favorite time of the year....


But it's a bit early to be dress like Mrs Claus!


Let's wait at least 2 or 3 more weeks...


Let's enjoy a bit more the beautiful colors of Fall!


This 50's novelty skirt inspired my outfit...


I would say that it is absolutly not what I would have bought on internet...


Definitively not my favorites colors!


But when I saw it at Viva last April, I said "Why not?"


And I'm really please with my choice!


Wht not enjoying a bit more orange accessories...


This GORGEOUS pumpkins set is from Bow and Crossbones!


You MUST visit their shop, so much lovely stuff!!!


They have repro but also vintage NOS accessories!


I like that so many talented women (mostly...) starts their own business


to create retro affordable accessories


as funny vintage ones are now so expensive!


It's finally time of the year when you cannot go out without a coat...


That means that I can wear 2 brooches!!! Never enough brooches!!!


It's also a period where I enjoy more to wear hats.


This one is really funny...


Found for a few euros in Brussels in summer!


It's also the season when a man cannot go out without a fedora!


It's quite hard in Europe to find vintage men's hats that are not black!


European men's fashion was perhaps a bit boring...


That's why a large part of Sylvain's wardrobe come from America.


Bright colors and fun accessories!!!


Are you already in the Xmas mood?
Or do you also think it a bit too early for that?


FRENCH CORNER
A peine Halloween passé que je vois s'afficher de tous côtés les couleurs de Noël!!! Je suis une grande fan des fêtes de fin d'année, mais tout de même, c'est un peu tôt pour revêtir les atours de Mère Noël... patientons encore 2 ou 3 semaines pour cela et profitons encore de ces belles couleurs automnales!
Tenue du jour inspirée par cette jupe 50's dont les couleurs ne m'ont d'abord pas beaucoup séduite, mais je me suis dit en l'achetant "Pourquoi pas?". Et je ne regrette pas... J'en ai profité pour sortir ma nouvelle parure citrouilles de chez Bow and Crossbones, un super site qui propose des accessoires rétro, mais aussi des stocks d'époque jamais portés!!!
C'est aussi la période de l'année ou on ressort manteaux et chapeaux... chapeaux extravagants pour les dames et feutres classiques pour ces messieurs!
Etes-vous déjà dans l'ambiance de Noël ou tout comme moi vous pensez que c'est un peu tôt pour le sapin et les boules???
- Bon Dimanche! -