Welcome to NORMANDY!

Another late post from June....

we left for a week-end in Normandy with some friends.

We were driving their '55 FORD.

Weather was just perfect!!!

We were not there for cows from Normandy...

but for a 50's event!

Cars, bikes, music... and friends!

        Some followers asked me a few posts ago if Sylvain
          and I work because we are travelling so much...

I was a bit surprised with those comments because we have both full time jobs!

We are travelling on week-ends and we are lucky enough to have 5 weeks of paid vacations in France!

Normandy is about 6 hours drive from home 

but we first stopped in Paris.

It was nice to meet new people...

even some that were already our blog followers.

We really spent a nice day there.

Here is what I wore on that sunny journey...

A really old 50's french sweater (one of my first vintage purchase ever...)

and a new circle skirt made of a vintage fabric.

It was custom sew for me by Debora from The Black Pinafore.

I must tell you that I'm always dissapointed with repro clothing and had 2 bad experiences with custom made items, but I was so pleased with what I received from her!

Did you notice my new lucite cat?

Matching sweater and car...

Being quite far away from home...

we were able to see some new (to us) vintage cars.

This day finished with some doo-wop around a street corner...

and going back to our charming hotel for more adventures in Normandy!

How much paid vacations do you have in your country?

Did you have some good experiences with repro and custom made items?

FRENCH CORNER

Nous avons passé un petit week-end en Normandie fin juin pour le festival Back in the 50's. Nous avons eu la chance d'y être conduits en FORD 1955! Le temps était parfait pour cette petite escapade improvisée entre amis... certaines personnes m'ont demandé il y a peu si Sylvain et moi travaillions car ils avaient un peu l'impression avec le blog que nous étions toujours en vadrouille! Et bien oui, on travaille à temps plein, mais nous passons nos week-ends et vacances de ci delà pour nourrir notre passion!!!

Juste un petit mot sur la jupe magnifique que je portais ici, elle a été confectionnée pour moi dans un tissu d'époque par Debora de The Black Pinafore. Cela me reconcilie un peu avec la repro car en général, je suis toujours déçue...

- A+ pour de d'aventures normandes -

Vintage FISHES necklace...

I told you in a previous post that we visited some flea markets in Paris...

I found there a vintage jewelery set that inspired me this outfit!

We had a real heat waves in France a few weeks ago, more than 35°C (100°F)...

Really perfect to go out in hawaiian shirt...

I love my husband in yellow...

Hawaiian shirts have always great designs...

I'm thinking about buying some for me... just because I like the fabrics!

We took all these pictures after 8:00PM, 

but it was still more than 30°C!

So I built a comfy outfit for hot weather...

 around that CRAZY necklace!!!

It was not a cheap find...

I fell in love at the first sight but I hesitated to buy it because I could not think about outfits that would fit it...

But it was so kitch and colorful, I could not miss it!!!

Can you believe that the matching vintage earrings where still available?

I don't know the exact era of that amazing set...

Probably between 50's to 80's.

I had to find the perfect accessories to match this fishy set.

Shells lucite 50's bracelet...

50's cord basket with shells!

Starfishes in the hair...

Vintage striped 50's top...

with matching flat espadrilles!

and to finish a 50's hawaiian blue skirt!!!

My "under the sea" mermaid look...

for an evening stroll near water,

and a cool drive after the sunset...

but not that close to water!!!

I really don't like this kind of crazy hot weather...

I'm definitively a north side gal!

What do you think of that CRAZY fishes set?

Do you like hot weather?

FRENCH CORNER

Dur de trouver une tenue vintage pour combattre les grosses chaleurs que nous avons eu il y a quelques semaines!!! J'ai été inspirée par une de mes nouvelles trouvailles aux puces de St Ouen... cette parure poissons très kitch. J'ai joué le total look sous la mer et une petite chemise vintage hawaïenne pour Sylvain. Dur, dur à suporter cette fournaise, je suis décidément bien une fille du Nord! Et vous?

- Bye, bye -