LIVE from the MIDWEST....

After the heat wave, here is the cold and windy weather... what a odd summer we have!!!

So it was time to experience some new things in our outfits!

Without consulting each other (like most of the time)...

we looked like directly arrived from the American Midwest!!!

I don't wear often pants/jeans....

First my husband prefers when I wear skirts or dresses,

but mainly because it's so hard to find ones that fit my figure.

I have 13'' between my waist measure and my hips one,

that's why it's so difficult.

I found these ones recently from Freddies of Pinewood.

I have a few of their jeans but it's not a perfect fit...

Even if these fit great on the front,

it's not perfect in the back waist...

But the cut is great...

So a lot of brown for these western outfits!

Here, it's the hay harvest time...

so we had the idea to use a field as photo shooting place!

And pictures turned to be SO good!!!

It was really hard to select the best ones...

that's why it's a busy post!

Look at this AMAZING sky!

The straw rollers were quite usefull and gave a nice background!

Were like 2 farmers in our field...

I also wore something else I'm not use to...

T-shirt... this one is from Atomic swag.

My vintage scarf matched perfectly the colors of this Tee!

More brown leather for my cowgirl look...

this belt is a present from my hubby... with gold metal horses!

I usually wear watches with metal bracelet but here a leather bracelet

same for Sylvain!

Brown is his favorite color...

don't know why but I use to hate brown...

thinking it's not a joyful color....

but I'm trying now to wear more, 

a few touches can look rally great.

Like here, brownish jewels...

Brooch from Belle Lurette and

necklace from Catalin Kustom Creations.

I have also another brown touch with that purse.

40's telephone cord purses are becoming harder to find,

mainly in good condition,

this one was NOS with comb, mirror and coins purse inside!

We made some nice pictures...

but also a lot of silly ones...

I always laught a lot with Sylvain...

but the craziest picture award go to...

SUPER SYLVAIN, my hero!!!

What a fun time we spent on that field among cows!

Do you like brown?

Do you often wear pants/jeans, girls? Any tips for curvy gals?

FRENCH CORNER

Cet été va vraiment nous rendre chèvre.... 40° et du jour au lendemain 14° avec un vent terrible... on ne sait plus comment s'habiller! Alors pourquoi ne pas tester de nouvelles choses?

Je ne porte pas souvent de jeans ou de pantalons... bien sûr mon mari me préfère les gambettes à l'air, mais c'est surtout que trouver un jeans avec une coupe sympa et qui convient à mes formes relève du parcours du combattant! J'ai trouvé celui-ci chez Freddies, mais comme avec tous leurs modèles, il y a toujours un petit quelque chose qui cloche... ici la taille dans le dos (donc heureusement ça ne se voit pas trop)... A quand un modèle qui convient enfin aux femmes qui ont des formes???

C'est le temps des moissons par chez nous et ces champs nous ont inspirés pour ce shooting très Farwest! Quel moment de franche rigolade avec Super Sylvain!!!!

- A bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures vintage!!! -

On the ROAD again....

With those really hot summer temperatures...

it's really hard to be motivated by anything...

but as Sylvain is the kind of guy who cannot stay inactive,

he wanted absolutly to go on a ride in my car!

Despite I was really lazy... I fulfilled his wish...

Let's go on a funny ride!

The weather was quite stormy...

really hot but with a cloudy sky.

This kind of weather always gives good light for pictures...

I chose this sleeveless 50's dress for this heat wave.

I'm not a fan of sleeveless clothes... I don't like my arms...

I bought this vintage dress NOS in shop in L.A., what a find!

And it matched perfectly something I had just received in my mail box...

This SO perfect Enid Collins purse.

These handbags are more 60's,

I was not sure a few months ago if I love them or hate them...

but I found THIS one at VLV and I have bought 2 others since than!

but I'm just a bit picky because some designs are really too kitch.

A touch of elegance with those Miss L Fire heels...

Sylvain chose the perfect outfit to match my car!

He also found that shirt during our last stay in L.A.

This early 60's shirt was hidden in a huge amount of 80's crap...

so it was really cheap!!!

Even with this stunning silver embroidery!

A lot of people ask us: 

"But how can you say for sure from which era are those clothes???"

It just became so easy after years of vintage hunt.

We often just see a small part of a piece of clothing

 and can say if it's mid-century or not...

I really LOVE the sky on those pictures!

Matching black suede shoes...

and a matching couple and car!

And it was time to go back home...

This is our garage... must make a post about it one day....

Do you have difficulties to guess the era of an item?

Enid Collins purses: uggly or desirable?

FRENCH CORNER

Dur, dur de trouver la motivation de mettre le nez dehors avec les températures que nous avons connues ces dernières semaines... Mais comme Sylvain ne sait pas rester en place, il m'a convaincu de l'emmener faire un tour dans ma Bel Air...

Un ciel orageux qui donne au final de bien belles photos! 2 tenues rapportées de notre dernier séjour à L.A. Beaucoup nous demande "Mais comment faites vous pour être sûr de dater un vêtement correctement?". Cela devient simplement naturel avec le temps... un simple bout de tissu et nous pouvons être quasi sûr si c'est un vêtement d'époque ou pas... juste un peu d'expérience!

Une nouvelle de mes fixettes, les sacs Enid Collins, ils étaient vendus en kit dans les 60's... affreux ou kitchissimement magnifiques... je reste encore partagée sur la question...

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