The ARTIST

Today I have gone for the first time to a movie theater for at least 7 years!!!!! So it's quite a big event for me... What I love the most is watching comedies from the 30's, 40's and 50's, so I enjoy staying at home spending an evening with some good DVD instead of going to cinema to see a totaly dummy new film!

But this time I really wanted to see a special movie: The Artist.

A french new one with an actor I really love, it's Jean Dujardin. He was awarded at "Festival de Cannes" for this role. This movie is a B&W film and ... silent!!!

On that special day, I selected one of my early 50's favorite dress...

But these days we jumped directly from summer to winter weather... sunny but so cold though I had to wear a coat and these lovely mink collar bought this summer in a flea market!

I wore for the first time this red snood order from ArtheliasAttic on Etsy. I hope to order a blue and a pink ones soon, so true 40's look!

The story takes place in Hollywood in the late 20's, early 30's and deals with the fall of a very famous actor of the silent who doesn't believe in spoken films... it's also a beautiful love story of course!!!

Love this scene when she hug his jacket!!!

Jean Dujardin is amazing in this movie but my award of the best actor go to this little dog, so cute!!!!

I really love this movie and hope it will be a big hit all around the world! No words needed with great story and great actors!!!

I'm not a real 20's fashion or silent movies lover but there I was happy to see that someone think about creating a such different film.

I noticed that a part of the movie was shooted in Cicada Club in L.A. I was there about 3 years ago, an Art Deco Club with great music, great food and an amazing building!!! You must absolutly go there if you visit L.A. Only vintage or evening wears!!!

Look at this amazing trailer and

 I'm sure you will be hooked like I was and run

 to the nearest cimema!!!!

Have you seen or heard about this film ?

 What do you think about it or this trailer?

A special fashion accessory...

I already had vintage cars with my husband a '59 Cadillac and a '59 Buick... but it was not really MY cars, both chosen by him not me. I'm not fan of the late 50's american cars too big, too flat and with an agressive look. I have never driven the Buick and rarely the Cadillac.

I was hoping for a more glamorous car with curves and much more smaller than those big mamas!!!

My first wish was for a small french car: the 4CV Renault.

But I thought these kind of cars were too much collected and quite rustic (only 90km/h top speed).

I was also in love with the Isetta.

But it's a such small car and really expensive for its size!!!

When I saw the ranging prices of these small cars, I tought "Why not a vintage american car for the same price???".

I know very few things in mechanic so I wanted a car in really nice condition. A convertible is really glamorous but not really practical for a girl who always wears hats and wants to keep a perfect hairstyle even when she drives. So I began to look for an american early 50's coupe.

My favorite ones were the Pontiac 1949-1953...

I was in love with the Siver Streak.

I sat behind the wheel of this beauty on sale in Montréal last year, an amazing car in a rare very good original condition. But unfortunaly not in my budget....

I was also interested with '53 and '54 Chevy, two tones with sexy curves and really good looking!

I was following a car thru Ebay for some months before leaving for the USA last year. A '54 Bel Air located near Philadelphia, the car was so beautiful but a little bit too expensive for me. I was hoping to go there to see this car in reality, unfortunatly we were too late to see it on our road to Hershey... I was really sad about that.

But this car and me must have had a fate together... Just arrived in Hershey meeting, it was there on the top of a truck full of 50's cars!!! Its price was more affordable than before but with no cash with me at the end of our vacations so far away from home I could only cry....

But the fate, always fate... After 2 days there, I met by chance a french guy who import cars in Europe, he checked the car with me and he proposed to lend me money... I discussed the price and this beauty was mine driving on US roads towards our motel!

And the fate wanted me to wear on this day the perfect matching dress... most of people called me Lucy (reference to I love Lucy of course!) when they saw me leave with the car.

After one month in a small box on a boat it arrived in France in the harbor of Le Havre... Afterward it slept in our garage with its 2 sisters for a few months waiting for the first sunny spring days.

Do you want a ride with me?

So here is the story of my vintage car; my biggest fashion accessory for sure!!!!

What do you think about it?

Do you dream about a vintage car or own one?

HERSHEY: cars and chocolate....

Already one year.....

I was in Hershey, Pennsylvania, last year at the same moment. Not just for Chocolate but to see the famous vintage cars meeting.
It's known to be the bigger event for vintage cars lovers in the world since 1955!!!
It's a kind of huge flea market but just for cars.

This meeting takes place this week-end for 4 days in Hershey. I think about sharing this incredible meeting with you because I'm pictured with my husband in the french press because of this:

"L'Automobile Magazine" - october 2011

Here is a map of the site (you can be aware of the size with the stadium on the right):

It's so huge that is hard to see everything even in 4 days!!! I was quite afraid to have to look at vintage cars parts for 4 days but I wanted to please my husband who is crazy about 50's cars.
I didn't regret to be there, it was really fun!!!

The cars were amazing, never seen so much oldtimers in one place.

All people were really friendly and we met guys from everywhere in the world looking for some rare parts to restore a car. All hotels about 20 miles from Hershey were full and it was fun to see all those vintage cars parked in front of the motels, everybody talking about vintage cars in restaurants, supermarkets, fuel stations...

Moreover among hundred and hundred stalls, there were not only greasy cars parts but also books, vintage clothing, ads, toys... and more!!!

So much things to buy at quite affordable prices but hard to pack in my small suitcase...

You can shop the first 3 days and the car show is on Saturday.

When the 50's met the 20's... a fun moment among others!

I will remember this week-end forever because of the souvenir that I bought here... too large to be packed in our luggages!

Follow my next post to know the story of my vintage car...

To be continued....

Have you ever heard about Hershey Meeting?

Do you love vintage cars?

"BROCANTE" in Belgium

I will share again our passion for flea markets after this post. We go really often to all local flea markets near our house and we are quite well known by all the regular sellers due to our look so a lot of people keep for us various objects for amazing low prices!!!

It was my first trip out of the house this week, I was quite ill and I had to keep the bed for some days...

Woke up at 5:30 AM, towards Belgium about 50km from home!

 

What a beautiful NOS pair of boots from 1900-1910,
unfortunatly too big for me.
I bought a 40's dress from the seller.



A cute 50's unbrella with lady bugs,
unfortunatly in bad condition.





Discovering some NOS 20's lingeries: slips and
panties with floral and Art Deco embroideries.

Here was how we were dressed today...

My husband wanted to buy a strange thing, a mexican velvet hat from the 50's, like new with amazing gold embroideries. It will be hard to store and I must organize a mexican party soon to be able to wear it....

And here is all what we bought this week-end... I'm quite ashame to have bought so much, we have a big house but it will be soon full!!!!!

But how resist to such cuties for just some euros and we often think that we must save all these kitch objects from the 50's...

And a list of what we bought :

- a bamboo cheese plate from the 50's

- 2 cakes plates from the 50's

- one small 50's poodles dish

- a set of 6 bakelite fruits knives from the 50's

- a women 50's eyeswear frame

- a pair of platic earrings from the 50's

- a 40's dress

- a plants tables from the 50's

- a pairs of triangle small tables from the 50's

- 3 atomics barkclothes from the 50's

- some others atomics fabrics from the 50's

- a mirror frame from the 50's

- a yellow lamp from the 50's

- a green purse from the 40's

- an atomic tea-pot from the 50's

- a bamboo wall plant holder from the 50's

- a 30's bakelite hairdrier

- a bar furniture from the 50's

- another small atomic table from the 50's

- 4 ski pole from the early XXth century

- a Xmas tray from the 50's

- a 50's scarf

- a bag for make-up from the 50's

- some 45 rpm records most from Elvis

- a 45 rpm holder from the 50's

- a mexican hat from the 50's

- 7 atomic pots from the 50's

- a souvenirs plate from Chicago from the 50's

- a 50's style men shoes NOS

- some 50's platic things to clip on plates to put bread or sauce

- a 50's revues holder

- 2 50's yellow plastic pots for plants

and not in the pictures a TV from 1954 and another 50's floor lamp.

Fortunatly, the flea markets season will soon come to an end due to the upcoming cold weather... we will have this winter to organize all these new purchases and perhaps have to sell some of them...

What do you buy the most in Flea Markets?

Do you buy in order to sell or just for you?