Perchance To Dream

Silver velvet,

Brown fur flecked with gold.

Chiffon crumpling

Dreams from the crescent moon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Outfit

Floral & Sequin Dress: Charity shop

Vintage Fur Stole: passed down to my late granny Kiki from her mother or grandmother

The Cat

 

Our girl Nico

The Soundtrack

Edith Sitwell & Peter Pears sing William Walton: Facade


Photographs taken by me, using the self timer on my very basic Kodac EasyShare digital camera.


 I'm delighted to be a part of Visible Monday, hosted by the lovely Patti from www.notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.co.uk, click on the website link to see her outfit and those of many others.

Paris Stories: Le Soir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paris! She repeated it in a low voice, for the mere pleasure of it; it rang in her ears like a great cathedral bell; it shone before her eyes, even on the labels of her pomade pots.

 

  Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

 

 

  

 

The Outfit

Black & Gold Lace Brocade Fitted Jacket: made by my granny Kiki, circa 1930s

Brown Shot Satin Skirt: made by my granny Kiki, circa 1930s/40s

 

The Soundtrack

Django Reinhardt:  Djangology 

 Au revoir Paris! The next post will be in the UK again. 

 Apologies for the fuzzy photography, my cheap as chips camera can't cope in the night time, but I've decided that fuzzy photos have a certain atmospheric charm!

 

 

Photographs taken by me, using the self timer on my cheap and basic Kodac EasyShare digital camera, and by Mr Eve using his Iphone.

 

 

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Paris Stories: La Flaneuse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We had our favourite walks a step or two away, and our favourite sights, all happily grouped together! ... Going out for a stroll was not something that tired you out, it was a delight! It gave birth to that eminently Parisian compromise between laziness and activity known as flanerie!"

 

From the play Maison Nerve, written by Victorien Sardou in 1866,

as quoted in The Flaneur by Edmund White, via 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Outfit

Grey Blue Coat: vintage Wallis, my mother's in the early 1970s

Red Cloche: Village Hats (still for sale at www.hatsandcaps.co.uk)

Black Boots: very old from Aldo

Red Gloves: vintage, my granny Kiki's

 

Transparent Blue Umbrella:  Paperchase

 

Bag: gift from my mum

 

Paisley scarf: charity shop

 

The Soundtrack

Marianne Faithfull: The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 

 

 

 

Photographs taken by myself and Mr Eve, using my cheap and basic Kodac EasyShare digital camera, and his IPhone.

 

 

I'm delighted to be a part of Visible Monday, hosted by the lovely Patti from www.notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.co.uk, click on the website link to see her outfit and those of many others.