Rainy days Sewing

Big news : it’s raining ! What we can say about this weather is  that it allows me to end up some sewing project on hold for to long ! So to keep myself busy, I finished the « Liz Dress ». I had not told you about this project , so here it is. It ‘s a summer dress for me but it was proposed in the Novembre 2010 Burda magazine as an evening dress. This dress ‘s pattern 117 A  is still available on burda website, I guess. I already picked the perfect accessories to go with it!And I am quite happy with the result...

Well, of course, I cannot really wear it now because of the lovely Fall weather we have had so far in this part of France, but who knows I might just get to wear it before the end of this summer! Wouldn’t that be great!

Bad mood post # 1 (and not the last!)

Cut my hair?! I had not told anyone. First because it's nobody else but my business ... And also because it was like a craving, a necessity. In the past five years I have had hair different hair styles more or less happy but more importantly I had battled almost daily with my own image. Straight hair, smooth, curly or wavy? I went through all stages. And then I had a few days of calm during which I thought long and hard. I hesitated but the need to start from scratch was there. I wanted to free myself. Free myself from an image that did not suit me. An image that would not make me feel like a total stranger in my bathroom every morning. And then there was the feminity, I always felt feminine enough  , that was not a problem but I did not assume the kind of femininity that my hair gave me. Bizarre, perhaps, but nonetheless true. My reflection lasted short time, I scoured the web looking for inspiration, so as not to arrive at the hairdressers with nothing in my hands as inspiration. And I read Jeaneg on his blog and how he was inspired by women with short hair. It was truly a revelation ... All those girls gorgeous and totally serene with short hair, really short. I felt at home. I already imagined my neck feeling the wind. My decision was made, the next day I took an appointment at the hairdresser and during the 24 hours that followed, I was as excited as anxious. I was apprehensive, but in a nice way. I arrived at the hairdresser, she was happy that I dare, and me too. Looked at my locks fall to the ground and I felt better and better. When I got home I was happy and zen. Of course, some have responded by calling me stupid(wtf?) And others have told me you're beautiful, I see your true face now. I do not know who should or should not cut their hair but I just think that when we it want more than we don’t want, you have to trust yourself... And finally to all those who claim that it is not feminine, that guys do not like it (wtf again??). I can only say that I prefer to be looked at  by guys who know how to look beyond a mane: the faces and what emerges from it.

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Mon petit Vintage en English is on Facebook

Ok, ok ! I am weak...I could not resist to social pressure and decided to create a Facebook profile. You are now able to follow the blog events  here...

Stay Tuned!

The STYLE : Marlene DIETRICH

I have not yet translated my post about pants in the perfect wardrobe . As you can imagine, there could not be a perfect vintage wardrobe without e vous ai déjà parlé de ma garde robe parfaite. Dans le post sur les pantalons, je me suis grandement inspiré d'une véritable icône du cinéma hollywoodien qui savait porté le costume d'homme comme personne (roulements de tambours) : Marlène DIETRICH... Je suis depuis longtemps à la recherche d'un patron de costume qui ne soit pas un tailleurs et qui ne soit un costume d'homme que j'aurais alors à altérer puisque coté altérations je suis une truffe...Ah bien rangez vos ciseaux et vos règles, oubliez les altérations parce que là je n'ai pas trouvé un pantalon et une veste qui pourrait convenir mais le patron qu'il me faut ! Je n'ai pas encore trouvé la bonne matière mais très honnêtement, je suis déjà en plein cogitages! Je vous tiendrais rapidement au courant, stay tuned!

I want this ...NOW!

I LOVE THIS BLOG! # 2

Since I have started my quest of vintage, there is a blog which I check very, very often (almost daily!). I love it, it is made by a lovely and talented young blonde which blog's name is  Vintage Rose, trop chou! I invite you to check it out, because honestly there such amazing looks ! The pictures are very good quality and pretty so is her writing. She does not hesitate to speak about her pssions but also about very personal subjects such as fragility , feelings, and mental health figths which is a subject I have been dealing with myself  so total respect. Go see it, it's wonderful and very inspiring . One thing though , I am sooo jalous of that ward-robe...Grrrrrrrrr!

Royal Wedding

For all those of you, girls and boys who will not be in Monaco tomorrow for the second Royal Wedding of the Year, here's a little something to keep you in the mood!!
This is not my favorite musical but it's still Fred Astaire which one huge Musical Icon!! Here is the beautiful and entertaining trailer of Royal Affair!! Enjoy!