On the Go: Riviera Dreams – Casual Lemons

Summer time and it has been a blazing summer so far. August is themed Riviera Dreams. Looks for the Cote d’Azur. Vacation fun at the Mediteranean Sea. Like my favourite Summer Look for the German Curves or from the same trip the last rose of Summer.

Yellow is a summery colour and very summery are the happy lemons on my scarf, too.
The lemon scarf had its debut on my blog for the French Curves in an (not) all white outfit and last year I showed off my lovely lemon dress. I do have a soft spot for fuity patterns. Especially lemons and cherries.

The hat is from 1990. I bought that one in England. It is a classical boater and I am its first owner.

The pretty raffia handbag is from the 50s or 60s: bought at Fräulein Anders in Berlin. Had the scarf for a while.

The vintage coin bracelet s from a similar era. Ok, so these are Venetian souvenir coins. Unfortunately we sold my Gran’s golden coin bracelet a „few“ years ago. But back then I never thought I’d wear something like that.

I think that is a perfect outfit to enjoy an ice cream. And since some of you always wonder – I don’t wear a strapless or multibra underneath. Just a regular one. I just push the straps down a bit.

capri jeans: dark denim, BonPrix 2017 (but I always have one very much like that)
off shoulder bardot top: yellow stripes, Dolly & Dotty, 2017
heels: Deichmann, ca. 2015
sunglasses: Primark, 2016
lemon scarf: Dorothy Perkins, 2011
venice coin bracelet: vintage via eBay
boater: had  it so long that it is vintage now. ca 1990
handbag: vintage, 2016

French Curves: Rétro Venise

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Oh, là, là – le rétro est le theme du mois pour le French Curves. J’adore le (new) look des années cinquante – les pin-ups, les jupons, l’elegance.

Oh, là, là – it’s officially retro time with the French Curves this month. I love the (new) look of the fifties – the pin-ups, the petticoats, the elegance.

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Le French Curves est créé par Gaëlle de The Curvy and Curly Closet et réunit chaque 16 du mois des dizaines de blogueuses curvy francophones. La mission: composer une tenue autour d’un thème commun, dans nos style individuels. Le challenge embrace la diversité que nous avons, nos morphologies et des tailles de confections différentes !
The French Curves were created by Gaëlle from  The Curvy and the Curly Closet. Each month dozens of curvy French speaking bloggers take part in the challenge. The mission: to create an outfit around a shared theme, in our own styles. This challenge celebrates the diversity we have, our different body types and sizes.

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Les bons choses de l’era des 1950s sont pour moi: la mode, l’architecture. Les femmes portent encore des chapeaus, des gants – ça me plaît beaucoup.  Je n’aime pas la morale. La bigoterie. Le racisme. La misogynie.
The good things about the era of the 1950s is for me the fashion and the architecture. Ladies still wore hats for everything and gloves – I like that. What I don’t like are the morals of that time. The double standards. The racism. The misogyny.

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La vie a peu à peu retournée à la normalite apres la guerre. On a rêvé des places loin et exotiques. L’italie était une place comme ça, especiallement Capri et Venise. La ville des gondoles – Venise et le motif de l’impriment de ma robe. J’ai aussi deux robes avec un plage au sud: une robe en style des 50s en bleu et une plus courte et 60s.
Life had returned bit by bit to normality after the war. People dreamed of faraway and exotic places. Italy was one of these dream destinations, especially Capri and Venice. The city of the canals and gondolas – Venice is the motif printed on my dress. I have also two summer dresses with southern seasides: a 50s one and a shorter and straight one in a 60s style.

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Ma grandmere a achete trois colliers de verre murano Venise au début des années 80. Des cadeaux pour mes cousines et moi. La mienne est seule dans ces jours. les autres sont perdus.J’ai trouve le bracelet aux marches aux puces. L’adorable petit chapeau est fait pour moi par Tate Millinery L’original est noir.
My grandmother bought three murano glass necklaces on her trip to Venice in the early 80s. Presents for my cousins and me. Mine is the only one left. The others got lost over time. I found the enamel bracelet at a local flea market. The adorable litte hat was made for me by Tate Millinery. The orignial is black.

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robe/ dress: Christie by LindyBop  (almost sold out) – same print, different style as a dress and a skirt
bracelet,  necklace/ collier, clutch: vintage
sunglasses/ lunettes, scarf/ escarpe: Primark
heels/ talons: Deichmann
hat/ chapeau: Tate Millinery