2nd thrifted dress...the pink blinding-people dress

This is the second dress I bought at Mon amour 77.. and this one is pretty hard to handle.
The owner of the shop told me it has the Yves Saint Laurent pink, a very very flashy pink from the 80's that I adore
It also has little golden studs on the front..

I first styled it with black, the more reasonable option, not to blind people on the streets : black tights, black cardigan, black belt...






In fact, what I would really go for is pink and red... I love to combine warm and flashy colors but it's not so easy to wander the streets of Paris like this.. especially since I'm also plus-size.. that would be 2 reasons to be "checked"...
I had a drink with a spanish friend last night and she used a very perfect word to describe what people do in Paris : they "check" you...
It's really parisian... I haven't experienced it so strongly elsewhere...
No matter if you're plus-size, skinny, well dressed or not...
It's nearly like a reflex and it makes you feel really jugded and in a rather bad way

In short, here is the second outfit : the pink dress and red tights, red cardigan and red belt...

1st thrifting experience

Since it has opened, I'm dreaming to go to Re/Dress, the plus size vintage store in NY..I'm so in love with their 50's style dresses.

I'm not a thrifter at all...I mean, I don't have the eye, really, I'm bad at finding beautiful clothes in pile of others clothes..

But I went to Mon Amour a small vintage shop in Paris, run by Sandrine and Narumi. They're not specialised in plus size, it s mainly mainstream sizes but I asked Sandrine and in 3 days, tadam, she's found 2 beautiful dresses... I mean it was so perfectly what I wanted, i.e. something you'll never found in retail.

Also, if she also has a cool selection of accessories (scarves, belts, hair bands..) and of course jewellery..

Here is the 1st dress : pure silk with a cuttie pattern.
I alterred the length by adding a wide purple belt, so the dress would be knee high.





I added a little beige rose on the collar and my scissor necklace



detail of the pattern



dress : Mon Amour 77 (size unknown)
wide purple belt : Dorothy Perkins
purple tights : MS Mode
shoes : Eram

The animal print dress dilemma

By reading other blogs, I discovered Sweat faced Style's love for animal print and she really made me consider buying an animal print dress.

So I found a dress a few time ago on Evans and ordered it.. but since then, I really don't know how to style it, I'm never happy with the final results.

One big problem, the cleavage is too low on the breast, so I can't wear it as a proper dress, I have to had a t-shirt.

Also, I really don't know what's wrong.. maybe it is the pattern is too light..maybe the general shape doesn't fit my body...maybe I picked the wrong shoes...



The 1st attempt was with black leggings, a black jumper with a wide belt and a little animal print scarf.. It was a bit sad, and my face isn't helping too!!



Then I decided to pimp it up with some colors and added the purple tights and the purple wide blet.. Still wasn't convinced



Then I tought that maybe the black jumper was too big so I took him off and add a long sleeve black t-shirt and put the purple wide dress directly on the dress...

As I was relly getting late and had to go away, I made up my mind on this last outfit.. but maybe this kind of patters is simply not for me.. or I could maybe alterred the dress..

I'll keep you update with my new ideas on this very important issue!!

rainy summer day ***retro-blogging***

This was during one of the very rainy and sad day of august.

I spent so many years wearing black clothes, it is still like a pavlovian reflex when the weather is depressing.

I wanted to try on the black "legging" I bought at MS Mode a few weeks before during my trip to Lille.
In Central Paris, you can't find a MS Mode (or a New Look with an Inspire section by the way), you have to go to the suburbs...and I must shamefully admit I have more occasions to go to Lille than to the parisian suburbs...
Usually, the big malls outside of Paris are difficult to reach, you often have t go there by metro then bus or RER then bus.. It is really too much for a claustrophobic person like me, who avoids any metro ride!

I bought 2 "leggings" at MS Mode :
a brown one that you can see here
and the black one I'm wearing today.

If I can say I love there tights, I'm really less excited by the "leggings"..
The fabric is really thin, it's more of a footless tight.
This one has 3 little buttons at the end of the leg on the area where the fabric is doubled... it gives the impression of a shorter leg (an impression that nobody needs, especially not the fat ones...)
I'm really not convinced by the elegance of the design.









long sleeve black t shirt : La Redoute (size 50)
shoulder embellished black dress : Dorothy Perkins (size 22)
black "leggings" : MS Mode (size 50-54)
shoes : Eram (size 40)

stepford wife

I received 2 packages yesterday : one from Asos et one from Dorothy Perkins..
I will slowly post the outfits in august..

here is the 1st one : I really developped a new passion for retro dresses and dots... this one combines both...
the dress is a little too short, I have to wear it with legging and also the top of the dress is a bit loose, but still really stylish...

I also tried to smile.. mmmmm... I look a little bit constipated... It s not so easy to look natural while smiling on camera.. especially when you use the timer






detail of the round collar



and to complete the stepford wife style, here is a big sequin hair bow...



dress : Dorothy Perkins (size 22)
belt : Carmakoma
legging : MS Mode (size 50-54)
shoes : Eram (size 40)
sequin hair bow : H&M

casual outfit

This week end, I went to Lille.
Not having any holidays this summer, I will try to escape Paris every week-end till end of august... Jumping on a train really gives me the sensation to be on holidyas, just leaving this crazy town, even for one day, is ok for me...

In Lille, I have a ritual : I go to M&S to buy tights or legging and then I go to the Inspire section of the Euralille New Look.

I bought 3 tops on sales : here is the 1st one, with my eternal jean skirt and a pair a camel shoes from Asos.

I noticed this lovely black top with cream ribbon on the short sleeves.. but it was a little bit too expensive... I take the risk to wait till the next sales or till I get a coupon...








top : New Look (size 22)
jeans skirt : H&M (size 52)
leggings : M&S (size XXL- 50/54)
camel shoes : Asos (size 7)

Yum Yum

This morning, I received the package of yummy jewellery I ordered this week-end at nanou creation in A little market. Here I'm wearing the liquorice roll necklace and the "religieuse" earrings. Religieuse is a typical french pastry, filled with cream.. Yummy....
Apart from clothes I've already worn, it's the first try for the purple wide belt from Dorothy Perkins.


turtle neck : New Look (size 22)
skirt : Yours clothing (size 24... now I have to tuck it with a safety pin at the waist, otherwise it is too large
purple wide belt : Dorothy Perkins (size XL)
tights : MS Mode
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell (size 9)

OK sunday

I'm going to the theater this afternoon and I wear the winter classic : Tulip skirt and turtle neck. But I could at last wear one of my new belts : the multicolor one. It was the last I choose but I think it is now my favourite.

Here is also my new coat from Dorothy Perkins, the funnel red coat, perfect this end of winter.

purple t shirt : La Redoute
turtle neck : New Look
belt : Dorothy Perkins
skirt : Yours
tights : M&S Mode
boots : Duo