Monday Musings : Winter uniform

We all have our favorite wear-all-the-time items. To me, this cold season (I'm talking Parisian cold here - no snow, drizzly and mostly above zero C temperatures) it's been the Belleville shawl. Looking through recent film snapshots from this past couple of weeks, I seem to be wearing it pretty much everywhere.

Warm, thick and pretty much adding that extra something to every outfit, it's been a pretty amazing companion. Still no photos from Belleville tho, haha!

But yeah - beanie or turban scarf, leather gloves, grey coat and this shawl. And my oversized clutch which is a pretty stylish carryall. For some reason getting dressed up has been a drag during those busy days. Just simple winter chic, no fuss. Can't wait to get my feather boa back and have time for lipstick and heels again!

Tara-Lynn is having a sale in her knits shop at the moment, so if you think of getting one, now's the time!

Shop here.

Thank you Good night, day!

The other day I had a nice surprise in my inbox - the lovely Tara-Lynn of Goodnight, Day was kind enough to include the photos of me wearing her knits on her blog. You can see the post here.

She's also having a big sale at the moment and brought back quite a few sold out styles. I'm pretty tempted of getting a little something myself, like the Windsor turban or even the Lambton cowl. Her knits are just soft and amazing! Not to mention ultimately something special that you would enjoy for a long time.

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Winter Magic Hour (outfit)

velvet '60s pants: vintage

60s cashmere sweater : vintage (Ebay)

cape : thrifted

 gloves : vintage (Etsy)

beanie : Goodnight Day

boots : thrifted

cat pin : DIY 

necklace : The Solarium

I know I always complain about the weather, but truth is we've been enjoying quite a bit of sunshine lately, which could be seen as a little miracle.

This winter has been particularly warm, although temperatures do drop dramatically once the sun goes down and we still get that icy wind blowing everything away. At least it still looks pretty much like autumn, despite all the Christmas decorations.

These photos are actually taken during the last 20 minutes of sunlight, during a run to the post office after I came back from school. Lucky enough there's this park nearby that's a little higher than the general level, so we managed to get this beautiful magic hour light (and the devastating winter wind).

Unfortunately the guard kicked us out at 5.30 as the park was closing (they close parks in the evening in Paris, it's a really strange concept), but we still had a decent backdrop by the outer fence.

This is my first cape ever that I used to wear a lot until I found two more; when I dug it out of storage i realized I had spent the entire last year without wearing it, so it had to go back into rotation! It also has pockets and my squeaky baby toy turned into a pin (I should stop telling people it squeaks, they can totally abuse that).

 These velvet pants are an old favorite, but unfortunately they barely fit me anymore, so you'll probably see them in the shop. Come to think about it, they were pretty tight back when I was super skinny, so it's no wonder they seem to tight now.It's just such a pity, as I can never seem to find new pants that fit me right and these were perfectly high waisted! Plus they had this beautiful deco details instead of pockets and were made out of soft cotton velvet...

The sweater is an old Ebay buy that just proves my theory about modern knits - this 30$ cashmere sweater from the '60s that has been previously worn and that I've been wearing constantly for two years has no piling whatsoever. My 80$ acrylic American Apparel cardigan that I got for 18$ on sale is FULL of piling and unwearable after two weeks. My Goodnight, Day beanie is still looking swell after almost a month tho.

It's been a crazy week out here(I was supposed to do another two posts at least!), but I'm sure everyone feels the same before Christmas and on the last week of school. I'll try not to let it die completely during the holidays.

So good luck getting ready everyone!

Monday Musings : Vernissage portraits (almost an outfit)

So... you know when some random guy/person comes up to you and asksif he can take your picture?
I used to absolutely hate that. I lean, I don't wanna end up on some lame professional photo website or have someone use my image without permission. I am an artist and I care about how my image is used, mainly because I use it a lot. Also, I hate how I look in most photos.

But a couple of years ago I started being more relaxed about it; it lead to some nice encounters and a few nice photos.

So when this guy asked a very bored me if he could take my picture I said sure, which turned into this mini-photo session among the installation. Probably not my most favorite pictures in the world, but I think he did a decent job and you can get another peak at the Jarvis toque.

I don't really know the photographer, but you can see more of ENSBA openings atmosphere here.