A la lumière du crépuscule
Van Gogh’s painting (evening landscape), Saloni’s silk satin dress, gold necklace (sun), Oscar de la Renta’s bird earrings and Des petits hauts’s floral brooch. “Comme le crépuscule est beau, on peut se défaire de la méfiance, de la prudence, s’abandonner à l’instant qui ressemble pour une fois à l’idée qu’on se faisait de la vie.”…
The vintage fashion illustrator Ruth Freeman
Ruth Freeman was a Canadian born fashion illustrator who worked for the magazines Vogue, She, Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar. She also worked in adversiting (brochures for the London department store Harrods). La plus belle pour aller au bal : What elegance ! Sources : Pinterest and the book 100 years of fashion illustration” by…
Une nature foisonnante où les oiseaux s’invitent à la fête
Paule ka’s gown and photo (mine) of the botanic garden at Tenerife in Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain.
Look up ! Admire the nature beauty !
Peraskeva‘s animal jewelry and photo (taken by me) of Santa Cruz of Tenerife, Canary island, Spain.
Sparkling cyanide by Agatha Christie
Inge glas champagne bottle Christmas tree ornament, Antonio Petruccelli January cover Fortune magazine 1937 and vintage champagne illustration. “Sparkling cyanide” (1945) is an Agatha Christie’s novel. “A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant. Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven…” Sources : Pinterest and agathachristie.com
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Photo of the Aristide’s house in the movie “Crooked House” (2017), red dress and photo of Agatha Christie. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directed in 2017 the movie adaptation of the Agatha Christie’s novel “Crooked house”. This English movie has a prestigious cast : Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Max Irons… The novel “Crooked house” tells the…
Dreaming of the 1920s
Eduardo Garcia Benito’s Vogue covers (Vogue July 1926 and Vogue May 1926) and Janis kerman’s earrings and bracelet. The 1920s were influenced by the Art Deco movement.
Beauté intemporelle
Vogue cover by the Art Deco illustrator Georges Lepape (Vogue September 1926) and Janis kerman’s brooch and earrings.
A summer illuminated by sparkling palm trees
Des petits hauts’ palm tree brooch and photo of Parque Garcià Sanabria in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (taken by me). Different photos of Parque Garcià Sanabria in Tenerife : Another version :
Souvenirs d’été
Tara Jarmon’s dress, Syrette Lew of Mountain’s Palmyra palm tree lamp and a photo of mine taken in Tenerife (beach of Adaje). Adeje is a city and a municipality, located in the south of Tenerife. Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands (Spain). My photos of an Adaje beach : Sources : Pinterest and onparou.com
The Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1)
Painting of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Emperor Nicholas II) and Fabergé Eggs and frame. The Russian jewelry House Fabergé was founded by Gustav Fabergé (1814-1893). His son, Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920) is the famous Russian jeweler who created the famous Fabergé Eggs (Easter eggs were made as gifts for the Tsars Alexander III and…
At the time of the Romanov Tsars in Saint-Petersburg
Fabergé Egg created by the Russian jewelery House Fabergé named “The pearl Egg”, gold frame of a portrait of the Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra by the House Fabergé and photo of Saint Petersbourg during winter. “The Pearl egg” is inlaid with 139 fine pearls and 3300 diamonds and other precious gemstones. It…
Savoring a milkshake in the Fifties
New Look’s milshake clutch bag and Oscar de la Renta vichy dress. The background refers to American Fifties diners.
Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice
Portrait of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the BBC serie “Pride and prejudice”, Regency cork print wallpaper in greys and metallic by Ronald Redding for York Wallcoverings, drawing of Pemberley house (ancestral residence of Mr. Darcy) and gold frame of a miniature (1805). The book Pride and prejudice tells one of the most iconic…
Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey
Portrait of J.J Feild as Henry Tilney in the adapted movie of the Jane Austen book Northanger Abbey (written between 1798 and 1803 but published after the Jane Austen’s death in 1817), portrait of Jane Austen and book cover. Henry Tilney is the love interest of Catherine Morland in the Jane Austen’s book “Northanger Abbey”.…
Hermione Granger in Harry Potter
Library wallpaper, Gryffindor’s emblem (Lion) and photo of the actress Emma Watson as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter’s movies. Hermione Granger was born in 1979 and is a Muggle-born (her parents aren’t wizards). She is best friend with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. She belongs to the Gryffindor’s house at Hogwarts (Poudlard in French). Her…
Adorned with light for the Holiday season
Parosh’s dress and pink version of my blur photo of my Aunt’s Christmas tree. Different version :
