les chanteuses de 60's
as the weather gets warmer my music taste definitely brightens with the california sunshine.
lately i've been diving back into my sixties french pop.
10th grade, madame jester's french class: i was a goner with just one play of françoise hardy's "tous les garçons et les filles du mon age."
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Y_7XjkJ0g]
since then i've been in deep smit with the french lassies of the yė yė movement: a musical style lead by females {yee-haw}, mostly in europe, during the 1960's. heavily influenced by the french radio show "salut les copains" where each week a new sweetheart would debut her new song, these girls typically sang sweet lullabies to love lost, love longed for, and all with the innocence of pigtails. these debutantes typically soared straight to number 1.
christine delaroche {this entire video needs to be a 10-page, glossy, fall editorial}.
chantal kelly {love this song: watch it buddy!!: fragile heart here.}
mireille mathieu {less pop, more piaf, but packs a punch nonetheless...great for sunday morning coffee}.
even if you don't fancy the music, the style alone of these damsels françaiseis enough to get lost in you-tube land and google-image country.
wednesday happy m'loves
happy birthday to me {a day early}
or rather as they say in norse ..."til hammó með ammó".
yippee skippy!!
i am the recipient of fashionista's leifsdottir summer outfit.
i've always been a giant fan of the unique, creative, scandinavian line, leifsdottir.
i first spied them in anthropologie in what i thought was a vintage, 50's house coat.
swoon overload.
i've been dazzled ever since.
françoise hardy and jane birkin inspired, fashionista pulled together cool, effortless warm-weather chic.
a sunwashed denim skirt, a floral embroidery blouse, and chic arched wedge shoes.
if you need me i'll left banking it with les artistes and les rebelles clad in mes větements fabuleux.
and because it is my birthday à demain....a favorite from mademoiselle hardy.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGNpRnFNgM]
wednesday happy to you m'loves.
girl: it
my style conveys my inability to grow up -alexa chung
a darling of editors and street photographers for years now, british tv personality alexa chung has yet to tire me with her quirky mix of ladylike charm and downtown edge.
never one to follow trends, miss chung blends vintage with designer duds better than most salaried stylists and richie rich, front row socials in the know.
without ever looking silly, alexa bubbles a playful wardrobe that is never inappropriate or even worse.....cute.
she also imbibes a smart, sharp london street element that renders teeth, tart and tongue.
never in get ups or worn by the clothing she's wearing, alexa is also not one to binge on accessories;
she keeps things simple with a small handbag or tiny locket.
citing françoise hardy as her fashion inspiration, alexa manages to look relaxed and effortless {comfortable} in her choices; overt and obvious are not items in her closet.
here's to hoping she never grows up.