Days without Tights

Today was the first day without tights for me this year. It was also the first day of eating icecream outside, going for a long walk, eating strawberry cake in the garden and doing all those things you would love to do on a pretty spring day. It was so lovely outside that after I finished up all of next week's auctions, I just had to get outside.

I chose to wear this 1950's dirndl dress I bought on the fleamarket last month, but hadn't had the opportunity to wear yet. I love it's rose print and I think it's really a perfect little spring dress.

Vintage 1950's dress: Fleamarket
Marimekko Bag: Fleamarket
Shoes: thrifted

Cherry Blossoms, I think

While running errands we made a stop at the cemetery. There was this pretty tree in full bloom. I was fascinated by how much life it inheres with bees and bumble-bees and a small titmouse (?) flying around its' blossoms. I think it was a cherry tree, but I'm not good at telling the difference between fruit trees when they don't carry fruits.

Dress: H&M
Jacket: thrifted H&M jacket from the 90's
Tights: can't remember
Shoes: thrifted
Slip: thrifted

Sneek Peak

Diese hübschen Vintage-Teile gibt es ab morgen in meinem Ebay-Shop:

I am going to list these vintage items in my Ebay-Store tomorrow.

Happy Easter II

We came across these two little bunnies today, so I just had to fotograph and post them...

Happy Easter!

I was inspired by the new Lula today to try out some striped tights with a spring dress. I own these tights for a couple of years now, but I don't usually wear them, and I must say, I did feel too self conscious in them to wear them on a regular basis. A bit childish, perhaps. I think these are pretty hard to pull off. Lula did find some really nice ways to wear them and this is definitely something, I will try out again, but maybe with another dress and shoes next time.

Dress: H&M
Sweater: Zara:
Tights: H&M kid's department, bought years ago
Shoes: thrifted

Cannes 1960's

All these spring collections I've been looking at lately at H&M and related shops seemed so maritime and relaxing to me, with their blues and reds and stripes and dots, that they made me think of the Cote d'Azur back in the days. Of Cannes and 1960's french movie stars like Brigitte Bardot, Jean Seberg and others. I did make a quick search on the internet for some inspirational pics and they make we want to buy a full skirt 60's dress and skinny pants and striped sweaters now. I also would like to watch A Bout De Souffle now, which I haven' seen before.

pictures via life.com, If it's hip, it's here, The First Post, My French Obsession

First Signs of Spring

I was hunting down the first signs of spring that day, looking at every little blossom I could find twice, just to be extra sure, that it's really coming. The birds were all breeding or building their nests, so I guess, they couldn't be wrong, could they?

I wore my new dress, I just got off of Ebay. It was really cheap, and I was surprised it was so lovely, as I couldn't tell from the photo exactly.

Vintage 1970's Dress: Ebay
Cardigan: H&M
Bag: Thrifted
Tights: H&M
Vintage 1970's Boots: Fleamarket