{The Duchess}
Whether it's the simple grandeur of the English countryside or the lush dreaminess of a palace in France, I am transported to another place & time, making me long for petticoats & lace, hats & ribbons & a long skirt with a slightly muddy hem, dragging on the path behind me.
Who wouldn't want to eat french pastries & wear diamonds & wonderful, lavish gowns if you were living in Paris at the palace & money was no object? {well, I mean it was an object...she just didn't quite understand how much}
{Sense & Sensibility}
{Age of Innocence}
And what about lace parasols...battenburg lace parasols. The idea of a women's skin being so sensitive & fair that it needs to be shielded from the sun at all times is just too romantic! I want a lace parasol with a bamboo handle. I close my eyes & see myself walking down a path in the English countryside along a sparkling lake with the sunlight filtering through the leaves. I lift my face up to the sun just as I open my parasol & in that moment...all is right with the world.
Smiles friends & thanks for coming with me!
XOXO
10 comments:
Ok this is wierd!!You love all of MY favorites!!( : I think I have watched Darcy make that walk about 100 times...and I could watch it 100 times more...This kind of fashion makes you daydream!!Hugs-Cat
Love old fashioned dress and movies!
Oh Susie, you do have a fabulous imagination!!! I would so love to be in one of those wonderful costumes!!
xoxo
lynn
Susie, We love the same things!! Makes you want to go there!
Such a gorgeous post, I love all these beautiful costumes.
debby
Lovely post and yes... all those costumes are beautiful!
Such beautiful costumes- they really do make the stories unfold- thank you for sharing these delights to the eye!
What a wonderful post!
And those are some of my very favorite images from my very favorite movies. I'm such a Jane Austen fangirl. :-)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Anne
That was a fun treat, Susie! I love costumes! Such a great world of fantasy!
My daughter was directed toward costume design for many years, then shifted gears and is becoming a clinical MSW. She was worried that one out a thousand would make is and she would be sitting in a back room sewing. Probably realistic!
I miss it a lot, though, and going to costume events with her and watching costume shoes. Hopefully some year it will be a hobby for her...and me :-)
Suz
Oh you got the costume designer in my all excited with this post. I love the first photo the best! Perfection in my humble opinion!
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