PAD Paris, Tamara de Lempicka, Cauliflower

 

Yesterday Rosemary invited me to PAD Paris at the Tuileries 

An annual Art and design show..it was a surprise to see a still life painting 🖼️ 

Ballet Core Map

 

Ballet 🩰 fashion has always been IN

But now anyone can deck themselves out in bits of balletomania 🩰 Pinterest says.

What 2 Wear In Paris

Isn't this adorb?

Seen on rue de Buci in a teeny boutique for ouch 75€
 

OK giant cat faces are Not IN but I couldn't resist this Lulu Guiness T at Uniglo for a mere 15€. woo woo. And it has a polka-dot collar which is Very IN for summer. Wish I looked like her...where's the rosé ?

Basically (and all the Paris Summer trends this season are Very basic if you ask me) just get out a flashlight and comb the bottom of your closet for What 2 Wear In Paris. Like this ages-old jeans jacket. You know you have one lurking there.

Shirt tails hanging out will Always be IN in Paris.

*Note the runners/baskets on this otherwise chic Parisian. Elle mag has a full page on le Phenomene Running Gang in their current issue. Even super Fab Chanel has come out with a pair and let me tell you they are ugly. What to do? I will not follow the crowd on this trend but you can if you want.

The KED'S look I can easily adopt.

Let's face it. This is still a pretty look. Gawd only knows what to do with ones massive collection of Repettos (I wish...) Toss em back in the closet if U want 2 B IN in Paris I suppose.
 

I would have waltzed right by 'l'Esprit Hippie' look if Veronique hadn't given me the nudge. And it's Isabel Marant no less, who can do no wrong in Paris. Nail heads, fringe, Indian prints, the whole 9 yards etc.
 

Surely there's an old fringe bag and bandana in the bottom of your closet?

Here's another shocker - the old beat up jeans shirt! Who knew this could be a fashion statement? I used to sleep in mine. Do Not press yours with a steam iron. Better yet sit on it for a week to get the correct look. I kid you not.

 A splash of polka dots anywhere is a good Springy-Summery look. These minis from Agnes B
 

 The dotty scarf (petit pois) is everywhere even in the marche for a mere 5€. You won't have to break the bank for this look PBers.

The bow at the waist fore or aft is Always a winner in Paris from time immemorial. These gowns are from the DO-NOT-MISS COUTURE show (free but long lines) at Hotel de Ville.

Once the heat is on, shed EVERYTHING, but do NOT forget a little bow at the back for a nice Parisian touch.

Well that's how I see it PBers on the streets of Paris.

Regifting

 This is the season of gifting...

 I gave myself these red Repettos a while back (they were on sale bien sur!) and I was soooo happy.

 But (it's a big but) these shoes are rain makers. I should have sent them to the Mid West during the drout. I wear these red shoes and $#@!, if it doesn't pour cats and dogs.

 They're in very sorry shape. Sad and decrepid would not be an understatement.

 Looking at old PB posts a bell went off. Why not cover the tired red suede with a black permanent marker?

 Easy peasy if you have lots of time to kill and are a risk taker ahem.

 TA DA!

Trouble is, after completing one shoe I didn't much feel like doing the other shoe...

 And wouldn't a nice new fat bow be an improvement like these Jaime Mascaros?

 TA DA! I did it.

Re-gifted/revised Repettos.

They don't look half bad...at least from a distance. I even got a compliment in the hair salon. Could this be an improvement?

 I tried to get my 'new' ex-red shoes into the picture but it was no go. The Plaza Hotel's magnificent Christmas tree is cordoned off with a velvet rope.

Meanwhile Bear is enthralled with Bergdorf's poodles.

Dear PBers, I hope you get all the gifts of your hearts desire.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.

What Parisians are Wearing

 Petticoats on the outside is one of the hot looks this summer in Paris

 The lacier the better

 Seen from the #61 bus

 The lacy jupe/skirt is usually worn over leggings

 Are these take-offs on traditional French boy's school smocks?

 Certainly Le Bon Marche is taking a page out of the school smock look plus a generous helping of writer Colette's Claudine at School.

Side note- I always wished my mother had named me 'Claudine' instead of after a visitor to her hospital room since I didn't turn out to be a 'Charles'

c'est la vie

 Guerlain showed a frou-frou jupe for their new perfume, La Petit Robe Noire promotion coming at last to the US this Fall. Hooray

 Another reference for the frilly, lacy short jupe could be Repetto's enticing windows - letting us relive our ballerina dreams over and over

 A rufflied Carmen Miranda version in Galeries Lafayette

 Au Moulin Rose would like you to go ruffly all the way...

 One of Paris' best loved pink ruffles sits on the divine Ispahan  copied many times.

 An inedible ruffle on Christine Ferber's confiture  just delicious no?

 Totally edible, these ruffles made of macarons at Angelina

Me, I'm happy to keep my petticoats well-hidden while getting my toes wet preferably at Nice or Antibes s'il vous plait.
 

Shoes dans le Metro

 Repettos dans le Metro...

 A.P.C. Store makes the perfect little flesh-colored ballerinas. Here they are chatting up a pair of beige Converse.

 A closer look at those velvet ballerinas at Concorde...

 Une copine dans le Metro...

 Classic striped espadrilles in the Metro.

 A fun stripped bag in the Metro line.

 Someone trying on orange suede loafers at the Hermes sale.

 Every single time I put on my red suede Repetto ballerinas it pours cats and dogs!

Nine-year-old Scarlet's Hello Kittie polka-dot bag (back view) would go perfectly with my dotty scarf...

BONNE DIMANCHE from PARIS!