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Very hot autumn outfit "La Tenue en rose" in style of 1962-1963s with real vintage little pillbox hat

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I apologize for not posting on my blog for too long. It seems that the prolonged heat has begun to adversely affect my health. Hence the delay. In this outfit, I show off a hat that my photographer friend Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska and I redecorated.  It was a really vintage pink straw little pillbox hat from the 1950s-1960s. However, its decorations, if any existed, have not survived to this day.  But we took vintage paper roses and vintage voile décor and redecorated it. It turned out, as it seems to me, very refined and gentle.  This hat, among more than 20 others, I managed to buy last spring from a French woman who lived in a resort town in Andalusia and kept her own shop.  She was returning to France and urgently selling her collection of vintage hats.  It was a very lucky purchase for me, and I regret that such cases are rare.   I pair this little pillbox hat with a silk dress from a modern Finnish brand that I bought on sale in a vintage ...

Cool summer outfit in style of 1962 in grey & pink colors in the style of Jacqueline Kennedy

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So, surprise. I am no longer a blonde, but a brunette. Since childhood, I dreamed of being or becoming a very light blonde. And in my early youth, being carried away by vintage fashion, I finally realized my dream, because, in my then opinion, of being blonde is the true embodiment of vintage. I wanted to be like Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak and other glamorous divas I didn't know much about. Moreover, in infancy I had blond hair, which over the years began to actively darken. Therefore, when I started coloring, I already had light brown or dirty blond or dark blond hair. But over the years of coloring, they have darkened a lot, reaching the depth of dark color.   Now I'm tired of being a blonde. And finally, I realized that I accept myself for who I am. In addition, most of my ancestors were just dark-haired and brunettes, so lightening their hair is not respectful towards them. And not too useful for the world around and own health.   Yes, and many tr...