Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Reliving Memories in Black and White


I want to be wearing this...



While walking along this... 



While doing this ...



I have this memory that I can't shake. I'm in Paris standing atop the steps in Monmartre.
I remember feeling overwhelmed by the beauty of Paris, the Sacre-Coeur, and the artists around me.
Nothing really significant happened except for the distinct feeling that being in that exact spot would stay with me forever.

Hopefully when I go back to that place in Monmartre I'll be dressed in glamorous attire and holding hands with my true love.
Can you believe he's never been out of the country? We need to change that, stat!



dress, shoes, coat
Paris image by Brassai, 1933
Kissing image via here

30 comments:

Cara said...

those heels are TDF!

jillian :: cornflake dreams. said...

sacre-coeur is GORGEOUS! i cant wait to go back. xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams

Spangle said...

I would love to be wearing that coat! It's gorgeous!

The Blonde Duck said...

I WANT that dress and coat!

M said...

OMG the clothes are gorgeous! So.. Parisian! I want to go back to sacre-coeur as well :( hopefully this June!

M said...

oh and the scenario is so romantic by the way :) xx

Cafe Fashionista said...

Give me that perfect white coat and I will be your BFF forever and always! :)

Dinx said...

I love everything about this scene! The clothes are gorgeous! and very Parisian and the setting is to die for!!! I want to be doing that too! Take me with yoouuu!!!

Melissa Blake said...

i've only been out of the country once and that was just over the michigan border into canada, so it wasn't much of a culture shock!

I'd love to go to paris!! :)

Hannah said...

I adore Paris, and you definitely have to go, with those clothes! The area around the montmartre is particularly beautiful - it has that amazing Amelie-esque charm.

I have a particular love for those steps, for it was at the summit my husband proposed to me! I'd go back a million times over, I think it's one of the most romantic places on earth.

Katie said...

@ Hannah, your husband proposed there? That is crazy romantic.

Tiffany--I know that exact feeling, that memory of a place that stays with you forever.

Erika @ ~TiptoeButterfly~ said...

thoise heels are dynamite!

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

That coat, yes please!

Punctuation Mark said...

this is so beautiful!!!

Hollie said...

I love this post. That's all.

Alexa said...

Oh my gosh this is a dream...ah can I please join you?

iris said...

I got a similar feeling from a spot on Galata Bridge in Istanbul. My current "favorite spot in the world" (although, Prince Edward Island used to have the title previously).

Marisa A. said...

I have never been to Paris, but I hope to go some day and wear a fabulous outfit like this and do exactly the same things!

Hannah said...

beautiful memory, beautiful day dream. :) I want to go to Paris so badly!

Violet Tinder said...

Looove that coat!!
I and I love all these romantic vintage photos :)

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la petite coquine said...

I'm absolutely smitten with this post-so dreamy and chic! And yes, I think it's time to get some stamps in Mr Branflake's passport!

Sara Szatmary said...

me and that lace dress need to become friends.

kimbirdy said...

the first thing i thought reading this was: i hope you don't trip in those big heels while you're walking down stairs and kissing. safety first. :)

THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...

SO romantic and chic! This is perfection in my book :) xoxo

Mo Pie, Please said...

Mine had never been out of th econtry until our Italian honeymoon. I think it may have sparked something within him :)

This post has me all dreamy!

Lisa Lisa Lisa said...

This is very lovely imagery. And that dress?? Girl, I'd do about anything in that dress. Wash the dishes, go to work, have dinner, run a mile. It is beautiful.

Nessa @{Casa Braaflat} said...

this is an awesome scenario.

drollgirl said...

THAT COAT! I JUST LOVE IT!!!!!

take that man to paris, stat. take me while your at it! :)

peony said...

Those bw photo is so inspirational!love it) black ans white is true classic!

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