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Les Parisiennes de Mamansnet: Be More Aunt Larry

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botemp · 30/10/2019 09:38

Lovers of Parisian style and fashion with a conscious mindset and lots of chatter in between.


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quirkychick · 24/11/2019 16:48

Just checking in after a weekend of a horrible virus, but feeling much more myself now.

That's a gorgeous drapey blouse/top, Elle. It look much better on you than the link. It always annoys me too the synthetic fabrics. Surely better quality fabrics are more sustainable as you're more likely to keep them for longer? I know the wool blend jumpers are the ones I usually throw out first as they bobble and look less than great more quickly. They're less warm too.

botemp · 24/11/2019 17:28

Flo, are you just blind to the instagrabbers following you around all day taking conspicuous pics and taking notes on their giant apple iPhones? I bet there's a whole insta account out there following your every move @_gowithzeflo Wink

Ah bumbag, that's the UK name (equally cringe), couldn't remember it earlier. Weekday has a couple cheapies in nylon and they have a leather version that's 70 or 80€. What I like about them is that you can carry them on your back and just pull it forward easily on public transport or if you need something from it.

Don't beat yourself up Bani, you've been on the wagon for quite a while and doing so well. It's not easy to be all good all the time. Can't you factor in a few cheat days to keep it manageable as you're ripe to be seduced into that 'fuck it' space where it becomes a free for all.

Since we're kicking Zara whilst it's down, what was also really annoying about that coat, it was €159. Which makes it among their most expensive coats (excluding the very special range they have sometimes online). If you're going to offer sustainable options as fast fashion at least have them competing with the disposable loss leading shit so that it's sort of less bad but still a crap choice.

Tissues all round quirky, the germs rarely pass your household by it seems Flowers

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botemp · 24/11/2019 18:16

&Other Stories have a few nice ones in as well. Quite like the look of this one and am tempted to put in an order although will have to check the H&M group and where they source their leather from as that's been a major contribution to the Amazon fires.

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BloomedAgain · 24/11/2019 20:26

The other stories bum bag looks good.
Because I'm cultured😉 I noticed an excellent belt bag on murder she wrote today. And the eighties slacks 😍
Hope you have a better week quirky.

quirkychick · 24/11/2019 21:41

Thanks bo and bloomed, the joy of a primary aged dc, I think. Not really a head cold, just a weird virus with a sore throat and high temperature, but it seems short-lived, thankfully. I think it's what dd2 had a couple of weeks ago.

I love the idea of @_gowithzeflo Grin. Someone needs to rename bumbags/fanny packs, really. The flo holster? Anybody got any better suggestions.

botemp · 24/11/2019 21:50

I'm imagining one of those ammo belts filled with tampons when I hear about a Flo holster 🙈

At the risk of sounding like Cher Horowitz (Derry Girls has sent me down a nostalgia rabbit hole, thankfully I always despised Take That but Enya is at the risk of playing on repeat too much) but Jessica Fletcher is a total babe. Definitely a style icon. Just for you Bloomed, murdershelook

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BloomedAgain · 24/11/2019 22:42

Can we have Flo holster merch?
Murder she look is everything. Thanks Bo!
Jessica knows how to wear a silk shirt.

Floisme · 25/11/2019 10:01

Here you are - 90s Prada chic at all good markets.

The light is shite today so I had to brighten to the max but hopefully you can see it. The weight (lack of) is the key. When my back's bad, leather is too heavy.

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Floisme · 25/11/2019 10:16

My next goal is to get Instragam wearing Barbour Wink

botemp · 25/11/2019 10:23

You just won the internet today Flo, Barbour (he's a follower of @_gowithzeflo, obvs)

Funny, the second pic it looks like a shiny patent/rubber bag when it's in the little square. Now I want a shiny rubber/patent one am thinking it would look all sorts of amazing to have this shiny sash going across the body.

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Floisme · 25/11/2019 10:44

Hmm Saudi princes aren't quite the role models I had in mind.

No it's not shiny - all pure nylon at its finest.

botemp · 25/11/2019 12:39

Tsk you're such an influencer diva already, Flo, you don't get to choose your questionable followers. Unless you're an actual autocrat and can ban social media platforms that are critical of you entirely.

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banivani · 25/11/2019 15:01

Jessica Fletcher often rocks that item that called the 80s it's last decade - the "two-part dress". I remember looking at mail-order catalogues as a child and being very clear over the fact that there were dresses, and then there were skirts - yet the catalogues also had something called "two-part dresses" for women. If it was in two parts, was it even a dress? And so on. Remember? What was the proper word in English? I'm thinking it might be ripe for a comeback. I think the "two part jumpsuit" already might be on its way.

It's amazing how mych better a bumbag looks worn like that. But I'd never have thought of it. That's why I'm not a fashionista.

ToEllewithIt · 25/11/2019 15:28

That coat is cut so well and looks great on you bo what a shame about the crappy fabric. The price point seems to have been set to deter too. Those acne-alike ones were about €120 iirc and they at least were about 50% wool.

I agree quirky. I think that viscose is meant to be a more sustainable choice as it is bamboo-based, but I find it develops holes pretty quickly and will look pretty tired after a dozen washes so that’s not ideal.

Bani is the word "tailleur"? Maybe that's more a 2-piece suit. That term makes an appearance in this lovely article www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12086/five-italian-grandmothers-wearing-chanel-marcello-arena-nicola-neri

All I saw in the first of flo's bag pictures was a killer whale complete with markings. Great idea though and the stories version is good too.

ToEllewithIt · 25/11/2019 15:48

Anyone else on the whale?

Also the ST are still stalking us... Grin

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Redandblue11 · 25/11/2019 16:20

Oh the “riñonera” (bumbag) in Spanish riñón is kidneys ... as it sits on the kidney area Confused, is it because in South America it is worn tight at the real waist level? Vs all loose at the front (fanny) or at the back (bum) Confused
All ridiculous names.

Not intending to thread on Flo’s trend setting toes, ok I admit it I have been following her on insta Wink.
I have been wearing mine (basic one) that way for some time now, years ago it just raised eyebrows. Lately I use it when walking in my “active wear” to my yoga/gym class , I even got a comment from a young girl at the gym I had to explain I had riñoneras from the first time round , before she was born and when I was a teen Grin.
I even get comments when sipping my chai latte in my active wear in town Grin
Cringe.

BloomedAgain · 25/11/2019 16:22

I remember as a child those tops and bottoms (now coords!) being called two pieces.
I now see a whale whenever I look at that bag.

BloomedAgain · 25/11/2019 16:24

You're quite the millennial Red!

Redandblue11 · 25/11/2019 16:26

That is a sweet article Elle.
Channel pink bum bag also gets a mention!

Floisme · 26/11/2019 07:26

Very good point bo, I don't believe in no-platforming, not even for the Saudi Royal family

I remember talk of three piece suits for men but not the phrase two-part dresses. You're not thinking of twin sets are you bani?

And I love that article - thanks for the link! I remember seeing a couple of old ladies wearing Chanel in Rome a few years ago and they looked amazing. Have to say though that one of them had that quilted bag with a chain and I thought it was plug ugly. Sorry everyone. And yes I say this as the owner of a bag that looks like a killer whale.

banivani · 26/11/2019 08:13

Think tailleur is a suit, yeah. The dress in two parts is more a matching skirt and top deal. Not a twin set, gooooood that so different . Was hoping to find some vintage pictures but best I found was this example www.tradera.com/item/301744/374715190/retro-klanning-tvadelad-polarn-pyret-strl-44 which isn't great. And this one www.tradera.com/item/301743/375243566/tvadelad-sidendress-med-separat-langsjal-carlo-lavatelli-storlek-38

The fun thing was that they were called dresses because you were meant to wear them together. Two pieces might be right!

botemp · 26/11/2019 13:29

I think two piece is the phrase, we say deux pièces here (although this time round it's the English two piece instead) and tailleur which is derived from tailleur deux pièces.

Well I hate to burst Flo and Red's bubbles but drug dealers wore their bumbags like that when I lived in the Carribbean (surely copied from the US) as it meant running from the coppers without the risk of losing your stash. A fanny is a bottom in the US, btw Red, so same body part. We call it a hip bag, not sure how you'd manage wearing it there but Dutch terminology is never one that relies on common sense 🤷 there's pouch bag for belt bags too.

I'm struggling to see a kidney shape in them but definitely spotted Shamu in Flo's bag but was distracted by potential shiny bum bags.

This was an interesting article about Zara's green ambitions which still appear to be nothing more than a cash grab in my eyes. I'm not sure if the high price was a deterrent rather setting the standard where the green prices will be. So crappier quality for more money that won't last long but ticks the white guilt box. Kerching.

Anyhow, was interested in the rental schemes aspect of the article as any online ones I've seen so far have been stupidly expensive but peer to peer rent is one I haven't come across yet.

There's a sort of community shop near me where you can repair your own things and staff there are able to help if you're clueless. It's run by some idealistic types and municipal subsidies so it's not really that viable realistically from a commercial sense. They also have a clothes library that's interesting, you basically pay a monthly fee can try things on and borrow X number of items for so many days. It's mostly local up and coming designer, it varies a lot in quality and styles. So it's one of those great in theory not so much in execution things. I know we've joked about all buying a time share of that green Raey coat but surely initiatives that are better organised should come along at some point. I can easily imagine a stylist coming to your house with a selection of clothes from a curated communal closet coming by every season being a service people would pay out for at a premium as it actually has added value.

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banivani · 26/11/2019 13:48

If clothes cost what they are actually worth then all such schemes could all of a sudden be economically viable.

In Sweden they're belly bags btw.

ferretface · 26/11/2019 16:00

Alert alert! Sorry in advance for the enabling but Bobbies has a 50% sale on their archives. Just after I bought a pair of loafers full price in Paris at the weekend, oops!

I bought a pair of derbies in the sale to accompany the loafers...

banivani · 28/11/2019 15:47

Uniqlo's Marimekko collection is out. Very Scandinavian style that. Grin

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