Thursday, February 24, 2011

Old French Women: Ambassadors of Style

          I love little old ladies in France, especially on Sundays. I love seeing two of them, arms linked, slowly walking down the boulevard in their best fur coats, maybe with an old-fashioned hat, some shopping bags, or a dog. These ladies are, for lack of a better phrase, bad ass. They may be 90, but they have full make-up on, hair done, and their lipstick is impeccable. And they are here to seize the effing day:

Sex in the City meets Golden Girls


And check out the heels that some of these women are rocking. Not bad. Which brings me to the latest old lady who I saw in Montpellier recently:


          There she was, tottering along on her orthopedic wedge heels, better dressed than many 20-something fashion majors aux Etats-Unis. I was very tempted to ask her about the secret to fashion longevity which French women have seemingly tapped into, but I figured, I already took a sneaky, stalker-y picture of her. I might as well leave her alone. So the world may never know.

4 comments:

  1. These vieilles dames are true fashionistas!
    Can you just imagine them 60 years ago strutting through the boulevards thinking "Can't touch this..."

    Mandy

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  2. My 90-year-old neighbor still wears a real fur coat, lipstick and hat or fascinator when she steps out for her daily bread/butcher/cheese/pastry run in the winter. Although there's always the scent of pastis emanating from her.

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  3. I love this blog, this is so true! In Sommieres close to where I live, there are these older ladies that just sit on benches on the sidewalk in their furcoats and just watch the world pass by!

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