Where Is My Driver?

Fancy a little time travel with me today? 

I'll be taking you back to the 1930s which seem to resonate with me lately. 

Do not expect pure historical research and accuracy though, just go with me, pretend! 

What should we take as our time machine? Something like this beauty, perhaps? 

Oh look at the driver! Isn't he a dashing young chap? Allo Captain! 

Oh but I have to wait for my driver, you see. 

Temptations, temptations...

So where was I? Oh yes, of course. I'm meeting my friends for a fascinating little play at the fabulous Lakewood Playhouse - a new hot spot in town, founded just recently, in our crazy 30s. I told you about it once, remember? It was the classic Little Women last December (boy it was cold that day, brr!). The play we're going to see tonight is called The 39 Steps, and it is set in 1935 and based on the Hitchcock film. I heard it is hilarious - Monty Python meets Hitchcock. Imagine: four actors in the play, one of which is an actress who plays three different roles, and two are clowns who play the remaining 150 roles - nothing quite like you've seen before I bet. Laughter never stops! 

So where is my driver? He's being late again...

Oh, bonjour, monsieur. Your car is tres chic. Oh merci, you are too kind. 

No, I'm not alone. Yes, what a pity. Bon voyage, monsieur!

Sorry for this bit of nonsense. So where were we? Oh yes, my attire.

The skirt is genuine antique, from monsieur Frank Usher, a perfectly British gentleman. My antique dealer found it for me the other day. It's in excellent condition, considering its age (I'm younger than the skirt, I was told). Much younger, you say? Oh thank you, so kind. I had my maid fix one little thing (you know how it is with antiques) - the old elastic band was worn out, and to keep it in place, the previous owner made a few stitches over it, obviously in a hurry. My maid had to carefully remove the old stitches and the broken elastic and replaced it with a new one. Oh yes, it's such a relief to find a good maid, you know how hard it is nowadays.

Oh just look at this couple - so fresh, so madly in love! 

Looks like they're going on a nice picnic in the countryside... that's making me hungry...

Well, now I am both hungry and a bit chilled in my fine chiffon blouse, waiting for my driver to pick me up. Let me fetch my jacket... that's much better. Oh, how sweet of you to say so. I bought it years ago, it came in handy so many times. I adore the collar, isn't it so chic? It has its secrets too, just you wait...

See how it transformed into another collar and almost another jacket? C'est magnifique!

I see my driver has finally arrived. He is 12 minutes and 27 seconds late. I shall ask this naughty boy to my library and give him a good wigging. O tempora o mores! Well, heading to the theater now. So nice chatting with you! Let's meet for tea soon. Au revoir, mon ami! Muah, muah!

Photos by Justin. April, 2015.

Antique cars (late 1920s - early 1930s) from LeMay Car Museum in Tacoma, WA. 

You can read about our trips to the museum here and here.

Fashion designs and film characters' photos from Internet. If you are interested in the cars Bertie Wooster as well as Captain Hastings actually drove in the famous movies, I found a great article here.

Skirt - vintage Frank Usher (1960s/70s), found at Goodwill -

HERE is how I styled it for Winter

Blouse - Layne Bryant (HERE styled with white jeans)

Spring coat - J.Jill (7 years ago)

Shoes - Josef Seibel

Purse - old, via TJ MAXX

Necklaces - from a charity shop and boutique

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Linking up with 52 Pick-me-up: On Broadway - seems quite perfect!