A Provence Recap
Mille-feuille, antique markets, and lace
Hi! Writing this on the flight home from the most relaxing few days in Provence with Reformation. I think I could get used to following up all meals with an elaborate dessert, taking afternoon naps outside, and being surrounded by hype girls every time someone got dressed.
There were so many highlights of the trip, the main one being online friends turning out to be even more lovely in real life.
I’ll forever be chasing the high we all experienced at the antique market in Aix-en-Provence. The photos speak for themselves, but the market was overflowing with antique furniture, objects, one-of-a-kind jewelry, and linens. There was even a sweet section of children’s books. The prices were great and all the vendors were so kind, despite the fact I don’t know a single word in French.
I packed in a carry on (no big deal) so I was short on space to bring back new things. I did buy a great silver cuff, but I’m kicking myself for not planning ahead and saving space for more. Lesson learned for next time.
I won’t pretend to source art for you (or will I?), we have Talia for that. But I loved the tomato painting above, so naturally I’ve been doing a tomato deep dive on the flight. Some other good tomato art: this is nice, and I like this and this.
The turquoise compact on the right was designed by Van Cleef and Arpels for Revlon in the 1940s. The one at the market had been cleaned out and just made for a pretty mirror. You could do the same with its twin sister here. *Thank you reverse image search*.
Nothing beats the experience of wandering through a market and discovering finds in person, but these online sellers make it slightly more attainable - for objects and homeware: Les Themes, La Bazar Francais, Pouf, and French Finds Gallery, for jewelry: Lucia Zolea, NoahNoahNoah, Aurifexation, for books: Casa Shop, for linens: Simones French Vintage.
Thank you Reformation!
The vintage silver champagne buckets are to die for 😍