Nelly Vintage Homes: la piscine

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

- Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby

It's the start of the Memorial Day weekend here in the US and a bank holiday weekend in England, the unofficial start of summer. It doesn't really feel like summer though with all the weird weather. Let's just look at these images and pretend shall we?

Bon weekend!

Elizabeth Dinkel

Le Domaine aux Quat Saison

Brigitte Bardot

Aerin Lauder

via House & Home

Kiera Knightley in Atonement

Gabriella Crespi

via Veranda

via ELLE DECOR

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True Blue

Romy Schneider wore blue shirts in so many films that I have to wonder if it was part of her own style or something that was just popular in the early 1970's. Of course, a blue shirt is always in style and is a staple of my own wardrobe. I feel like I'm always on the hunt for the perfect blue shirt and I wish I could find one that looks as soft and luxurious as the one Romy wears in Cesar et Rosalie (above and below), albeit with a slightly smaller collar. I think I might pop over to J.Crew today and look at their options while you enjoy this look at other fans of the blue shirt.

Romy Schneider in Cesar et Rosalie

Romy Schneider wearing a monogrammed blue shirt in The Things of Life.

Romy Schneider in La Piscine

Carolyn Murphy photographed by Mario Testino for US Vogue July 1999. Carine Roitfeld styled this shoot and makes me wonder if she was inspired by Romy Schneider as well.