Up On Devil's Dyke

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen! First of all, we are very sorry we haven't posted in such a long time, we have been super busy with the Etsy shop and Alec has a lot of uni work on at the minute.

Today we have an outfit post for you! A little while ago, me and Alec decided to drive up to Devil's Dyke in West Sussex. It is such a beautiful place, we had a good walk around and it was SO cold, bear in mind I was wearing a pair of white summer shoes... They are amazing but I will definitely wait for warmer days to slip my feet back in them! Later on we had a lovely roast dinner and a couple of drinks in the only pub around, which happened to be serving Alec's favourite Ale : Bengal Lancer. (It is pretty tricky to come across, he was IN HEAVEN!) Then we were lucky enough to witness a stunning sunset and drove back home exhausted and satisfied!

I'm wearing:

 *Faux-Fur Brown Coat*

*1920s Evening Jacket*

*1950s tea dress (available to purchase here)*

*1970s Shoes*

Alec and his Bengal Lancer! 

We have an exciting post ready for you this week, keep your eyes peeled!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! 

Margaux x

The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Korrigans

Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen,

                     

      We have returned from another lovely trip to France. It was wonderful seeing all of Margaux's family as usual. We had a whole week of rummaging and picking so we hope you like some of the next instalments on the shop. We are very pleased and excited to tell you that The Splendid Suitcase are opening a Mens & Children's Section!!! We have a selection of three & two piece suits, suit jackets & tweed jackets. We also have some exquisite items coming for you lovely ladies. Including TWO 'Courreges' coats!!! 

Without further ado I present to you our new outfit blog! The photos were taken by the beautiful coast of the Côtes D'armor region in Brittany.

We found a magical book which said that Korrigans used to dance around on this beach and hide within the crevasses of the rock. How hilarious!

Margaux recently had the zipper on this dress fixed by the lovely people at Buddy's in Brighton. It is my favourite dress she owns, well maybe apart from the one I bought her for Christmas...

It is a Handmade 1950s Black Full Skirt Dress. It has three quarter length sleeves, a fitted waist and a half pleated full circle skirt.

It started to rain, so we went for a little drive down the coast.

Luckily we had a Brolly in the car, it was raining cats & dogs!

Margaux went for the Mary Poppins look.

The scenery around Perros-Guirrec is stunning. It is never hard to find a place to take a photo or two! 

We thought this witchlike photo fitted quite well with the story of the Korrigans.

Our next post will feature some of our recent finds which we are very excited to share with you. For all you Rockabilly Boys and Girls or 50s enthusiasts, we have some amazing pieces including real 1950s French sailor and marine coats, shirts and middy blouses,  and for all Mods and 60s lovers we have some psychedelic, trapeze and mini dresses and much much more coming to The Splendid Suitcase!!!

We will leave you with a little animation of Margaux getting splashed.

Have a Splendiferous weekend,

Much Love,

Alec

Ce Chat Est Fou!

Good evening! 

I just thought I'd start off by saying that we are overwhelmed by your comments and feedback both on this blog and our Etsy shop. We feel very lucky to have such lovely people supporting us. A big thanks to all of you! 

So today, after a lovely lunch at a small japanese restaurant called Pompoko, me and Alec went to the park, It was such a nice day and very warm for November (even though I did feel like an ice-cube after we took these photos!) I really hope it gets colder soon, I would love a white Christmas! We saw plenty of little creatures along the way, including a very friendly (slightly mad) cat who followed us everywhere, I have to admit I felt like snow white! Then Alec saw a perfect climbing tree, I would have joined him but my shoes are too big for me so I wisely chose to avoid a disaster! 

I'm wearing a beautiful handmade 1950s dress which will be available on our Etsy shop within the next couple of weeks, I know we haven't posted new items for a while but we're working hard and cannot wait to show you our new finds!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Margaux & The Crazy Cat x

That squirrel is off its nut...

Good Morning,

We have compiled another outfit for 'Thank Frock It's Friday' from our dearly beloved collection for you. We took the pictures in a wonderful little place in Brighton called Queens Park and met a few friends en route...

                   We were unsure of the red object that he had stashed in the trunk of the tree.

So here it is, from top down:


★ Jacket : Very pretty navy blue jacket with an impeccable fur neckline from the early 1940s.


★ Blouse : Vintage 60s white cotton pearl buttoned down shirt with beautiful and intricate cut work floral pattern.


★ Skirt : 1950s Accordion pleated skirt.


★ Handbag : 1970s White Handbag.


★ Tights : Stay ups from H&M


★ Shoes : Low Heels from Rokit a few years back.

The Jacket, Blouse and Handbag will be available to purchase from our Etsy shop as of next week!!!

Alec's band are playing at a festival this weekend so we will no doubt be knee deep in mud and picking out ridiculous costumes all weekend!  Any item that is purchased from The Splendid Suitcase as of 3 o'clock (UK time) Friday 23rd up until Sunday 25th will be shipped on the following Monday!

Have a wonderful weekend mes amis!!!

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