France...the inter-war years

[herringbonekid]

bonjour my leetle loungers,
it's time to put on a Django Reinhardt Hot Club de Paris recording, light up a gauloise, and look up the word 'existentialism' as we celebrate the French style of the years 1931-1945...

bon

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Excellent!

bk

 

[geo]

Thanks for these great pictures. I like the black and white houndstooth cap at the right of the last picture. I'm planning to get one just like that.

 

[herringbonekid]

i like his jazzy shirt and tie combo too.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I'm more of a fan of the wide herringbone cap in the pub shot.

And the youthful chap near the top at the cirque des puces poster. Cool jacket! And what looks like a pair of plus-sixes, or so ...

And the street musicians on the front of 'Voila'. I love the itinerant musician look, as i've said before elsewhere.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

My grandfather lived that life! In Paris! No photos to show for it, alas. Yours are GREAT!

 

[herringbonekid]

he was a lucky guy!
quite a few of these are by BRASSAI.