Loving navy and pink? Me too. Wore it to the Coalface today. Here's a Visual:
These one's are from Jean Brown. The online sale's on now, so you'd better Run Not Walk. Which is pretty easy in a wedge heel.
Click to shop here.
Click to shop here.
All the Big Names have hopped on the Bandwagon. Like the Queen.
And Jackie's sister Lee
Who it must be said has a superior sofa
Remember this bag I bought at Liberty in 2003? Still going strong People.
Doesn't Old Anna look serious ? Love those necklaces she wears all the time.
Love looking at the millions of photos I've taken of my little boy and seeing how much he's changed. On a sad note, the poor thing's sick. I know. Nothing sadder than a sick toddler.
Fingers and Toes for a speedy recovery.
This was a rose from Grandma's garden. Miss her and think about her every day.
Silk's on the ABC tonight. I can't figure out whether it's a new season or not. Either way I've missed Old Martha. She's fabulous.
Happy weekend.
xxxx
Every single post you do cheers me up no end xxx
ReplyDeletethanks Mrs W. We need a bit of cheer round these here parts what with the raging fevers and resultant cranky behaviour x
DeleteNavy and pink - good combo.I think I need me a pair of espadrille wedges. Comfort and height? Yes.
ReplyDeleteyou should get some- comfort and height is key
DeleteThis post on pink and navy is 11/10! It has everything, the Queen, the baby!, superior fashions and shoes. I am a big fan of espadrilles too. Have a great weekend FF. xo
ReplyDeleteespadrilles are the best x
DeleteFF,
ReplyDeleteBack in the mid seventies I had a pair of white eyelet wedges with ribbons that wound around my ankles. Loved those so much.
The blizzard snow stared about 20 minutes ago. The forecasters keep uping the estimates - now 12-18".
PS: Fashon Week in NYC - just heard that platform shoes are on their way out - thank goodness!
stay warm Sheri, that sounds freezing.
Deletethanks for the platform tip, but I luff my platform wedges!
Love the photographs. That tablecloth is so yummy and those coleus! wow.
ReplyDeletethe tablecloth was Lily Pulitzer from Anna Spiro's Black and Spiro. She Had it cut up and I bought some- love it.
DeleteI read your blog every day but this is my first comment. I LOVE pink and navy. I think that it is fresh while still classic. The navy sophisticates the pink while the pink "funs" up the navy.
ReplyDeletethanks for commenting! I love comments. Agree -navy and pink is a classic
DeleteLummy! That was a visual feast and a half FF.
ReplyDeleteHope the wee one gets well soon and is back to cushion carnage as usual. Have a good one.
thanks, he is very sick dammit.
DeleteLove this pink rosy post today!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are so cheerful.
thanks hostess x
DeleteGee I am loving your colour palette! I am encouraged to be unafraid of colour in my wardrobe. I am off to Barcelona for one week next week and am a bit nervous about how to look stylish whilst packing lightly and with a hubby and two littlies in tow. Trying to plan a weekly menu is far easier for me than planning a weekly wardrobe! BTW, did baby FF take to a baby doll by any chance? My nearly-three-year-old boy was besotted with his Baby John and stroller. Was truly adorable. Keep on posting (for the greater good). Xoxo
ReplyDeleteno, he hasn't taken to any dolls? he is a hardcore car and truck obsessive.
DeleteTravel packing frightens me
Gee I am loving your colour palette! I am encouraged to be unafraid of colour in my wardrobe. I am off to Barcelona for one week next week and am a bit nervous about how to look stylish whilst packing lightly and with a hubby and two littlies in tow. Trying to plan a weekly menu is far easier for me than planning a weekly wardrobe! BTW, did baby FF take to a baby doll by any chance? My nearly-three-year-old boy was besotted with his Baby John and stroller. Was truly adorable. Keep on posting (for the greater good). Xoxo
ReplyDeletecolour is nothing to be afraid of!
DeleteOOh I can name drop re Martha in Silk! Maxine Peake who plays her was in a film written by my husband called Best Laid Plans. She is a brilliant actress and a lovely lady.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Room at the Top yet with her in, she is wonderful in that too?
haven't seen room at the top- fascinating re Best Laid Plans!
DeleteOOh I can name drop re Martha in Silk! Maxine Peake who plays her was in a film written by my husband called Best Laid Plans. She is a brilliant actress and a lovely lady.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Room at the Top yet with her in, she is wonderful in that too?
Pink? Yes please. Long been my favourite colour even before FF became a worldwide phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteha! Pink rocks
DeleteI'm with Kath Day Knight on the espadrille wedges isshue.
ReplyDeleteha!
DeleteBeautiful collection of pink and navy pics - I'm a fan! Have loved this combination since the Jackie days - she wore it, so I did too! Hope the little one feels better very soon.
ReplyDeletethanks P, I feel so sad when he is sick because he is so miserable
DeleteDear Ms FF, Very sad to hear the baby is sick! Poor little thing — I hope he feels better soon and that you are getting some rest too (dealing with grumpiness is very tiring). I am loving all the colour of your posts, yellow, orange and pink - it makes me want to throw out all the black in my wardrobe but I can't as I can't shop this Feb (damn that Frugal February!). I am putting together a raised vege bed (DYI from Bunnings) today. Very exciting and a little terrifying — I know the talk I have with the dirt people will brand me a complete idiot! Hoping you have a lovely weekend. love Lindaxxx
ReplyDeleteI long for a raised vege garden bed- you are LUCKY!!!
Deletewhat will you grow? can you please start a BLOG???? x
Linda,
DeleteI will definitely read you blog!
Espadrille wedges are excellent. Navy is excellent. Pink is also excellent. Navy and pink is even excellenter.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%
DeletePink is fabulous and so are espadrilles... Can't wait to get back into them... :) Happy weekend... xv
ReplyDeleteI know they are the best!
DeleteLove this colour combination... you have inspired me to search it out. Also, that picture FF which is on your blog and third last on this post, is that a painting or a photograph that you got coloured/edited, it is wonderful!...
ReplyDeleteYour grandmother must have been a wonderful woman, every time you mention her, your love for her just permeates the post.
thank you.
Mr FF got someone to paint it for me for Valentines Day 2006. I luff it.
DeleteGot a bit teary reading this comment because I do really miss my Grandma. I mean apart fro your parents who's going to ever love you as much and always be on your side.
She died when I was 38, and she was my 1st Grandparent to die so I think it affected me more than it would have if I'd been younger.
She never met my son.
That always makes me a bit sad too.
That sailor suit makes me laugh every time you post a picture. Wish you'd put a little sailor hat on him too though. My mum thought a sailor suit was appropriate for any formal occassion...pity she didn't buy the boys a yacht to go with the suit. Have a great weekend! xx
ReplyDeleteI cannot find a matching hat!!!!!
Deletemakes me laugh too, so funny!
Dear FF,
ReplyDeleteI heartily concur, pink and navy are splendid. I am luffing the necklace you wore with the combo to the coalface (have I told you I always chuckle when I read that as my Mister actually does work at the grotty coalface) yesterday.
A rose from your Grandma's garden is just the loveliest thing. I wish I had something like that from my Grandma. She died when I was 36 and I've struggled with it a lot more than my other 4 grandparents who died when I was much younger.
Boo hiss for the baby being sick :( Most of the chillens in our family are sick at the moment too, it's all too nasty.
Anyhoo, hope you have a luffly weekend,
Nx
It's the orphanage- disease and pestilence is RIFE.
DeleteI struggle a lot with her death too.
I've been very teary today thinking about it and she died in mid 2010. And yet here I am still sad.
I feel that way about my mother who has now been dead 10 years ..think of her everyday
DeleteMy other THREE grandparents I meant to say, was distracted thinking about Grandma.
DeleteHyperventilating at those Pink Peep Toes.
ReplyDeleteeeeeee!
I need to incorporate more hot pink, I think.
I miss my Nanna. I was in Spain when she died. My mum rang and said "Nanna would want you to stay there" and I just imagined my Nanna saying "Noooo! Don't come back! Stay there!" And I stayed. And had a wine or three for her.
I really missed her when I went through my marriage breakdown, I think she would have understood. The bond between children and grandparents is very special, don't you think?
Anyway, babble over.
Stay fabulous.
cilla xx
I own both those peeptoes- they are Louboutins and I LUFF THEM
Deletealso thanks for the Grandma story. She would have understood and supported you. My own mum s a BRILLIANT grandma to my son.
DeleteAnother lovely post but sorry to hear the little one is sick.
ReplyDeleteAlso love Martha in Silk. Have missed her too. I've seen that episode before but enjoyed watching it again.
Off to my aquarobics class soon, then a long lunch with a friend before heading home to continue the decluttering.
Saw Les Mis yesterday and loved it. Gave it a 8/10 and thought Hugh Jackman was brilliant.
Hope the little one gets better soon.
Lorraine E.
xx
I LOVE Martha! enjoy your class and declutter
DeleteHave to 'fess up dear FF. Lunch took much longer than expected, Thai beef salad with some liquid refreshments, much talking, laughing and we solved all the world's problems ~! By the time I got home it was the 'cocktail hour', so no decluttering today.
DeleteWore pink today with orange toenails - hope this meets with your approval FF. Nothing like as glamorous as your outfits though - you have set the bar very high indeed.
Back to the decluttering tomorrow !
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope the little one is starting to feel better.
Lorraine E.
xx
You put together the most beautiful spread of images! You obviously have a creative spirit! The navy and pink combo has inspired me to put together new outfits from my existing wardrobe (being on a wardrobe diet and all). I have tried espadrilles but just can't seem to walk comfortably in them. I think I am the only living person who finds them klompy.
ReplyDeletethey are a bit klomy until you find the right pair!
DeleteThanks for the compliment re creative- I do try x
This post was very special and it made me teary - it shines with so much love for your grandmother. I can identify: both my grandmothers were Scottish and I loved them dearly. One lived here and one back home (I was named for her). I still think of them all the time, despite losing them at 13 and 24. I think of my maternal gran EVERY time I hang out my washing - she was reknowned for her fabulously clean washing, a very big deal back in the day in Scotland.
ReplyDeleteJ.K. Rowling wrote in the third Harry Potter book, "You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive inside of you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him." It's not hard to see Rowling was thinking of her late mother when she gave these lines to Dumbledore. To me, these words resonate for my two grandmothers and two of my uncles. And I think they'd be very fitting for your beloved grandmother, whom you honour so highly and dearly. xx
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P.S. Three weeks ago or so, I tried on the same Loubie peeps, but because of my oddly-shaped feet, I channelled something akin to a Cinderella's wicked step-sister... I am waitlisted for the next shipment of black Very Prive peeps in my size. First World Problems? Well, I only read this blog because it's not about world peace, is it?!?!?
bit teary re your comment.
DeleteTry and Try again with the CLs! x
Right on the money girl! Thanks for inspiring me to wrap my post L total knee replacement cruddy murky brown walking stick in pink & navy ribbon. Shuffling off to the ribbon box as we chat.
ReplyDeleteMillie xx
Your love of colour at work is inspiring. I normally wear black clothes to work everyday however as I'm pregnant I have broken out my very colourful maternity wardrobe. I notice more people smile and talk to me when I wear colourful outfits, as opposed to when I wear all black. Do you find the same?
ReplyDeleteLove all of the pink and navy!! I think I need to incorporate more of both into my life. I agree with what someone up above said-the navy is classic, while the pink adds the fun!!
ReplyDeleteYour posts always make me happy :)
Lee does have superior sofa and a superior up do, have you seen her daughter in law Carol Radziwill on Real Housewives of New York ?
ReplyDeleteTried to go to Jean Brown today after we had breakfast at Belle Epoque, but alas they were not open that early. I fear the Mr was secretly very glad. Love your espadrilles, I am definitely at fan.
ReplyDeleteI love everything about this post. Pink and Navy is like Preppy 101, I swear. I am redoing my closet and pink doesn't really work with any of my other pieces but with so much navy being added I feel all the pink can stay just to work with the navy. Naughty me, haha :)
ReplyDeleteNavy. No black was every allowed in my family unless someone died. Navy just was. I love your pairing it with pink.
ReplyDeleteRoses. Your Grandmother's rose brings back lovely Midwestern summers at Grandma Pearl's cottage from my childhood.
The scent, the summer wind, the love.
You have breathed in the rose of your Grandma and it shines out of you-we are privileged to "watch her" thru you.
They are watching us,cheering for us,loving us. I just wish I could put my arms around them one more time.
This post and comments really makes me think how special grandparents are. I grew up with only one grandma but she was fantastic. I remember how sad my dad was when she died. Gosh I hope I get to be a grandma one day.
ReplyDeleteAs for pink and navy you look stunning at coalface yesterday and I love this little montage. Can't get me enough of navy. Enjoy rest of weekend FF hope bubby FF is on the mend already x
Beautiful post!
ReplyDeleteMaster FF get better soon, very sorry to hear you are sick.
I did not embrace Frugal February, so I made a very nice purchase at Jean Brown today, and I am thinking of returning to the scene of the crime for a bit more non frugal activity!
There is something very very special about the love from your grandparents. I know, as I was brought up by mine - from the age of two until I got married and left home in my twenties. They showered me with their love, they didn't have much money but they made up for it in hugs kisses and fun times. I had a lovely childhood. My grandparents passed away quite a few years ago, it would have been my grandma's birthday tomorrow 10th Feb, I will be thinking of her all day, wishing she was here with me.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents never met my sons either. This makes me sad, as I know how much my boys would have loved them. My heart aches for my grandparents some days. So I well understand the love you have for yours. I do hope master ff is feeling better soon. Take care and enjoy your weekend.
PS lovely colourful post today ff - thank you xxxxxxxxxx
That picture of Toddler FF in his sailor suit is my favourite...he really is such a handsome little man...and with such a sweet nature!
ReplyDeleteI hope that he is feeling better! I agree that there is nothing worse than a sick toddler...expect for maybe a sick husband.
This post reminds me that I need to fix my pink espadrilles...they have been requiring a bit of super glue for months now!
I am loving this post in between trying to shovel out the historic snow here--so far 30 inches and still coming. It's beautiful, but so are these images. Hope little guy is well soon; that sailor suit!
ReplyDeletel thought you wre doing Freugal Feb??? Doesnt really look in the least bit like it from above post
ReplyDeleteHi Anon,
DeleteNothing in this post is against the premise of Frugal (no e in Frugal) Feb- it's all photos from the archive apart from 1 outfit photo!
I've bought no clothes, books, accessories, newspapers, magazines, decorating items or other non essential stuff.
I've been using up my pantry items and taking all my meals from home.
Thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog.
Stay Happy, x
You have made me realise my wardrobe is sadly lacking in the pink and navy category and both suit me so I must do something about it. Luckily I'm not doing frugal February!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that you wear sequins to the coalface. I'm still very new at mine, how long till I expose them to sparkles I wonder?
You're speaking my language now re: pink and navy, it's one of my all time faves! Never gets old. Those sparkly sequins are just gorgeous xx
ReplyDeleteFF where is your white/blue cotton top from? I love it!
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