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Are you a fan of travel shows? What about home improvement? How about a combo of the two? Lately I’ve been living my fantasy life, giving my mind a break from the devastating daily news and Escaping to the Château with Dick and Angel.

escape to the chateau — Escape to the Château photo credit channel 4. If you are in Canada you can watch it on the CBC here.

My Fantasy Life – Escape To The Château

Have you heard of this series?

They left their lives in the UK to live their dream and buy a fairytale castle in France.

Chateau escape to the chateau — photo credit channel 4

I fell in love with the program because it’s in France (obvs!), they live in a castle and Angel is obsessed with all things vintage and antique.

Angel is a master crafter, designer and all around creative person and Dick is an an environmentalist and engineer with exceptional problem solving skills.

They up-cycle and reuse many items found on the castle grounds and often renovations include the most advanced environmentally friendly options. Their decisions value frugality and sustainability and are made with long term considerations rather than short term gratification. It is a positive view of slow living practises.

Both Angel and Dick are a pleasure to watch.

It also proves it’s never too late to start living your dream, no matter your age.

What’s not love?

When I Stayed In A French Château

Below are some photos from my scrapbook, circa 2009, when we briefly vacationed in a chateau in Bordeaux.

We stayed at Château de Mirambeau and it was even better than I’d imagined.

The note from the concierge welcomed us upon our arrival. It came with fancy homemade sweets.

To say the castle and our room was majestic would be an understatement. We really did feel like royalty.

Apparently we had just missed the French actor Gérard Depardieu who had only checked out the day before.

I believe it’s the only place in the world where you can get a massage in what was previously an 11th century dungeon with some of the original armour standing guard in the corner.

That’s me loving every minute of our horseback ride through the vineyards.

Dressing For My Fantasy Life – The Queen Of The Castle

Here I am dressed in my château uniform and pondering why my man servant hasn’t brought me my pre dinner drink and dance yet.

I drink while he dances.

Win win.

After my pre dinner drinks I need to freshen my look with some powder. I don’t know why I get all sweaty when I’m not the one dancing.

Now I’m impatiently waiting for my fashionably late dinner companion to grace me with her presence.

She claims she was late due to an engagement with her agent who is a P. I. G. His friends just call him Mr. P. Wiggly.

My date is nice but tends to overeat and have rather atrocious table manners. What do you expect from a ~~pug~~ peasant?

What fantasy life would you escape to if you had the chance?

Linking up with Visible Monday, Turning Heads Tuesday, Fancy Friday, and Spy Girl

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We went to see a fine young gentleman yesterday, Zack Pinsent at The Fashion History Museum in Cambridge

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If you ever have the opportunity to visit this little gem of a museum I highly recommend it. The story of how the museum came to be is wonderful. You can read more here.

Commitment To Style & Sustainability Zack Pinsent

If you’ve never heard of Zack Pinsent before I suggest you watch this little two minute video below from the BBC or read this article with loads of brilliant photos, and yes, he really does look like a Disney prince.

Would you be dedicated enough to wear historically accurate clothing every day?

Zack no longer owns any modern clothes and has dressed this way for ten years. His style fills him with confidence and brings him joy.

Isn’t that what we all desire from our clothing?

Zack creates all of his clothing himself. He is a self taught tailor and operates his own business of bespoke period clothing based in Brighton.

Sustainable Slow Fashion

I was impressed with Zack’s commitment to the environment and slow fashion. During his presentation he lamented our destruction of the planet due to relentless consumption and subsequent disposal of what he accurately deemed, “inadequate garments” to landfills.

In contrast, Zack strives to use locally sourced, biodegradable, natural fibers and ensures every morsel of material is used. To demonstrate his fabric frugality he revealed his coat had been pieced together (stoted, or invisibly stitched together) from twelve scraps leftover from his client’s orders. Nothing is wasted!

The bespoke period pieces he creates are skillfully stitched (upwards of 90% by hand), giving a whole new meaning to the idea of slow fashion.

Zack performed a “reverse strip tease”.

He started the presentation wearing his underwear from the era (which, by the way, was a full shirt and britches with stockings, no nudity, sorry ladies!) and explained each layer in detail as he added it. The resulting dramatic complete ensemble was similar to the one below. Dashing right?

He was charming, informative, funny and delightfully entertaining.

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Prior the presentation we took in the current exhibit, “Made in France”.

These were the three dresses that need to somehow magically find their way into my closet. I’ve been a very good girl Santa!

Yves St. Laurent applique dress from 1966 licensed copy — Yves St. Laurent appliqué dress from 1966. Licensed copy by Aukie Sanft from Montreal for Holt Renfrew.

1960s dress fashion history museum ontario — I’m not 100% sure but I think this piece was Pierre Cardin.

And finally this sparkly number below by Harry Algo, 1966.

The name Harry Algo didn’t refer to an actual person but the company made quality clothes at affordable prices for department stores in foreign markets. It operated from the 60’s to the 80’s. I still find vintage Algo pieces while thrifting like this vintage lurex maxi dress currently for sale in my Etsy store.