November 8, 2013

It’s my birthday today..

Another year gone..an extra minute on the naughty step..

And it was decided that the ideal present from hubbie would be a pair of knock-out jeans..boyfriend style..but even after heading to the Denim Factory at Selfridges yesterday..I don’t seem to be able to find the perfect pair.. Except perhaps in the dark recess of my memories…these jeans were the uniform of my school years – well-worn, ripped, loose, belted, rolled legged, soft, easy, faded MENS (very important) 501 Levi’s, teamed with ballet pumps, fishnets (!), a white t-shirt and either a battered leather jacket or a blazer…

So all the jeans I tried on..the Hudson’s, the Rag and Bone’s, the Paige’s?..the truth is they were all really just trying to mimic that original, iconic, laconic style…so…why not go straight to the source..?

The husband is taking me away for the weekend..to Brighton..the beating heartland of vintage…and guess what I’ll be looking for? Wish me luck!

Laters, Kate x

93 comments

November 8, 2013 - 4:38 pm cyrinephotography

Have you tried the boyfriend by H and M? I know, it doesn’t sound as exciting as Brighton and vintage hunting but I swore I will be buried in it…with a little chanel somewhere
- November 11, 2013 - 10:17 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  No I haven’t..but I will remember! x
  - November 11, 2013 - 10:19 pm cyrinephotography
    
    Happy belated bday
November 8, 2013 - 4:38 pm Red Point Tailor

Happy Birthday! I am sure you will find great jeans!
November 8, 2013 - 4:40 pm itwasjudith

have a fab day and weekend of celebrations 🙂
xx
November 8, 2013 - 4:43 pm josiew6zannah

Happy birthday! Have fun!
November 8, 2013 - 4:50 pm DecorusDea

Happy Birthday!
November 8, 2013 - 4:53 pm Laura Nuttall

Happy birthday, lovey. Have a great time at Olympia. I’ve got in laws all weekend or I’d join you! Let’s commit to a proper meet up soon. Want to come and see the new house?! Xx
- November 11, 2013 - 10:18 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  YES!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2013 - 4:54 pm styletterie

Happy Birthday! 😀
November 8, 2013 - 5:10 pm moodphototeija

Happy Birthday and have a really nice and relaxing weekend, and I am quite sure you will find what you are looking for 😉
November 8, 2013 - 5:13 pm evelenmargaret

How exciting. Happy Birthday and many happy returns. Have a wonderful weekend.
Shopping in Brighton sounds good. Happy hunting !
November 8, 2013 - 5:14 pm KerryCan

Yes! Go for the vintage ones! Have a great birthday!
November 8, 2013 - 5:15 pm jackiemallon

Happy birthday and happy hunting! But hang about, can’t you just steal a pair of your good man’s when he’s not looking? Kinda digging that fish net jeans combo…
- November 11, 2013 - 10:19 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  I’ve tried..there’s boyfriend and there’s boyfriend….
November 8, 2013 - 5:18 pm ReneeWritesNow!

Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake, my dear!
November 8, 2013 - 5:20 pm theblackberryboys

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Maison Bentley Style! Happy Birthday to you! (Imagine I am singing this 🙂 Good luck finding the perfect jeans! Brighton wow! Lucky Girl! 🙂 Have a great weekend! xoxo Fanni
November 8, 2013 - 5:24 pm pernillelunde

Happy birthday and good luck!!! I wore men’s 501 Levi’s bought at a fantastic flea market when I was young too….aaaahhhh your post brings me right back xx
November 8, 2013 - 5:26 pm indiGa leyiAh

go to vintage stores they have great Levi’s or Lees
November 8, 2013 - 5:29 pm The Fashion Huntress

Happy birthday!!! xo!
November 8, 2013 - 5:34 pm fashionassist

Happy, Happy Birthday Kate–you and my son share the same day 😉
Wow, 501 Levi’s–now that’s a trip down memory lane!!!
“Levi’s 501 jeans had a soul.” ~ Kenneth, Buddha Jeans
So as you set out on your hunt for these iconic blues you may enjoy the click below…
http://buddhajeans.com/2013/01/10/how-to-put-your-soul-into-a-levis-501-shrink-to-fit-jean/
Happy Birthday + happy 501 hunting~ xo
- November 11, 2013 - 10:20 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  I hope you had some lovely celebrations in your house! And a big thank you for the link! x
November 8, 2013 - 5:45 pm TheCrazyBagLady

Wishing you a happy birthday filled with love and good jeans! x
November 8, 2013 - 5:47 pm A Spoonful of Style

Happy birthday! This post brings back memories – I used to live in my 501s, usually bought at Kensington Market, how I loved that place….
I wish I’d kept some of them although my favourite pair I wore until they literally fell apart. Have fun in Brighton! Xxx
- November 11, 2013 - 10:21 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Do you remember Hyper Hyper?? Sigh..those were the days…
  - November 12, 2013 - 1:12 pm A Spoonful of Style
    
    Oh yes I certainly do! I was very sad when it closed…
    I bought my prom dress from there when I was 17 – a strapless number in red taffeta with a lace-up back. As you can imagine it stood out in a sea of Laura Ashley frocks! X
November 8, 2013 - 5:56 pm afrow

Only just got the fab post, so many, MANY happy returns of, what is NOW, the evening, to you, angel…..and MANY MORE….ESPECIALLY, over the big, beautiful, Brighton weekend! Love, Afrow.xxx
- November 11, 2013 - 10:21 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Thank you..such a good place for a weekend treat.. xxx
November 8, 2013 - 6:03 pm Sally White

Happy Happy Birthday and Happy Hunting!! xx
November 8, 2013 - 6:23 pm GlitzySpritzer

Happy b-day! A good pair of jeans is often hard to come by!
November 8, 2013 - 6:33 pm fingknitcoolgal

Ohhhh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! We shall carry on celebrating your birthday on tuesday too. And we can also carry on searching for your perfect pair of jeans afterward…XXX
- November 11, 2013 - 10:22 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Sounds good to me! x
November 8, 2013 - 6:47 pm .MIS. Manhattan Image & Style

Happy birthday! ❤

Diana
http://www.ManhattanImageandStyle.com
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November 8, 2013 - 6:50 pm Jamie @RubySlipperDiaries

Wishing you the Happiest Birthday! Good luck on your perfect jean search!
November 8, 2013 - 6:57 pm Amanda

Happy Birthday! Have a lovely weekend! 🎂
November 8, 2013 - 7:11 pm f3mc

Happy Birthday!
November 8, 2013 - 7:43 pm KittNoir

Happy Birthday my Darling!!! Have a wonderful time in gorgeous Brighton Xxx
- November 11, 2013 - 10:23 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Thank you! vintage paradise..with a little bit of everything else throw in! x
November 8, 2013 - 7:50 pm happyface313

Congratulations, dear Mason Bentley Style – HAPPY Birthday to you and all the best for your new year. AND: Good luck with your jeans hunt!
Have a lovely weekend in Brighton 🙂
November 8, 2013 - 7:53 pm rubyangel711

Happy, happy birthday & happy shopping! Enjoy those jeans!🎂🎉💫🎈
November 8, 2013 - 7:56 pm Lia in Brussels

Happy, naughty, sensational birthday!!… said the one fellow scorpio and until recently owner of a worn, ripped, two sizes bigger 501, to the other…
- November 11, 2013 - 10:25 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  How FUNNY! It MUST be something in the cosmos!! xxx
November 8, 2013 - 8:54 pm shawnevans63

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ENJOY THE WEEKEND! YOU’LL FIND THOSE JEANS AND I KNOW YOU WILL WEAR THE HELL OUT OF THEM!
November 8, 2013 - 9:08 pm tanicr

Happy birthday!! Hope you had a great day 🙂 xxx
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November 8, 2013 - 9:26 pm Laura Lynn

Happy Birthday, Kate! What a great way to spend a birthday…I hope you find your Levi’s. I used sandpaper, a razor and carefully applied bleach on my ‘too new’ jeans back in the day. Just had to have that vintage look and of course I wasn’t going to wait! Have great weekend!
- November 11, 2013 - 10:27 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  You would LOVE Brighton..it’s on the list when you come to London book signing.. xxx
November 8, 2013 - 9:26 pm redlipstickmama

Happy birthday ! Great gift the one that makes you reflect on the past in a positive and stimulates a frenetic search in the present 🙂 cannot wait to see the result!
- November 11, 2013 - 10:26 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  I did well…hehe!
November 8, 2013 - 9:51 pm CEPStylz

Happy Birthday!
November 8, 2013 - 10:12 pm Gabriela LeBaron

Happy Birthday lovely woman!! I love those jeans & heels! Very nice.
November 9, 2013 - 12:16 am dievca

Enjoy the weekend, travel safely and good luck on the 501 Blues hunt! The perfect jeans are always a challenge to find. BTW, Happy, Happy!
November 9, 2013 - 12:49 am Andrea W Designs

Happy Birthday dear Kate, enjoy your weekend!!
November 9, 2013 - 1:24 am littlemissglamour

Happy birthday!
November 9, 2013 - 2:28 am Herpassionforfashion

happy happy birthday! I hope you have a great day!!
November 9, 2013 - 7:54 am mylifeintheair

Happy birthday! It’s my birthday too 🙂
- November 11, 2013 - 10:27 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TOO! xxx
November 9, 2013 - 10:36 am Abbi

Happy birthday. I love shopping in Brighton. You never know what you’ll find!
November 9, 2013 - 10:56 am mrsfoxfinery

Hope you have a great birthday and why stop at only one pair?
- November 11, 2013 - 10:30 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Hehe! wise girl..I didn’t! xxx
November 9, 2013 - 11:41 am Valentina

Happy Birthday!!! I hope you’ll find the perfect pair of boyfriend jeans… I had the same problem but I found the… A pair of Current Elliot which has the effect you were talking about!!!
- November 11, 2013 - 10:29 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  I will bear those in mind..
November 9, 2013 - 2:04 pm modXchange

Happy birthday!!
November 9, 2013 - 2:09 pm Bubblegum

Happy birthday 🙂
November 9, 2013 - 2:13 pm Fashion Mayann

Ooh, Happy Birthday, my dear ! I’m sure that you’ll have a lucky day in Brighton, because it’s such a magical and lovely town (I even considered moving there, in the late ’80s) ! xxxxx
- November 13, 2013 - 9:07 am Maison Bentley Style
  
  Twilight zone spooky music plays..so did we when we came back from Italy! xxx
November 9, 2013 - 3:24 pm vintageattitude

Happy happy day(belated) and enjoy my beloved Brighton. Had my birthday there this year too.Love it soooo. Go to Snoopers Paradise in North Lanes…..of course….and venture upstairs. I wanted to move in!! Enjoy lovely lady xx
- November 11, 2013 - 10:29 pm Maison Bentley Style
  
  Best place to celebrate! It was such a joy..and the dastardly weather just added to the drama! xxx
November 9, 2013 - 4:12 pm Anny

Lucky you! Have fun in Brighton and Happy Birthday!