I’d like to tell you a story!
A very simple story.
The story of a very simple photo.
But a photo that has lived in a frame at home ever since I made it.
I cant’t help but find it timeless.
No, not that one!
This one!
Nothing world-moving, you’ll say.
Even Sully won’t look at it.
Here’s the original photo, taken with…..
Tadaaaaa! An iPhone 4s way back when 5 megapixels were still great.
Looks older to you?
That is normal. It’s a delightful leftover from a world that has moved on. A shop the likes of which are rapidly dying out.
But this one has remained steadfast, like a rock in the river.
The waters of time flowing around it and not affecting it in the least.
‘Au Bonheur des Dames’
Chez Christiane
‘The Ladies’ Delight’
At Christiane’s
A haberdashery!
A what?
The word is like the shop, totally out of time!
For all those who never heard of such a thing, it’s a shop specialized in sewing articles… and yes, sewing’s a dying art too I guess.
Why has this shop survived until now, unchanged, unfazed? Not killed by online business or dwindling customer base?
By what right is it still part of this world?
I think it will remain a mystery.
And mysteries are great for photography!
Thanks for stopping by!
Frank Lehnen Photography 
It’s interesting that in British English a haberdashery is a shop selling sewing materials, mostly to women I presume, while in American English it is a shop selling men’s clothing.
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Didn’t know that, thanks. I looked it up in Google and think I got the british one…
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You yanks have strange ideas with your language, I think you lot just want to be different. Think yourselves lucky you when’t colonised by the French… now there’s a thought! 😀
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They nearly were…. until Napoleon sold them Louisiana!
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We are indeed separated by a common language. 😃
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Most Haberdashery shop in the UK sell anything from drapes, sewing materials to net curtains. An American haberdasher shop over here would be called a Gentlemen’s Tailors shop, where suits are made to order. Sadly very few around anymore, the only one I know of is Huntsman, in Savile Row London, and there I think you’d be looking at around $7000 to $8000 for a bespoke suit.
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‘separated by a common language’
I like that Doug, well put.
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Dictionary; haberdashery
ˈhabədaʃəri’
noun
1.
BRITISH
small items used in sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread.
2.
NORTH AMERICAN
men’s clothing and other items sold by a haberdasher.
I like your picture, shame its not film, because now you have said about this word, unknown to the young and uneducated… you made me feel somewhat OLD!
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We’re only as old as we feel… and I’ll never get as old as I feel for the moment! 😉
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Tell that to my wife when I here “Martin, just remember how old you are dear!” 😦
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I really like this image Frank, and with the textures and “grain” in the building and the sky it could pass for a film photo. Love the older digital cams/phones.
If not for a few details like the satellite dishes, lamp posts, vehicle and people’s clothing, it could be 50 years old, maybe 100!
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nice post!!!
of course, nice pic too!
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Thanks
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