WITH LOVE FROM THE HIPPIE HOUSE

MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLINGS.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR, WHEN WE'LL SHARE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE ABOVE ANTICS.


SHOT BY THE FANTASTICO BEN VERLEY, WHOSE WORK LIVES HERE.

IN GOOD COMPANY

WE SPOKE A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT THE BIJOUS ALIX OF BOHEMIA WAS DESIGNING FOR A SUPER COOL START UP. WWD HAS GONE AND DONE A FANCY ARTICLE THIS MORNING, THE PROPHET HAS SPOKEN,  NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT PLUKKA.


ITS NO SURPRISE THAT ITS THE BRAINCHILD OF JOANNE (FELLOW FREE SPIRIT WHO BOUGHT OUR FIRST EDITION OF THE STEPHANIE DRESS IN SWISS DOT CHIFFON), WHO HAS CREATED A MODEL WHICH BRINGS US THE FANTASTICAL (REAL) BAUBLES WE WANT FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE. 

TAKE THE EVIL EYE RING WE DREW UP (FIGURE 4) ON THE LOWER RIGHT; ONCE MADE, PLUKKA WILL THROW IT UP ON THEIR SITE FOR AN AUCTION. FOR A LIMITED TIME LADIES AND GERMS WILL BE ABLE TO BUY THAT STUFF. 

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT BUY THE ITEM, THE LESS EXPENSIVE IT BECOMES. EVERYTHING IS 70-90% OFF OF THE RETAIL PRICE. WE DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO TALK NUMBERS, (JUST NOT OUR LANGUAGE BABY, WE SPEAK FLUENT FABRICS) BUT DISCOUNTED NUMBERS ATTACHED TO SHINING BAUBLES ARE KIND OF OK. 

A SELECTION FROM OUR SKETCHBOOK: ABOVE, THE NANTUCKET FIXED GOLD ROPE BRACELET AND A MIXED METAL AND DIAMOND CHOKER INSPIRED BY MASAI NECKGEAR. 

GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE HERE: PLUKKA

ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ANTOINETTE

THE RIDICULOUSLY COOL ANTOINETTE WYSOCKI FIRST CAME ONTO OUR RADAR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE MET IN HONG KONG. SHE WAS DOING HER THING, SHOWING HER PAINTINGS TO THE INTERNATIONAL JETSET, HAVING JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO BABY ONE. SHE HAD ALL SORTS OF COOL TATTOOS, AND   YOU CAN SEE SOME OF HER MESMERIZING AND MEDITATIVE  CANVASES HERE.

FOR SOMETHING THAT TRAVELS, THE GENIUS OF PIECCO PANG HAS WRAPPED THE MINI AUDIERE WITH ANT'S SIGNATURE CANVASES, MAKING FOR THE COOLEST BOITE CLUTCH WE HAVE EVER SEEN. YOU CAN BUY ONE FOR YOURSELF (YES) OR FOR A LUCKY SOMEONE ELSE HERE.

WE'LL BE STUFFING OURS WITH CANDY CANES, EIGHT HOUR CREAM AND TUBES OF WATERCOLOURS, IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. 

RECALL THE PAINT SPLATTERED WALLS OF OUR FALL 2011 LOOKBOOK? IT WAS SHOT IN ANTOINETTE'S STUDIO IN MIDTOWN; SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH AND COOL ENOUGH TO SHARE THE LOVE, HER DRIPPINGS PROVIDING THE PERFECT CANVAS FOR THE CLOTHES:

ALIX OF BOHEMIA VITA DRESS IN SPOTS ON IN ANTOINETTE'S STUDIO.

SEE YOU SOON ALLIGATORS, WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE. ONCE WE SCORE ONE OF ANT'S CLUTCHES, WE JUMP ON A PLANE AND HEAD HOME FOR AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS. 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA AT HOME

A FEW BITS OF OUR SHOW AT HOME, WITH MASTER BEAR HOLDING COURT.

ROCKING OUT

UNSURPRISINGLY WE ADORE HANDMADE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS, AND IN ADDITION TO OUR ORIGINAL IDEA OF BUYING EVERYONE ON OUR LIST PATTI SMITH'S JUST KIDS, WE'LL BE SCOOPING UP AS MANY OF MAMAN'S EXQUISITE ROCK POTS AS WE CAN CARRY.

1. DESERT STAR
$60.00 USD

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, WE USED TO COLLECT BEACH ROCKS FOR MAMAN. INSPIRED BY THE FORM, SHE'S DRAPED SLABS OF EARTHENWARE ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF ROCKS TO CREATE SHALLOW VESSELS, CLAY FOSSILS OF THE SHORELINE.

EACH ONE IS THEN PAINSTAKINGLY PAINTED BY HAND AND THE RESULTING JEWEL IS TOTALLY FOOD SAFE. WE LIKE TO PUT OLIVES, ALMONDS, ANCHOVIES, TAPENADE AND SPICY PECANS IN OURS. OR USE A FEW SECRET BOHEMIAN BAUBLES ON YOUR BEDSIDE...
      

2. PERSIMMON                  
$90.00 USD                       

3. SCANDA
$65.00 USD

4. HEARTFLOWER
$60.00 USD

5. GO ASK ALICE
$75.00 USD

6. MANDALA
$50.00 USD

7. CHRISTMAS EGG
$40.00 USD

8. EDEN
$90.00 USD

TO ORDER, TO ASK A QUESTION, OR SIMPLY DIT BONJOUR, CLICK HERE

FOR MORE OF MAMAN'S FEATS IN CLAY (THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, BABY) VISIT HER HERE.

THEODORA, RALPH AND WANG

WE WRAPPED UP LIKE A NAVAJO GNOME THIS MORNING, IN AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA CUSTOM 

THEODORA SMOKING JACKET.

 IT WAS COLD AT THE MEWS, AND WE WERE FEELING A LITTLE 'RICKY AND RALPH GO TO ASPEN IN THE EIGHTIES', SO WE STACKED LAYERS OF TWEED, DENIM AND KNITWEAR BENEATH THE WOVEN RUG FACADE OF THEODORA.

IF THEODORA HERSELF AND VISIONS OF THE WEST WEREN'T ENOUGH TO PULL US OUT OF THE MIRE OF A MONDAY, MAY WE SUGGEST THE ALEX WANG CHELSEA BOOTS OF OUR DREAMS? AN UNEXPECTED MIDDAY PRESENT FROM THE BEST BOY:

THEY MAKE US FEEL LIKE KEITH RICHARDS (IN THE ANITA YEARS);

A HAPPY MONDAY INDEED. 

TRUNK SHOW A GO-GO

BUONGIORNO BAMBINOS,
WE'RE IN THE THROES OF PREPARING TO OPEN OUR STUDIO DOORS,
FOR AN GATHERING OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD IN LONDON THIS FRIDAY.
WE'LL BE SHOWING AND SELLING THE NEWEST COLLECTION, AND DOING OUR BEST TO SPREAD SOME HOLIDAY CHEER, WHILE DONNING OUR CAMELIA BLOUSE AND TEDDIE SHORTS IN THE COMFORT OF CASA BOHEMIA. 






WE'LL BE KICKING OFF FRIDAY EVENING, THOUGH WE'LL BE TAKING APPOINTMENTS THE WHOLE WEEKEND THROUGH. 
SO IF YOU'RE A KEEN BEAN, YOU CAN R.S.V.P. OR SCHEDULE A SESSION 
HERE.

WE LOVE AN EXCUSE FOR A PARTY; CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU LITTLE  MONSTERS NEXT WEEK CHEZ NOUS. 

BOHEMIANS: PATTI LEE

THE GIFT WE WILL BE GIVING: THE INIMITABLE, INCREDIBLE PATTI SMITH 

 IN HER OWN WORDS, THAT BEAUTIFUL BOOK: JUST KIDS.

I'D LEND YOU MY COPY, BUT IT HAS ALMOST WORN THIN. BUY YOUR OWN HERE.

image by way of google.

ON THE COUCH WITH CONSTANCE

SHE LIVES JUST ACROSS THE MEWS FROM US WITH HER MUFFIN (PRINCE PHILIP), AND BY DAY SHE'S A FANCY RADIO AND TELEVISION PRODUCER. WE SAT DOWN WITH DARLING CONSTANCE (ON HER DIVINE PERUVIAN SOFA) AFTER A RATHER LARGE TURKEY DINNER AND INTERVIEWED HER SELBY-STYLE. BELOW, SHE TALKS MOROCCAN GETAWAYS, HAITIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANEL BALLET FLAT.

FROM TOP, CONSTANCE WEARS THE THEODORA SMOKING JACKET IN ROYAL VELVET WITH CORAL TRIM. 

THIRD IMAGE, DETAIL OF COTTON COCO DRESS IN NAVY ETOILE.

FINAL IMAGE, CONSTANCE'S CUSTOM CHIFFON PAN DRESS IN IBIZA PRINT, WITH CUSTOM TIE BELT.

PAN, THEODORA AND COCO ARE ALL CUSTOM ALIX OF BOHEMIA PIECES MADE FOR CONSTANCE. WANT YOUR OWN? SAY HELLO HERE.

THEY WERE ALL YELLOW

JAUNE FEVER IS SETTING IN MY DEARS, MY DEARS.

WE'RE JUST MAD ABOUT SAFFRON, AND AMBER, GOLDENROD, CITRON, CANARY, LEMON, STRAW, HONEY AND OCHRE... 

PERHAPS ITS THE CHANGING LIGHT IN THESE PARTS? OR MAYBE ITS 

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA RITCHIE SHORTS IN SAFFRON VELVET THAT HAVE GRACED  OUR WARDROBE RECENTLY.

WORN WITH OUR FAVOURITE OF MAMAN'S NECKLACES, THE WOODEN MALA BEADS IN MANGO.

ALIX OF BOHEMIA RITCHIE SHORTS IN SAFFRON VELVET. FLAT FRONT SIDE (OR BACK ZIP DEPENDING) SHORTS. EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITY. EACH PAIR HAS A DIFFERENT CONTRASTING INTERIOR WAISTBAND AND A LIME GREEN HIDDEN ZIPPER.

SIZES 2-8 

 $ 165.00 USD

PLACE AN ORDER, ASK A QUESTION HERE.

THEY CALL ME MELLOW YELLOW:

ABOVE IMAGES COLLECTED VIA GOOGLE.

FOR CHAR: GO WITH THE FLOW.

WE PICK A LITTLE, TAKE A LITTLE FROM THAT LOVELY TEXT OF E. B. WHITE'S OF 1952, MS. CHARLOTTE AND HER WEB. FOR WE LOVE A FLEXIBLE WOMAN, SOMEONE UNAFRAID OF A LITTLE CHANGE. 


OUR DARLING CHARLOTTE (OF THE HUMAN VARIETY) SAW THE CUSTOM JOBBY WE DID FOR MAMAN (HERE), AND ASKED US TO ADAPT A CLASSIC CAMELIA BLOUSE IN  'PROVENCE NIGHT' INCORPORATING THAT CHARMING LITTLE MILKMAID SLEEVE, TOPPED WITH CORAL GINGHAM TRIM.
MAN ALIVE, WE LOVE THE RESULT SO, WE COULDN'T RESIST SLAPPING ON A VINTAGE SILVER BELT AND SNAPPING A FEW IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR BEFORE SENDING IT OFF TO CHAR OVER IN NEW YORK.

 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA CUSTOM CAMELIA BLOUSE WITH CAP SLEEVE IN PROVENCE NIGHT WITH CORAL GINGHAM TRIM, TO ORDER.

100% COTTON, WITH HANDFINISHED SEAMS THROUGHOUT. 

MACHINE WASHABLE.

$188.00 USD