FOR SALE: DYEING FOR CAMELIA

OVER HERE AT THE STUDIO WE ARE BATHING IN HEAVENLY SHERBET HUES (EACH LOVINGLY DYED AND PIECED BY HAND TO ENSURE THE PERFECT OMBRE), SEWING, SEWING, ANSWERING THE DEMAND OF THE SEASON: 

THE TIE DYE CAMELIA BLOUSE.

WE DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE PROMISE OF SUMMER THAT HAS GOT US SEEING TECHNICOLOR, (NOT THAT WE NEED AN EXCUSE TO DON THOSE GOGGLES; WE ARE HAPPILY SWADDLED IN NEON AT NOON ON A DAILY BASIS), BUT WHATEVER THE REASON, WE ARE TICKLED PINK (AND ORANGE AND TURQUOISE) TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS LIMITED RUN WITH YOU. AND COME TO THINK OF IT, ITS MAKING US PRETTY THIRSTY...

ITEM No. CB_TD 0010: TIE DYE CAMELIA BLOUSE:

100% COTTON GATHERED BLOUSE (COLORFAST AND PRE-SHRUNK) WITH FAGGOTING DETAIL AND CONTRASTING TRIM.

ALL SEAMS ARE BOUND AND HAND FINISHED.

MADE TO ORDER. NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED.

SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE

AVAILABLE FABRICS: MAI TAI (PINK-YELLOW-TURQUOISE), SWIZZLE (BLUE AND REDDISH-PINKY) AND TEQUILIA SUNRISE (PINK-ORANGE-YELLOW)


$178.00 USD

PLACES: HANOI IS WHERE THE HEART IS, PART I

THE MORNING OF DEPARTURE, IMAGES OF CATHERINE DENEUVE AND OPIUM DENS AND MOUNTAINS OF RICE-PAPER ROLLS DANCED IN MY HEAD. ARRIVAL AT THE LEGENDARY HOTEL METROPOLE DID NOT DISAPPOINT: IT WAS TOTALLY GIVING THIS 'INDOCHINE' FRENCH COLONIAL VIBE, COMPLETE WITH AN EPICERIE SELLING A SPECTRUM OF PASTEL MACARONS. 

SKETCH AFTER SKETCH, DESPERATELY TRYING TO CAPTURE THE INCREDIBLE FACADE OF THIS CHARMING INSTITUTION, WITH ALL ITS REGULARITY, DENTICULATION AND PILASTERS, AGAINST THE LUSH GREENERY:

UNSURPRISINGLY, IT WASN'T UNTIL LEAVING THE COZY CONFINES OF THE HOTEL AND HITTING THE STREETS THAT THE REAL WILDNESS, THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE PRESENTED ITSELF:

BONJOUR, MADAM!

STOPPING FOR STREET MEATS.

SO MUCH OF LIFE IN ASIA SEES PEOPLE CONVENING ON THE GROUND, TO WORK, TO SOCIALIZE AND TO EAT. THEY ARE A PEOPLE WITH STRONG ROOTS IN THE EARTH, A GROUNDED-NESS THAT APPEARS BOTH  PRIMAL AND NOBLE AT THE SAME TIME. 

EASTER LILLIES

AND WE MADE AN EASTER FEAST OF LES MACARONS (AFTER BOWLS AND BOWLS OF STEAMING PHO). 

PLACES: ITS PHO TIME.

WHISKED AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND, JUST HOPPING OVER TO HANOI TO INDULGE  IN SOME PHO AND STREET MEATS...BUT I SHALL SEE YOU WHEN  I GET BACK. IN THE MEANTIME, 

HAPPY EASTER MY PRETTIES. 

FILMS: WELL LA-DI-DAH.

ALVY (ABOUT THE SPIDERS): I DID IT. I KILLED THEM BOTH. WHATS THE MATTER? WHAT ARE YOU SAD ABOUT? WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO DO? CAPTURE 'EM AND REHABILITATE 'EM?

ANNIE: DON'T GO, OK? PLEASE?

ALVY: WHAT D'YA MEAN 'DON'T'? WHAT THE MATTER, ARE YOU EXPECTING TERMITES? 

ANNIE:  I DON'T KNOW WHY. I MISS YOU.

FOR SALE: PONY CLUB PART II

LONDON: SAATCHI'S STYLE

THAT CHARLES SAATCHI SURE KNOWS HOW TO PICK THEM. EVERYONE HAS A FLAG TO FLY, AND HOW REMARKABLE IS THIS DREAM CHILD BY SARA RAHBAR? A QUILTED LIFE, OR MANY LIVES PATCH-WORKED TOGETHER, GROUNDED BY THE ICONIC FIELD OF 50 STARS, FLANKED WITH ALL MANNER OF ARTIFACTS AND RELICS OF A SHARED EXPERIENCE. TRULY, EVERYTHING A FLAG SHOULD BE: EXUBERANT, CELEBRATORY AND REEKING OF HUMANITY. 

ABOVE IMAGE:

SARAH RAHBAR

FLAG #19, 'MEMORIES WITHOUT RECOLLECTION'

2008 

MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE

203.2 X 116.8CM

(FROM THE SAATCHI GALLERY C. MARCH 2009, PHOTO COURTESY OF JASPER'S LIBRARY)

BOHEMIANS: PLAYING DRESS-UP IN LONDON

NEW MUMMY VICTORIA SHOWS US HOW ITS DONE:

POUR COMMENCER: BUNNY GILET:

 ENSUIT: GROUPIE WAISTCOAT AND CAMELIA BLOUSE:

PAIRING ALIX OF BOHEMIA WITH THOSE ISABELLE MARANT STRIPEY PANTS, VICTORIA IS THE PICTURE OF YUMMY MUMMYHOOD. ITS NEVER TO YOUNG TO START, AS PROVED BY BABY MADDIE, LITTLE ROSE AMONGST THE SHOES.

ENFIN, THE VENICE DRESS IN CHIFFON STRIPES:

VICTORIA WEARS ALIX OF BOHEMIA IN HER LONDON HOME FROM TOP:
CUSTOM FAUX-FUR 'BUNNY' GILET (ITEM No. FF_ 0010) WITH RIBBONS, WORN OVER CAMELIA BLOUSE IN LATTE DOT (ITEM No. CB_0001) WITH HER OWN JEANS. 


CAMELIA BLOUSE AS BEFORE, WITH BLACK GROUPIE WAISTCOAT WITH FRINGE (ITEM No. GW_0012).


FINALEMENT, THE VENICE MAXI DRESS IN WATERCOLOR STRIPE SILK CHIFFON, WITH NAVY MOLESKIN TIE BELT. (ITEM No. VM_0033)




FAUX-FUR BUNNY GILET WITH RIBBONS:  ITEM No. FF_ 0010 (CUSTOM)
$378.00


CAMELIA BLOUSE IN LATTE DOT CHIFFON: ITEM No. CB_0001 
$298.00


BLACK PENELOPE WAISTCOAT WITH FRINGE: ITEM No. GW_0012
$365.00


VENICE MAXI DRESS IN WATERCOLOR STRIPE CHIFFON: ITEM No. VM_0033
$689.00

PLACES [IN THE HEART]: LOVE AT LIBERTY'S

BOHEMIANS: ISABELLE, SPOTTED.

ITEM No. IT 0002: LIMITED EDITION ICON TROUSERS IN CLASSIC LEOPARD.

(LIMITED EDITION MEANS WE MAKE A HANDFUL)

100% COTTON STRETCH, MACHINE WASHABLE.

SIZES 2, 4 AND 6.

$228.00 USD

PLACES: CHEERIO

FOR SALE: EDIE GETS DRESSED UP

SO WE OPENED UP THE DRESS-UP BOX AND GOT EDIE READY FOR DINNER. SHE WAS PRETTY CASUAL ABOUT THE WHOLE THING: 

 TWO OF HER FAVOURITE BOYS (SADLY, THE MINX WAS MISSING) TOOK HER FOR A DIVINE DINNER OF PEPPERED BEEF AND CRISPY CHICKEN, AND GAMELY POSED FOR PICTURES AFTER THEY HAD ALL EATEN TOO MUCH FRIED RICE.

ONE OF THEM WORE THE RALPH TROUSERS IN VINTAGE PAISLEY, A CLASSIC BOHEMIAN CUSTOM JOB:

THANKS MEN, DINNER WAS EXCEPTIONAL. YOU CAN TAKE US OUT ANY TIME.

EDIE TUNIC IN LIQUID GOLD, ITEM No. ET0002 SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE.

$398.00

PLACES: DAY TRIPPING

CAPTURING THE DAY WITH MY FAVOURITE TOOLS: A LITTLE POLAS AND A MOLESKIN- AN EXCURSION A BOAT GLIDE AWAY, TO LANTAU ISLAND. 

A TINY FISHING VILLAGE WHERE HOUSES GROW OUT OF THE WATER ON STILTS, AND GRANDMOTHERS SIT PEELING EGG YOLKS AND DRYING THEM, SALTED IN THE SUN, FORMING BRIGHT ORANGE MANDALAS. THE SMELL OF FISH HUNG IN THE AIR (AN ISLAND UNAFRAID OF A LITTLE STENCH) AND THE BIKE BELLS SANG AND SANG. WE'LL JUST CALL IT THE CAPRI OF HONG KONG: A RICH RESOURCE OF CHINESE BOHEMIA, AND DELIGHTFUL DILAPIDATION. I HAD MY PICTURE TAKEN UNDER A MANGO TREE, AND THEN SKETCHED THE BOATS IN MY BOOK.