CUSTOM CAMELIA: TRUE ROMANCE

WE ARE IN AMERICA THIS WEEK, SO WE'VE TAKEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF HILLBILLY PARKING LOT LOITERING (ITS COOL IN THESE PARTS, TRUST US).

AND WHILE WE ARE HERE, WE'LL TAKE OUR COFFEE SHORT, AS SHORT AS THE SLEEVES ON OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA CAMELIA BLOUSE.

BROTHER NUMERO UNO AND MY MAMAN IN A STARBUCKS PARKING LOT, (HOME TO MAGICAL MOMENTS AND CHANCE ENCOUNTERS) 

HE WEARS PURPLE; SHE WEARS A CUSTOM ALIX OF BOHEMIA CAMELIA BLOUSE IN ORANGE NAUTICAL STRIPES, WITH HER OWN DOUBLE TROUBLE NECKLACE DUO (SEEN HERE)

2012: HER NAME WAS CHOMEL

CHOMEL, CHOMEL...
SHE SHOULD BE HIGH MAITENANCE GIVEN HER GLOBETROTTING WAYS AND EPIC HOTEL TABS, BUT WE CANT EVEN CONVINCE HER TO BATHE DAILY (THOUGH SHE SMELLS OF ACQUA DI PARMA, NATURALLY).
SISTER TO THE CAMELIA, THE ORIGINAL GO EVERYWHERE ALIX OF BOHEMIA FAVOURITE AND KEYSTONE OF THE COLLECTIONS; THIS NEW INCARNATION OF THE 'C' SISTER SPORTS A NOTCH AT THE NECKLINE FOR GOOD MEASURE.


SHOWN ABOVE IN BLANC DE AND MINTED INDIA, RESPECTIVELY, THIS SILK COTTON ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE WELL LOVED PAJAMAS. IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLY LIGHTWEIGHT SILKY TEXTILE WE'VE EVER COME ACROSS, AND IT ONLY SEEMED NATURAL TO BUILD THESE BEAUTIFUL BLOUSY BODIES AND TOP THEM WITH CONTRASTING TRIMS.


100% SILK COTTON CHOMEL BLOUSE, GATHERED NECKLINE AND CUFFS WITH FAGGOTING DETAIL.
AS USUAL, EVERY SEAM IS LOVINGLY FINISHED WITH HANDSTICHES- IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN KEEP UP WITH HER.
AVAILABLE IN SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE- OR WE'LL MAKE ONE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.
MACHINE WASHABLE.
NO FEAR, THE ORIGINAL AND WELL LOVED CAMELIA IS AVAILABLE IN THIS GLORIOUS INDIAN MOTIF ALSO- JUST ASK NICELY. 


$ 198.00 USD

JANE APPROVED

2012: PICK UP STICKS (SHORTS II)

STICKS, VIA PINTEREST.

RIBBON CANDY:

DARJEELING GREENS:

ROSA MEXICANA:

NONA'S LATTICE:

TAUPE TICKING:

WE COME IN COLOURS, IN CASE THAT WASN'T CLEAR.

IN THE WORDS OF BART SIMPSON, WE SUGGEST YOU 'EAT MY SHORTS' (THEY ARE UTTERLY DIVINE).
ALIX OF BOHEMIA FRANKIE SHORTS, SHOWN ABOVE IN A MYRIAD OF WOVEN 100% COTTON FABRICS.
BOYFRIEND FIT, WITH CONTRASTING INTERIOR WAISTBANDS, POCKETS AND DOUBLE BUTTON.
SIZES 2-8; LIMITED QUANTITY.


FROM $158.00 USD.


DROP A LINE HERE.

2012: PHILLIPA AND FRANKIE

SALUTE TO THE [FLOWER] POWER SUIT.

AS CHILDREN OF THE 80'S, WE'VE LEARNED A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE IMPACT OF A POWER SUIT. AND BECAUSE THE WORKING GIRL VARIETY ARE A BIT FANCY FOR US, WE'VE REINTERPRETED THE IDEA, (AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLOWER POWER SUIT PERHAPS?) TO SUIT OUR NEEDS. WHICH INCLUDE OF COURSE, DAILY PICNICS, RUNNING BAREFOOT THROUGH WINE COUNTRY AND CUTTING A RUG AT PAUL AND ANDRE IN L.A. (AZIZ, MY MAN, BONJOUR). OUR LITTLE PHILLIPA JACKET AND FRANKIE SHORTS WERE TOTAL PROS, A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN: JUST CALL ME YENTA. AND WE'VE TAKEN A FONDNESS TO THROWING IN THE CHOMEL BLOUSE JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE; (AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO WEAR THE JACKET SANS ANYTHING, THAT KIND OF FREE-SPIRITED BEHAVIOR IS BEST RESERVED FOR THE COMMUNE)


LOVE THAT THE TEXTILE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF CAMELS BACK (ACCESSORIZE AS YOU WILL, PERUVIAN CAMELS HAVE GOT STYLE IN SPADES)
FLANKED WITH CANDY STRIPE RED AND WHITE TRIM AND PROVENCAL LINING.
SHOWN ABOVE, IN ROSA MEXICANA, 100% COTTON.




MADE TO ORDER: DROP A LINE HERE.

2012: PART I OF A SHORTS STORY

EVIDENTLY, WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH OURSELVES AND THE OUTCOME OF THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA FRANKIE SHORTS IN WOVEN WILD HONEY (ABOVE) AND DARJEELING GREEN (BELOW), THE FIRST OF THE SERIES.

THIS COLLECTION (TREASURE TROVE) OF WOVEN FABRICS WERE BEGGING TO BE REALISED AS SURF SHORTS. EVER THE TRADITIONALIST,  IM WEARING MINE WITH A PYJAMA SHIRT IN MEXICO, BUT COME WINTER, THIS HIPPIE MONSTER WILL BE SLAPPING ON WOOLY KNEESOCKS, BOOTS AND A CABLED FISHERMAN SWEATER TO SEE THESE THROUGH A SLIGHTLY COOLER MOMENT.

FRANCOISE WORE SHORTS AND SO SHOULD YOU:

100% COTTON WOVEN ALIX OF BOHEMIA FRANKIE SHORTS

AS USUAL, WE'VE KEPT THE CUT GENEROUS  AND SITTING ON OUR HIPS, LIKE WE BORROWED FROM OUR BOYFRIENDS. POCKETS, WITH CONTRASTING WAISTBANDS AND BUTTONS.

SHOWN ABOVE IN WILD WOVEN HONEY AND DARJEELING GREEN.

SIZES 2-8 (US), EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITY. 

$160.00 USD

TO INQUIRE, GO HERE.

REUNITED FOR A LITTLE CAFFE WITH A LONG LOST LEATHER CLAD BOHEMIAN BUNNY. SHE'S A VISION IN OUR NEW BLUE KITCHEN, OVER HERE IN LONDON TAKING IN THE SHOWS AND RUNNING AROUND IN STUDDED CHELSEA BOOTS.


SOPHIE WEARS A 100% ONE OF KIND FRINGED CLAUDIA WAISTCOAT WITH SEERSUCKER TRIM AND POLKA DOT LINING.

ONE OF A KIND: GYPSY

HER FORM RECALLS THAT OF HER SISTER, THE STEPHANIE DRESS, BUT WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS INCREDIBLE (READ: INSANE! AMAZING! FANTASTICO! SUBLIME!) ITALIAN PRINTED SILK CHIFFON, WE COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF MAKING HER ANYTHING BUT WHAT SHE ALREADY WAS: UTTERLY UNIQUE AND ONE A KIND.

LIQUID CHIFFON WATERCOLOUR HEAVEN- IDEALLY WORN WITH HEADSCARF AND TAMBOURINE, LIKE STEVIE IN IBIZA. 

100% SILK-CHIFFON ONE OF A KIND ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLEETWOOD DRESS. HAND FINISHED, SOLD WITH CUSTOM RUFFLED SILK SLIP.

MORE DRESSES LIKE THIS? INQUIRE HERE

ROLLING

I'VE ALWAYS HAD A THING FOR TRAVELERS.

ITS A CLICHE, ROMANTIC PREOCCUPATION DEEPLY ROOTED IN MY MORE FORMATIVE YEARS OF STUDY, A WANDERLUST INSTILLED IN ME BY MY MOTHER, WHO ALSO HAD A FASCINATION WITH NOMADIC TRIBES, ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WHO ROLLED AROUND, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ADORNMENT AND CRAFT. 

AND THE SLIGHTLY MORE CINEMATIC NOMADS, (AS ENVISIONED BY MR. ANDERSON, ABOVE) ARE EQUALLY FUN, IF NOT SLIGHTLY MORE ACCESSIBLE.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT AN AGENDA, TO BE A STRANGER, OPEN MINDED AND ANONYMOUS, IS ENDLESSLY APPEALING FOR SOME REASON. TO ME, THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE BOHEMIAN.

IT IS WITH THIS SPIRIT THAT I STARTED SEWING, CRAFTING CLOTHES THAT HAVE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN AND HOLD ONTO THEIR OWN HISTORIES. THEY HAVE TAKEN ME ON ADVENTURES AND BECOME MY SECOND SKIN, MY DAILY COSTUME AS ALIX OF BOHEMIA.

ITS TOTALLY THRILLING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE GARMENTS, AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THEM AS WE RELIVE THE EXPERIENCES WHICH MAKE UP THIS COLLECTION OF 2012.

COME ON IN, MY PARTY PEOPLE, THE WATERS FINE.

ABOVE, AT THE CARNEROS INN IN SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, WEARING THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA 2012 PAN DRESS  IN WHITE SPOT COTTON WITH A HANDMADE TASSEL BELT.

MERCI TO MY CAMERA MAN, CAMP DIRECTOR AND TRAVEL COMPANION, THE VERY HANDSOME MR. JASPER.