HATE TO LEAVE YOU

WE'RE TOTALLY DOWN WITH ALL THIS BUNTING AND BROUHAHA GOING AROUND FOR QUEENIE'S DIAMOND. AND IT SEEMS A PITY TO SKIP LONDON TOWN WHEN THE SUN SHINES AS IT HAS BEEN. 
ALAS, WE'RE AMERICA BOUND FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MINGLE WITH OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN THE WAKE OF MEMORIAL DAY, AND REVISIT OUR PREPSTER ROOTS ON THE EAST COAST FOR SOME GRADUATION ACTION.  


AS WE TURN TO LEAVE, A PEEK AT THE PATTI DRESS, THE PRODUCT OF ANTOINETTE'S INCREDIBLE SILK CANVAS (SEE HERE) WHICH SHE PAINTED ESPECIALLY FOR ALIX OF BOHEMIA. FOR A WHILE WE HAD SOME TROUBLE CUTTING INTO IT, FOR THAT STUFF IS ONE OF A KIND HAND PAINTED MY FRIEND, AND VERY PRECIOUS. BUT WE GOT OVER IT AND THIS IS A FIRST LOOK AT A VERY COOL COLLABORATION INDEED; WE PARTICULARLY LIKE WEARING IT WITH A SEASHELL BELT OUR MAMA MADE FOR US. 


SEE YOU STATESIDE, FOLKS. 

OH HEY, HIPPIE BIRTHDAY

'ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHO CARES?' SAID OUR BROTHER DOWN THE PHONE, DIRECT FROM PARIS ON THE DAY OF OUR BIRTH.

INDEED. BUT WE NEEDED AN EXCUSE FOR AN IMPROMPTU BRUNCH, WHERE WE SAMPLED CHEESES FROM THE MARKET, ATE CORN FRITTERS WITH AVOCADO SALSA, AND KEPT THE WINE COLD IN OUR BATHTUB.

A MOST UNEXPECTED AND EQUALLY FABULOUS ANTIQUE INDIAN QUILT WAS GIVEN; WE LOVE IT, AND HOW IT PERFECTLY COMPLIMENTS A CARD GIVEN BY ANOTHER

THE SUGAR HIGH FROM ANT AND G'S MOCHA CUPCAKES HAS FADED, BUT OUR BIRTHDAY LOVE ENDURES. SPOILED BOHO BIRTHDAY GIRL INDEED. 

PLACES: BALLYHOOLY

RECENTLY WE WERE INVITED TO BALLYHOOLY, IRELAND TO SOAK UP SOME GREEN AND WADE IN THE BLACKROCK ARMED WITH POLES AND FLIES AND SOME VERY FETCHING RUBBER WADERS. A FEW DAYS SPENT IN THE MOST SUBLIME OF SETTINGS, A NORMAN FORT, WHERE WE CONSUMED OUR WEIGHT IN BLACK PUDDING AND VARIOUS VARIETIES OF POTATOES (WHEN IN ROME). MARBLE THE DOG HAD TO STOP US FROM PUTTING THE FLIES INTO OUR EARLOBES AND DONNING THEM AS RUGGED ADORNMENT. 

MAMA'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY SWEETEST MAMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WANDERLUST, YOUR GYPSY BLOOD AND INFECTIOUS INSPIRATION. 

ABOVE, OUR MAMA WEARING A BIKINI ON THE BEACH IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 70'S. 

A LITTLE STARDUST

 PROVING ITS NEVER TO EARLY TO START, YOUNG GRAYDON ROCKS HIS MAMA'S ALIX OF BOHEMIA ZIGGY WAISTCOAT IN PERUVIAN PLUM. AND DOESN'T HE LOOK JUST DIVINE? A YOUNG STARDUST IN THE MAKING; THE PROOF IS IN THE [PERUVIAN PLUM] PUDDING. 

YOU WANT SOME STARDUST OF YOUR OWN? SAY HELLO HERE.

NEW GIRL: DELILAH

IT WAS A COOL AND RAINY FRIDAY IN LONDON (IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND, REALLY?) AND SO WE WENT TO WORK, NEEDING AN ADDITION TO OUR ENTOURAGE (GOOD TO TRAVEL IN PACKS IN THE WET AND RAIN). WELL HEY DELILAH, WELCOME. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY SKILLED TAMBOURINE SHAKER, AS INDICATED BY THE TINY BRASS BELLS SEWN INTO HER NECKLINE. AND SHE'S TRIMMED IN LITTLE WHITE FRINGE, FOR MOVING AND SHAKING. 

TO ORDER ONE FOR YOUR FINE SELF, SAY HELLO HERE.

BOHEMIANS: TINY DANCER IN THE GALAPAGOS

BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR THE GALAPAGOS, WE LOADED UP TINY ANNABEL WITH LOADS OF CLOTHES FROM OUR ARCHIVE. IN RETURN, SHE SWORE SHE WOULD TAKE A PHOTO OF HERSELF RIDING A GIANT SEA TURTLE. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT IMAGE; BUT IN THE MEANTIME THESE WILL DO. ABOVE, TINY WEARS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA INDIE DRESS IN GOLDEN STAR LINEN. 

GETTING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD, DESPITE HER DIMINUTIVE SIZE. BELLIE IS CHARGE IN THE CHOMEL BLOUSE IN MINTED INDIA, THE ZIGGY WAISTCOAT AND A PAIR OF TEDDIE SHORTS IN PINKY SHIRTING. AHOY BABY.