Monday, June 4, 2012

COLLABORATION: PATTI CAKE


WE'VE WAXED LYRICAL IN THE PAST ABOUT OUR DARLING BOHEMIENNE ANTOINETTE AND HER HYPNOTIC PAINTINGS AND ALL-AROUND COOL FACTOR. AND FINALLY WE CAN PRANCE ABOUT IN A DOUBLE A (ANTOINETTE ET ALIX) COLLABORATION WHICH FUSES SOME OF ANT'S DREAMY HAND PAINTED SILK SEWN INTO AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA HIPPIE DRESS.

OUR SESSIONS HAVE SPANNED 3 YEARS AND 3 CONTINENTS, OVER WHICH WE FOUND A SHARED LOVE OF 90'S BETSEY JOHNSON, GIRLISH DEGAS BALLERINAS, ANKLE BOOTS AND PATTI SMITH, ALL OF WHICH HAVE MANIFESTED IN THIS DELICATE LITTLE GARMENT, WORKED BY TWO SETS OF HANDS. 

WE KEEP INSPECTING THE SILK CANVAS AND FINDING ANOTHER FAVOURITE MOMENT AND ANOTHER. 


WE'RE GIVING NEW MEANING TO ONE OF A KIND. THIS STUFF IS FOR REAL AND THIS DRESS IS OUR DREAM.

OUR MAMA SAYS WE SHOULDN'T WEAR THOSE BOOTS WITH THAT DRESS, THAT IT APPEARS AS IF WE THREW ON WHATEVER WAS NEXT TO OUR DOOR TO TAKE PHOTOS IN THE GARDEN. BINGO MAMA, EXACTLY CORRECT. PRETTY SURE PATTI WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME, HAD SHE NOT BEEN BUSY DANCING BAREFOOT.
ECOUTEZ:



ANTOINETTE WYSOCKI AND ALIX OF BOHEMIA PATTI DRESS. HANDPAINTED SILK DRESS WITH ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER TIES AND LACE GAUZE HEM. HAND FINISHED SEAMS THROUGHOUT. DRY CLEAN ONLY. ONE OF A KIND, FITS  SIZE US 2-6.


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