AND SO WHEN GEORGIA CALLED US ON THIS RAINY NOT-QUITE-SUMMER DAY, ASKING IF WE WANTED TO TAKE IN YOKO'S EXHIBIT AT THE SERPENTINE, WE SAID, YES PLEASE, MERCI. AND WANDERED OVER IN OUR LAVENDER DUNGAREES TO THAT LOVELY OASIS IN THE PARK.
AND WE TOOK IT ALL IN.
INSPIRED BY MUCH OF THAT LITTLE POWERHOUSE'S PIECES. PARTICULARLY THE FILM 'FREEDOM' OF 1971, WHERE YOKO RIPS HER BRA FROM HER CHEST. FREEDOM INDEED. NO PHOTOS ALLOWED, BUT PLEASE GO AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
YOU GET TO WRITE MESSAGES TO YOKO.
AND THERE IS A WHOLE FILM ABOUT BOTTOMS.
SO THEN WE TOOK PHOTOS IN THE BOOKSHOP, A VERITABLE TREASURE TROVE. THATS GEORGIA, BELOW, WITH HER MOST AMAZING COLOURED HAIR, LIKE SPUN STRAWBERRY GOLD.
AND THEN OUTSIDE WE GOT TO MAKE WISHES AND TIE THEM TO TREES.
WE FOUND OURSELVES WISHING FOR MANY THINGS (THE SUN?), AND INSPIRED BY THE WISHES OF OTHERS, HOWEVER BASIC: TO BE A WAITRESS, TO HAVE A TRACTOR, TO HAVE PUGS AND BE FAMOUS BY SINGING.
AN ANSWER TO YOKO'S QUESTION:
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
IN HONOUR OF YOKO, AND ANDROGYNY, WE WORE OUR LAVENDER DUNGAREES, FRESH FROM THE FRENCH RAG YARD. PRETTY SURE YOKO WOULD BE BEHIND THESE BABIES. PAIRED WITH A NEWBIE (YET TO BE NAMED) ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLOUSE. WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE FRENCH FARMER CHIC IN THE PARK.
(LIKE THOSE BAD BOYS? WE WILL SOON BE SELLING PAIRS OF THE VINTAGE LAVENDER VARIETY, THROUGH THE BLOG AND ON FRIDAYS ON THE OLD PORTOBELLO ROAD, GET EXCITED. ASK ABOUT THEM HERE, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN LONDON TOWN)
