RUBY

WHEN ONE OF THE TRIBE GETS MARRIED, YOU MAKE THE EFFORT.

YOU TREK ON THE TRAIN TO THE COUNTRY, SMELLING NICE WITH CLEAN NAILS AND YOU SIT QUIETLY IN CHURCH AND TRY NOT TO SPILL ON YOURSELF AT THE RECEPTION.

AND YOU MAKE A NEW DRESS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY.

INSPIRED BY THE BLUSHING BRIDE, THE INIMITABLE MRS. MANN,

WE OPTED FOR A SHADE OF ROUGE:

THIS IS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA RUBY IN CLARET DOTS

(ONE OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF A MAXI DRESS? SMOOTH LEGS ARE NOT REQUIRED. WHICH IS EXCELLENT, BECAUSE IF YOU WOKE UP LATE AND ALMOST MISSED THE TRAIN TO GLOUCESTER, YOU'RE PROBABLY TOO BUSY RUBBING SLEEP MARKS OFF YOUR FACE, DRINKING COFFEE AND RACING AROUND LOOKING FOR YOUR HOUSE KEYS TO DEAL WITH THE TEDIUM OF HAIR REMOVAL)

THOSE TINY INDIAN SPOTTY DOTS WE LOVE, OFFSET WITH SOME BANDS OF FRENCH LACE TO BREAK IT UP AND REMIND US WHERE WE COME FROM

WHAT A SWEET DAY WITH DEAR FRIENDS

(FLAVIA GOT MARRIED! AMAZING.)

ALIX OF BOHEMIA RUBY DRESS, MADE FROM HAND SPOTTED INDIAN COTTON, WITH BANDS OF FRENCH WOVEN LACE. HAND FINISHED THROUGHOUT WITH RUFFLE FROM THE KNEE SO YOU CAN KICK UP YOUR HEELS AT THE WEDDING.

FANCY A MERMAID MAXI OF YOUR OWN? SAY HEY SISTER! HERE.

THANK YOU TO LOVELY ALICE FOR IMAGES OF RUBY AND DETAILS.

SHE LIVES OVER HERE.

FALL MUSE: CAMEL CLICHE

NO MATTER HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE WE'VE LIVED AWAY, WE STILL CAN'T SEEM TO SHED THAT EAST COAST CLASSICISM. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A LICK OF WOOLEN CAMEL THAT GIVES US THE WARM FUZZIES.

EQUALLY COSY AND CLICHE: THE LOVELY MS. MACGRAW, OUR ANNUAL FALL FANCY, AS JENNY CAVALLERI IN LOVE STORY. SHE'S THE LONGTIME MUSE FOR MANY AND WE'RE NO EXCEPTION.

 

ONE DOESNT LOVE LOVE STORY FOR ITS SCRIPT,

(WHICH LEAVES QUITE A LOT TO BE DESIRED. WE KNOW BY NOW, LOVE DOES MEAN HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY, DAMMIT) RATHER, WE LIKE TO WATCH IT WITH THE SOUND DOWN, QUIETLY COVETING JENNY'S PERFECT CAMEL COAT, AND THE TOTAL BABE THAT IS RYAN O'NEAL. 

ZHIVAGO HAT?

DARK SWINGING HIPPIE HAIR?

THE ETERNAL PEASANT BLOUSE?

ACID TONGUE?

HEY ALI GIRL, WE LIKE YOUR STYLE.

THE PICTURE OF COLLEGIATE TOMBOY EASE.

AND IN REAL LIFE, SHE MARRIED S MCQUEEN AND WORKED WITH D VREELAND, SO THATS QUITE ENOUGH FOR US. 

OUR SPIN ON MACGRAW STYLE; OUR OWN FULL-BROWED PILLOW-LIPPED PRINCESS PHOEBE. 

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA CAMELIA BLOUSE IN SILK CHIFFON, PAIRED WITH THE ICON TREWS IN CLASSIC LEOPARD, TOPPED WITH VINTAGE HEADGEAR AND BOTTOMED WITH STUBBS AND WOOTTON. 

IMAGES OF ALI AND FILM STILLS VIA PINTEREST. PHEOBE AND DRAWINGS ARE ALIX OF BOHEMIA. 

PAISLEY HAZE

WE HAD THIS DREAM THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A BABY NAMED PAISLEY. 

AND THOUGH WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN PATTERN COURSING THROUGH OUR VEINS, LATELY WE'VE BEEN FIXATED ON ALL VARIETIES OF THE UNDULATING ORGANIC TOPIARIES.

A LITTLE WEDNESDAY PAISLEY MEDITATION IF YOU WILL:

THE BEST BANDANNA PAISLEY

HENDRIX SHOWS US HOW ITS DONE

EXPLODED LINEN

SWEET MARIANNE AND HER SLEEVES

 GYPSY WEARING IT AT THE FRENCH RAG YARD

LIBERTY OF LONDON PAISLEY BABY DRESS

JUST THE WAY WE DREAM OF HIM: MICK WRAPPED IN IT

PHOEBE IN ALIX OF BOHEMIA ACID LINEN TEDDIE SHORTS

JOHN ROBSHAW'S INDIAN BABA SHOWS HIS WEARS

PENELOPE TREE LUXURIATING ATOP IT

SONNY SMITTEN WITH CHER'S BELL BOTTOMS

SOMETHING MORE RESTRAINED

LITTLE EDIE REPRESENTING HER INNER INDIAN SPIRIT

OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA THEODORA SMOKING JACKET IN VINTAGE PAISLEY (CORDUROY JOY)

JUST CALL US THE PAISLEY PRINCESS:YOU KNOW HOW WE GET WHEN WE GET ON A TANGENT, WE LIKE TO BEAT IT TILL ITS DEAD DEAD DEAD.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IT OUT OF OUR SYSTEMS.
EXCUSE US, BUT WE'RE OFF TO GO HENNA OURSELVES HAPPY IN THE MOTIF AND SPEND THE DAY WEARING A TURBAN.
ITS WHAT TALITHA G. WOULD HAVE WANTED; AND SHE'S THE BOSS.

PREDICTABLE IN OUR FIXATION? PERHAPS YES, BUT AT LEAST ITS THE GOOD STUFF WE'RE MADE OF:

BAREFOOT AND BLUE

THE FASHION WEEK FEVER: TOO MANY PARTIES CAN MAKE A POOR GIRL BLUE AND BREAK OUT IN SPOTS, YOU KNOW.

SO WE'RE QUITE HAPPILY WRAPPED IN SOME INDIGOS, BAREFOOT AND COZY IN A HANSEL AND GRETEL STYLE NUMBER.

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DOT: THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA FOLKLORE DRESS. 

 A WOVEN PURPLE PLACKET AND CUFFS, A SPOTTY BODY AND SOME ACTUAL BELLS AT THE END OF THE TIES. JUST HAND US SOME CASHMERE BEDSOCKS AND PUT ON SOME JOAN BAEZ OR SOME JONI; WE'LL SING ALONG AS A CHORUS OF CREATURES.

SOMEBODY GET THIS GIRL A GUITAR.

 CALL ME MAYBE BUY ME BABY HERE

SUMMERTIME: LAST CHANCE DANCE

YEA YEA, 
THE COLD IS COMING.
THATS WHAT GIANT CAMEL COATS AND GYPSY FUR MITTENS ARE FOR. 
GET IN ON WHATS LEFT WHILE YOU STILL CAN: DRESS YOURSELF DARLING, ICI

PLACES: MITTENS AND BLOSSOMS

THOUGH WE TEND TO AVOID PORTOBELLO RD ON SATURDAY LIKE A PLAGUE, (ITS BEEN DECLARED PURGATORY BY DOODLE DUE TO THE CROWDS)

BUT WE GOT A TELEGRAM FROM THE GYPSY AT THE ADMIRAL VERNON; HE CLAIMED HE HAD A SQUASH BLOSSOM TO SHOW US.

AS IN, SOME SERIOUS ANTIQUE INLAID TURQUOISE NECK CANDY.

SO WE SAUNTERED DOWN THE OLD RD AND FOUND HIM ON HIS LITTLE BOOTH:

WITH HIS SKULLS AND STUFF. AND AN EDWARDIAN ASYLUM SUIT, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS. (THE NEW WEEKEND CASUAL?)

GYPSY WAS NOT LYING: HE MODELS THAT SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE MILLICENT ROGERS STYLE. (IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS,  GO AND GOOGLE HER KEMOSABE; SHE PUT TURQUOISE ON THE MAP)

ABOVE, WHAT ARE THESE? WE WANT THEM ON OUR BODY.

WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF FOCUS FOLKS, BUT THATS GYPSY VISION FOR YOU. BLURRED ON THE EDGES:

WEARING THE SWEETEST BUNNY FUR MITTENS, EVEN IN THE HEAT WE WERE ROMANCED, ZHIVAGO STYLE. COME THE COLD, BEADED BITS LIKE THESE WILL KEEP US WARM AT NIGHT, OF THIS WE ARE SURE.

IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF RICHIE TENENBAUM: FLY, MORDECAI! 
FOR SERIOUS: WHEN IN LONDON, FLY YOURSELF OVER AND UNDER THE ADMIRAL VERNON FOR SOME BEAUTIFUL GYPSY CURIOSITIES (AND TO TAKE IN SOME OF THOSE RAD TATTOOS).