BOXED BUTTERFLIES

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, WE HAD A RECURRING DREAM OF A BABY IN A BOX.

CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE OF THIS MEMORY WITH ANTOINETTE, WE TOOK SOME OF HER HEAVENLY PAINTED SILK AND CRAFTED TINY DRESSES, TO BE PUT BEHIND GLASS FOR HER NEXT SHOW:

LIKE BOXED BUTTERFLIES

LIKE A BABY OPHELIA

ALL'S FAIR

OUR SOUL SISTER IS SHOWING IN BATTERSEA AND SO WE THREW ON A JUMPSUIT (NO SURPRISE THERE) AND RAN ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO CELEBRATE HER SELL-OUT SERIES.

OH DARLING ANTOINETTE, TAKE A BOW LADYBIRD:

DRINK YOUR WINE VALENTINE, HEAVEN KNOWS YOU'VE EARNED IT. 

WE KNOW WE BRAG ABOUT HER ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'RE LUCKY DUCKS TO HAVE HER IN OUR CIRCLE, AS A MUSE  AND COLLABORATOR. 

AND THEN ANTOINETTE FURTHER FLATTERS US BY WEARING 

OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLEETWOOD DRESS IN FALLING SNOW CHIFFON

PITCH PERFECT CHIFFON SPOTS WITH GREEN BOOTS AND A FLOWER BELT, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BETTER OURSELVES

 WHEN YOU WEAR THE FLEETWOOD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STEVIE NICKS MOMENT

SPORTING THE LIESL JUMPSUIT WITH OUR FAVOURITE TRANSYLVANIA VEST

AND TRYING NOT TO BREAK ANYTHING.

(WE DAMN NEAR TOOK OUT SOME CERAMICS WITH OUR MASSIVE TRAVELING BAG)

 ITS A GOOD THING SHES MARRIED WITH BAMBINOS, BECAUSE WE'D PROBABLY STEAL HER AWAY AND MAKE HER PAINT FABRIC FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.

ANTOINETTE'S WORKS AT THE SHOW: HEAVY ON THE SKULLS, ON PAPER, IRIDESCENT NUANCE AND DELICATE COAL LINES,

JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT.

BRAVO CHERIE.

DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, GO AND VISIT ANTOINETTE AND LES AUTRES AT THE ART FAIR

(ROBERTA MOORE CONTEMPORARY, BOOTH H11 TO BE EXACT)

WE JUST REMEMBERED ITS FRIDAY- HOORAY! HAPPY WEEKEND HIPPIES AND HOOLIGANS.

WANT A FLEETWOOD DRESS OF YOUR OWN? GO HERE

JUMPSUITED AND BOOTED

THE OTHER DAY, ON THE OLD FACEBOOK, WE SPOKE ALOUD, 

"ARE JUMPSUITS APPROPRIATE WEDDING ATTIRE?"

WE WEREN'T REALLY ASKING, FOR WE ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER WAS A RESOUNDING 

"DUH".

WE ALWAYS FIND A JUMPSUIT APPROPRIATE. TO MAKE OUR CASE, WE PULLED TOGETHER A LITTLE MONTAGE, OF  ALIX OF BOHEMIA ORIGINALS, AND ONESIES, ROMPERS AND  ALL -IN-ONES FROM OTHER PLACES (MERCI GOOGLE)

ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WE'VE BEEN WEARING THEM SINCE WE WERE TINY 

(THE SMOCKED FRENCH, RATHER CONSERVATIVE VARIETY)

AND EVERYONE NEEDS A UNIFORM. 

AND YOU CAN DO SPLITS IN THEM WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING IMMODEST.

THOUGH THE SPLITS AREN'T EXACTLY THE PICTURE OF MODESTY.

NEITHER IS THIS:

SWEET JESUS.

AN OBSESSION BEGINS AT UNIVERSITY WITH A TIGER PRINT LEOTARD SUIT.

(THE SOCKS ARE AN ESSENTIAL ADDITION)

ALIX OF BOHEMIA LIESL ROMPER

VERUSCHKA DOES WHITE WITH FROSTED LIPS

A VINTAGE STUDDED ZIP UP NUMBER FOUND ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE

A LACE JUMPSUIT WE MADE FOR A WEDDING IN SCOTLAND

LAUREN HUTTON SHOWS OFF HER STRIPES TO AVEDON

GOLD JUMPSUIT HALLOWEEN LOVE

BABY BOHEMIA: WITH MAMAN AND PAPA ON THE DOCKS

SUITED UP FOR TEA IN BANGKOK

VINTAGE FOLK ROMPER

SOME SEQUINS

FARRAH THE PICTURE OF 70'S GLAM HALSTON

PHOEBE IN THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA BRIGITTE ROMPER

A FANTASTIC 60'S PUCCI NUMBER

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA NICO JUMPSUIT, ABOVE IN PROVENCE NIGHT AND BELOW, A WHITE VERSION IN BALI

 DIANA RIGG HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE

THE NICO IN THE PARK ON GEORGIA

SIGNING OFF WITH BOWIE.

(AND A LITTLE ELVIS)

HAPPY MONDAY BOYS AND GIRLS. 

FRANKIE: OUT OF AFRICA

SO WHEN ALEXANDRA HOOKED HERSELF UP WITH ONE OF THE LAST PAIRS OF ALIX OF BOHEMIA FRANKIE SHORTS, WE BEGGED HER TO LET US KNOW THE PLACES THEY WOULD GO. 

FOR THIS LADYBIRD SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME IN KENYA ON A WILDLIFE RESERVE, AND WE ARE ALL OVER THAT LIKE GREEN ON GRASS. 

THANKFULLY SHE INDULGED US (WE HAVE THE COOLEST CLIENTS EVER)

FRANKIE AND ALEXANDRA TOGETHER:

FRANKIE SAYS RELAX GIRAFFE

APPARENTLY, ONE OF THE MASAI GUIDES TEASES ALEXANDRA FOR WEARING THE SHORTS EVERYDAY. 

YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW WE LOVED EVERY INCH OF THAT ANECDOTE. FOR OUR FANTASISES ARE EDGED IN TRADITIONAL MASAI BEADING. MAYBE MONSIEUR MASAI WILL INDULGE US IN A TRADE FOR SOME SHORTS?

ONE CAN DREAM.