Tuesday, January 22, 2013

BOHEMIANS: LA STORIA DI VICTORIA

WE'VE BEEN HARASSING YOUNG VICTORIA TO LET US FEATURE HER FOR LIKE, EVER. (TWO YEARS TO BE EXACT, WHEN WE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER IN AND AROUND WESTBOURNE GROVE)
 THAT HAIR! THAT HUMOUR! THOSE SUNGLASSES! THE UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO ALI MACGRAW!
WE CAN THINK OF NO ONE MORE DREAMY TO MODEL OUR WEARS.
VICTORIA BABY, YOU'VE GOT OUR NUMBER AND STOLEN OUR HEART.
TOUCHING BASE FROM PALM BEACH UNDER A BANANA LEAF TREE, SHE GAMELY DONS HER ALIX OF BOHEMIA PINK POM AND INDULGES US IN A FEW QUESTIONS:


NICKNAME: Vic, Tortle, Vicowlia. The list goes on.
HOME: New York City and London.
DAY JOB: Head of Events at Purple PR.
BREAKFAST: Green Juice heavy on the ginger or lots of almond butter.
HOLIDAY: New-found sanctuary: Jacobs Beach, Harbour Island.
ARTWORKS: My sister Alexandra's comic illustrations and sculptures.
FLOWERS: Gardenia.
MANTRA: Whatever my mother tells me.
COCKTAIL: Vodka Gimlet.
COLOUR: Eau de Nil Green.
ESSENTIALS: YSL Volupte Sheer candy lipstick in fig and my Shu Uemura eyelash curler.
COMPANION: My dog, Zelda.
ICON: Young Natalie Wood.
I CHANNEL BOHEMIA When I see Alix and listen to my friend Gio's podcasts from clam in a jam.
ANIMAL SPIRIT: I've been told I'm a swan but I think I'm an otter. 


 ALIX OF BOHEMIA PINK POM DRESS AND PINK POM BLOUSE. GATHERED NECKLINES AND SLEEVES WITH A SHOCK OF POM POMS DOWN THE ARM. TOTALLY HAND FINISHED (DUH), 100% COTTON, WITH TIES UP THE FRONT. MADE TO ORDER.
GET THE NITTY GRITTY ON THE POM POM PIECES HERE.