SHORTS WITH A SIDE OF SOLUDOS

WE ARE DAYS AWAY FROM CHECKING OUT OF THIS TOWN, AND THINGS ARE PRETTY UNGLAMOROUS AROUND HERE, WHAT WITH ALL THE CARDBOARD BOXES AND LOGISTICS. 

BUT, WE'VE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO: ALIX OF BOHEMIA BACK IN LONDON, A MONTH-LONG TRIP THROUGH MEXICO, AND THE INSANELY BEAUTIFUL SPECTRUM  OF SPRING 2012 (TEXTILE PORNOGRAPHY PICTURED ABOVE)

THIS ISN'T OUR FIRST RODEO, WE KNOW WHAT TO PACK FOR A MONTH AWAY.

THE SHEER DELIGHT OF STACKS OF BEAUTIFUL SHORTS. THE DIALOGUE ACCOMPANYING THE ABOVE READS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF GATSBY. I BORROW A PHRASE FROM MS. DAISY (BUCHANAN) AND EXCLAIM THAT 'I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL SHORTS'.

FOR 2012, WE'RE ARE SERVING THEM COLORFUL AND ETHNIC, JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT. AND MIGHT WE STRONGLY SUGGEST A SIDE OF SOLUDOS?
OLD-SCHOOL, NO NONSENSE ESPADRILLES PERFECT FOR SUMMERING, DWELLING AND ADVENTURING.
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2012: DUCKS IN A ROW

CUSTOM JOB: CHANGE OF A DRESS

CUSTOM SUSANNA DRESS FOR JESSIE IN BLUE BATIK THAI COTTON WITH POLKA DOT SHOULDER CINCHES. 

WHY WE LOVE CUSTOM:

BECAUSE WHETHER ITS LUGGAGE,

A COUTURE GOWN,

OR EGGS AT BREAKFASTIME,

REAL LUXURY IS HAVING SOMETHING MADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

BOHEMIANS: COVER GIRL

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, ALIX OF BOHEMIA WAS ASKED TO CREATE A GARMENT FOR A MODERN ALICE IN WONDERLAND EDITORIAL FOR HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI TATLER. HAVING LONG SUSPECTED ALICE WAS ACTUALLY A CLOSET GYPSY, WE WERE ONLY TOO THRILLED TO COMPLY.  AFTER PULLING AN ALL-NIGHTER ON THE BACK END OF A TRIP TO PHUKET, THE RESULTING ALICE DRESS  WAS FLANKED WITH A FEATHER BELT AND BOA, LANDING THE COVER FOR THE SHANGHAI EDITION, ABOVE.

AFTER A GIRLY DINNER WITH AMBERLY AND CONNIE CHEZ MOI LAST WEEK (SALMON TARTARE, WATERMELON AND CHAMPAGNE), A DRESS-UP SESSION INEVITABLY ENSUED, RIFLING THROUGH THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA ARCHIVES (A VERY LARGE CLOSET).

AFTER TRYING ON SOME GEMS FROM SPRING 2012 (NO PEEKING), THE ALICE DRESS STRUCK AMBER AND SHE STRUCK A POSE: 

BLUE STEEL: AMBER IN THE ALICE DRESS AND MEXICAN SHELL BELT (LEFT) AND CONNIE.

MIX IT UP AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.

ITS TOO HOT TO COOK. 

THE RAW ALTERNATIVE TO A WEEKEND FEAST:

CRUDITE WITH LABNA, MARINATED ANCHOVIES, STINKY CHEESE, DATES AND SPICY PECANS. 

HAPPY WEEKEND.

LEOPARD PANTS DANCE, AS DEMONSTRATED ABOVE.

ALIX OF BOHEMIA ICON TREWS IN CLASSIC LEOPARD, PAIRED WITH VARIOUS ARM CANDY, WASHED OUT DENIM AND LIZARD HEELS.

PLACES: ACROSS THE WATER

(A PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY, ON A TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING WITH MAMAN)

WE'RE MOVING.

YOU KNOW HOW WE ROLL; CAN'T STAY IN ONE PLACE FOR TOO LONG.

ITS BEEN A BOHEMIAN DREAM IN THIS FOREIGN LAND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT ITS TIME TO LEAVE HONG KONG AND HEAD WEST, TO LONDON.

IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE OFF TO CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO FOR A MONTH BEFORE LANDING IN THAT LOVELY UNITED KINGDOM. WE'LL BE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK FROM LE BLOG AS WE HIT THE ROAD WITH SPRING 2012 COLLECTION.

WE'VE GOT TO TEST DRIVE THE MERCHANDISE BEFORE WE SHARE IT; WE'RE QUITE FOND OF THE WEATHER WORN, TRIDE AND TRUE QUALITY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER WHEN WE CAN SHARE OUR TREASURES AND TRAVELS. 

BOHEMIANS: THE NAVY BLUE OF INDIA

AS THE LATE, GREAT MS. VREELAND POINTED OUT, PINK IS THE NAVY BLUE OF INDIA. SINCE WE CHOOSE PINK OVER NAVY ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, IT WAS ONLY AN OBVIOUS CHOICE TO DON THE INDIE DRESS IN PINK PANTHER FOR AN EVENING WALK WITH BEAR THE DOG. ITS BEEN HOT AS HELL OVER HERE AND SOMEHOW BRIGHT AND BREEZY TIE DYE SEEMS TO BE THE ANTIDOTE (PARTICULARLY WHEN PAIRED WITH A GLASS OF COLD ROSE).

I COULD HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE GATE FOREVER, (AS THE GREEN MADE THE DRESS LOOK SO DARN GOOD), BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A PARTICULARLY FEROCIOUS DOG ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH SET BEAR INTO A PANIC. HE'S MORE OF A NON-VIOLENT FREELOVING KIND OF DOG.

BEAR HUG.

 ALIX OF BOHEMIA INDIE DRESS IN SILK-COTTON TIE DYE (PINK PANTHER) APPLIQUED PURPLE STRIPE CUFFS

BOHEMIANS: CHARMAINE SAVES FERRIS

TO ME, ITS SOMETHING SLOANE WOULD HAVE WORN ON FERRIS'S DAY OFF. (IT WAS IN FACT THIS CULT FILM REFERENCE THAT INSPIRED ME WHEN I COMBINED THE TEXTILES IN AN 80'S FLOURO MOTIF)
THE LOVELY CHARMAINE (LITTLE SOUP DUMPLING) TAKES HER SLOANE DRESS TO AN ALTOGETHER MORE EXOTIC LOCALE, THOUGH BOTH SHE AND THE ORIGINAL MUSE BOTH ACCESSORIZE WITH A CLASSIC RAY BAN.


CUSTOM MADE ALIX OF BOHEMIA SLOANE DRESS IN 100% COTTON CAPE COD PRINT AND POLKA DOTS.

POCO BOHO: SHOW ME WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH

MY LINE: FOR CY.

PHOTO VIA THE GUARDIAN

(ARTISTS ARE ALWAYS THE COOLEST DRESSERS.)

UNTITLED VI (BACCHUS), 2005

CHANNELING CY, PAINTING TERRA COTTA STRIPES ON SILK FOR THE NEW COLLECTION. 
I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS DRYING IN MY BATHROOM, LIKE A DELICATE FLAG:

A HUMBLE HOMAGE TO ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF THIS PAST CENTURY, MONSIEUR CY.

YOUR CELEBRATION OF LINE HAS RENDERED YOUR WORKS IMMORTAL, (AND WE TOTALLY DIG YOUR BRACES) WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE. 

FOR SALE: WHAT THE KIDS ARE WEARING (POCO BOHO)

DARLING ELLA IN TINY TIE DYE: 

1. BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE (PB_001) 

100% COTTON BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN  SEA WASH. 

(ALSO AVAILABLE IN RED DAISY)

$42.00 USD

2. JOUY PANTALON (PB_002)

100% COTTON GATHERED SHORTS WITH BANDING AND ELASTIC INSERTS AT WAIST. SHOWN IN BLUE DOTS.

$45.00 USD

3. THE VON TRAPP JACKET (PB_003)

WE'RE RESISTING THE URGE TO PAIR IT WITH TEENY TINY LEDERHOSEN.

UNISEX SILK COTTON QUILTED JACKET WITH CHOCOLATE TRIM AND POCKETS, IN CHINA RED.

4. JOUY PANTALON (PB_002)

THE OFFSPRING OF THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA JOUY TREWS IN TRADITIONAL FRENCH COTTON CANVAS. (WE WOULDN'T WEAR A TOP WITH OURS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO)

100% COTTON GATHERED SHORTS WITH BANDING AND ELASTIC INSERTS AT WAIST. SHOWN IN RUST TOILE.

$45.00 USD

CHLOE SHOWS US WHAT ELOISE WOULD HAVE WORN IF SHE LIVED AT THE BOWERY, NOT THE PLAZA.

5. THE ELOISE DRESS (PB_005)

100% COTTON DRESS WITH BACK ZIP AND GATHERED SLEEVES AND RUFFLE, IN RED DAISY AND RIBBON BELT.

$68.00 USD

ELLA TRIES ON THE ELOISE FOR SIZE, AND WITH IT:

6. POPPY VEST (PB_006)

SILK COTTON VEST WITH RED DAISY TRIM AND TIE WITH POCKETS, IN CHINA RED.

$70.00 USD

7. BLOOMERS (PB_007)

[SPONTANEOUS DANCE-INDUCING] ELASTICATED BLOOMER SHORTS IN RED DAISY.

$25.00 

LEFT: CHLOE WEARS BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN RED DAISY AND JOUY PANTALON. 

RIGHT: ELLA'S IN THE BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN LAVENDER FLOWERS AND BABY HAREM PANTS IN ORANGE ETOILE.

8. BABY HAREM PANTS  (PB_008)

1005 COTTON GATHERED TROUSERS WITH DRAWSTRING AND TASSELS. SHOWN IN ORANGE ETOILE.

$62.00

THANK YOU TO ELLA AND CHLOE FOR MODELING OUR TOGGS AND STYLING YOURSELVES. YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, UNSURPRISINGLY. 

A NOTE ON SIZING: WE PURPOSELY DESIGNED THE SIZING TO BE FLEXIBLE, AND ELLA AND CHLOE ARE WEARING THE SAME SIZE CLOTHING THROUGHOUT THE SPREAD. 

WE HAD THIS CRAZY IDEA THAT KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEAR THEIR CLOTHES FOR LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES. 

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