OH YOKO

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)

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

THROUGH WHISPERS WE CAUGHT WIND OF A SECRET RAG YARD, PROMISING VINTAGE FRENCH TEXTILES AND ANTIQUE TOGS, ENOUGH TO MAKE US SALIVATE.

 SO WE PILED IN THE GYPSY'S VAN AND SET OFF, WITH MUGS THE DOG FOR COMPANY.

MUGS IS THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA LEOPARD TREWS

AND WE ARRIVED, THE COLLECTION OF CRUCIFIX WAS A GOOD OMEN;WE WERE WELCOMED

WE GET STUCK IN

INEVITABLY, WHEN YOU LET A GYPSY TAKE YOU TO A FRENCH RAG YARD, ONE OF YOU ENDS UP IN PAISLEY:

(HE MIGHT LOOK SCARY BUT HE'S A VERY GENTLE GYPSY)

 LORDY FRENCH FARMERS WERE TINY. WE TRY ON SOME SHRUNKEN KNITS AND AGED INDIGO DENIM SHORTS:

BUT THE REAL TREASURE LAY IN BASKET, WHERE WE GOT LOST AND FOUND INCREDIBLE BITS TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR GARMENTS. 

THIS IS OUR VERSION OF FRENCH PORNOGRAPHY

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN JIGGITY-JIG. WE CANNOT WAIT TO FURTHER SHARE THE FRENCH FRUITS OF OUR PILGRIMAGE

CAMELIA: WATERCOLOURED

IN THE WORDS OF THE INIMITABLE CHER HOROWITZ
"OH PLEASE, SHES A FULL-ON MONET"
AND IN THIS CASE, WE ARE TAKING IT AS A COMPLIMENT.
WHEN IT COMES TO IMPRESSIONISTIC TEXTURED FABRIC WE ARE ON THAT STUFF LIKE GREEN ON GRASS.
AND WHILE ITS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE, WE ARE OFF TO GO LIE IN A BED OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GREEN IN OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA
WATERCOLOUR CAMELIA BLOUSE


TA-TA FOR NOW SWEET HIPPIE CHILDREN OF THE SUN.


LIKE IT? LOVE IT? WANT SOME MORE OF IT? GO HERE

DYE HARD DEADHEADS

WE HAVEN'T EXACTLY KEPT OUR LOVE OF TIE DYE A SECRET IN THE PAST. 

 THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE STUFF THAT MAKES US WANT TO SHAKE IT LIKE A DANCING BEAR (A GYPSY DEADHEAD INCARNATION)

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA TIE DYE TIE BLOUSE

ROUND TWO: A QUICK CHANGE OF A DRESS

AND INTO OUR NEW UNIFORM THE DEADHEAD DIRNDL DRESS.

(SHES BEGGING TO BE WORN TO SOME SORT OF GERMAN HIPPIE BEERFEST)

AND WHATS A FESTIVAL DRESS WITHOUT SOME HEADGEAR? NO SHAMPOO? NO PROBLEM. 

WE'RE OFF LIKE A TECHNICOLOUR TWIRLING WHIRLING DERVISH. 
AS THE DEAD SANG, IF WE GET HOME BEFORE DAYLIGHT, WE MIGHT JUST GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT.


ALIX OF BOHEMIA TIE DYE TIE BLOUSE AND DEADHEAD DIRNDL DRESS, BOTH FOR SALE. WANT TO GET ON THE TRAIN? GET ON THE BANDWAGON AND SHOUT HERE.

PINK POM

WE ARE REALLY FEELING THIS GIRL: SOMETIMES SHOCKING PINK IS THE ONLY DECENT MEDICINE. ARE WE LOVING THE FUCHSIA TIE DYE? AND WITH A SIDE OF POM POMS? SO WE CAN CHANNEL OUR INNER FRENCH CLOWN? 

(IN THE BEST WAY OF COURSE, LOVE A GOOD MARCEL MOMENT) 

HELLO PINK POM.

AND WHILE WE ARE SELF MEDICATING, BRING US SOME PINK FIZZ AND A CLOUD OF COTTON CANDY, STAT

AND THEN WE DRESSED UP GRETCHEN (THE DUMMY) IN A PINK POM BLOUSE, WHICH WE WHACKED OUT CAUSE WE WERE FEELING A PINK PROLIFIC FEVER.

A PAIR OF PINKS, US. EXCUSE US WHILE WE TRY AND LOCATE THAT ROMAN TUB TO CLEANSE OUR PINK BODIES BEFORE THE FRIDAY FEVER HITS.

ABOVE THE PRINCESS OF PINK POM POMS HERSELF, MS. LILY PULITZER. SHES PROBABLY RUNNING FOR THE BATH TOO, IN PINK PREPARATION AND ANTICIPATION.

BON WEEKEND, PETIT PINK PARTY PEOPLE.

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) AND WITH TIES AT THE NECK.
GET THE NITTY GRITTY ON THE POM POM PIECES HERE.