TOMBOY STYLE

OUR BEST IMPRESSION OF THE IMMORTAL ANNIE HALL, IN A FUNNY LITTLE TIE.

DO LIKE DIANE AND CARRY A BIG BAG, NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF TREASURES YOU'LL HAPPEN UPON AS YOU WANDER INTO THE WEEKEND.

BOHEMIANS: PATTI LEE

THE GIFT WE WILL BE GIVING: THE INIMITABLE, INCREDIBLE PATTI SMITH 

 IN HER OWN WORDS, THAT BEAUTIFUL BOOK: JUST KIDS.

I'D LEND YOU MY COPY, BUT IT HAS ALMOST WORN THIN. BUY YOUR OWN HERE.

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FOR CHAR: GO WITH THE FLOW.

WE PICK A LITTLE, TAKE A LITTLE FROM THAT LOVELY TEXT OF E. B. WHITE'S OF 1952, MS. CHARLOTTE AND HER WEB. FOR WE LOVE A FLEXIBLE WOMAN, SOMEONE UNAFRAID OF A LITTLE CHANGE. 


OUR DARLING CHARLOTTE (OF THE HUMAN VARIETY) SAW THE CUSTOM JOBBY WE DID FOR MAMAN (HERE), AND ASKED US TO ADAPT A CLASSIC CAMELIA BLOUSE IN  'PROVENCE NIGHT' INCORPORATING THAT CHARMING LITTLE MILKMAID SLEEVE, TOPPED WITH CORAL GINGHAM TRIM.
MAN ALIVE, WE LOVE THE RESULT SO, WE COULDN'T RESIST SLAPPING ON A VINTAGE SILVER BELT AND SNAPPING A FEW IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR BEFORE SENDING IT OFF TO CHAR OVER IN NEW YORK.

 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA CUSTOM CAMELIA BLOUSE WITH CAP SLEEVE IN PROVENCE NIGHT WITH CORAL GINGHAM TRIM, TO ORDER.

100% COTTON, WITH HANDFINISHED SEAMS THROUGHOUT. 

MACHINE WASHABLE.

$188.00 USD

HIT THE ROAD KEROUAC

APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH GIVEN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN READING THE ABOVE, THAT BEAUTIFUL BOHEMIAN BENZEDRINE DRIVEN TEXT BY THE ORIGINAL HIPSTER,  J. KEROUAC.

REMEMBER THIS GAP CAMPAIGN FROM THE EARLY 90'S? 

FALL INTO THE GAP MR. KEROUAC, YOU ARE WEARING THE HELL OUT OF THOSE KHAKIS.

ICONS: RA-RA RAUSCHENBERG

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE INNATELY COOL. IN AN ERA CELEBRATING PRETENSE AND THE CONTRIVED ARTIST PERSONA, ROBBIE RAUSCHENBERG EMERGED AS A RENEGADE BON VIVANT ON THE NEW YORK SCENE. UNCONVINCED BY THE COLDNESS OF SOUP CANS AND SILKSCREENS ABOUND, HE  REFLECTED HIS MISCHIEVOUS WORLD ONTO HIS CANVASES AND MARRIED HIS COMPOSITIONS THROUGH A BRILLIANTLY PASSIONATE DANCE WITH PAINT. I LOVE HOW HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THINGS TOGETHER AND SOMEHOW CONVEY THE SHEER JOY HE FELT IN THE PROCESS OF ART MAKING:

REBUS, 1955. OIL, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT, PENCIL, CRAYON, PASTEL, CUT AND PASTED PRINTED PAPERS, AND FABRIC ON CANVAS MOUNTED AND STAPLED TO FABIC IN THREE PANELS. 

MONOGRAM, 1955-1959 MIXED MEDIUMS WITH TAXIDERMY GOAT, RUBBER TIRE AND TENNIS BALL.

(THIS PIECE ALWAYS CONJURES UP IMAGES OF EDWARD ALBEE'S FABULOUS PLAY 'THE GOAT'. I LOVE THE SWEET SADNESS OF THE FACE.)

DETAIL, MONOGRAM.

UNTITLED, C. 1954 FREESTANDING COMBINE: OIL, PENCIL, CRAYON, PAPER, CANVAS, FABRIC, NEWSPAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS, WOOD, GLASS, MIRROR, TIN, CORK AND FOUND PAINTING, WITH PAINTED LEATHER SHOES WITH PAINTED DOMINIQUE HEN MOUNTED ON WOOD STRUCTURE WITH 5 CASTERS. 

THE BIOGRAPHY BY TOMKINS IS NOTHING SHORT OF SUPERB. IT REALLY CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF ART MAKING IN THE 1960'S IN THE SCENE, BEYOND THE CLICHED IMAGERY OF THE FACTORY.

THE BOHEMIAN LIBRARY: EXCERPTS

THE MUSE:

THE BIBLE:

THE OBVIOUS:

THE NOSTALGIC:

THE FIELD GUIDE:

THE AUTHENTIC: