EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY

EVERY YEAR, WE GET PRETTY STUCK INTO THE HIGH HOLIDAYS, AND GATHER AN EXPAT CREW ROUND OUR TABLE FOR A FOOD FEST. PAST THEMES HAVE INCLUDED 'COWBOYS AND INDIANS', 'COME AS YOUR FAVOURITE PILGRIM' AND 'THE MOVEABLE FEAST'

THIS WAS LAST YEAR:

THIS YEAR, WE WENT TO HEAVEN:

SO ANTOINETTE CALLED US ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND SAID

"FORGET THE TURKEY LADY, LET'S COOK THIS CHICKEN WITH 

THE DANDY WARHOLS AND GO TO HEAVEN"

APPARENTLY THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GAY NIGHTCLUB AND HAUNT OF BOY GEORGE (WE CAN SEE OUR MOTHER BEAMING WITH PRIDE AT OUR CHOICE OF THANKSGIVING VENUE). 

HOW DO WE REFUSE OUR SOMETIMES GIRLFRIEND AND MOSTLY MUSE? WE DON'T. SO WE GOT DRESSED, AND TRADED OUR PILGRIM SHOES FOR OUR PARTY HAT.

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA CHOMEL BLOUSE IN BLANC DE INDIA,

WITH REQUISITE GROUPIE WEAR:

THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT WAS A PEACH; SHE COMPLIMENTED US ON OUR BOHO BLOUSE, AND THEN KINDLY OFFERED US SOME MINTS AND A SPRITZ OF SOME VERY FANCY PERFUME. 

AND THEN WE DANCED.

IT WASN'T OUR TYPICAL HARVEST CELEBRATION SCENE, BUT SOMETIMES ITS GOOD TO BREAK WITH TRADITION. 

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A YEAR OF REGRESSION, AND REALLY, WHY STOP NOW?

THE DANDY WARHOLS DOING THEIR THING.

AND THERE WAS A PROPOSAL ONSTAGE, AND THE GIRL SAID 'YES' WHICH MUST BE A VERY GOOD THANKSGIVING OMEN INDEED.

OUR HOST, OLLI OF BERLIN CLUB AUCHT MILLIMETER AND ANTOINETTE.

(MERCI OLLI)

OH DANDYS, DID YOU KNOW WE WERE COMING? 

YOU PLAYED OUR ANTHEM:

 YOU CAN'T DUPLICATE OUR EVENING, BUT YOU CAN BUY A BLOUSE JUST LIKE OURS (WHICH IS BETTER, BECAUSE YOU WON'T RUN THE RISK OF BEING THROWN INTO A MIDDLE-AGED MOSH PIT)
TO GET YOUR OWN ALIX OF BOHEMIA CHOMEL BLOUSE- GO HERE.

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

BOHEMIANS: LIBERTY IN LACE

ITS ALWAYS SUPER COOL TO SEE WHERE WE END UP. 

 THE DIVINE MODEL, MUSE AND MAMA LIBERTY ROSS ROCKING THE 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLACK LACE CAMELIA BLOUSE ON HER VOGUE BLOG:

SHE SHOUTED OUT ABOUT US AT CHRISTMASTIME, AND AS USUAL WE ARE A LITTLE SLOW ON THE UPTAKE (6 MONTHS BEHIND THE TIMES ARE WE AT BEST) CHRISTMAS IN JUNE IT IS; CERTAINLY A MORE TEMPERATE CLIMATE TO GO RUNNING AROUND IN MEXICAN LACE.

MERCI LIBERTY.

BOHEMIANS: TINY DANCER IN THE GALAPAGOS

BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR THE GALAPAGOS, WE LOADED UP TINY ANNABEL WITH LOADS OF CLOTHES FROM OUR ARCHIVE. IN RETURN, SHE SWORE SHE WOULD TAKE A PHOTO OF HERSELF RIDING A GIANT SEA TURTLE. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT IMAGE; BUT IN THE MEANTIME THESE WILL DO. ABOVE, TINY WEARS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA INDIE DRESS IN GOLDEN STAR LINEN. 

GETTING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD, DESPITE HER DIMINUTIVE SIZE. BELLIE IS CHARGE IN THE CHOMEL BLOUSE IN MINTED INDIA, THE ZIGGY WAISTCOAT AND A PAIR OF TEDDIE SHORTS IN PINKY SHIRTING. AHOY BABY. 

APRIL SHOWERS

TOTAL BELIEVERS IN COLOUR THERAPY ARE WE, AND SINCE WE AREN'T THE LIPSTICK WEARING TYPE, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR ROUGE KICKS ANOTHER WAY.
AND HOW; THROUGH A SERIES OF POPPY-HUED STREAKS AND STROKES ON SOME NEW ALIX OF BOHEMIA TOGS. 

OUR FAVOURITE HAS TO BE THE HANDPAINTED CAMELIA BLOUSE  AT THE FRONT. 
REMEMBER WHEN WE PAINTED THE FABRIC IN MEMORY OF CY? (SEE HERE) FINALLY THE FRUITS OF OUR BRUSHSTROKES HAVE TAKEN SHAPE.

MORE POPS OF POPPY TO COME, IN THE FORM OF INDIAN BLOCK PRINTS BELOW:

PINK AND MIX

WE MUST BE PLAGUED WITH PINK EYE; FOR LATELY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL SHADES OF ROSE, CORAL AND BABY PINK OUT OF OUR LINE OF VISION. THE FEVER STARTED WITH A BUNCH OF BLUSH COLOURED HYACINTHS, AND NOW WE CAN'T SEEM TO STOP SWEATING THE SHADE. HERE, A GLIMPSE OF A COUPLE OF BITS WE SEWED UP OVER THE WEEKEND FOR OUR FRIENDS OVER AT 9 LONDON. 

SCHOOL SPIRIT

WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE OLD ALMA MATER, SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE SOME OF OUR BITS TROTTING DOWN THE CATWALK AT THE ANNUAL ST ANDREW'S FS:12 SHOW TO BENEFIT THE PRINCES TRUST. THOSE LONG LEGGED BRONZE GODDESSES CHANNELING THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA ST TROPEZ GIRL, SPORTING OUR LITTLE FLOWER POWER SUIT (SEE US FROLIC IN IT HERE)  AND OUR CLASSIC CAMELIA BLOUSES, AMONGST OTHER THINGS. WELL DONE ON THE SHOELESS JOE STATUS, THOSE KIDS IN SCOTLAND DON'T MISS A TRICK. 

AWAITING SOMETHING WARMER: MEMORIES OF US IN THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM WEATHER GEAR IN NAPA:

PURPLE REIGN

FEELING QUITE WISTFUL IN OUR LITTLE ALIX OF BOHEMIA CHIFFON CAMELIA BLOUSE. WE THREW ON ALL OUR BANGLES AND MADE A LITTLE HOME IN FRONT OF THE PURPLE WALL. ALSO IN THE MIX: A VINTAGE WAISTCOAT (GIFTED FROM KATRINA), TARRA'S SKULL NECKLACE, A FEW SCARVES AND SOME FAITHFUL BOOTS (BELSTAFF IS OUR BEST FRIEND OF THE BOOT WORLD).
SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOMENT: SIMON AND GARFUNKUL'S 'FEELIN' GROOVY'.



ALIX OF BOHEMIA CAMELIA BLOUSE IN SWISS DOT SILK CHIFFON. GATHERED NECKLINE AND CUFFS, EACH SEAM IS HAND-FINISHED, BECAUSE WE LIKE OLD FASHIONED THINGS.  

WE LIVE HERE TOO AND WE LIKE IT: KATRINA PHILLIPS

ITS BEEN CALLED 'THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOP IN LONDON' AND ITS PRETTY EASY TO SEE WHY. WITH HER INCREDIBLE EYE FOR HUMBLE ANTIQUES AND SUBLIME OBJETS, BOTH NATURAL AND MADE, KATRINA'S SHOP IS AS ORGANIC AND ECLECTIC  AS THE CRYSTALS AND CANDLES WHICH SHE STOCKS. AND SO WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE ALIX OF BOHEMIA STOCKED HERE; NAMELY 

THE CAMELIA BLOUSE. 

A PEEK INSIDE MS. PHILLIPS WORLD:

ABOVE, THE MOST FABULOUS FLOOR, LAID BY KATRINA'S DAD IN THE 1960'S.

GIANT CLAMSHELL FOSSILS, MARBLE TRAYS AND BUDDHA, BELOW

GEORGIAN SOFAS, SHELL GARLANDS, A STATUE AND PAINTINGS BY PHILLIPE BONNET:

THE MOST DIVINE NUBIAN WHO ONCE HELD UP A LIGHT ON THE RIVER SEINE IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1855 IN PARIS:

THE  ALIX OF BOHEMIA CAMELIA BLOUSES HANG FROM A FANTASTICAL MIRROR:

KATRINA SAYS "THIS IS NOT A NORMAL SHOP YOU KNOW",

INDEED, ITS MUCH MUCH BETTER (AND SMELLS DELICIOUS).

COME AND SEE US AT 99 PORTOBELLO RD. KATRINA WILL AMUSE AND DELIGHT YOU; WE'VE DECIDED WE WOULD LIKE TO GET MARRIED TO HER IF IT MEANS WE CAN STAY. 

KATRINA'S WEBSITE AND INTERIORS: www.katrinaphillipsinteriors.com

MOVING HOUSE

SO WE'VE WORKED OUR LITTLE FINGERS TO THE BONE, BUT ITS OFFICIAL: THERES A HIPPIE IN HARRODS NOW, WE WERE INVITED, WE DIDN'T EVEN CRASH THE PARTY. GO SAY HELLO ON THE 4TH FLOOR AT THE 9LONDON CORNER.

WE'RE ALSO AT THE DIVINE KATRINA PHILLIPS IN NOTTING HILL AND AT LOVELY EMILY EVANS BOUTIQUE IN SLOANE SQUARE. 

THIS WEEK HAS SEEN ALIX OF BOHEMIA BEING STOCKED AT SOME PRETTY HEAVY REAL ESTATE; WE'LL TAKE A TEPEE IN ANY OF THOSE POSTCODES HAPPILY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

 FOR THIS MOST RECENT WORK, WE EXPLORED WHITE ON WHITE TEXTURE, AND KEPT THE STORY SIMPLE, TURQUOISE, YELLOW WITH A DASH OF CORAL AND FUSCHIA. ITS ALL A RIFF ON THE OLD FAVOURITE CAMELIA, IN ALL HER GATHERED GLORY.