KUSAMA WHISPERS IN OUR EAR

Some mornings, particularly before several shots of espresso,

We can only really see or process on a very basic level.

Sometimes we see spots. 

(and a bit of snakeskin)

And we lay out all these bits of fabric together, all black and white variants of dots.

So pleasing to our eye to see the scale and repetition.

We can already see the jacket we want to make emerging from the flat cut forms.

And for a brief moment, we think we are OH-SO clever.

And then we realise, we are just total COPYCATS craving Japanese.

We are just having a moment channeling one of our favourites of the avant-garde.

we're pulling a KUSAMA:

Her works and and range of mediums too vast to catalogue here.

But know that she was a major player in scene,

before all those lightweight pop artists came along printing soup cans and such. 

Taking us on a very psychedelic trip indeed, through epic and vast installations of repeated form. 

The woman understands the power of the polka dot.

(She basically invented it)

As if we needed further convincing of Yayoi's cool factor,

A series of her work in the 1960's  saw her painting naked bodies with polka dots and spots for public viewing. 

A Nudie Polka Dot Hippie Princess?

Where do we sign up?

And we have a reality check and realise we probably should wear clothes in and out of doors, despite our impulse to streak through Shoreditch with a paint-spotted bottom.

So we put down the brush and go back to the drawing board.
(its all about playing to your strengths)

And now she's in our head we have to try and do her a little justice with a humble homage.

A little Fuschia, some Red, to break up our dalmatian moment:

Kusama and the coral.

There is something so luxurious her world. It looks a lot cooler than the one we live in. 

Fabulous Camouflage:

it gets quite tiring undressing and redressing constantly to check our work as it comes along. Yayoi totally had the right idea to just stay naked.

One Armed Wonder

And we line her in snakeskin and top her with a fuzzy little tassel,

which kind of looks like Kusama's rad wig of late. 

And then she's done.

Which is lucky because we're delirious by this stage. 

ALIX of BOHEMIA Black and White and Pink Jacket, 

one of a kind.

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BOHEMIANS IN GREEN: CLAIRE IN THE RAGGEDY

Our hands were itching a little, 

and our little comrade Claire was in need of a jacket

and so the sister to the Red Raggedy was born,

the ALIX of BOHEMIA Raggedy Jacket in Jade.

Which she wore while reading to us about purple gold and bohemian garnets from her book of gems.

And what a gem she is (Claire, not the jacket, though we love her too.)

A little ruffled trim, a touch of checkered piping and a cool glass 

with some secret stitched daisies on the shoulders, on top of a little horse and hound toile

And might we suggest the perfect pairing for the wine, and the Jade Raggedy?

The Gretel Teddie Shorts, to match.

Suit up baby, its shining outside. 

ALIX of BOHEMIA Jackets are made to order and completely hand made in London.

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FREE LOVE AND BLUE DAISIES

FIRST THINGS FIRST,

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, 

JESSIE AND THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA 

FREE LOVE WAISTCOAT AT COACHELLA:

 THROWING US HER SEVENTIES GROOVY GROUPIE  IN A TOPPER WE MADE FOR HER. BRONZED YOGA BUNNY MEETS ANITA PALLENGBERG COOL. 
(AND THAT IS A VERY SPECIFIC VARIETY THEY ONLY GROW IN CALIFORNIA)

AND SPEAKING OF NOTABLE OUTERWEAR, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR BLUE PERIOD:

IT STARTED, AS MOST THINGS BEGIN FOR US, BY SWATCHING SOME HEAVENLY BLUES FOR A CUSTOM LORELEI JACKET FOR EMMA.

PICASSO SAYS:

WHEN I RUN OUT OF RED I USE BLUE

BUT REALLY WE DON'T NEED TO EXHAUST OUR ROUGE SUPPLY TO BE SWAYED BY SHADES OF INDIGO AND CERULEAN,

WE GO BLUE PRETTY EASILY.

EMMA CHOOSES JAPANESE INDIGO DAISIES, SOME INDIAN BATIK FOR PIPING AND SOME OLD LACE FROM FRANCE.

AND THEN THIS WAS EMMA'S LORELI JACKET:

WE KNOW SHE DOESN'T BELONG TO US BUT WE HAD TO PUT HER ON FOR A BLURRY BATHROOM PHOTO BEFORE WE HANDED HER OVER.

PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW, THOUGH SHE HAS A GOOD HOME WITH DARLING EMMA IN NOTTING HILL.

DON'T GET US WRONG, WE LOVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN EQUALLY,

BUT THIS BLUE JEAN BABY WAS PARTICULARLY HARD TO PART WITH. 

(CUE MORE BLUES)

JACKETS ARE HANDMADE IN LONDON AND ONE OF A KIND. 
BECAUSE THATS THE WAY WE DO IT DARLINGS- UNIQUE, C'EST CHIC.
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PINK AND YELLOW ALL OVER

AND SO,

THIS IS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA SWEET WILLIAM JACKET.

IN RAMBLING RENUNCULUS.

THAT DAMMED SUN REFUSES TO SHINE ECORE SO WE WILL FIND OUR OWN SPRING IN THE FABRICS. 

WE COMBINED THE MOST DIVINE INDIAN BLOCK PRINTED COTTON WITH AN ANTIQUE TABLECLOTH, 

QUILTING BITS HERE AND THERE FOR A BIT OF STRUCTURE, AND FINISHING WITH SOME LIGHT TASSEL ACTION AND SOME STRIPED TURQUOISE PIPING,

AND HOW DID SWEET WILLIE GET BORN?

FIRST WE HAD TO CALL TO THE MUSES AND GET OURSELVES A BIT INSPIRED. 

LETS TALK COLOUR-WAYS, GETAWAYS AND TEXTURE,

TALK DIRTY TO US BAY-BAY,

SHADES OF POMEGRANATE AND CITRUS

ACID ROTHKO

WE COULD WEAR THE SWEET WILLIE WHILST REPOSING IN HERE

CLUTCHING THESE

 THIS IS A VERY GOOD SHADE OF TURQUOISE,

AND WE DO NEED TO FIND OUR BEARINGS FROM TIME TO TIME

 ALWAYS SAY YES TO SAFFRON IN THE BEDROOM

THE OPTIMAL FORM OF TRANSPORT

A PULITZER (MAY THE PRINCESS OF PRINTS REST PEACEFULLY) CORAL PRINT

LIKE OUR JACKET, BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE TOO

 THE WAY THAT STUFF IS MADE. TOO RADICAL.

 A SIMILAR MOTIF, BY OUR BOHEMIAN BUDDY WILLIAM MORRIS.

HENCE, THE SWEET WILLIAM. 

AND WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, AND WE SECURED THE STORY,

WE WANDERED DOWN THE ROAD TO VISIT OUR FRIEND AND MILINER

MS. JESSICA COLLETT

WHO HAD TO TRY THAT STUFF ON

WILL HER RAMBLING ENGLISH GARDEN HAT.

 AND THEN WE TRY ON A HIPPIE VEIL

WHICH WE LIKE SO MUCH, WE MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER MARRYING ONE DAY, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO WEAR IT.

THEN AGAIN, WE MIGHT JUST WEAR THE VEIL AND SKIP THE CEREMONY.

 OH MISS COLLETT

YOU LITTLE ENGLISH ROSE

WITH YOUR RAMBLING ENGLISH HAT

YOUR PEACHY CHEEKS AND FLAXEN HAIR ARE RIGHT IN TIME WITH OUR PALATTE

DIVINE VALENTINE 

GO AND SEE JESSICA'S WORLD AND ALL OF HER HEAD CANDY