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.
GET YOUR OWN, EMAIL US HERE.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: JESSIE

SO WE MAKE A LITTLE HOUSE VISIT OVER LE WEEKEND,

A NEW FRIEND AND MUSE.

JESSIE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER, FROM LOS ANGELES.

AND WE CAN'T EVEN HOLD THAT AGAINST HER, BECAUSE SHE IS SO CHARMING AND DELIGHTFUL AND SO GENUINE.

AND WE FIND WE LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS SHE LIKES, RIGHT DOWN TO HER TURQUOISE SHUTTERS IN HER ABODE, AND WE DIG THE WAY SHE LOOKS IN OUR CLOTHES.

SHE'S HEADED OFF TO COACHELLA, SO WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO GUSH BEFORE SHE GOES. 

AND SHE LETS US LOOK AROUND, ASK HER QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE ARE NOSEY LIKE THAT, AND SHE IS GRACIOUS LIKE THAT. 

NAME: Jessie Chaney

JOB: Photographer

RESIDENCE: Notting Hill

BREAKFAST: Green Juice and Granola

HOLIDAY: St. Barth's

CITY: Los Angeles

TOOLS: Yoga

ESSENTIALS: Black Eyeliner, camera, almonds, headphones

UNIFORM: Dress, boots and leather jacket

FLOWER: Peony

ART: Robert Frank, Jeff Wall, Man Ray, Rothko, William Eggleston, Jackson Pollock

MUSIC: Neil Young, Black Keys, Radiohead, Beachhouse, Yeayeayeahs, Fleetwood Mac

PYJAMAS: Vintage Slips

TATTOOS: Feather for freedom, lightness and spirituality, Star connecting with my sister/other half who has a moon, OM as a sacred reminder, Fleur de Lis.

TIPPLE: Rose

ICON: Lee Miller, my mom

VICES: Soy lattes, boots, scarves, jewelry and chocolate

BOOK: Just Kids 

ERA: 1970's

ANIMAL SPIRIT: Dolphin

MY BOHEMIA: Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photographs...

BEFORE WE HAVE EVEN STARTED DRESSING HER UP, WE HAVE ALREADY MADE PLANS TO GO TO INDIA TOGETHER. 

(WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE, WE FALL HARD AND WE FALL QUICKLY, BE IT WITH FABRIC OR FRIENDS)

ALIX OF BOHEMIA LOLA DRESS IN NAVY SPOTS

THE  ALIX OF BOHJEMIA LORELEI JACKET, INSIDE OUT!

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE TOO.

AND AGAIN,

THE INSIDE STORY:

THE INTERIOR OF THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA FREE LOVE WAISTCOAT.

WE LIKE VERY MUCH REVERSIBLE AND VERSATILE THINGS.

WORN OVER THE MARCEL BLOUSE IN CHIFFON SPOTS.

DETAIL OF ALIX OF BOHEMIA MERMAID DRESS, WITH SEAWEEDS ON IT AND BANDS OF LACE THROUGH THE BODY.

CAN WE HANG OUT HERE ALL DAY JESSIE GIRL?

WE WANT TO SIP SOYA LATTES WITH YOU AND COMPARE NOTES.

TO TAKE IN THE TALENTS OF THE NEWEST FREE SPIRIT OF OUR TRIBE

GO AND SEE JESSIE 

WWW.JESSIECHANEY.COM

LORELEI

WE ONCE KNEW A BOAT BUILDER WHO LIVED IN OYSTER BAY. HE DRANK BOURBON, COULD PACK A CAR LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS AND FIX ANYTHING WITH A BIT OF STRING.

AND HE LIVED ON A VERY PRETTY WOODEN BOAT IN THAT PREPPY PORT.

 THAT BOAT WAS CALLED LORELI.

BUT THAT PART COMES AT THE END OF THE STORY.

FAST FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO WHEN WE WENT TO THE CIRCUS. RATHER UNSURPRISINGLY WE HAVE ALWAYS FANTASIZED ABOUT RUNNING AWAY WITH A TROUPE, CARNIES HAVE THE BEST COSTUMES AFTER ALL.

SO THE MORNING AFTER CIRCUS DREAMS, FINGERS ITCHING, WE PATCHED TOGETHER SHADES OF BLUE AND INDIGO AND TURQUOISE, AND WE JUST KNEW SHE WAS CALLED LORELI.

IT WAS ONLY LATER THAT THE MEMORY OF THE BOAT AND HER NAME CAME INTO THE PICTURE. AND WE REALISED THIS WAS NOT A CIRCUS JACKET AFTER ALL, BUT RATHER A CHILD OF THE SURF.

THE SENSATION OF BEING ABOARD THAT VESSEL, SHADES OF SEA AND SKY MERGING.

ESPECIALLY JAZZED THAT THE QUILTING RECALLS WOODGRAIN AND WATER RIPPLING.

OUR FAVOURITE CONNIE COMES OVER TO MODEL

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA 

LORELI JACKET

LINEN TOILE (ALWAYS PARTIAL TO UPHOLSTERY) MEETS JAPANESE INDIGO QUILTED SPOTS

PIPED TO PERFECTION AND LINED IN TURQUOISE IKAT.

(SHE'S A FAN TOO)

ALIX OF BOHEMIA LORELI JACKET,

SHE'S A WATER BABY.

MADE TO ORDER.

WE'LL MAKE YOU ONE TOO, IF YOU WANT.

GO HERE.