HEY SUNSHINE: Fouché in Greece

First listen, so we can get you in the mood while you scroll through our morning musings:

We seem to remember there was a time in London when it was HOT HOT HOT.

On one of those afternoons when it was Hotter than Hades, we were hunched over the iron, sewing in our underwear, 

(clothes are a luxury sometimes),

 we reached for the Hawaiian print and sewed up this elasticated two piece number,

which we decided to call CHIQUITA BANANA,

for obvious reasons.

Here she is:

When we recovered from the aforementioned heatstroke, we realised there's only one character who can pull off such a look. Her name's Fouché,and you've seen her here before. Here's that lucky little duck representing Bohemia middrift dreams in Mykonos:

little island gypsy spirit,

with a touch of the Masai round her delicate neck

(as one does, when sporting Hawaiian print)

Only Fouché can get away with being so artsy and dramatic and oh-so effortlessly glamorous.

this is called crucifix chic in Greece:

ALIX of BOHEMIA Chiquita elasticated two piece cotton number.

its a skirt and a crop top and if you're still savoring sun in your neck of the woods, we'll happily make one for you too, 

and we won't even be jealous of you.

DROP A LINE VALENTINE, WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAY HOWDY.

HERE.

Us with Fouché, both in Bohemian playsuits.

Happy Friday Cowboys and Cowgirls. 

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.

Like it, love it, want some more of it? say hi here

EMMA AND ISABEL

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DARLING EMMA

CAME TO US FOR SOME LAST MINUTE SUMMER DRESS ACTION BEFORE RUNNING AWAY TO FRANCE FOR THE SEASON.

AND WE PROPOSED, A MAXI CALLED THE 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA

ISABEL DRESS

IN JASMINE FLOWER COTTON PRINT, WITH ROWS AND ROWS OF ANTIQUE INDIAN LACE.

 MOST THINGS ARE ENHANCED BY A BIT OF INDIAN ANTIQUITY, WE FIND.

AND MAY WE SAY EMMA DOES MAKE OUR ISABEL DRESS LOOK SUBLIME, DIVINE? 

(IT DOESNT HURT TO BE TALL AND DOE- EYED)

AND WE LIKED IT SO MUCH, WE'RE ALSO MAKING ISABEL IN A RAMBLING GREEN AND PINK ROSE PRINT, WHICH WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU AS SOON AS OUR TIRED LITTLE FINGERS CAN FINISH HER.

WE REALLY DIG MADE TO ORDER. 

WE LIKE TO THINK THAT REAL LUXURY IS 

HAVING SOMETHING MADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

THATS TRUE OF BREAKFAST, SHOES AND HATS,

AND SUMMER DRESSES TOO.

ASK THE HIPPIES ABOUT CUSTOM HERE.

ON UNIFORMS

SO,

WE NEVER HAD TO WEAR A UNIFORM PER SE.

BUT WE DID MAJOR IN DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AT SCHOOL.

ONE PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE SARTORIAL MOMENT INVOLVED CONVINCING OUR FATHER THAT TIGHTS AND A SWEATER WE ADEQUATE, NO SKIRT NEEDED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE GOT OUR 6 YEAR OLD SELVES SENT HOME, WITH A VERY CHILLY BOTTOM.

WE HAVEN'T MATURED MUCH SINCE THEN,

BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE GRADUATED TO SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE SUITABLE FOR THE SPRING AIR:

 THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLU WAISTCOAT

IN JAPANESE INDIGO AND INDIAN IKAT COTTON CANVAS:

WITH SOME VERY WASHED OUT LAVENDER ROPE TRIM:

(SUBTLE IS OUR MIDDLE NAME- SEE ABOVE ANECDOTE ABOUT FORGETTING OUR BOTTOMS)

STRIPEY GUTS MADE FROM KIKOY.

 NO GUTS NO GLORY 
WE BELIEVE WAS THE MANTRA OF OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

AND REALLY, TURQUOISE STRIPED INSIDES ARE THE BEST KIND OF INSIDES YOU CAN ASK FOR.

CAUSE THAT STUFF IS REVERSIBLE MY FRIEND.

WOAH, NELLIE:

 NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THE ISSUE OF OUTERWEAR FOR SPRING, LET US PROGRESS TO WHAT GOES UNDER  ALL THAT ACTION:

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG YOU'LL KNOW THAT WHEN IN DOUBT, WE GO FOR THE JUMPSUIT.

STILL UNSURE? WE DEFER TO PAISLEY. 
(CREATURES OF HABIT ARE WE)

HELLO, ALIX OF BOHEMIA BRIGITTE ROMPER:

MADE FROM INDIAN BLOCK PRINT PAISLEY COTTON AND EDGED IN A LITTLE CONTRASTING BANDING.

THAT GIRL'S GOT SOME ELASTIC IN HER SO SHE'S LIGHT TO THE TOUCH AND BREEZY ON THE THIGHS. WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ALL THE TREE CLIMBING AND BIKE RIDING THERE IS TO BE DONE. 

AND THEN WE GET ALL DRESSED UP AND TAKE A PHOTO SO WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW IT COMES TOGETHER.

AND WE REALISE, ITS PROBABLY TIME WE GET SOME FRIENDS, BECAUSE ALL THESE SELFIE- BATHROOM PHOTOSHOOTS ARE NOT REALLY CUTTING IT.

SORRY.

OUR UNIFORM IS COOL THOUGH, NO?

GET YOUR OWN RAGS FOR THE SUN, SAY HELLO BOHEMIA HERE.

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.

BOHEMIANS: LA STORIA DI VICTORIA

WE'VE BEEN HARASSING YOUNG VICTORIA TO LET US FEATURE HER FOR LIKE, EVER. (TWO YEARS TO BE EXACT, WHEN WE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER IN AND AROUND WESTBOURNE GROVE)

 THAT HAIR! THAT HUMOUR! THOSE SUNGLASSES! THE UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO ALI MACGRAW!

WE CAN THINK OF NO ONE MORE DREAMY TO MODEL OUR WEARS.

VICTORIA BABY, YOU'VE GOT OUR NUMBER AND STOLEN OUR HEART.

TOUCHING BASE FROM PALM BEACH UNDER A BANANA LEAF TREE, SHE GAMELY DONS HER ALIX OF BOHEMIA PINK POM AND INDULGES US IN A FEW QUESTIONS:

NICKNAME: Vic, Tortle, Vicowlia. The list goes on.

HOME: New York City and London.

DAY JOB: Head of Events at Purple PR.

BREAKFAST: Green Juice heavy on the ginger or lots of almond butter.

HOLIDAY: New-found sanctuary: Jacobs Beach, Harbour Island.

ARTWORKS: My sister Alexandra's comic illustrations and sculptures.

FLOWERS: Gardenia.

MANTRA: Whatever my mother tells me.

COCKTAIL: Vodka Gimlet.

COLOUR: Eau de Nil Green.

ESSENTIALS: YSL Volupte Sheer candy lipstick in fig and my Shu Uemura eyelash curler.

COMPANION: My dog, Zelda.

ICON: Young Natalie Wood.

I CHANNEL BOHEMIA When I see Alix and listen to my friend Gio's podcasts from clam in a jam.

ANIMAL SPIRIT: I've been told I'm a swan but I think I'm an otter. 

 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), 100% COTTON, WITH TIES UP THE FRONT. MADE TO ORDER.
GET THE NITTY GRITTY ON THE POM POM PIECES HERE.

DEEP BLUE

BEFORE  BOARDING A PLANE BACK TO LONDRES,

WE KNOCKED OUT A LITTLE JACKET

BLUE DAHLIA

SISTER OF OUR MOST FAVOURITE  AND STYLISH DELILAH:

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SHE'S GOT TASSELS AND SPOTS AND SHE MATCHES THE WALLPAPER IN MAMAN'S DRESSING ROOMSOMETIMES WE LIKE TO BLEND IN WITH OUR SURROUNDINGS, AND IT IS SUCH CIVILISED PLACE TO RETREAT TO WHEN STATESIDE, FILLED WITH TREASURES AND MEMORIES OF BEING SMALL AND PLAYING ON THE FLOOR.

WE DO NOT NEED TO BORE YOU AGAIN WITH OUR REASON FOR CHOOSING ANOTHER INDIGO (THOUGH THIS PAISLEY VARIETY REMINDS US OF THE SEA WITH SWIRLS OF CORAL)

SPEAKING OF DEEP BLUES,
IN OTHER NEWS, A GIANT LOBSTER WAS OUR SEND OFF FEAST, COURTESY OF THE BROTHERS BOHEMIA. LOLO, ABOVE AND MINX, RESPECTIVELY.
IT WAS ELEVEN POUNDS AND VERY DELICIOUS. 

WHICH BRINGS TO MIND OF COURSE, A FAVOURITE:

DALI'S LOBSTER TELEPHONE OF 1936.

SALVATORE IS CALLING FOR YOU, DEAR DAHLIA JACKET.

ALIX OF BOHEMIA DAHLIA JACKET, MADE TO ORDER FROM $390.00

EACH SEAM IS STITCHED INTO PLACE BY HAND, AND SHE'S FULLY LINED IN INDIGO SPOTS

(HER GUTS ARE BLUE BUT SHE'S ALL HEART)

FOR YOUR OWN, COME HERE MY PRETTY.