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.

PRE RAPHAELITE BABESHOW

SO YESTERDAY WAS TUESDAY, AND USUALLY ON TUESDAYS WE NEED TO BE INSPIRED BECAUSE ITS SUCH A NOTHING KIND OF DAY.
WE WERE SAVED BY THE BELL; ANTOINETTE CALLED.
DUDE, SHE SAID.
YOU GOTTA GET OVER TO THE TATE. I'M TOTALLY GROOVING WITH THIS PRERAPHAELITE THING. THIS WAS US IN OUR PAST LIFE, COME AND GET DOWN WITH ROSSETTI AND COMPANY, SHE SAID. 

SO.
AS USUAL, ANT SPOKE THE TRUTH: THIS IS TOTALLY WHO WE HOPE WE WERE IN ONE OF OUR LAST LIVES. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE BROTHERHOOD, YOU SHOULD DO SOME LIGHT READING, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
1848: A GROUP OF SEVEN ENGLISHMEN, THINKERS, ARTISTS AND POETS, ALL- AROUND BOHEMIAN BOYS, (OUR FAVOURITE KIND OF ENGLISHMEN) REVIVED AN AESTHETIC WHICH WAS ALL INTENSE COLOUR, CLASSICAL POSES AND AND MYTHICAL IMAGERY.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE FOREVER LOVED A WILLIAM MORRIS MOTIF, WE TOTALLY FORGOT HOW INSANELY BEAUTIFUL THE GIRLS OF THE PAINTINGS WERE. ALL TUMBLING HAIR AND FLOWER CROWNS AND INSANE CHIFFON GOWNS,
THE BABE SHOW IS IN TOWN:

ROSSETTI'S THE BELOVED, (1865-6)

JUST LOOK AT THOSE SLEEVES AND THAT HEADGEAR.

DON'T EVEN GET US STARTED ON THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE NUBIAN SLAVE AND HER HEARTBREAKING GAZE.

ROSSETTI AGAIN, ASTARTE SYRICA (1877)

HONEY, WE TOTALLY NEED TO BORROW THAT BELT FOR ONE OF OUR MAXI DRESSES, COOL?

JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS' OPHELIA (1851-2)

PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRE RAPHS; AND FOR GOOD REASON. THAT EERIE FLOATING DRESS, THAT OPHELIA, THAT SUGGESTION OF AN ECSTASY IN DYING IN WATER. GOLLY ITS GOOD.

ROSSETTI, LADY LILITH, (1866-68)

THIS ROSSETTI GUY WAS CLEARLY A LADY-KILLER. HIS MUSES ARE SPLENDID. WE WANT TO DROWN IN THIS PALETTE:

LADY LILITH'S ROSE GOLD HAIR, HER CORAL LIPS AND BRACELET, SHELL PINK NIGHTGOWN AND WHITE BLOSSOMS.

WILLIAM MORRIS LA BELLE ISEULT, (1858)

THAT DRESS. 

MORRIS' MOTIFS ARE FLIPPING US OUT HERE. THE LAYERING OF THE RUG, THE HEM OF THE GOWN BOUNCING OFF THE BLANKET ON THE BED AND THE PAINTED CHEST. THE PRINCE OF PRINTS, TOTAL PRE RAPH MIX MASTER AT WORK.

ONE OF MORRIS' TULIP AND WILLOW DESIGNS.

ITS THAT KIND OF SENSORY OVERLOAD BEAUTY; TOTAL EYE ORGASM.

GET YOUR HEINY TO THE TATE TO SEE THE GIRLS, AND GET TOTALLY LOST IN ALL THE FINER DETAILS. WE WANT TO LIVE IN THESE PAINTINGS AND DRESS SO DECADENTLY EVERY DAY.