POCO BOHO: OSCAR AND ELLA IN MONGOLIA

OSCAR AND ELLA SEND US POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (MONGOLIA) AND UPDATE US ON THEIR DAILY SARTORIAL CHOICES WHILE RUNNING AROUND IN THE WILD.

 'TIE-DYE IS A NATURAL CHOICE WHEN RESIDING IN A TENT', SAYS ELLA.

 HIPPIE BABY ELLA LOOKING TOTALLY GROOVY  IN FRONT OF THAT SUBLIME DOOR (NOMADS ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST THRESHOLDS, PERMANENT OR OTHERWISE)

BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN SEA WASH AND 

ELASTICATED BLOOMER SHORTS IN LAVENDER FLOWERS.

ELLA DARLING, DO US A FAVOUR AND BRING US THAT DOOR BACK PLEASE? WOULD MAKE SUCH A DIVINE HEADBOARD. 

BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN BLANCA SWISS DOT PAIRED WITH 

BABY HAREM PANTS IN ORANGE ETOILE.

 OSCAR WEARING THE VON TRAPP JACKET IN RED CHINESE. 

POCO BOHO: SHOW ME WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH

FOR SALE: WHAT THE KIDS ARE WEARING (POCO BOHO)

DARLING ELLA IN TINY TIE DYE: 

1. BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE (PB_001) 

100% COTTON BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN  SEA WASH. 

(ALSO AVAILABLE IN RED DAISY)

$42.00 USD

2. JOUY PANTALON (PB_002)

100% COTTON GATHERED SHORTS WITH BANDING AND ELASTIC INSERTS AT WAIST. SHOWN IN BLUE DOTS.

$45.00 USD

3. THE VON TRAPP JACKET (PB_003)

WE'RE RESISTING THE URGE TO PAIR IT WITH TEENY TINY LEDERHOSEN.

UNISEX SILK COTTON QUILTED JACKET WITH CHOCOLATE TRIM AND POCKETS, IN CHINA RED.

4. JOUY PANTALON (PB_002)

THE OFFSPRING OF THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA JOUY TREWS IN TRADITIONAL FRENCH COTTON CANVAS. (WE WOULDN'T WEAR A TOP WITH OURS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO)

100% COTTON GATHERED SHORTS WITH BANDING AND ELASTIC INSERTS AT WAIST. SHOWN IN RUST TOILE.

$45.00 USD

CHLOE SHOWS US WHAT ELOISE WOULD HAVE WORN IF SHE LIVED AT THE BOWERY, NOT THE PLAZA.

5. THE ELOISE DRESS (PB_005)

100% COTTON DRESS WITH BACK ZIP AND GATHERED SLEEVES AND RUFFLE, IN RED DAISY AND RIBBON BELT.

$68.00 USD

ELLA TRIES ON THE ELOISE FOR SIZE, AND WITH IT:

6. POPPY VEST (PB_006)

SILK COTTON VEST WITH RED DAISY TRIM AND TIE WITH POCKETS, IN CHINA RED.

$70.00 USD

7. BLOOMERS (PB_007)

[SPONTANEOUS DANCE-INDUCING] ELASTICATED BLOOMER SHORTS IN RED DAISY.

$25.00 

LEFT: CHLOE WEARS BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN RED DAISY AND JOUY PANTALON. 

RIGHT: ELLA'S IN THE BALLERINA BUTTON BACK BLOUSE IN LAVENDER FLOWERS AND BABY HAREM PANTS IN ORANGE ETOILE.

8. BABY HAREM PANTS  (PB_008)

1005 COTTON GATHERED TROUSERS WITH DRAWSTRING AND TASSELS. SHOWN IN ORANGE ETOILE.

$62.00

THANK YOU TO ELLA AND CHLOE FOR MODELING OUR TOGGS AND STYLING YOURSELVES. YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, UNSURPRISINGLY. 

A NOTE ON SIZING: WE PURPOSELY DESIGNED THE SIZING TO BE FLEXIBLE, AND ELLA AND CHLOE ARE WEARING THE SAME SIZE CLOTHING THROUGHOUT THE SPREAD. 

WE HAD THIS CRAZY IDEA THAT KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEAR THEIR CLOTHES FOR LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES. 

INQUIRE HERE.

POCO BOHO: MEET AMANDA.

WE THOUGHT IT ONLY APPROPRIATE TO INTRODUCE AMANDA, OUR PARTNER IN THE PINT SIZED ENDEAVOR THAT IS POCO BOHO. SHE HAILS FROM CHICAGO, HAS LIVED IN BOTH MEXICOS (THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY) AND STARTED HER NAMESAKE HANDBAG COLLECTION IN LONDON. SHE CURRENTLY MAKES HER HOME IN HONG KONG, WITH HER DASHING HUSBAND BARNEY AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, OSCAR AND ELLA.
BREAKFAST: 1/2 onion bagel with cream cheese, salmon, thin slice of red onions and a slice of tomato 

MORNING RITUAL: Up at 6AM, make the kids breakfast, shower, walk Oscar down to the bus then walk Ella to her school, emails and hopefully a little exercise

EVENING RITUAL: Bath the kids, games or a video, and a few books and bed; then a drink and dinner with my husband, Barney

MOST MEMORABLE FOOD: When I found a bumble bee in my yoghurt when I was young. 

CONTENTS OF YOUR SUMMER SUITCASE: Swim suits, Havianas, dresses, sarong, sandals, running shoes, and sweat pants. 

BOHEMIAN ADVENTURE: Living in Mexico and weekends in San Miguel de Allende taking art classes.

BEST PICNIC: Blanket, wine, bread, cheese, sausages, a chuck wagon, an old gramophone playing, good friends on the Pecos river in New Mexico.

BEST COSTUME: Costume jewelry

BEST BOHEMIAN: Jane Birkin

BEST COMPLIMENT: When I am complimented on my children

FAVOURITE MATERIALS: Rope, linen, velvet, wood and colored glass. 

ON GROOMING: At least once a day.

INSPIRED: By my surroundings and travel. 

PARTNER IN CRIME: My husband, Barney and our kids Oscar and Ella.

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Our trip with the kids to Mongolia. 

BEACH READING: Vanity Fair.

FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD GARMENT: A dress that had a watermelon embroidered on the front. 

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING: Must have pockets to put private little toys, bloomer shorts which can be worn with dresses or shirts. Dresses that can grow into shirts. And no logos.

CHILDREN'S BOOK: Frog and Toad, and Babar.

FICTIONAL HERO: Howard in The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Quahog-ing with my brothers and sister and cousins in Cape Cod, Dragging my mother's antique furniture to  my house in the lilac bushes, playing kick-the-can, painting with my grandmother.

BAREFOOT OR BLAHNIK: Both, on different occasions.

WHEN I WAS LITTLE: I wanted to be a news correspondent.

IN ANOTHER LIFE: I was a native on an island. I probably smoked a pipe and was slightly autocratic. 

ABOVE, AMANDA WEARS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA WHITE 'ANITA' BLOUSE WITH POM-POMS AND A CUSTOM ORANGE 'TALITHA' DRESS WITH TASSELS.

FOR SALE: SOMETHING SMALLER.

ITS UNDERCOVER FOR NOW, BUT WE'RE MAKING STUFF FOR THE KIDS:

AND WE'RE CALLING IT

A COLLABORATION BETWEEN 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA AND DEAR FRIEND AND DESIGNER AMANDA LOEHNIS. 

(SHE EVEN LOANED US HER TWO ADORABLE BABIES FOR THE SHOOT, OSCAR AND ELLA).

TIE DYE AND TASSELS AND PANTALONS IN BAMBINO SIZES (SOON).