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

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.