ARTWORKS: MARCEL AT THE SERPENTINE

EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE, THE CLOTHES DEMAND TO BE TAKEN AROUND TOWN. 

THEY WANT YOU TO BUY THEM DRINKS, THEY WANT TO SEE SOME FACES AND STRETCH THEIR LEGS. 

US? WE'RE HAPPY TO STAY IN STUDIO-HERMIT MODE, THE SEWING MACHINE OUR MOSTLY COMPANION. BUT WHO ARE WE TO DENY THE BOHEMIAN VETEMENTS THEIR SOCIAL HOUR?

WE'RE NOBODY, EXACTLY. SO WE RELENTED, TOOK THE 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA MARCEL BLOUSE 

TO THE SERPENTINE TO CHECK OUT FUJIMOTO'S LATTICE STRUCTURE AGAINST THE KENSINGTON EVENING SKY.

SO WE WHACKED MARCEL ON OUR BACKS AND PULLED ON SOME LEATHER SHORTS AND A TOPPED IT ALL OFF WITH A HAT AND A BASKET 

(OLD HABITS DIE HARD)

ENOUGH OF THE HIGH-MAINTENANCE TOGS WITH A MIND OF THEIR OWN, 

(THERE'S ENOUGH OF THAT CRAP AT THESE EVENTS)

LETS LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM ON THE LAWN

BRAVO FUJIMOTO, 

WE LOVE THIS DELICATE SKELETON, 

THIS THREE DIMENSIONAL LACE PATTERN ON THE GREEN.

WHITE MINIMALISM SO HOT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUCKER FOR THE SERPENTINE.

LAST TIME, WE WENT TO SEE YOKO IN LAVENDER DENIM, REMEMBER? (HERE)

UNDER THE CANOPY, 

MARCEL TOLD US THAT SUMMER HAS FINALLY ARRIVED AND ITS HERE TO STAY.

AND WHEN SILK CHIFFON LADIES PREDICT THAT STUFF, WE REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE THEM. 

LOVE MARCEL AND WANT ONE OF YOUR OWN?

SAY HELLO TO US HERE, THEY ARE MADE TO ORDER AND YOU CAN HAVE ONE TOO.

OH YOKO

AND SO WHEN GEORGIA CALLED US ON THIS RAINY NOT-QUITE-SUMMER DAY, ASKING IF WE WANTED TO TAKE IN YOKO'S EXHIBIT AT THE SERPENTINE, WE SAID, YES PLEASE, MERCI. AND WANDERED OVER IN OUR LAVENDER DUNGAREES TO THAT LOVELY OASIS IN THE PARK.

AND WE TOOK IT ALL IN. 

INSPIRED BY MUCH OF THAT LITTLE POWERHOUSE'S PIECES. PARTICULARLY THE FILM 'FREEDOM' OF 1971, WHERE YOKO RIPS HER BRA FROM HER CHEST. FREEDOM INDEED. NO PHOTOS ALLOWED, BUT PLEASE GO AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.

 YOU GET TO WRITE MESSAGES TO YOKO. 

AND THERE IS A WHOLE FILM ABOUT BOTTOMS. 

SO THEN WE TOOK PHOTOS IN THE BOOKSHOP, A VERITABLE TREASURE TROVE. THATS GEORGIA, BELOW, WITH HER MOST AMAZING COLOURED HAIR, LIKE SPUN STRAWBERRY GOLD.

AND THEN OUTSIDE WE GOT TO MAKE WISHES AND TIE THEM TO TREES.

WE FOUND OURSELVES WISHING FOR MANY THINGS (THE SUN?), AND INSPIRED BY THE WISHES OF OTHERS, HOWEVER BASIC: TO BE A WAITRESS, TO HAVE A TRACTOR, TO HAVE PUGS AND BE FAMOUS BY SINGING. 

AN ANSWER TO YOKO'S QUESTION:

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

IN HONOUR OF YOKO, AND ANDROGYNY, WE WORE OUR LAVENDER DUNGAREES, FRESH FROM THE FRENCH RAG YARD. PRETTY SURE YOKO WOULD BE BEHIND THESE BABIES. PAIRED WITH A NEWBIE (YET TO BE NAMED) ALIX OF BOHEMIA BLOUSE. WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE FRENCH FARMER CHIC IN THE PARK. 

(LIKE THOSE BAD BOYS? WE WILL SOON BE SELLING PAIRS OF THE VINTAGE LAVENDER VARIETY, THROUGH THE BLOG AND ON FRIDAYS ON THE OLD PORTOBELLO ROAD, GET EXCITED. ASK ABOUT THEM HERE, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN LONDON TOWN)