ALIX OF BOHEMIA AT HOME

A FEW BITS OF OUR SHOW AT HOME, WITH MASTER BEAR HOLDING COURT.

THEODORA, RALPH AND WANG

WE WRAPPED UP LIKE A NAVAJO GNOME THIS MORNING, IN AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA CUSTOM 

THEODORA SMOKING JACKET.

 IT WAS COLD AT THE MEWS, AND WE WERE FEELING A LITTLE 'RICKY AND RALPH GO TO ASPEN IN THE EIGHTIES', SO WE STACKED LAYERS OF TWEED, DENIM AND KNITWEAR BENEATH THE WOVEN RUG FACADE OF THEODORA.

IF THEODORA HERSELF AND VISIONS OF THE WEST WEREN'T ENOUGH TO PULL US OUT OF THE MIRE OF A MONDAY, MAY WE SUGGEST THE ALEX WANG CHELSEA BOOTS OF OUR DREAMS? AN UNEXPECTED MIDDAY PRESENT FROM THE BEST BOY:

THEY MAKE US FEEL LIKE KEITH RICHARDS (IN THE ANITA YEARS);

A HAPPY MONDAY INDEED. 

THEODORA AND PAPA'S HAT

 

THEODORA SMOKING JACKET, SLAPPED TOGETHER WITH ARMY GREEN J BRAND JEANS, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD PIRATE BOOTS AND PAPA'S BORSALINO HAT.

WE FIRST MET OUR DARLING THEODORA LAST SEASON, RIGHT HERE. 

SHE WAS KIND OF A ROCK AND ROLL GODDESS IN ALL OF HER VELVETY FINERY.

BUT OH, TO LIFT THE GLOOMY WEATHER, WE'VE KNOCKED TOGETHER A PAISLEY CORDUROY VERSION AND TAKEN ALONG OUR BELOVED PAPA'S BORSALINO CAMEL HAT. THEODORA FANCIES HERSELF A TOMBOY ANYWAYS, AND SHE LIKES A MASCULINE TOPPER. 

ALIX OF BOHEMIA THEODORA SMOKING JACKET,  MADE FROM 100% COTTON VINTAGE PAISLEY CORDUROY. 

TO ORDER ONE FOR YOUR FINE SELF, SAY 'HELLO' HERE.

FOR SALE: LE SMOKING FOR ALL SEASONS

ON THE FERRY EN ROUTE TO THE ISLE OF BUTE FOR A LOVELY SCOTTISH WEDDING LAST YEAR, WRAPPED TIGHTLY IN MY FATHER'S WOOL SMOKING JACKET WHICH I COVETED FOR YEARS AND THEN NICKED (APOLOGIES DADU).

HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING SUPER ELEGANT WHEN HE WORE IT, (FOR ENTERTAINING AT HOME) WITH A SPECTRUM OF WILDLY COLORED CORDUROY TREWS AND VELVET SLIPPERS.

FOR FALL 2011, WE CRAVED A BIT OF THAT NOSTALGIA FOR OURSELVES; THE MEMORY OF DADU, AND THE LEGENDARY LOOK OF SAINT LAURENT AND SAVILE ROW.

ENTER THE THEODORA SMOKING JACKET, THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA TAKE ON THE CLASSIC. WE MADE THEM IN JEWELED VELVETS AND PAISLEY CORDUROYS, BUT WE ARE QUITE ATTACHED TO THE VINTAGE COTTON VERSION, PHOTOGRAPHED IN NEW YORK LAST YEAR BY DANIEL SETH PAGEL.

'WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS BEFORE?' I EXCLAIMED, AND THREW AN UNLINED VERSION IN MY RUCKSACK AND TOOK THEODORA TRAVELING WITH US LAST MONTH. IT WAS IDEAL OVER A MADRAS BIKINI, (NO ONE LIKES AN EXHIBITIONIST) AND OFFERED A BIT OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE BLAZING MEXICAN SUN. 

BUENOS DIAS THEODORA, AND WELCOME TO THE SMOKER'S CORNER.

ALIX OF BOHEMIA THEODORA JACKET, BY SPECIAL ORDER. SHOW ABOVE IN VINTAGE COTTON DOT WITH SEERSUCKER PIPING.

MEET THEODORA: MADE TO ORDER

ITEM No. 0072: THEODORA VELVET SMOKING JACKET.

FOR FALL, I LOOKED TO MY FATHER'S FABULOUS SMOKING JACKET TO CREATE THE PERFECT UNSTRUCTURED VERSION IN VELVET. SHOWN IN SPINACHWATER GREEN AND ROYAL VELVET, WITH CONTRASTING PIPINGS IN SHOCKING SILK. START ME UP AND SWATH ME IN VELVET, THEODORA.

MADE TO ORDER MEANS WE MAKE IT ACCORDING TO YOUR SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS, SO ITS UNIQUE FOR YOU. AVAILABLE UNLINED OR FULLY LINED IN 100% PRINTED OR SOLID SILK. 

FOR SALE: JOUY TROUSERS IN ROYAL AND RUST

ITEM No. 0012 AND 0013: JOUY TROUSERS IN ROYAL AND RUST TOILE.

GO FOR BAROQUE. I TOOK THE FINEST FRENCH TOILE DE JOUY UPHOLSTERY AND MADE SOME TREWS. HIGH-WAISTED, FIVE POCKET 100% COTTON LINEN TROUSERS. MADE TO ORDER IN BOOTCUT (SHOWN) AND SKINNY SILHOUETTES. 

LIMITED EDITION:FIVE PAIR OF EACH COLOR AVAILABLE.

(LIMITED EDITION MEANS WE DON'T BELIEVE IN MASS PRODUCTION.)

ITEM No. 0012, BOOTCUT JOUY TREWS IN ROYAL OR RUST TOILE. CUSTOM SIZING.

$295.00 USD

ITEM No. 0013, SKINNY JOUY TREWS, IN ROYAL OR RUST TOILE. CUSTOM SIZING.

$295.00 USD

SHOWN WITH THE THEODORA SMOKING JACKET IN ROYAL VELVET, ITEM No. 0072

FOR SALE: THEODORA SMOKING JACKET IN VINTAGE DOT

ITEM No. 0074 AND 0075 THE THEODORA SMOKING JACKETS IN VINTAGE DOTS.
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN. I UNCOVERED A TINY AMOUNT OF THIS FABULOUS VINTAGE (c. 1970) DOT YARDAGE, AND CRAFTED THESE LIGHT AS A FEATHER SMOKING JACKETS LINED IN SILK. (SHOWN ABOVE WITH ICON TROUSERS IN LEOPARD)
No. 0074: 100% COTTON SHAWL COLLAR JACKET, 100% SILK LINING, WITH PALE BLUE SEERSUCKER PIPING, POCKETS AND TIE BELT. FITS SIZES 4-8 US. 
$360.00 USD
No. 0075: 100% COTTON SHAWL COLLAR JACKET, 100% HEAVENLY CHARTREUSE LINING, WITH ELECTRIC SILK TRIM PIPING, POCKETS AND BELT. FITS SIZES 4-8 US.
$385.00 USD