LONDON: SAATCHI'S STYLE

THAT CHARLES SAATCHI SURE KNOWS HOW TO PICK THEM. EVERYONE HAS A FLAG TO FLY, AND HOW REMARKABLE IS THIS DREAM CHILD BY SARA RAHBAR? A QUILTED LIFE, OR MANY LIVES PATCH-WORKED TOGETHER, GROUNDED BY THE ICONIC FIELD OF 50 STARS, FLANKED WITH ALL MANNER OF ARTIFACTS AND RELICS OF A SHARED EXPERIENCE. TRULY, EVERYTHING A FLAG SHOULD BE: EXUBERANT, CELEBRATORY AND REEKING OF HUMANITY. 

ABOVE IMAGE:

SARAH RAHBAR

FLAG #19, 'MEMORIES WITHOUT RECOLLECTION'

2008 

MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE

203.2 X 116.8CM

(FROM THE SAATCHI GALLERY C. MARCH 2009, PHOTO COURTESY OF JASPER'S LIBRARY)

BOHEMIANS: PLAYING DRESS-UP IN LONDON

NEW MUMMY VICTORIA SHOWS US HOW ITS DONE:

POUR COMMENCER: BUNNY GILET:

 ENSUIT: GROUPIE WAISTCOAT AND CAMELIA BLOUSE:

PAIRING ALIX OF BOHEMIA WITH THOSE ISABELLE MARANT STRIPEY PANTS, VICTORIA IS THE PICTURE OF YUMMY MUMMYHOOD. ITS NEVER TO YOUNG TO START, AS PROVED BY BABY MADDIE, LITTLE ROSE AMONGST THE SHOES.

ENFIN, THE VENICE DRESS IN CHIFFON STRIPES:

VICTORIA WEARS ALIX OF BOHEMIA IN HER LONDON HOME FROM TOP:
CUSTOM FAUX-FUR 'BUNNY' GILET (ITEM No. FF_ 0010) WITH RIBBONS, WORN OVER CAMELIA BLOUSE IN LATTE DOT (ITEM No. CB_0001) WITH HER OWN JEANS. 


CAMELIA BLOUSE AS BEFORE, WITH BLACK GROUPIE WAISTCOAT WITH FRINGE (ITEM No. GW_0012).


FINALEMENT, THE VENICE MAXI DRESS IN WATERCOLOR STRIPE SILK CHIFFON, WITH NAVY MOLESKIN TIE BELT. (ITEM No. VM_0033)




FAUX-FUR BUNNY GILET WITH RIBBONS:  ITEM No. FF_ 0010 (CUSTOM)
$378.00


CAMELIA BLOUSE IN LATTE DOT CHIFFON: ITEM No. CB_0001 
$298.00


BLACK PENELOPE WAISTCOAT WITH FRINGE: ITEM No. GW_0012
$365.00


VENICE MAXI DRESS IN WATERCOLOR STRIPE CHIFFON: ITEM No. VM_0033
$689.00

PLACES [IN THE HEART]: LOVE AT LIBERTY'S

BOHEMIANS: ISABELLE, SPOTTED.

ITEM No. IT 0002: LIMITED EDITION ICON TROUSERS IN CLASSIC LEOPARD.

(LIMITED EDITION MEANS WE MAKE A HANDFUL)

100% COTTON STRETCH, MACHINE WASHABLE.

SIZES 2, 4 AND 6.

$228.00 USD

PLACES: CHEERIO

FOR SALE: EDIE GETS DRESSED UP

SO WE OPENED UP THE DRESS-UP BOX AND GOT EDIE READY FOR DINNER. SHE WAS PRETTY CASUAL ABOUT THE WHOLE THING: 

 TWO OF HER FAVOURITE BOYS (SADLY, THE MINX WAS MISSING) TOOK HER FOR A DIVINE DINNER OF PEPPERED BEEF AND CRISPY CHICKEN, AND GAMELY POSED FOR PICTURES AFTER THEY HAD ALL EATEN TOO MUCH FRIED RICE.

ONE OF THEM WORE THE RALPH TROUSERS IN VINTAGE PAISLEY, A CLASSIC BOHEMIAN CUSTOM JOB:

THANKS MEN, DINNER WAS EXCEPTIONAL. YOU CAN TAKE US OUT ANY TIME.

EDIE TUNIC IN LIQUID GOLD, ITEM No. ET0002 SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE.

$398.00

PLACES: DAY TRIPPING

CAPTURING THE DAY WITH MY FAVOURITE TOOLS: A LITTLE POLAS AND A MOLESKIN- AN EXCURSION A BOAT GLIDE AWAY, TO LANTAU ISLAND. 

A TINY FISHING VILLAGE WHERE HOUSES GROW OUT OF THE WATER ON STILTS, AND GRANDMOTHERS SIT PEELING EGG YOLKS AND DRYING THEM, SALTED IN THE SUN, FORMING BRIGHT ORANGE MANDALAS. THE SMELL OF FISH HUNG IN THE AIR (AN ISLAND UNAFRAID OF A LITTLE STENCH) AND THE BIKE BELLS SANG AND SANG. WE'LL JUST CALL IT THE CAPRI OF HONG KONG: A RICH RESOURCE OF CHINESE BOHEMIA, AND DELIGHTFUL DILAPIDATION. I HAD MY PICTURE TAKEN UNDER A MANGO TREE, AND THEN SKETCHED THE BOATS IN MY BOOK.