REUNITED FOR A LITTLE CAFFE WITH A LONG LOST LEATHER CLAD BOHEMIAN BUNNY. SHE'S A VISION IN OUR NEW BLUE KITCHEN, OVER HERE IN LONDON TAKING IN THE SHOWS AND RUNNING AROUND IN STUDDED CHELSEA BOOTS.


SOPHIE WEARS A 100% ONE OF KIND FRINGED CLAUDIA WAISTCOAT WITH SEERSUCKER TRIM AND POLKA DOT LINING.

ONE OF A KIND: GYPSY

HER FORM RECALLS THAT OF HER SISTER, THE STEPHANIE DRESS, BUT WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS INCREDIBLE (READ: INSANE! AMAZING! FANTASTICO! SUBLIME!) ITALIAN PRINTED SILK CHIFFON, WE COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF MAKING HER ANYTHING BUT WHAT SHE ALREADY WAS: UTTERLY UNIQUE AND ONE A KIND.

LIQUID CHIFFON WATERCOLOUR HEAVEN- IDEALLY WORN WITH HEADSCARF AND TAMBOURINE, LIKE STEVIE IN IBIZA. 

100% SILK-CHIFFON ONE OF A KIND ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLEETWOOD DRESS. HAND FINISHED, SOLD WITH CUSTOM RUFFLED SILK SLIP.

MORE DRESSES LIKE THIS? INQUIRE HERE

ROLLING

I'VE ALWAYS HAD A THING FOR TRAVELERS.

ITS A CLICHE, ROMANTIC PREOCCUPATION DEEPLY ROOTED IN MY MORE FORMATIVE YEARS OF STUDY, A WANDERLUST INSTILLED IN ME BY MY MOTHER, WHO ALSO HAD A FASCINATION WITH NOMADIC TRIBES, ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WHO ROLLED AROUND, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ADORNMENT AND CRAFT. 

AND THE SLIGHTLY MORE CINEMATIC NOMADS, (AS ENVISIONED BY MR. ANDERSON, ABOVE) ARE EQUALLY FUN, IF NOT SLIGHTLY MORE ACCESSIBLE.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT AN AGENDA, TO BE A STRANGER, OPEN MINDED AND ANONYMOUS, IS ENDLESSLY APPEALING FOR SOME REASON. TO ME, THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE BOHEMIAN.

IT IS WITH THIS SPIRIT THAT I STARTED SEWING, CRAFTING CLOTHES THAT HAVE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN AND HOLD ONTO THEIR OWN HISTORIES. THEY HAVE TAKEN ME ON ADVENTURES AND BECOME MY SECOND SKIN, MY DAILY COSTUME AS ALIX OF BOHEMIA.

ITS TOTALLY THRILLING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE GARMENTS, AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THEM AS WE RELIVE THE EXPERIENCES WHICH MAKE UP THIS COLLECTION OF 2012.

COME ON IN, MY PARTY PEOPLE, THE WATERS FINE.

ABOVE, AT THE CARNEROS INN IN SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, WEARING THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA 2012 PAN DRESS  IN WHITE SPOT COTTON WITH A HANDMADE TASSEL BELT.

MERCI TO MY CAMERA MAN, CAMP DIRECTOR AND TRAVEL COMPANION, THE VERY HANDSOME MR. JASPER.

2012: OUTAKES

2012

HIT THE ROAD KEROUAC

APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH GIVEN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN READING THE ABOVE, THAT BEAUTIFUL BOHEMIAN BENZEDRINE DRIVEN TEXT BY THE ORIGINAL HIPSTER,  J. KEROUAC.

REMEMBER THIS GAP CAMPAIGN FROM THE EARLY 90'S? 

FALL INTO THE GAP MR. KEROUAC, YOU ARE WEARING THE HELL OUT OF THOSE KHAKIS.

BITS OF STRING AND SHINY THINGS

ITS ALWAYS SUPER COOL TO BE ASKED TO COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE YOU ADMIRE.
BEFORE LEAVING HONKERS, I WAS APPROACHED BY AN ULTRA FABULOUS FINE JEWELRY STARTUP,  TO A DESIGN A CAPSULE COLLECTION OF GEMS UNDER THE LABEL, LAUNCHING SOON.
SOME IMAGES FROM THE SKETCHBOOK OF LATE;  WORKING WITH BRUSHED YELLOW AND ROSE GOLD, TURQUOISE, AMBER, LAPIS , CORAL, AQUAMARINES AND DIAMONDS.  INSPIRED BY 70'S VEROUSHKA (IS THERE ANY OTHER VEROUSHKA, REALLY?) + THE DECADENCE OF NEFERTITI + THE BOLD FORMS OF TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN TRIBAL JEWELERY.


WE PLAN TO WEAR SEVERAL PIECES ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND DON A BILLOWING CHIFFON MAXI DRESS, TIE ON A TURBAN AND HEAD TO DINNER.