| Imagine a bohemian girl in Edwardian London and | | | | a new fashion. They could be worn with a |
| she wears long swishing gowns with a high | | | | broderie anglaise top or light shirt. With the gilet, |
| Edwardian neck collar.. and maybe a neck tie too | | | | there was no longer the usual 'separates' of top |
| and maybe her ankle boots. This is the bohemian | | | | and bottom, skirt and top. |
| look of the last century. and now the new | | | | In Boho chic, there were the gilets, the bold new |
| century and Boho Chic. Boho Chic is no longer 'in' | | | | use of embroidery, the boots and floaty skirts. |
| but remember its look! There were the floaty | | | | Remember too that when Boho chic was popular, |
| skirts, the Ugg boots so popular when Boho Chic | | | | there was also a turn towards vintage wear |
| was at its height and the gilets. | | | | which manifested itself in the use of influences |
| Remember the new elegance of the 1900s when | | | | from the Edwardian age. Edwardian and vintage |
| the corset was disappeared and also the crinoline. | | | | 'chic' as well as 'uniform' and military chic were 'in'. |
| There was something new and elegant. Boho chic | | | | In 2006, as Boho chic was coming to the end, |
| is a kind of decadent look which belongs to the | | | | there was also the revival of broderie anglaise and |
| new century. It is a mishmash of fashions, boots, | | | | this latter 'look' may have led naturally into the |
| gilet...With the 1900s look and now the Boho look, | | | | foho look. The tunic look is still 'in' as can be seen |
| there was a new silhouette. In Boho and now | | | | from the popularity of smocks. And a more |
| Foho chic, there is an aspiration towards a new | | | | festival-like flouncy dress has replaced the floaty |
| silhouette. A silhouette which doesn't belong to | | | | skirt. |
| high fashion but to the worlds of bohemia and | | | | The mini-dress is important now in foho chic. |
| festival-life. It is not concerned with waist and hips | | | | Imagine a girl going to the music festivals in the |
| lines. it is not concerned with 'separates' as in shirt | | | | late 60s and early 70s. What would she wear. She |
| and dress. | | | | might wear a mini! She might wear a swishy |
| Remember the furry gilets of boho chic! Look at | | | | dress. This is Foho chic but it's not really rock |
| the furry gilets..they created the high waisted look | | | | chic..it's more a new type of hippy chic influenced |
| and gilets were something that caught the | | | | by the bohemian look which preceded it. This is |
| imagination. Indeed gilets were something new! | | | | foho chic..it is something 'seventies', natural, and |
| Yes they were really something new. They were | | | | hippy but bohemian too. |