Boho & Foho Chic

Imagine a bohemian girl in Edwardian London anda new fashion. They could be worn with a
she wears long swishing gowns with a highbroderie anglaise top or light shirt. With the gilet,
Edwardian neck collar.. and maybe a neck tie toothere was no longer the usual 'separates' of top
and maybe her ankle boots. This is the bohemianand bottom, skirt and top.
look of the last century. and now the newIn 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 floatyRemember too that when Boho chic was popular,
skirts, the Ugg boots so popular when Boho Chicthere 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 whenfrom 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 chicIn 2006, as Boho chic was coming to the end,
is a kind of decadent look which belongs to thethere 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 nowfrom the popularity of smocks. And a more
Foho chic, there is an aspiration towards a newfestival-like flouncy dress has replaced the floaty
silhouette. A silhouette which doesn't belong toskirt.
high fashion but to the worlds of bohemia andThe mini-dress is important now in foho chic.
festival-life. It is not concerned with waist and hipsImagine a girl going to the music festivals in the
lines. it is not concerned with 'separates' as in shirtlate 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 atdress. This is Foho chic but it's not really rock
the furry gilets..they created the high waisted lookchic..it's more a new type of hippy chic influenced
and gilets were something that caught theby 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 werehippy but bohemian too.