Tri-colour feathers are just gorgeous and this is our new headdress ready for kids and adults to enjoy!! Send us your designs and let us create something colourful for you!!!
We are in the midst of moving bigger and better with our little online shop.... So excited!!! Keep a look out.... It's on it's way!!!
We recently took part in the fundraiser held at El Parque organised alongside Bali With Kids, raising money for a young 7 yr old boy Kadek who needs specialist treatment. All a great success also with Kadek loving the headdress Paradise Gypsies gave him as a present. Lots of fun was had by all. Here are some of our customers enjoying our Paradise Gypsies style in the sunshine!!
Sometimes, we just have to remember to take a few minutes to see how beautiful our World is.....
This week, our total admiration goes to c h a r – l o t t e for b o h è m e. Seeing a new life take off for a girl with a dream is always inspirational and should give courage to others. Fabrics and threads can indeed create wonders, especially in this case when you add a glorious splash of colour that dazzles under the glorious white isle sunshine of Ibiza!!
Since our last post celebrating the launch of Charlotte's label, a flourish of support and followers are enjoying raving reviews within Europe including White Ibiza's new write up..... celebrating her latest photoshoot.
Live The Bohème Dream Charlotte...Live The Dream!! Xx We LOVE This
Some our favourite finds this week through our pinterest boards are pearls of wisdom and inspiration to put upon our gypsy wall!!
So as we head into the summer season in Europe, we officially launch our Womenswear Collection of goodies!!! We have loved designing a kaftan to wear at the beach which then went onto become also a shorter version that was more wearable for about town and evenings. We also love our kimono jacket that is a fantastic piece to carry in your bag to cover shoulders from the sun when needed and to add some glamour to a little black dress in the evening!! All gorgeous pieces so you can travel light and look fabulous?? We think so!!!!
Pink Bag & Shoes Paradise Gypsies & Kimiko Red Collaboration. Available To Order By Email.
A little inspiration from an original top from India, a very Gypsy girl !! and a few bright scarves....and its amazing what you can create!! Not forgetting a pen for drawing on some henna and of course a headdress from us.....smiles all round we say!!!!!! Yey!!!!
If you are interested in making your own outfits for dressing up kids or adults and would like support or supplies, please contact us....we will be happy to help!!
As we add a new product to our little online shop, we find out what is the story behind the 'dreamcatcher'...
According to WIkipedia...In Native American culture, a dreamcatcher is a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on which is woven a loose net or web. The dreamcatcher is then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads.
Traditionally, the Ojibwa construct dreamcatchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame of willow. The resulting "dream-catcher", hung above the bed, is used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares. As dreamcatchers are made of willow and sinew, they are not meant to last forever but are intended to dry out and collapse as the child enters the age of wonderment.
The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher changes a person's dreams. According to Konrad J. Kaweczynski, "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through… Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day." Good dreams would pass through and slide down the feathers to the sleeper.
Another version from the same article was, "Nightmares pass through the holes and out of the window. The good dreams are trapped in the web, and then slide down the feathers to the sleeping person."
Some of the creative modes of transport we see on the roads really make us giggle but smiles came upon us finding these.....
"It all started, as many things do, with a dream." When we started to read the words from Ivan Belaustegui about his tribute to the people that inhabit the Sacred Valley of Cuzro, Peru...we knew we were sold with his opening line. Ivan is the real deal !! Take a look at his website HIJOS DEL SOL for some of the most wonderful photographs of the people and their land that few of us will ever be lucky enough to see.
Paradise Gypsies wishes Ivan all the best for his future travels and photography and we look forward to far more wonders he may show us through his camera lens. Its only a lesson in how lucky we are to be able to travel in todays world and share as we do like this to help, support & inspire each others dreams.
Live The Dream.
We are really enjoying meeting our customers as we travel and have had great feedback on our new little online shop!! If you haven't had a look yet...please do!! These are some of our tee's with our Gypsy Freedom Bird print, inspired by a wall mural created by kids at a school in Bali, Indonesia.
No ride as a Gypsy would be complete if we enjoyed no Bob Dylan along the way....This is our favourite quote this week from our wall of inspiration.
As we spread our wings across the Globe, our first write up features upon the delightful and informative Bali For Kids website as part of their May 2012 Newsletter!! Terima Kasih Ni Lah! We are so thrilled!!..Take a look.....
PARADISE GYPSIES is one of the latest kids brands in town. Limited edition kids clothing with a cool kick designed by a prof in the design business. With a long time of design experience Paradise Gypsies is made for kids who want something else than the regular, created outside the lines for kids outside the lines. Great accessories with the coolest Tees for kids combined with quality and style.
Read more....
Its so great to see our ideas on show on the bali for kids clothing page...baliforkids.com/clothing
To celebrate, we are now offering FREE SHIPPING to our Indonesian customers!!!
On my hunt for a fabulous Gypsy-esque abode, one of my main worries is what if I want to move? How on earth can I chose one place, even one country to live??!!! With this in mind, it is no wonder I am delighted to find one of the best solutions....a moveable house from Indonesia!!! Found amongst my wanderings across Southeast Asia, these hand built structures from wood and teak can be disassembled, moved or shipped as desired and rebuilt upon the land within the country of your choice!!! Marvellous......note to self being - remember to include the local craftsman to come too to rebuild or strike off a couple of years of my life trying to put the thing together myself!! We LOVE these!!!
Below are a couple that I have stayed in that were not moveable but still stunning so I thought also include them for inspiration for a build of this kind...
...with this last shot being a favourite of mine behind the scenes from the mens lookbook shoot...reminding me wherever I chose to live, it will always be better with a good view!!!
I recently teamed up with the stylist Charlotte of www.char-lotte.eu for the creating of the Paradise Gypsies Menswear range lookbook photoshoot 2012. Along with our gloriously gypsy-esque model Guillermo, we made our way to the beach with bags, headdresses, sarongs and even a hand carved animal skull on the back of motorbikes in the search of inspiration and creating something cool and original. Here is a little of what we got upto!!.....
