From the category archives:

Retailers

Focus on Free People — Summer 2010

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If you had enough dosh, you could build your whole boho look wardrobe at Free People – dresses, tops, bottoms, shoes, boots, purses, jewelry. Did you know that that Free People is the original brain child of the same people who founded Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters (two other places I love)? Everything they do is lucious, and [...]

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Focus on Peruvian Connection

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A few years ago I stumbled upon a Peruvian Connection print catalog and was immediately entranced. Their motto says it all: “Artisan apparel for nomads and romantics.” Peruvian Connection employs their own in-house designers. They conceive original pieces using seasonal color palettes and custom dyes. Then Andean craftswomen bring their designs to life using luxury fibers native to [...]

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Best Boho Brands & Retailers

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The next time you’re in your favorite mall, here’s where to get your boho fix: Anthropologie The look — soft, feminine, vintage-y, like the poetic. They also sell romantic home decor and unusual gifts, like a vintage rotary phone teleported from the Summer of Love. Their stuff is available exclusively through their own stores and website. [...]

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Petite Boutique: Abejas

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Abejas means bee in Spanish, and Christina Nicodemus certainly has been busy, designing and collecting some luscious boho pieces. Christina runs Abejas Boutique in Houston, Texas: “A cozy hangout filled with unexpected basics every girl needs in her closet…A collection of finds from New York to LA, Argentina to Morocco, seaside to sewing machine, vintage [...]

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Petite Boutique: Homefrocks

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Homefrocks is romantic, adventurous and unabashedly boho chic. Nancy Traugott designs the pieces in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Artisanal seamstresses produce each garment, then hand-dye them. They use beautiful silks and linens, yet everything is machine washable.  Attention to detail results in “a diaphanous hem shot through with a single silver filament; a spray of rare [...]

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Petite Boutique: Gladiola Girls

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Gladiola Girls is an adorable boutique founded by a group of friends in Boone, North Carolina. They’ve got gorgeous boho style clothing, plus gifts, decor and accessories. They’re also socially conscious, donating to several local organizations: The Hunger & Health Coalition, Western Youth Network, Appalachian Voices (which works to address environmental threats in the central and southern [...]

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Focus on Monsoon

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Monsoon is a British company that makes gorgeous boho chic clothing and has great values (not just the price tag kind).  Their Monsoon Accessorize Trust, founded 1994, helps disadvantaged women and children in Asia through practical programs focused on education, health and income generation. Their projects provide health care to remote villages in India, help cotton farmers convert to [...]

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