gypsetting...

The Mignot Sisters in Sayulita Mexico - ultimate gypsetters!

Jade Jagger - gypsetter

‘Gypsetting’ “an approach to life that fuses the wild and unconventional ethos of a gypsy with the sophistication and speed of the jet set. It’s a lifestyle that crosses high and low - a surfer who is also a fashion designer, an artist who traded the go-go New York City art world for Bali’s low key tropical shores, a jewelry designer who would rather work out of a town in Mexico than in the uber-chic Saint-Germain-des-Pres.”

First coined by by Julia Chaplin in her book ‘Gypset Style’ (Assouline, 2009) it is a term regularly read about in glossy magazines and it is somewhat of a buzz word.

I must admit, I'd never heard of gypsetting until the other day and well, just perhaps..... I have found my calling life!

FIONA : someone who is essentially a bohemian nomad, albeit one with luxurious taste. FREEDOM!!!

Gypsetting is about thriving on the search for new living paradigms.

In the book, Chaplin tells of the Mignot family and their trans-continental/trans-oceanic adventures. In all of these stories, it’s about creating reality and populating it with scenery and characters that are glamorous by way of their boldness, individuality and artfulness.

The book is full of stunning images and makes a wonderful coffee table book.

The reality check of course, is that you need stacks of $$ to live the gypset lifestyle. The other thing that would bother me about gypsetting would be the inevitable implosion of hangers on, which in the end would destroy it.

How about an 'eco friendly' form of gypsetting - but alas in our quest to reduce carbon footprints we would end up staying put which would signal the end of 'setting' of any description!!!

Gypset Style $45 from Amazon