Gypset

Gypset (Gypsy+jet set) is about an emerging group of artists, musicians, fashion designers, surfers, and bon vivants– who lead semi-nomadic, unconventional lives….

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We’re almost ready to relaunch Gypset’s new website… we’ve been working really hard on all sorts of cool things for the hi-low boho traveler. like the Gypset Atlas; which is our revised version of the world. only the groovy places! Montauk but not Easthampton; Venice beach and Malibu but not Westwood, Cornwall England, Guethary France, Ibiza, Siwa Oasis in Egypt and more, more, more.

For each Gypset enclave we’ve figured out the coolest lodging options, hangout spots, restaurants etc. Gypsetters are invited to elect their own enclaves. here’s to a brave new world.

There’s lots of other great stuff too– like gypset travel dairies by our intrepid correspondents, our in-house disco galactic mini dresses, and boho vacation rentals and apartment swaps.

Stay tuned!! xo, Julia

When people go to Maui they usually go to the tranquil west coast of the island where all the big hotels are. But Paia, a small country town, on the north shore is much more gypset. funky, old wooden buildings line the main street and there’s tons of secret beaches to explore. not to mention great surfing and windsurfing.

The social scene, if you can call it that, is at Mama’s Fish Camp, a downhome restaurant and bar tucked in a coconut grove in Kuau Cove. I recommend booking one of their ten bungalows and staying awhile.

A surreal day trip is to drive upcountry, on the fertile side of Haleakala, the largest dormant volcano on earth, to Makawao. It’s the epicenter of Hawaiian cowboy culture. (they’re known as paniolos.) Cowboy boutiques in town sell local CD’s of the aloha-country hybrid sound, or check them out on the range, like Thompson Ranch. Things really get amped up at the annual Makawao Rodeo around the 4th of July. see you there!

the New Year’s holiday is the perfect time to escape to Todos Santos, a sleepy farming village two hours drive north of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Days are spent surfing the Pacific ocean swells in warm water and nights drinking margaritas at Cafe Santa Fe, a elegant restaurant in a historic adobe building on the town square.

If there’s no surf you can take walks through the valley with the most amazing colored wild flowers and blooming desert cactus. And on New Year’s Eve there’s a town dance with a serious ranchero band; ten guys in giant sombreros, thick silver belt buckles, and pointy snake skin cowboy boots. feliz ano nuevo!

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we take Paper magazine on a tour of our eccentric world….

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Cabo San Lucas, the sun-kissed Mexican resort sprawl at the tip of the Baja California peninsula, is lined with super luxury resorts with staff dressed up in heritage Juan Valdez garb catering to Hollywood execs, reality show stars, and everything in between. But its still possible to find the type of vintage, unmonitored fun that put Cabo on the leisure map in the 1970’s and 80’s. When I was there recently I snuck away from the infinity pool at the 5 star Palmilla and found paradise at the funky, few-frills Cabo Surf Hotel.

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Brooklyn based singer Santigold flew in her galactic disco extravaganza to Miami Beach last night in a concert gallerist Jeffrey Deitch hosted during Art Basel.

Santigold, true to her name, was draped in gold, gold and more gold: tunics, capes, parachute pants and gobs of glittery eye shadow. The stage, set up behind the Raleigh Hotel, was given form by thousands of gold chain like streamers. Designers Christian Louboutin (shoes), Jeremy Scott, (fashion) and Max Lamb (furniture) all rocked out in the sand.

We were on the list but snuck in just for sport. We took off our shoes and waded through the pool past the guards. Then we hopped a barricade of daybeds and made our way towards the stage.

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Long bare wooden picnic tables are a must for any gypset homestead. They’re easy to build and great for fitting the whole group around. but sometimes the set up can look a bit generic. At the opening of Design Miami last night, British designer Peter Marigold unveiled a clever fix for the problem.

Half the table is a wooden mold and the other half is it’s plaster cast replica. Then the two were bolted together to create a whole. The look is conceptual and challenging. Who says perfection and symmetry are better? Marigold calls his project Palindrome and it subverts notions about natural and industrial materials and their expected textures.

Le grand sapeurs vogue through the streets of The Congo; from the book Gentlemen of Bakongo by Italian photographer Daniele Tamagni

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Essaouria a small village on the coast of Morocco is known for its wide open space, whitewashed homes, and exotic, tolerant vibe. People often come here to unwind after a hectic stop in Marrakesh or Fez and then end up staying.

That’s sort of what happened to two British ex-pats, Emma Wilson and Graham Carter. They fell in love with a 200 year old riad, plunked down $60,000, and set about transforming it into a dream villa called Dar Beida (white house) that can be rented for a few days or weeks.

The decor is a gypset fusion of near and far, ethnic and modern. At a flea market in Marrakesh they found an old French sign to hang in the living room, 1960’s Verner Panton chairs came from their former design gallery in London, and cow skulls and whale vertebrae were collected along the long, flat beach.

For more info check out Gisela Williams’ New York Times article and slideshow