Boho is dead folks! It’s time to throw out those fringed Mukluks and make way for… Foho.

Ever since Sienna Miller told American Vogue that she never wanted to wear anything “floaty or coin-belty” again, fashion victims the world over have been scratching their collective heads and waiting for a sign.

Well, you can all exhale, the new movement has arrived. Foho is officially the new Boho.

So what exactly is Foho anyway? According to the British fashion commentator, Clare Coulson, who coined the term; Foho is a modern blend of Boho and 70’s folk with a hint of the new – think gypsy caravan meets 1971 Valiant Lowrider meets Volkswagon Golf Plus.  

Still none the wiser?

According to Coulson’s piece on The Daily Telegraph, “Foho is about a more understated, eclectic mix, fusing classic Boho elements - Seventies silhouettes, crochet trims and trippy hippie prints - with more subtle folk pieces, such as washed-out denim and traditional embroideries. Crucially, it also throws in something modern like a great big shiny It-bag or über-cool trainers. It's cooler and far more authentic than Boho and owes more to the original folk look of the Seventies,” writes Coulson.

Still not convinced? Well, the cool kids in Hollywood are in to it.

 

Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton have been spotted working in fringed suede jackets with high waisted denim shorts, or tunic-style mini-dresses with ultra high heals. Even style calamity Paris Hilton was spotted teaming a crochet-trimmed dress with sexy high heels and glossy sunglasses. 

But it’s not just the Hollywood hipsters sporting the uber-sheik-mod-hippy-happy kits. The look is also very much a force within the “freak folk" (fusion of folk, pop and psychedelic 60s) music circles, Joanna Newsom and CocoRosie are flying the Foho flag. And no doubt doing a better job at it than Mischa here.

So kids, it's time to kick aside the cowboy boots and slip into some Gladiator sandals, switch the antique print shirt for a vintage crochet top and the floral floaty skirt for a pair of high waisted flares. Before you know it you’ll be one hell of a mofo-ing Foho.