// Ship ahoy

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 3 Comments

On Monday I was invited to a day cruise to see Aki Choklat for Petrifun new men’s collection. My expertise in menswear and experience of sailing are equally non-existent, so I’m keeping this brief. The weather was gorgeous, our ship Gerda was impressive, the agile competition sailing boats danced like transparent flakes on the open sea, the leather / canvas tote by Aki Choklat is utterly covetable — and I don’t get seasick, but why is the ground rocking afterwards?

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 3 Comments

// Dress code cruise

Posted on | August 8, 2011 | 2 Comments

What… …I have no idea… …what about shoes with non-slippery sole, leather skirt, sloppy knit and a generous bag to hold the camera and nylon parka…

Second hand leather skirt, Cheap Monday knit, Doc Martens in mint green, DIY friendship bracelets and MM6 bag.

Posted on | August 8, 2011 | 2 Comments

// Changeling ride

Posted on | August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

I actually visited at a showroom back in May to see Dead Birds & Lionheart autumn collection Changeling Ride. Did not want to write about it instantly, though, the autumn just felt so distant… …but I guess now it is about time!

Maria & Anni were there to present the collection by themselves — and they had some interesting stories about how to try to establish a brand in this country… …honestly you need a full time other job to do that — and lots of enthusiasm to make it all happen in your so called free time…

Women of Dead Birds & Lionheart had worked with theme of change in this collection — how I see it there is a strong contrasts between traditional and modern in these pieces — plus the alteration of silhouette with draping, both rigidly sculptural and gently flowing. There is no sign of restriction of body, though, the literal alterations are additional shapes from drapings and some optical illusions from the bold patterns of the season. Their trademark dresses were accompanied with few separates, which was particularly nice touch.

I was also delighted to see the whole summer collection — and few selected pieces from the past seasons.

The colors for autumn were grey, beige and black, injected with some magenta and orange. Fabrics were sumptuous as usual… …unfortunately I did not photograph that awesome zigzag patterned dress, you can see only glimpse of it in the first image of these three. See the whole collection in Lookbook (although I have to say that the photography is not quite at the level of the actual clothes — but better this way than the other…).

The clothes rail was such a textural pleasure that I probably spent (too) many minutes awkwardly just wafting my hand through delightful materials with empty stare in my eyes. Both knit dresses from the summer collection were remarkably beautiful, the white one with cobweb weight knitted lace and the taupe one with a crust of draping ruffles — unfortunately the small manufacturer got to financial difficulties and they got only few pieces of it — what a treasure…

Few of my personal favorites: this awesome jacket from the A/W collection combining some subtle MC notions to fourties detective chic…

A beautiful tail shirt from earlier collections, the sleeves are attached to the back…

And this amazing handpainted jersey maxi dress Maria created for her final collection in Finnish Project Runway (Muodin huipulle).

Posted on | August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

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Location: Helsinki, Finland

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