// Once in a lifetime

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 8 Comments

A friend of mine (who I don’t see too often) discovered my blog and asked if never wear “regular clothes” — like jeans and t:s… …of course I do, but I just don’t want to document that all the time. My jean and T outfits tend to be super simplistic, there’s really not much to see.

Anyway I ordered the ‘Once in the lifetime’ shirt from Your Eyes Lie in last autumn — and I really like it. This T-shirt dress cut is good and the rayon fabric really drapes well. Plus I’m actually digging the print… …I’m quite picky with those, but would love to have more…

I’m also wearing some eye-makeup — and that really makes a world of difference when processing images. I’m a colorless olm in the state of nature — and although I kind of like the olm look in real life (and it’s OK to photograph in natural lighting targeting to images with minimal processing) it actually makes image processing relatively challenging if I don’t want to lose all detail of my face. Next step will probably be lipstick… …whoa..

The jeans are the old Lee ones, I like their slightly quirky, twisting cut, cardigan is from H&M (I think that they have pretty similar ones this spring, I’m slightly tempted by the powder color), boots are Marc by Marc Jacobs, they have very low heel and the leg length makes my legs look bit stumpy, but I love them still, they have been worn beautifully. Coat is old Filippa-K and I’m wearing the second hand — Zara vest on top of it. Have done lot of that lately, the vest is incredibly warm and I love the hunchback silhouette it creates for me. And if you noticed the blue nails… …the polish is from H&M (I picked it up on my recent visit, wanted to see if they had cheap triangle bras for fuller bust and left out with this and a pair of tights) — I deeply love it.

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 8 Comments

// The blizzard

Posted on | January 29, 2010 | 8 Comments

Very few magazine editorials are so strong that they really haunt in my mind and influence the way I put stuff together. But I happen to remember one Vogue shoot with extremely severe black and white images, very austere clothing and heavy layering. I think that the editorial was titled “Storm” but I’m bit unsure about that. Tried to some sloppy image searching with no success… …bad thing that “storm” happens to be model agency, too.

Anyway, since I aquired some long hems while ago, I have been trying to recreate those silhouettes by memory… …here I’m wearing Acne dress, H&M silk chiffon tunic (would love it to be slightly less opaque for the stripes really show through), A.F. Vandevorst shrug, old rubber band boots, Filippa-K coat and Zara mongolian lamb vest. This one I found from charity shop this fall and it looks totally unworn. Probably someone had overestimated her tolerance for super fluffy animal hair. The Vandevorst shrug transforms easily to giant scarf when outside — and because I can actually put my head through hand hole it really stays on place… …just come on storm, try to get me!

Posted on | January 29, 2010 | 8 Comments

// Wearing the shades of stone and sand (quite)

Posted on | October 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

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I had a long time a strong aversion for all shades of pink. Currently I try to be fair to all shades of rainbow — and at least give a chance for the challenging colors. From all the pink shades my eye is drawn to neon pink (I’m eighties teenager, after all), vibrant pinks injected with raspberry and very pale ice cream shades. I really do like unconventional color combinations with pink, they kind of offset the context so much that the usual color connotations are not first in the mind. I also like to dance in the borderline of frumpiness — and believe me, it is harder and harder when the years go by.

The sun was shining today and I was not in the mood for dark clothes. So I dug some neon out from my wardrobe. Beige would probably not be the obvious choice as the companion, but here we go, my classic Filippa-K trench and neon pink Gina Tricot tank. Cream American apparel tank underneath, bright petal pink wool flannel skirt with cream silk hem from Costume National, belted slightly shorter than it actually is, slouchy over the knee socks from Lindex (I guess) and Topshop wedges. All old or ancient stuff.

Weird — but works, kind of. Slightly sporty, in a futuristic schoolgirl uniform style.

Posted on | October 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

// Subtly low cut

Posted on | August 30, 2009 | No Comments

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Filippa-K is one of my trusted brands for basics. Bit pricey, but good quality — and easily avalable here in Helsinki. The brand is very commercial and cautious, but sometimes they manage to smuggle in some genious pieces. This winter collection is perhaps even more mainstream than usual, but again I can find some basics I really like. A subtle pair of harem cut pants would be rad for winter. And grey leather jacket.

Posted on | August 30, 2009 | No Comments

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