// The end — and then some!
Posted on | December 1, 2009 | 6 Comments
My fellow blogger, Steff seems to be much better aware what happens here in Finland!
Anyway, End opened a great little web shop with worldwide shipping, you can get for example beautiful Kaksi-Två leggings, their genious bags and MMM designs there, including these fab pants!
These both leggings are from Kaksi-Två — and available from End.
And Lumi Accessories has now a brand new web shop, they sell the McHann line there too. Worldwide shipping, of course — and it is free if you spend over 200 €.
This December is good indeed for Finnish fashion fans!
Posted on | December 1, 2009 | 6 Comments
// Marimekko spring — I love it!
Posted on | November 25, 2009 | 6 Comments
For my delight our national pride in the field of fashion and design — Marimekko — seems to improve all the time. The great thing is that they employ young designers to freshen up both their print design and clothing lines. Right now I’m extremely happy about the following things.
Rinne & Niinikoski has designed some great clothing for next spring! See these beautifully constructed black and white numbers, can I has one?
Even the striped designs are quite fetching:
Samu-Jussi Koski does good job this spring especially with oversized jackets, t-shirts and knits — and adapting the classic “Unikko” print to very wearable chiffon dress:
Another thing is that — TADAA — Julia “Finsk” Lundsten has apparently designed some shoes for Marimekko. Judging from the images they seem to be slightly toned down in terms of height and shape from the most courageous Lundsten designs, but those sandals with ruffle detailing on front look interesting enough. Unfortunately I did not find a detail image of those, but here’s another pair for a taste:
For the first time I noticed to be interested in Marimekko bags, too. I mean their canvas bags are perfectly practical and well designed, you can definitely face a bunch of Finnish architects or designers sporting one — but they don’t actually create fashion waves…
This printed clutch would be a fabulous addition to many outfits:
Just cant pick the color…
All images from Marimekko, thanks for Claudia and Petra for making me aware of these good spring news!
Posted on | November 25, 2009 | 6 Comments
// Jolier x-mas for me!
Posted on | November 10, 2009 | 5 Comments
I met young attractive and talented Finnish designer Sveta Planman briefly in Lumi Accessories Halloween party — oh, did I mention that she is very nice person, too! If you like classic feminine style you will find her Jolier collections definitely worth checking out — but Sveta is probably best known for her genious multiuse garment, Jolier One. That one has been on my to-purchase-some-day list for a while.
Practically we are speaking here a simple rectangular piece of cloth, with hook and loop tape attached to edges and supplied with a pair of suspenders. What, does not sound exiting?
Well, Jolier one is actually a wrap on a crack, that piece can be worn well over 50 different ways, these images from Jolier site illustrating just few possibilities. It does the job of a top, skirt, tunic or dress, apron, bag… …some of the ways are of course just slight variations on a theme (a dress with or without suspenders) but anyhow the possibilities of this garment make my imagination to run wild. You can get Jolier One in multitude of fabrics and there are seasonal additions to the selection, too. Seccoshop has even versions made of recycled materials — I recommend visiting on site if you happen to be in Helsinki. I really like this kind of design that extends over traditional fashion seasons — and breaks the conventional garment centered thinking.
I can imagine appreciating the multitude of possibilities of this piece a lot, especially when traveling — and for that reason I am about to make an exception from my usual fabric snobbery. The black heavy polyester jersey version is perfect for traveling, it does not wrinkle, does not gather dust, is machine washable, goes with everything and the stretch makes the different drapings behave. I really love how the hooks and loops add some lingerie-esque detail to simple, architectonic draped shapes. So yes, I have decided what I’m going to buy myself as a Christmas pressie (yes I always get one for myself, satisfaction guaranteed).
Id you have doubts how this piece works in so called real life, see Maria’s beautiful pictures of Jolier One in action.
Posted on | November 10, 2009 | 5 Comments
// Finsk Airelle, S/S 10
Posted on | November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
I just received some press images of Finsk spring / summer 10 collection, called Airelle. The inspiration behind this collection is french animation film, Gandahar by Rene Laloux. It seems to me that anime and animation films are constant source of inspiration for Julia Lundsten — and I don’t complain. I guess that one result is her wonderful way to combine brights to neutrals and of course those architectural, exaggerated shapes that are very recognizable.
I’m very drawn to those delicious combinations of mushroom and vivid coral/pink… …and many of those heels look far from intimidating. But I’m not afraid to add some extra height with some serious heels and I feel that I have to take a closer look of those glorious pewter sandals with origami-like leather composition on the top…
Posted on | November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
// Roped up
Posted on | October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
This rope / harness thang might work with my body type.
Designed by Sofia Järnefelt (images from her site), found via Silver.
Posted on | October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
// Ivana Helsinki S/S 10
Posted on | October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments
Paola Suhonen is one of the few established Finnish young designers. Her own label Ivana Helsinki started on 1998 and it has constantly growing fan base. Personally I was not a huge fan of Paola’s early caravanar aesthetic with strong seventies vibe — but this young woman has a good eye for print and an item or two from her collections has always grabbed my attention. Fortunately she has expanded her source of inspiration and I loved deeply her summer collection Dead Butterflies couple of years ago.
Next summer comes actually quite close. I’m not totally wild about the horse print, but circus theme and polka dots from large ones to gigantic blobs sure would be welcome to my wardrobe. Let’s start from those insanely refreshing leggings and one of the polka dot dresses. And yes, please, you may add that gorgeous perspex jewel top/harness on top of those, thank you!
BTW, that white pom-pom cape has so obvious DIY potential that it literally makes my hands itch.
Images from Copenhagen Fashion Week.
Posted on | October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments
// Lazy layering
Posted on | October 11, 2009 | 8 Comments
Here’s some quite lazy and relaxed layering with somewhat familiar items.
I got some weakish inspiration from Marni SS10 show, the striped leggings were beautifully combined to shades of brown and flesh. I was about to dig something brown or rose in addition to these… …but then the laziness really stroke. I’m wearing my Kaksi-Två zebra leggings, H&M nude silk dress, Anette Görtz jacket, Necklush and Mentor for Rützou boots.
The Necklush has been here on my drawing only — and it is the last piece of my fall wardrobe plan. My H&M allowance has been used for few Divided Exclusive items (leggings, t-shirt and dress), one silk shirt and one dress from sale. And I had two slips from the plan, Wunder and Norwegian Wood got me… Now my shopping is officially limited to second hand only — until spring… …and the spring wardrobe plan should be gradually initiated.
I’m really happy that I picked the Necklush in printed version — one important observation about my wardrobe is that it lacks both print and texture. What I don’t really need more is wardrobe basics — until the old ones break or wear out.
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If you have read this blog for a while, you can probably spot few minor changes and improvements. I wanted the links stand out better, so that is the reason for that pink introduction. I added some key tag links to the About-section on the right (now I have much more clear view what I’m going to do with this blog than I had when I started). I added the Link Within gadget in the end of the posts to pull up some older content — you have to go to the post page to see them. The relevance of the links will improve gradually. I also added the Webshopping section to the side bar, the idea is to add links to the web shops I have personally used — and had good experiences so far. Not too many updates in sight.
Hope you enjoy the improvements! Suggestions are always welcome.
Posted on | October 11, 2009 | 8 Comments
// Julia Lundsten for Ports and
Basso & Brooke
Posted on | October 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
It is always delightful to see a fellow Finn to make it in the big world — and Julia “Finsk” Lundsten is definitely doing that. In addition to her own collection I spotted her shoes from two spring collections: Ports and Basso & Brooke. I found some detail images from nymag.com. Lundsten for Ports looks like completely new collection (note: I haven’t seen images from Finsk ss collection… …they might be from there) with chunky twisted strap detail and super architectural heels. There are also brogues from white stingray, stingray platform pumps and some flats from interesting materials. I like the cheerful combination of pale blue and red — but the palette has also black and white, matte gold and nude.
Julia Lundsten for Basso & Brooke looks like a mix from Finsk 09 seasons completed with the experimental “Project One” numbers (see Susie on that for more information) and maybe few previously unseen colorways of 09 models.
All images from nymag.com.
I really like how Julia injects color to her designs. I recently saw the famous ponyhair wedge IRL with its color blocked sister (last image). To be honest I was more drawn to that color version — the cuts and color blocks complete the lines of the design in very satisfying way.
Adding some Finsk flair to my wardrobe is definitely a part of my spring shopping plan. The wooden chunky heels are probably not made for breaking walking records, but they’ll do great job just showing it off…
Posted on | October 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
// Palillo for summer
Posted on | October 3, 2009 | 4 Comments
I really need some Daniel Palillo for next summer. There are some super genious layering pieces in his spring / summer 2010 collection.
Click the image larger.
The super oversized jacket, neutral layers with circular holes,that little black dress in the middle row with great sleeve detail, circle cutout leggings, dress with giant white dots… …ouch, I could continue my wishlist with several items. Loving the collection!
And noticed that his shop, Wunder has a good web shop. That observation had some consequences, but back to them later…
Posted on | October 3, 2009 | 4 Comments
// My favorite pants
Posted on | October 1, 2009 | 5 Comments
My favorite pair of pants comes from young talented Finnish designer, Maria Matintytär Maattola. The shape is exaggerated carrot with low slung pockets and some extra length in the leg. The seams twist to the front and the subtly shiny fabric sets automatically to sculptural folds around the legs. The shape can be further accentuated by wearing something tight at the hip area, like I did in here. The pockets can be even turned inside out, when they form some neat peplum-like folds around the hip.
I layered on some black stuff for subtle textural effects: Topshop mesh dress pulled slightly up to tunic length (acquired as second hand) and some cropped, oversized viscose T-shirt (in need of some ironing action), Vagabond wedges.
I really need more carrot shaped pants — thrift stores: here I come!
Posted on | October 1, 2009 | 5 Comments
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