// Spring Necklush

Posted on | February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

Necklush is a dangerously addictive accessory for a person, who loves scarves in all forms.

My initial reaction to it was that accessory like that is the easiest to DIY. True — if you happen to find the right materials. In Finland fabric retail is small business and selections are not that good. I managed to find only too bright tube jerseys (I don’t want any seams to the strands, detail like that can totally ruin a simple accessory like this) and heavy tube jerseys meant as ribbing for sweaters etc.. The heavy heathered one I bought — and guess what, the heavy jersey does not curl nicely. The thing looks like a pile of rag rug material on my neck. But if you find some lightweigh tube jersey in the color of your liking — it will probably work.

So I end up ordering one — and have absolutely no regrets! My ivory-gray piece is such an outfit uplifter that I truly consider some other color options as well. Black or deep gray for next winter — that’s a no brainer. And for the summer? These pale taupe Necklush strands would be perfect! In addition to their versatility as scarf the piece can be worn also as a squishy belt… …nice. Wouldn’t need tube jersey for these — but on the other hand the particular shade looks perfect!

Posted on | February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

// Way sub zero

Posted on | January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments

Sorry about the sloppy posting lately, but I’m having some extra work going on — and that means automatically less time for blogging. My photoshoots are always quite light, I’m taking usually only 10 – 20 shoots per post, but then there is always the picking and editing process. Although I try to keep the editing quite minimum, there is always at least some resizing, cropping and color effects going on.

Ok, now i have material for two posts… …winterwear, pretty familiar items, layers, loose shapes, black & white, sloppiness, sensible shoes and mismatching nails. This time I included outerwear images as well, they are so integral to all outfits right now that I feel pretty stupid posting just what’s underneath them. It’s freezing here…

I’m wearing All Saints unfit pants (don’t know if I can exactly call these harem pants, they are like men’s trousers that have gone all wrong from the crotch area), Maison Martin Margiela knit, AA circle Scarf, Necklush, my old rubber band boots. And then I added my old Filippa-K coat, old long suede gloves from H&M, chunky knit beanie. The mint green polish is Essie Mint Candy Apple. Although I feel good in shapes and colors like these there is such an amount of seriousness going on that I need to disturb the whole thing even just a bit — this time by wearing tacky nail color.

Posted on | January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments

// Lazy layering

Posted on | October 11, 2009 | 8 Comments

Here’s some quite lazy and relaxed layering with somewhat familiar items.

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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

// 100th

Posted on | October 9, 2009 | 12 Comments

I feel that I just started — and now this is the 100th post. For a former knitting blogger a style blog is really a lightweight task: I’m just doing what the fashion enthusiastic nerds do (namely dressing up and surfing the net) and lightly documenting the process. No need to actually knit — or accomplish in general — anything.

However I felt that my hundreth post could be slightly special — it is so funny how I’m so fascinated by “milestones” of any kind… Anyway, I think that Ranna’s challenge for self drawn outfit post (in Finnish) is so sweet that it is worth implementation, even this late — and it serves perfectly my need for “something special” for this important moment… =)

This is what I wore couple of days ago. An old H&M cotton silk dress in weird mustard brown shade, piece of cream colored ruffled tube jersey underneath. Pale blue-green tights, Docs and lovely old linen coat I’ve ordered from mail catalog few years ago and dyed Mao blue (named the color by myself, that grayish dark blue definitely reminds me the uniforms of communist China). On my neck you can see the third part of my fall wardrobe plan, cream colored Necklush with graphite gray print.

Posted on | October 9, 2009 | 12 Comments

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