// Found Fendi

Posted on | April 8, 2011 | No Comments

Our trip to Rome was not a shopping trip — but we did visit in few little boutiques and vintage shops — those are plentiful there. The absence — or very weak presence of all chain stores war pretty amazing from my Scandinavian perspective. We did not visit the outlet shopping areas in the suburbs of Rome — but actually it is possible to find small outlet boutiques comfortably within the city range.

Anyhow, my find from this trip is second hand — a beautiful wool and silk mix coat from Fendi second line, Fendi 365. The collar and cuffs are trimmed with softest of fur fringe — I can’t really say what it is, the hair is trimmed so that I can’t recognize it. The oversized, dolman-sleeved shape is perfect in all possible ways — I have plenty of clothes that are difficult to tuck underneath fitting overcoats. I was really inclined to invest to a piece of Anywho / Kobra overcoats with quite similar fit, but I was faithful to my promise to not buy new clothes this year. Well, now I’m happy I was — it would have been hard to justify this if I already had that one!

My fluorescent yellow satchel makes a perfect spot of color against the cool taupe color of this coat. See how retina burning fluorescent it is — although the fluorescence does not really show up on digital process, you can see how the bag lights up the nearby area with yellow glow! Otherwise there is not much happening with this outfit…

…and yes it’s still this cold…

Posted on | April 8, 2011 | No Comments

// Explanations… …interpretations…

Posted on | April 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

Coming back from a few days holiday trip was not all pleasant (the weather) — but not totally lacking nice surprises. The Indiedays Lookbook –feature picked one of my outfits to their monthly gallery. Thank you so much — now I just need to figure out how to splurge my gift card

The outfit picture stream was a bit on a hold a while ago — actually I was photographing several outfits for Finnish website Ellit — and the article came out during my trip. Writing it made me ponder my choice of language in this blog — the text for it came out with such an ease — on the other hand I like to keep writing in English, I guess that from personal perspective it is more beneficial. Anyhow, there’s a bunch of previously unpublished pictures in the article — and some of my thoughts about clothes, fashion, style and such… …this time in Finnish. (Note, the title is not mine — and the text is bit chopped and edited, but it still is a good intro to my thoughts about style and clothing oneself up…)

Oh, still more media exposure — there was also a short article of me in lovely Finnish Olivia magazine couple of months ago — I just can’t look at the pictures without thinking boob reduction job desperately needed — and I don’t really want to think that… …and that makes me thinking…

…you know the whole thing — or at least a huge thing — in blogging is creating illusions. The favorite illusion I like to create is “normal sized chest” — and I have grown pretty good at it. It is a pretty straightforward combination of my poses and camera positioning, combined to clothes that do not hug my torso too closely and underwear that lets the girls lay low — or squeeze ‘em against my chest. Otherwise I haven’t been too careful, you have seen me without make-up, with ratty hair (uh, that is the almost daily truth of my low maintenance life), with eye infection, in clothes wrinkled during the day…

What I mostly keep out of this blog is my actual life, this is not a lifestyle blog — it’s just about my infatuation to clothes — and I’ve pretty much decided to keep it this way, adding a few tourist-y shots from my travels if I feel like it!

Recently I have paid bit more attention to photographs, I’m using our “bedroom” for photos, it gives bit more interesting lighting options when I shoot against the natural light. Light itself has endlessly prettifying (and also uglifying) capabilities… No way I’m going out for outfit pics — it would be very challenging without photographing partner anyway!

In this picture (with the old photo setup in our living room) I’m wearing a second hand leather skirt (I let the hem down again, it was gathered on sides for a while), Weekday shirt, silk scarf found from my neighborhood department store, Vagabond wedges.

Posted on | April 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

// All things shiny…

Posted on | March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

I found this little mesh shirt with most awesome assortment of blush and pale gold sequins from local charity shop for couple of euros.

Sometimes my brain just does not wrap around the possible reasons why anyone would like to part some of the items I find as second hand. But on the other hand — I’m glad they do.

And… …I was really about to do something exciting with this but end up just wearing it with ancient Acne husband jeans and Carin Wester wedges… …just to record that amazing amount of girly bling…

Posted on | March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

// Spring pattern

Posted on | March 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

While I’m dreaming of Jonathan Saunders sending the whole spring collection to me I’m arranging my old stuff to spring-y combinations, with very few new second hand additions. In this case it might be second hand addiction, this is my THIRD haori jacket. Especially the red woven patterned one has been quite a bit in my regular rotation. Anyhow, this one I got dirt cheap — perhaps because it was dirty. Fortunately the colors in this one did not run when I put it through a small test and I was able to wash it in gentle cycle. Actually kimonos are handsewn and meant to be taken apart before washing — and after the washing sewn together again. To be honest I did not bother and for this one it worked just fine. I adore the pattern and the color on this one!

The suede fringes and haori jackets probably don’t have anything in common, but I think they get along pretty well. A long, almost dresslike Weekday shirt gives bit more leg coverage worn over the modified H&M suede skirt. That Savage Salvage horn necklace and Carin Wester wedges… …yeah, I try to wear something else once and then…

Posted on | March 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

// I know what I will do next summer

Posted on | January 20, 2011 | 10 Comments

My winter dressing has again been so unispired and functional that I have been dreaming about summer for quite a while now. I will probably run around a lot in simple camis and tanks, mid-length skirts and ballet flats — almost as lazy as my dressing right now, but the midi looks so fresh to my eye that I doubt I can resist. This is all old stuff, thrifted accordion pleat skirt (I was about to hem it shorter, now I’m happy I did not, the length is perfect), American Apparel cami and bra, French Sole ballerinas, some random belt.

The more I look at this the more it reminds me of nineties. I’m one of those girls who did have a phase of very grown up dressing and I remember that I was really into midi skirts — although they were often fitted… I’ve never shun doing things all over again…

The 6 month fitness project did come to an end with pleasing results. My weight is down — but my body measurements probably even more than the weight would promise — I lost 31,5 cm from bust, waist and hips all together — over 2 dress sizes that is. Probably does not show that much in the pictures — I have always picked the most flattering ones — but I can tell that the task has become so much easier lately… I do exercise 5 – 7 times in a week and my eating habits are healthy but not very rigid. I do eat quite a lot, around 2000 kcal a day. And I can do one real chin-up in a good day, which is pretty great thing, I’m darn heavy still! My knee health has improved heaps. Needless to say I’m continuing this path… …I still want some progress!

Posted on | January 20, 2011 | 10 Comments

// Winter hippie

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

The reason I absolutely adore my cheap second hand furs is their ability to change any outfit winter proof. Today I dug out my ancient Diesel bell bottoms from the closet, paired them to old Zara cotton voile blouse and Marc by Marc Jacobs boots — old rabbit coat on — and I was good to go. A pile of pendants would have also worked well, but I was too lazy to go through the jewelry box… …maybe next time.

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

// Chunk of silver

Posted on | October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment

I ran to this weird looking chunk of silver in my neighborhood charity shop. It is perfectly comfortable and could belong to some sort of cybernetic organism as well. But it is mine!

Posted on | October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment

// What are you talking about, HAL?

Posted on | September 4, 2010 | 3 Comments

Ah, I just got my own little piece of spacewear… …not quite Balenciaga — but a rather fetching vintage jacket. Soft, pink leather strips are meticulously sewn on top of skin colored mesh. The plastic zipper felt just a bit off at first — but now when I have fitted this little gem on few times I see how it fits to the picture. Minna spotted this little gem from Kanuuna — and said that it looks so much like me that she handed it directly to me. Damn she was right!

Practically Kanuuna is a flea market — but permanent selling areas of at least two established vintage boutiques really make it worth visiting.

My self maintenance level has dropped to unmeasurable with this new, physically active lifestyle… …I’m walking around with damp hair twisted to a knot, with minimal makeup — thus these are not decent outfit pictures. I have also neglected my normal blog routine so much… …yes, I’m reading all the stuff I have used to — but my commenting activity certainly has ceased and I’m not scouring for news with the vigor I used to. But I don’t want to complain, actually I feel really good: the autumn flu has not caught me, I sleep better than I have in long time… …bad news is that my calendar screwed up at least one of my fashion show events and I missed it…

Posted on | September 4, 2010 | 3 Comments

// Vintage capes & ponchos

Posted on | August 28, 2010 | No Comments

Wool: Pomegranate Seed, knit: Vignette Vintage
plaid: YeYe, faux: MakeDoo
suede: NiftyGypsyVintage, velvet: Topsy Design

Posted on | August 28, 2010 | No Comments

// Uncolored…

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

I photographed this outfit in low light, thus the grainy images. I have worn lots of grey, lately. All grey outfits, tonal greys, greys combined to greiges… …yeah, kind of boring but also somehow weirdly fitting for a woman with road dust colored hair and wolf eyes.

This inexpensive little second hand mesh thing has found its way to surprisingly many of my outfits. This time I’m wearing it the wrap piece front under my all time favorite H&M cardigan. American Apparel tank is doing shoddy job underneath protecting my modesty — but fortunately I’m not too shy to show a glimpse of the neon purple Monki bra now and then — especially when the outfit is not revealing by any other means. Jeans are Cheap Monday — and Topshop shoes I bought nearly unused from a girl who could not walk in them. Good for me, these are excellent addition to my everyday shoes! The heel height is actually very moderate (maybe 9 cm) — but definitely too much for totally inexperienced user.

I haven’t been thinking autumn too much yet. August is one of my favorite months, the nights start to be decently dark and noticeably cooler, days can still be warm, but there also are days for light layers like this. I have been buying quite a lot of clothes this summer, even the sales were favorable for me although I did not scour them systematically. I’m definitely not having regrets, all pieces are great and will definitely go in circulation. But now I really have to face the fact that my wardrobe has it’s limits… …I have to start to consider my purchases more carefully — and honestly I don’t have much needs for the winter. I would love to find a sculptural cape coat — and always could add a pair of new boots — but I can definitely do without. Should I stop high street shopping altogether? That would probably be good option to consider…

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

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