// Perfect flat

Posted on | December 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

Atalanta Weller’s sculptural heels are gorgeous — but she is also able to design super attractive low heeled shoe. I would gladly glide on the icy sidewalks of Helsinki in these. Image from Browns.

Posted on | December 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

// Dancing the night away

Posted on | November 12, 2010 | 6 Comments

I don’t know if other people than Finns arrange these pre-Christmas parties… …anyway — my calendar starts to be full. Personally I think that everyday dressing is so much more interesting than clothing for parties… …I’m doing it usually just by this old convenient formula: put on a dress and heels, funky tights optional. I don’t do sexy — just some sort of girly-quirky. Or dark and austere. But that’s about it.

Dress is old Karl Lagerfeld for H&M — and I love it to bits. It is 100% silk — it does not have actual lining but the opacity builds from the multiple crepe chiffon layers. The frocklike shape is bit playful — but it can be also worn with very classic accessories. Um… …mine are blindingly bright Topshop sale tights — and awesome Kron by Kron Kron shoes from Iceland — I believe they haven’t been here yet although they are not new. There is bit of everything in them — that somehow makes them quite easy to combine. Their broque-like details match them nicely to this wannabe-frock dress…

Truth about me and dancing — I don’t do it…

Posted on | November 12, 2010 | 6 Comments

// Shoe lust

Posted on | November 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

I have to say that I’m slightly lusting over these All Saints Theta sandals. Actually I would be all over them if I were’n afraid that they might be just a substitute to black Acne Agate heels for me — which I did not get when they still were available. The design is definitely not a knock off — would not even say inspired by — but they still have lot of similar feel going on…

Anyway — the combination of shiny steel heel and pebbled leather looks quite fetching…

Posted on | November 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

// Next to bare feet

Posted on | October 19, 2010 | 5 Comments

I know, I know — this post is far from seasonal! But one wardrobe staple for me is a pair of full leather, flat, minimal pair of sandals. They are surprisingly hard to come by and my previous silver and natural colored pair I have almost worn to pieces. So I was very happy to run to tuto sandals in Etsy. They look pretty much perfect. There are several simple models, most of them with leather soles, several options for leather from unstitched vachetta to snake and ostrich plus several color options from solids to metallics. A pair of these will sure make their way to my closet for the next summer. Should it be nude vachetta or hint of metallic… …decisions, decisions!

Posted on | October 19, 2010 | 5 Comments

// Moderate heel

Posted on | October 1, 2010 | 3 Comments

I’m quite liking the bluntness of Vagabond Gaga. Their minimal blackness make so much sense to me right now.

Posted on | October 1, 2010 | 3 Comments

// Like I needed any more temptations…

Posted on | July 9, 2010 | No Comments

…Jeffrey Campbell shoes now available at Office. And they do ship to Finland.

Posted on | July 9, 2010 | No Comments

// Still no see thru…

Posted on | July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

I’ve been lusting after Whyred and Alexander Wang lucite heels — but right now I feel that they are relatively easily forgotten. Thanks to Susie. She recently introduced these beautiful, clean lined acrylic Otto jewelry and Helen Furber’s amazing BA work — alas, no news in this blog. And to be honest I don’t have much to add — except that these both designers really hit my nerve of aesthetics. I also feel that those lightweight but mighty in size handmade acrylic jewelry would be exactly what the doctor prescribed to my current jewelry rejection syndrome.

I also have to chime Susie in this — sustainable fashion feels often a pass to sell some sloppy design. But Helen’s work is nothing but brilliant — and I absolutely respect the fact that the sustainability concept runs through the whole manufacturing process — and the shoe can be easily disassembled and the pieces recycled.

The question is — who would like to recycle those beauties? I would treasure them for my lifetime and testament them with strict advise how to keep them for generations to come.

Posted on | July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

// Have I seen it all?

Posted on | July 1, 2010 | 5 Comments

No! However thoroughly explored the strappy shoe territory might be these days, there always will be designs pushing it just a bit further.

I love the haphazard organization of beautiful leather straps on these Michael Kors shoes. Shame that Style.com doesn’t provide a side view of these…

Posted on | July 1, 2010 | 5 Comments

// I am tempted

Posted on | May 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

I saw Cocorosa wearing these beautiful clogs a while ago… …but maybe because I was slightly scared the sky high heel (rigid, wooden sole and over 10 cm heel… …no thanks) I did not check Su-Shi website. But now I did. In addition to some great shoes they make pretty rad bags. And the prices are not bad. The details and materials look great and the designs are not direct knockoffs (which is actually quite typical in this price group). The satchel shares the lines of Mulberry Alexa — but satchel form is quite generic, Mulberry certainly did not invent it — and the clean lines and distinct hardware give this bag a personal look. It looks like the bag has a suede lining, which is nice…

Posted on | May 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

// Second hand summer

Posted on | May 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

The drawback of vintage — great item, wrong size. Go and get them before they are gone. Booties sz 8 from Raiarox, clogs sz 7 from Marie’s Vintage.

Posted on | May 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

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