Author: Anna-Maria

The next big ring

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I have always been a ring person but due to working in the office and some other unknown reasons I somehow stopped wearing most of my rings. Now rings are back in my life and it seems I can’t get enough of them! I’m especially facinated by big rings; in fact, the bigger the better. My latest purchase is a silver armor ring from eBay which looks a much like the Vivienne Westwood one but with a fraction of the price. Very gothic yet chic, this is ring love at first sight!

My growing collection of big rings, on the left my boyfriend’s medieval looking armor ring.

Armor ring (left): Dan’s Jewellers via eBay
Flower ring: Stockmann
Shield ring: Kalevala Koru
Silver ring with heart: Kalevala Koru
Armor ring (right): Silver Rabbits via eBay

Tomorrow I’m off to Sweden and I’ll be back on Monday. If I have time on the road, I will post about all the lovely shopping in Stockholm. See you soon!

Latex love

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Last night I attended my brother’s and his girlfriend Minna‘s housewarming party in their lovely new apartment and later on hit the local rock club in the city. The night was a success all and all, thanks to Minna’s amazing skill of making the most delicious and eye-catching cocktail treats (something I have never been able to master) and all the crazy dancing we did. It was also fun catching up with friends I haven’t seen in awhile.

I decided to wear something less revealing as the temperature outside hit about -10 Celsius and there was some walking in question. My trusted wrinkled button-up shirt with the sewn-in scarf was the perfect choice, proving its versatility and usefulness once again. The latex leggings are a purchase from a few days ago at Spirit Store, the buyer of the store had brought them as samples from London. They are definitely a rare piece as they only had four pairs of these in total. It appears like the latex finish is cracking, giving it that sort of painted punk look. I googled the brand name “Progress” but it didn’t bring any results. Does anyone know more about this UK brand and if they have a web store of some sort? I’m assuming it’s a very small designer since the leggings are still made in the UK. Works for me!

Shirt: MTWTFSS
Leggings: Progress
Belt: Second hand
Bag: Second hand
Shoes: Bullboxer
Necklace: Ann Demeulemeester

Leather shorts

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I have been obsessing about getting a pair of leather pants since the Givenchy fall/winter 08/09 RTW collection hit the runway and it seems there is no looking back on this one. I’ve been compensating my leather cravings with different kinds of wetlook leggings and the plan has worked pretty well to satisfy my needs. In spite of my pretty successful substitutes, leather pants are still on my “must get” list, no matter what I do. I just need to find the perfect pair.

While hunting down the pants, I remembered that I do have something in my closet that is made out of leather and you can put your legs into: high waisted leather shorts! With this image on my mind, I think these might be one step closer to my leather dream. The shorts are a second hand find, made in Italy and of real leather. I think they will be my new spring/summer favorite, plus they are much cooler (as in you sweat in leather pants) version of the dream pants for those hot summer days (the countdown starts now).

Please don’t get worried, I don’t normally walk like this outside since it’s still very much winter here in Finland. I wore this outfit to last night’s indie club and actually changed the tights into black slashed ones on the last minute, somehow the skin colored ones felt too bare for the season. We’ll save the skin for the spring, yes?

Wrinkled tee: MTWTFSS
Leather shorts: Second hand
Shoes: Vagabond
Bag: Vintage
Scissor necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Ring: Kalevala Koru

In the snow

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The coldness of the winter here in the North has made it impossible to take decent outfit pictures, but today I decided to make a little sacrifice by going out to shoot in the snow while it was still light outside. I constructed today’s outfit solely on these ripped Lee jeans that my boyfriend got for me a few Xmases ago and which I recently “re-found” from my closet. I honestly don’t understand how I’ve been letting these jeans collect dust for such a long time because I’m totally in love with them again! Perhaps I was avoiding the lowish waistline but with longer tops they work just fine and look very Kate Moss indeed.
Later on when I hit the town, I made a cape out of my sweater jacket and added combat boots to finalize the look that would keep me warm. With the layering of the two t-shirts, the black sheer shirt doesn’t look as revealing but it still keeps its see-through nature visible to the eye.


White wrinkled tee: MTWTFSS
Black tee: Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Sweater: Monki
Ripped jeans: Lee
Sandals: Vagabond
Combat boots: Kenkärepo
Scissor necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Rings: Kalevala Koru & Stockmann