Category: New

Welcome back, flannel shirt

Anna-Maria28 Comments
Spring flu caught me during the weekend and has forced me to stay at home resting, drinking tea and taking vitamin C like crazy. All I’ve been wearing is this flannel shirt I picked up during the weekend for a bargain price of 3.95€ from a place where I used to get all my flannel shirts back in the early nineties. Circa 1994 all my outfits used to consist of Levi’s 501’s, combat boots and different colored flannel shirts. In my cd player the Cranberries, Nirvana, and the Smashing Pumpkins were played on repeat, in order to learn the lyrics by heart just in case I’d make it to their concert one day. Oh those days!
Thinking about the essence of a flannel shirt, it is actually very comfortable, versatile, and an unisex piece of clothing. Wearing it I don’t have to think about any of the pressures of having a perfect body. Actually, I’m not even wanting to look sexy, I’m just plain old me. I can move and breathe freely, not having to worry about getting dirt on my shirt or getting soaked in the rain: the flannel shirt protects me from the big bad world. If you haven’t heard it yet, just look at fashion icons like Alice Dellal or the Olsen twins as they all know it: grunge is back. And it makes me extremely happy – in the nostalgia kind of way. 

 


Flannel shirt: Morrison
Dress/tunic: Nanso Lempivaate (sponsor gift from the blog party)
Combat boots: Kenkärepo
Hat: Uniformal Warehouse via eBay
Ring: Kalevala Koru

Mayday

Anna-Maria32 Comments
This three day weekend has kept me so busy that I haven’t been able to post anything in ages. You’d think that it would be a perfect time just to relax but no no, not me. Partying, hanging out with friends and painting a deck at my mom’s place has kept me busy as a bee. On Thursday night we headed to our dear capital city Helsinki for the Vappu festivities (1st of May is a labor day here and an official day off) and since I didn’t have too much time to think about the outfit of the night, I went with an easy all-in-one solution: a grey I American Retro shortsuit.
I figured the shortsuit would be the perfect choice for the evening since on Vappu people tend to dress up in costumes and the students of different student associations wear a variety of overalls. The shortsuit combined the best of both worlds. I had a fun night in the capital city but I still have to say the clubs in my hometown Tampere beat the ones in Helsinki – anytime. And yes, I’m a very picky person when it comes to clubs and music.


Shortsuit: I American Retro
Shoes: Bronx
Bag: Spirit Items
Belts: Second hand, MTWTFSS
Rings: Marc by Marc Jacobs, Kalevala Koru

 

On the (w)edge

Anna-Maria22 Comments
Anyone who reads my blog should know by now how obsessed I’ve been with Givenchy and Riccardo Tisci’s creations. I’ve been on the look out for the perfect Givenchy like wedge sandals (Louboutin, Ann Dem, Opening Ceremony and Acne has similar too) for awhile now and when I noticed these Bronx ones from Elenita’s blog a couple of days a ago, it was from that moment on I was sure that they shall be mine, no matter what. The creamy color just wasn’t as wearable, so I started to browse online searching for a black leather version. All the web stores that carried them were all located in the U.S. (damn customs!) and my size was sold out from most of the places too. Clueless of what to do I turned to my friend Esa at Spirit Store emailing him about my desperate need of these shoes (he has been a great help before when I was on the hunt for a pair of platform booties, thanks Esa!!). Instantly he promised to look them up for me, and even contact the buyer if they couldn’t find them from any of the stores. You can believe how excited I was when I received an email saying that he found the shoes from another store and a phone call today asking me to come pick them up. So here they are: my very own lace-up sandals. I’m so happy I could faint!




Sandals: Bronx

All we need now is for the snow to melt and spring to arrive, so I can take these babies out for a walk. In the meanwhile, they’ll get their debut indoors.

So this is the new year and I don’t feel any different

Anna-Maria30 Comments
My New Year’s outfit doesn’t sparkle or shine but it is, once again, inspired by Givenchy’s fall/winter collection (I honestly think I will never stop being fascinated by it). The ruffled sleeve button up is on me for the first time after I purchased it back in November, same with this tulip/diamond shaped skirt that I got from Sweden. The shape kind of reminds me of the fools outfits back in the renaissance days with its exaggerated “side wings”.

Shirt: Comme des Garcons for H&M
Skirt: Monki
Shoes: Vagabond
Belt: Second hand
Ring: Kalevala Koru


If you remember my Xmas wish list, you might recall I was lusting over the Givenchy open toe strap shoes. Well I didn’t get the real deal but I did find these amazing shoes from Vagabond while shopping for Xmas gifts with my boyfriend. They kind of have the Givenchy feel with the open toe/straps combo but with much less heel. My feet will thank me after all the dancing that I’m planning on doing today.
Happy New Year everyone and see you next year!