Category: Outfits

Going with the Flow

Anna-Maria18 Comments
I’m back from Flow festival but so dead beat that my sleep deprived body is saying I should switch off my computer, and get some sleep instead of blogging. Even so, I want to share some pictures from Saturday.

 
Immediately after getting inside the festival area, I saw a familiar face smiling at me, and recognized it to be the ever-so-stylish Essi from the Fashion Overdose. I asked her to join us and soon we really hit it off, talking about music, fashion, Berlin, and of course, blogging. Doesn’t she look so cute?

 
My own outfit for the evening was compiled by taking the weather changes into consideration, and adding some Robert Smith into the mix. The brand new white Docs actually served me extremely well during the evening, though my calves were hurting just a wee a bit this morning (nothing untolerable, for those of you who were asking). I’d give them a few more walks, and they should be just fine.

As for the bands, we ended up seeing Vivian Girls, White Lies, Grace Jones, Juan McLean and my personal favorite of them all, Handsome Furs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen as energetic show as this stylish Canadian couple put together at Flow. I completely fell in love with Alexei’s fringey knit dress, anyone know who it’s by?


Picture by: Sampo Karjalainen


Button-up dress: MTWTFSS
Sweater: Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Vest: Two Percent 2%
Jeans: Cheap Monday
Combat Boots: Dr. Martens
Scissor necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Packbag: Second hand

I also met up with the absolutely fabulous Stella before the festival, and enjoyed some drinks and good company at her place pre-Flow. We also had some business taken care of but more about that later. Now I need to go to sleep…

P.S. My blog’s birthday competition is now closed, I will announce the winner tomorrow!

Hope against hope

Anna-Maria14 Comments
On Monday I woke up to an irritating sound which signaled me that unfortunately my summer holiday was now officially over, and it was time to get back to work. At the same time, I mentally prepared myself for the fact that during the weekdays “dressing in whatever I want” -phase was over, and the “dressing in the dullest pieces of your closet” -phase was back. Don’t get me wrong, at least we get to wear jeans and sort of relaxed clothes at work; a full on dress code would be a total devastation for me. Even so, getting back to work is always an inspiration killer. All I’m saying is that thank God for weekends, I don’t know what I would do without those guys. 
 
Talking about what’s “not fit for the office”, I sported this outfit last Saturday. The Rodarte inspired fishnets (or rather spidernets) are something “new”; I got them from Stockholm in June but haven’t introduced them until now. Tomorrow I will introduce some more of my new acquiries, I’ve actually burned out my credit card by online shopping to ease the pain. There is no better therapy than shopping, or how you say?


Top: MTWTFSS
Bra: the Great Blazer Bra by Lindex
Zipper skirt: MTWTFSS
Tights: H&M
Wedge shoes: Vagabond
Bag: Second hand
Scissor necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Shield ring: Kalevala Koru

P.S. Don’t forget my blog’s birthday competition!

In this little coastal town, you can go around and around

Anna-Maria12 Comments
Greetings from Hamina, a little Finnish coastal town near the Russian border. I had a great time there visiting my aunt (who is also a talented painter btw), eating the best strawberry pastries ever, spotting the Moomin troll in Tove Jansson’s painting, greeting some drunken old sailors, and getting familiar with the history of this very beautiful Russian influenced town. It’s like a little secret place that not so many people know about; even the main road signs don’t point there, just to St. Petersburg. Strange but true. I also had my first encounter with a ghost whilst visiting this old smith’s house (the building behind me in the first picture), and I wasn’t even scared which is even stranger. Must visit this magnificent place again next summer!


Top: MTWTFSS
Zipper vest: Two percent 2%
Harem pants: Zara
Wedge shoes: Vagabond
Studded bag: Zara

Tomorrow I’m gonna host a little competition for all my readers, so stay tuned!

I'm turning Japanese

Anna-Maria19 Comments
Last week my boyfriend and I took a little bike trip to the local botanical garden. The area is so breathtaking that I really have to go there more often to take the outfit pictures. There are hundreds of flowers, a duck pond and a beautiful mansion in the middle of it all; truly a wonderful place to hang out on a sunny day.

As for my outfit, I was inspired by the japanese style (think Comme des Garcons or Yohji Yamamoto for example). For some reason, I’m really feeling the knee length skirts right now, even though I don’t own so many at the moment (note to myself: must to get more of those!). As you might notice, I straightened my hair a wee bit after a year long break (!) but I have to admit that I prefer it when it’s wavy; it’s so much more softer that way. However, the straight look completes the outfit on this occasion.


T-shirt: Selected Femme
Skirt: Monki
Shoes: Vagabond
Hat: Uniformal Warehouse via eBay
Ring: Kalevala Koru
Bracelet: Perla via Funky Marie Design (thanks Marie!)

Tomorrow I’m going to the capital city Helsinki to do some discount shopping, and after that I’m heading to a little coastal city called Hamina to enjoy the last days of my summer holiday. On Friday when I’m back from my trip, I will have a little treat for you guys, so stay tuned…