Category: Outfits

Everything from Eastern style to photoshoots

Anna-Maria11 Comments
The other day and today have been extremely busy. We finally finished the photo shoot for the Etsy store few hours ago and I have to say, modeling is really hard work! A big hand to our photographer Satu and model Minna for helping to create lovely images for the selling lines.

The reason why Thursday was so busy is that I attended a photograph exhibition at a local art gallery called East Side stories. The exhibition portrays a trip of Liisa Jokinen from Hel-looks, photographer Juliana Harkki and stylist Salli Raeste to Eastern Finland through images of people’s styles and places in the East. If you live in or visit Tampere, it’s definitely something worth experiencing.

After the exhibition my boyfriend and I joined the exhibitors for a dinner and continued our evening at our friends’ place. I wore a black sweater bought from Sweden with leather patches and my new OTK boots which I absolutely adore. Here are some images from last night, everyone was dressed so fancy.



From right: Liisa Jokinen, Juliana Harkki and Salli Raeste

From right: my friend Laura, Liisa Jokinen and me
Photo above by: Juliana Harkki

I also asked Satu to photograph the outfit in the studio as well.

Photos by: Satu Kemppainen

Sweater: Sunday Sun
Boots: Bronx
Jacket: H&M
Scarf: Cheap Monday
Bag: Saddler
Gloves: Seppälä
Ring: Stockmann

Japanese whisper

Anna-Maria17 Comments
Hands up, who went to H&M for the CDG last Thursday? After reading crazy stories about fashion hungry folks fighting for the pieces on TFS and other discussion boards, it seems that the opening was rather calm in my city. There were only about 15 people hanging around at 9 am, no line, no hassle. I had the jacket, white ruffle shirt and color block sweater in mind and was actually able to get my hands on two of the latter. As I stated before, the polka dot thing was not really my cup of tea as those and the drop-crotch pants were the most sought after items around the world. My boyfriend purchased a sweater and drop crotch pants but is unsure whether or not to keep them. I think the pants look great on girls but the drop crotch pants definitely look the best on a boyish body and with some combat boots. Well, you be the judge. This is me trying on the pants, I don’t know if I actually have the body to wear these.


Sweater: Comme des Garcons for H&M
Pants: Comme des Garcons for H&M
Shoes: Urban Originals

Today I almost tossed my camera out the window because shooting in the dark sucks. Does anyone know how to take good and clear pictures indoors with the Canon G9? I’ve not managed to do that yet, though there has been several attempts.

Make it work

Anna-Maria26 Comments
Even though my work place (an office) doesn’t have a tight dress code, I still feel that there is a “work me” compared to the “normal me”. My strategy with all the jobs I’ve had has always been to go formal first and bit by bit start bringing more “me” into the work outfits. It has taken about a year that I have had the courage to start wearing what I wear now at work; I still have to restrain my inner rock chick to stay at home. Even today I felt somewhat of a burn in my back while wearing this blazer, jeans and platform booties combo. It’s funny because my boyfriend said the outfit reminds him of a teacher which is actually not too far fetched; my mother, who is a teacher, used to wear a very similar grey blazer back in the 80’s/90’s. So what’s all the fuss about?



Blazer: MTWTFSS
Shirt: Marlene Schön by Ellos
Jeans: Cheap Monday
Platform booties: Bullboxer


“Someone always playing corporation games,
Who cares they’re always changing corporation names,
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage,
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page”

 

Ecoluxury

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Being a huge fan of Scandinavian fashion, meeting the Finnish born fashion designer Camilla Norrback while in Sweden, had a great importance to me. Her brand has been a pioneer in “ecoloxury“, a term that has been widely used but in fact, originated from her. In Camilla’s words “ecoluxury is modern luxury with an ecological point of view”; most of her clothes are produced from environmentally friendly, renewable raw materials. A good example were buttery soft leggings which I would have never guessed being made of recycled PET bottles. How can something so rough and ugly turn into something so comfortable and pretty?

Source: Camilla Norrback

While visiting her boutique, Camilla promised us a -25% discount from her collection. I obviously couldn’t leave empty handed, and this Art deco/80’s inspired dress was mine to keep. According to Camilla, her clothes make the wearer feel both beautiful and proud which with, I have to agree. I wore the dress to Saturday night’s indie club feeling both beautiful and proud; not only had I bought an amazing dress but it was also a very wise purchase.

The button of the dress is made from the finest quality leather and in a Swedish factory that also manufactures the leather straps of Louis Vuitton bags. How cool is that?

Dress: Camilla Norrback
Shoes: Urban Originals
Clutch: Bianco

Camilla at her boutique