Flux.

Dark tones

September 22, 2009October 28, 2011 Anna-Maria32 Comments

Having a few weeks off of blogging due to a horrendous cold, has been kind of a booster for me to get this blog back on the road again. I’ve actually started a photography course in order to provide you with better outfit shots, and have plans of paying the damn upgrade fee of Imageshack, so the pictures will load a bit faster. The things I do for this blog and for you guys…It’s all for the best, I’m sure.

This blackalicious (or business goth, as Ranna put it) outfit is from Saturday, when we celebrated my boyfriend’s b-day over some Mexican food and visited the Design on Tampere’s design market. In the evening there was an actual b-day party itself, but unfortunately it was too dark (and too much fun) to take any outfit pictures of my dress. A perfectly valid reason to wear the same outfit again sometime, haha.

Button-up shirt: Second hand
Drop-crotch pants: Vila
Leather jacket: JSFN
Wedge shoes: Vagabond
Belt: Second hand
Bracelets: Lindex
Ring: Kalevala Koru

Boot straps

September 10, 2009October 28, 2011 Anna-Maria14 Comments

If you are tired of all your old shoes, and want to make them a bit more edgy, look no further because a pair of boot straps are the perfect solution to all your problems (thank you Aurora for the tip!). I found mine from a store called Mouseyessim on eBay and since the folks at the store are so nice, they promised to give all of my readers a -10% discount from all of their products!

To get your -10% discount, just mention “Fashion Flux” when you make your purchase, but remember to wait with the payment until they send you an invoice with the discounted price. Happy shopping my beloved readers!

Corduroy pants: Second hand
Platform booties: Bullboxer
Studded boot staps: Mouseyessim via eBay

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I can say nothing but positive about the store: the communication was excellent, the shipment came here in Finland in three days (they ship from UK), the item was as described, and of course the prices are very reasonable, too. They have quite a lot of new stuff coming in their store, so check it out!

Facelift

September 8, 2009October 28, 2011 Anna-Maria6 Comments

As you might have noticed my banner has had a little face lift, and I’m finally happy with the layout of this blog. You might wonder who is behind the banner drawing, and in fact, there is a nice little story behind it.

About one month ago, I organized a birthday competition for my blog’s first anniversary, giving away this amazing silver bracelet from Funky Marie Design’s shop. The competition was won by a Brazilian reader of mine, a fashion design student called Nathália Nunes. As a thank you for winning the competition, she send me this cute color drawing that she had quickly drafted of me. I could see that she had real talent there, so we started exchanging emails and thoughts about fashion design, and she also let me see a glimpse of her past collection.

Thereby, I asked her to draw another picture of me (featuring one of my all time favorite outfits) to use on my blog’s banner, and here we are. I’m really happy with it, thank you so much Nathália! As a result of our discussions, she has also started a blog called Out of the Blue that will feature fashion and her up and coming designs. I wish all the best for her and her career!

Drawings by Nathalia Nunes

This is our decision, to live fast or die young, we got the vision, now let’s have some fun!

September 7, 2009October 28, 2011 Anna-Maria14 Comments

As promised, here are some more pictures from the past weekend. These are all from Saturday’s craziness, I can’t recall the last time when I’ve had such a random and fun night in this city. We ended up seeing the New Wine and the Finnish electro legend Op:l Bastards at MOP, who also hung out with us at the backstage for a bit. In the end it was just our gang invading the space, eating their leftover sandwhiches and sodas. We also ended up to the strangest after party with DJ decks and spin the bottle (don’t ask me how and what went on after that).

I wore my newest purchase, the Rick Owens DRKSHDW tunic dress which is so comfortable and well tailored that I literally want to live in it from now on. Essi was looking fabulous as always, and we just had to take some mutual shots to show how we almost have the same profile! She really feels like the little sister that I never had, that’s how similar we are in so many ways.