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

 

Time machine

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I’m finally wearing my self-made harem pants the way I wanted to wear them originally: with heels, fitted jacket and a lose t-shirt tucked in the pants. Whilst walking around town today, I did feel some curious eyes burning on me, like I’d have this huge diaper in my pants. I could care less though cause these are way comfy, and the right kind of pants for warm spring days like today (+20 Celcius wohoo!). The background of the picture fits perfectly to theme too, looking like a time machine that’s gonna take me right back to this era.
Enjoy your day!

Jacket: JSFN
Wrinkled t-shirt: MTWTFSS
Harem pants: Self-made
Shoes: Vagabond
Ring: Kalevala Koru

Blog party

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As important as a party itself, is what you wear to a party. Since I’m a panic dresser when it comes to important events, I usually start planning on the outfit of the evening weeks beforehand. When you’re on a minute schedule on the d-day, everything should be in order because there is no time for mistakes. With a great help from Shini of Park&Cube, I acquired this amazing Rick Owens-like dress from All Saints. The dress had been sold out from the All Saints webstore so I turned to Shini and she was so helpful to assist me in my mission and got it from the London store. Thank you Shini once more, you really saved me from a dress crisis!


Pictures by: Nelliina
Dress: All Saints
Combat boots: Kenkärepo
Tights: DIY
Ring: Marc by Marc Jacobs

The dress came in need, as a month of hard work and anticipation finally paid off last night, when I and about 30 other style bloggers met up in a blog party in my hometown Tampere. Nelliina and I had put this fun event together with an agenda including shopping tour in local boutiques, Finnish fashion designers presentation, a live band, fashion quiz, good food, DJ’s and great sponsors such as Nanso, Nelly.com, and John Freida. Even though there was a couple of draw backs on the way, we succeeded in making a great party – I think we should totally start a company organizing events like this!

 


Thanks everyone for sharing the pics!

The night was so much fun and full of great conversations; it was so nice to see the people behind the blogs you follow on a daily basis. We definitely need to have more of these meetings in the future!

Business as usual

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I feel like the world’s most boring blogger for posting so un-fresh outfit with the same old shoes, same old jeans and same old cardigan but this week has been so busy that I’ve worn nothing but same old.


Cardigan: H&M
Wrinkled t-shirt: MTWTFSS
Jeans: Cheap Monday
Jacket: Diana Orving
Shoes: Global Essentials
Ring scarf: MTWTFSS
Bag: Saddler
Brooch: Some small designer, bought it in Sweden
Ring: Marc by Marc Jacobs

 

Since bullet points are the new “it” thing in blogs, I’m listing a couple of things that have kept me busy lately:

  • Organizing a blog party with Nelliina for 30 Finnish fashion bloggers in my home town Tampere. Who knew getting the place, food, sponsors, guest speakers, band and a DJ would such a huge task? Pictures to come after tomorrow!
  • Broken cars and the strike of the Finnish post office doesn’t make things any easier – just busier!
  • Wearing my new H&M cardi in 1000000 different ways. I never guessed it would be this versatile.
  • Finding new shooting locations. I’ve ventured from my back yard to the back alley.
  • I just booked plane tickets to Barcelona in June. Any good shops I should know about (something that fits my style)? I’m new to the city, so any suggestions are welcome.

Have a nice weekend!