happy bday me!

i'll dream that i'll wake up with these in my wardrobe for my bday.



dress alexander wang - shoes phi - hat borsalino - miu miu scarf - bracelet fabio cammarata

marcus gaab

editorial for i love you magazine. 1 part. adore the givenchys in the last picture!






he also photographed chanel jewellery with daul kim (rip), go check the photos in his blog here.

gems

still not over the swine flu, whew, can't recall being this sick since childhood. i can't wait to get back to the office and go for lunches! ahh everyday things are starting to feel like such luxury.



top to bottom clockwise. topshop necklace - lanvin necklace - asos necklace - celestina bracelet

numéro korea

december issue. 'suffocated'. photography andrea buso. model shin min-ah




via tfs

zzz

a picture from last weekend - this must be most make up i've worn for half a year. always worth blogging about. sorry for lack of posts, i'm in bed trying to beat the influence out of my body. wish me luck! oh and btw i got mailed a beauty today but more about that with pictures later

romantic forever

being the hopeless romantic that i am i can't help loving this.


get it here

ice skater meets ballerina meets chic

i came across the picture and lost the source. i do remember this being acne's ss2010 collection.

shooooeeeees

suede, platforms, chains, hardcore tractor soles. ahhhhh. from left to right jil sander suede pumps - camilla skovgaard black satin sandals - charlotte olympia suede pumps.




buy all of them

marimekko ss2010

now this post has taken some time.. sorry. last wednesday i went to see marimekko's ss collection held at marimekko factory on the outskirts of helsinki. the catwalk was literally built on top of the machine where you print canvas..that was fun. the collection was bits of this and that, kind of all over the place. anyway here's my favorites from the collection - i'm really liking the first dress, think i could actually go and get one. shoes by julia lundsten (of finsk) for marimekko.

love as a list

first let me announce that this gif is the peak of my photoshop skills.
the acne jacket couldn't be named better - success. yes it is. and i want it bad. and the trousers. and the bag. and i still haven't got my ultimate love rita. well a girl is to dream, right?



buy here

beaded

anouck lepere wearing some gorgeous knitted bead-thingy that i need badly. i must try and do that. or something similar. ah mazing. or actually if there's anyone there who could make one for me make yourselves heard! <3 oh and btw i'm seriously thinking of going darker hair-wise after chloë on l'uomo vogue. should i?



picture icanteachyouhowtodoit

l'uomo cool

what is it that makes chloe the ultimate cool whatever she does. i'm hands down once again, i don't think it can get cooler than this. the DARK short bob, sleek and grungy at the same time. my hunch tells me it's the twist, tomboy but sexy, sleek but natural/grungy. i'm loving the look and the photographs, contrast works.




l'uomo vogue oct 2009 editorial via tfs

found on ffffound

my friend miika sent me an email asking if i knew about a photo of me on ffffound.com. it turned out to be yvan's shot from nyfw. fun! ffffound.com must be one the most addicting sites i know of, i could spend days there. here's a link to my fffound.

minna parikka love

if you understood that two thirds of the title were a name you did good, gongrats. minna parikka is the designer behind these baddies. her designs haven't so far been my cup of tea with a bit of 50's and burlesque influences and so when i was shown the shoes on spalt pr day last week i couldn't stop talking about how surprised i was about the designer's ability to move forward still not going too far from her roots. i simply love these and i neeeed them in my spring wardrobe. btw i got the best service from her staff team, highly recommended.

d+c

two looks from ss2010 collections, dries and chloë. i'm actually going crazy over the crazy-ethic dries one minus the shoes. same goes with the other one actually. the loose look is good but there's no point going all hippie, you know. btw, loving karlie's hair!! i can't tell if it's the lights or is there a little gradient going on?

emma the shoemaker

i'll be saving pennies for these beauties emma the shoemaker (melbourne australia). she was sweet enough to send me high res image to make the picture fit my blog better :)
ask for my bank account info by email to make donations.

odd things and prints

i've always adored people who have the ability of recognizing the right kind of odd things, or even better a bunch of odd things, working them into a chic natural looking mix. the lady photographed by the sartorialist definately masters what i'm talking about. i also realized that i have a problem with prints mixed with non-prints but when they are put together there's a possibility of creating amazing masterpieces. make sense?

experiment on jason wu dress

what to do with a jason wu fw09 dress in case mrs.o isn't your style? first i'd cut the jacket looking part and continue with the feather skirt (sorry jason). now an easy thing would be to go all/mostly black but i was tempted to use only warm tones - brown, beige and gold and making it not too caramel with white body. i actually would had gone for ragged jean jacket to have some twist but couldn't find a proper picture..

knit jacket topshop - two tone necklace balenciaga - body splendid - shoes givenchy - catwalk pic jason wu via style.com

on stylesightings

i'm wearing monki sweater + trousers and jeffrey campbell shoes. if you don't know stylesightings yet, go check it out. i mean if kanye AND justin have blogged about it...

gilles et dada // walking through light

these photos are from a gilles et dada photoshoot, i'd call it a lookbook but correct me if i'm wrong. i love the fact that there are young finnish brands doing their advertising in an interesting and in this case diy-kind of way. a simple idea, a used idea perhaps but what isn't nowadays? i love it and am particularly exited about the louis vuitton ss2010-like afro..



photography federico cabrera (of gilles et dada)

life vs death

picture source ffffound

the x factor

this is what i love about paris. and yes, fashion week may have had it's influence on this gentlemans choice of shoes but whatever the reason this is what i'd love to see everyday.

viva vena cava

two of my favorites at vena cava and totally diy-able. get some safety-pins and get going. the girls of vena cava also have a blog, check it here.