samuji fall winter show on last wednesday was so natural and well thought that it felt like this is the way things just happen when nice people come together to see a set of beautiful clothes, enjoy rhubarb drinks and the first warm days of the spring. apparantly there is a meatpacking district in helsinki as well - the venue was a finding of one of the best chefs (my opinion) in the city, antto melasniemi a mind behind the hel yes concept done in london and helsinki last winter.

here's my pictures from the show. i'll do another post about some details from the backstage later.










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helsinki university of art and design held it's annual show today and it was the best so far. ki kinnunen was my favorite of the bunch (i should be able to post pics later), but what mostly surprised me was the over all high quality. sorry for the lousy photos, my canon g9 is not the one to shoot shows with but i thought you'd appreciate some material. i'll try post some high res' later on.

1 anna alanko 2 essi lehto, julia petley-jones 3 sara riikonen+vivi raila, riikka soitinaho+janniturtiainen

flow

finally, huh? i had a great weekend, so great that i totally forgot (read 'slept over') uploading pictures during the festival but isn't that's a testimony of its own? anyway the festival was a blast with names such as grace jones, lily allen and fever ray performing. here's some pics. here's my festival.







all pictures by me

vintage babushka opening

i've walked by their cute store dozens of times and was excited to notice the store's open again with a new collection 'back to black'. first of all i think their logo fits the store perfectly, the owners were dressed up in black with liquorice and old vanity fair's on the table. the service was excellent. i did fall in love with a pair of shoes (picture below) but as i'm really trying to keep my shopping minimal i didn't buy them.




opening hours wed-fri 2pm-7pm. sat 12noon-4pm. iso roobertinkatu 42, hki.