come to mama

the list of items I would love to get for this fall is growing every day......I mean come on, look at those damn shoes. I don't know the price, don't know about the quality, I just know they'd be perfect with a cape and a chunky scarf. 

ps if you don't happen to like suede, the shoes also come in lacquer. yum. now the only thing I need is a back-and-forth trip to sweden.....

photo from here

wiggle your toenails

I started laughing when I saw these comme des garcons shoes online. they're creepy!

I wonder if a DIY version would look even half as good as the genuine things?

crab claws and bottles of rum

blazer acne tank top kain lipstick make up store aloha leggings helmut lang boots random clutch alexander mcqueen

ah how I wish I could throw on the above clothes tomorrow morning and take it easy for the day. I'd drag my heavy ass downtown, get a latte and just walk around looking at the things surrounding me.

I feel like I sleepwalk through the most of the year. 

I went to see rasta thomas' rock the ballet with a friend on Saturday and even though for the first half of the show the dancers' clothes were terrible (think tank tops in pastel shades with some sequins thrown in on the guys, black leather, sequins and red jersey on the girl....) and the background video was substandard, I really enjoyed it. 

after the break (and some white wine) half through the show the clothing got better (fedoras, black ties, tight black jeans, white shirts on the guys, pink and black on the girl). 

the times I go to see dance performances are very few, but I guess I need to do it more often. 

lose or keep?

what is it with me buying things I regret buying when I get home? where's cognitive thinking and keeping cool, where's simplicity and when the hell did spontaneity replace rationality?

I have solemnly promised myself to stop buying clothes and accessories and shoes until I seriously figure out what I want and need to buy. maybe it's just that I don't find what I look for and therefore end up buying things I'm not happy with.

before being able to quit buying things I'm not too sure about I have to:

a) raid my closet and throw out everything I haven't worn in the past year

b) decide what to do with the grey sweater dress above. I actually love the piece because it is pretty unusual, but it doesn't suit me as well as it could. the dress is 100% cotton though so no acrylics or any ugly polyester fibers which go static the moment you walk out on a winter morning, so I'm guessing this may actually stay in shape for long.

what do you think?

nero non è noioso come dicono

(leather jacket helmut lang boots chloé dress diana brinks beanie lowie necklace ACB)

I'm looking forward to those chilly autumn mornings when I can wear something similar to the clothes above. whoever said black was dull was utterly wrong. at least for me it brings comfort. it feels familiar.

I've never really liked beanies ever since I got rid of those awful, colorful nightmarish beanies all of us kids used to wear in pre school, and well actually I might have had a wannabe-snowboarder phase at one point too where I bought beanies everywhere I went.... anyway, a chunky black one with a big pom-pom actually seems like a good idea. maybe I should try to make one myself.

tomorrow I'll hit the shops to get a pair of gorgeous sand colored leather gloves! another item on my wanted-for-autumn list ticked off.

++ does anyone have any tips for finding shoes like the chloé jodhpurs in the image? I've searched through zio and rizzo in helsinki but I can't find anything. 

they should be black and definitely made of good quality leather but they should also suit my budget. help!

I LOVE LASERS

what a weekend. flow festival was even better than I thought it could be. saw a lot of friends, listened to awesome music like new young pony club, white lies, handsome furs, grace jones et cetera, threw on the first clothes I could reach in the mornings and just felt super good about everything+++got crazy listening to ladyhawke. she's something. fever ray had the weirdest, most amazing show I've seen during this short life of mine. 

lily allen definitely isn't one of my favourites but despite the fact that she cried on stage and complained about her back hurting her music left me a little sad for the rest of the night. 

 

school's started, I've got tons of reading to do, I'm sick and still a tad hungover from last night but I feel beyond happy. weekends like the past one are what keeps me going. 

I snapped the above image of my new vintage glasses. the old lady who sold them to me told me she wore them in the sixties. they make me look like a crazy grandma. love it.

ps grace jones was c r a z y about her clothing, I mean how on earth does she pull off all that stuff?? like a giant leaf-like hat on her head or a structured black silk jacket made of sausage-like things? or a pink hula hoop. 

ransom notes keep falling out your mouth

I'm back to school as of today. everything has changed. I feel new. they serve pumpkin seeds with salad now and fresh bread every day at school. not that I'm complaining. 

I've been shopping for utterly boring things like underwear and erasers/pencils/paper and haven't found any of those perfect day dresses I was planning to fill my closet with before the weather gets cold.

why is it that I only started to enjoy the summer now that it's practically over??

photo jak and jil

colour-coordinate your cd collection

my summer will officially be over next Tuesday when it's time to go back to school again. I've been working my ass off this summer just to pay for plane tickets to australia in christmas time, but now I'm not too sure whether I want to go. I don't know if a little trip down memory lane is worth working for the whole summer--maybe I should go next summer when I could really spend a lot of time there? then again, I think I'm getting some money off my insurance next year so maybe I could do both? it's a difficult choice to be made!

I'm still feeling oh so uninspired+++looking forward to the weather becoming cold and chilly. I miss autumn. I've been working  on my wish list for the new season but it's impossible to finish due to the fact that all the fall collections are now starting to come up on the Internet... 

this piece, however, is something I truly truly feel like I need. why don't high street stores make anything similar to this pretty baby? just because I don't have 500€ to spend on a sweater dress doesn't mean I don't deserve one, eh?

rick owens oversized wool-blend sweater from net-a-porter

boots and pleats

loving those cuts. and those haircuts.

the shoes aren't bad either.

to be quite honest this is what my dream wardrobe would look like.

rad by rad hourani, photos jakandjil.

geometric necklace

shown above is the latest addition to my necklace collection.

I really kind of do collect necklaces. I very rarely wear them though.

this particular one, however, looks stunning paired with plain black clothes and that's why I love it.

I decided to keep that black blazer by the way. too much of a classic to let it go. 

+ I came across the ugliest pleather jacket of all time yesterday and for some reason tried  it on---it looked great. the price was even greater, 15 euros. I gave up the whole idea of adding any extra things on the blazer lapels, but I think this new black pleather jacket just screams for some additional metal pieces. now all I have to do is find some studs of different sizes. I want small and big pyramids and conical studs and dome studs. does anyone know where to get some in Finland? I'll go and check some random goth shops tomorrow.

ps the necklace idea wasn't mine, I saw it on some blog. can't remember how I got there let alone the name of the blog but it was a great one written by a cute girl from hong kong. 

EDIT///it was the lovely Denise whose blog I found this from! check it out, I'm a fan!

I'm not destitute, I'm discerning

my mother brought me this (or should I say these) babe when she briefly visited st. petersburg in the spring. I've never been a big fan of the russian culture or aesthetic but there's just something about this particular matryoshka doll. it's not exactly the traditional model, maybe that's why.

 

you've done a complete 180

I've been looking for a well-fitting black blazer for everyday use ever since I got the nude colored one in the spring. finally I found one, I'm just not completely sure it's the right model for me--it's not exactly a boxy fit. the back's been taken in just a little bit and it flares out at the hem again. 

I know it's stupid to keep something I'm not 100% sure about. it's just that I really want a black blazer for the autumn and what are the chances of getting an even better one for the same price?? 

haha the hard parts of being a materialist like myself....

 

EDIT// I was also thinking about maybe adding some studs on the lapels--then again the stripes are most definitely a problem. stripes and studs, wouldn't call that a perfect ensemble. what do you say?

only you can make you happy

how good are these rick owens wedge boots?? I say pure indulgence.

image net-a-porter

a false piece of mind

draping, grey, boots, leggings, blazers, stripes.

I kind of wish it was autumn already.

now I'm off to work to wear an ugly plaid shirt with cargo pants of a matching colour. vomit.

photos weekday

merely the pain, not the difficulty

browsing through stockholmstreetstyle I bumped into this incredible female figure. 

I want a similar dress but with long sleeves. how hard can it be to make one?

if there's any other way I'll do anything for you

tee tsumori chisato scarf all saints shorts alberto biani shoes acne bra stella mccartney sunnies karen walker

I feel like quitting my job right now and spending endless, sunny days free from worries 

or any responsabilities before having to sharpen up for school again. 

I want to lie in other people's backyards in the middle of the night and laugh my ass off.

I want to get drunk in the morning and keep drinking for a few days. 

I want to be impulsive and naive and annoying.

++++

enough with the olsen twins. let me introduce to you another pair of siblings just as stylish.

they're girls who stay faithful to their styles and know what suits them best.

they're girls whose personal styles never die or fade.

the younger sister is a fiery little thing, 

shorter than all of her friends but filled with energy and passion.

her style corresponds with her character; flaming red hair always in a bun, 

red dress and black combat boots paired with a little baby pink bow to bring in some femininity.

the older sister is a little more classic and composed both in her style and character. 

she often wears a baby pink dress with a pleated collar with some bright red rubber boots and, not unlike her sister, wears her hair in a little topknot.

the sisters are called little my and mymble.

 you might recognize them from the animated moomin series.

I seriously think little my might be my very own number one it girl in the world.

ps finns, did you know that mörkö is a she?? wikipedia says so.

photos are screenshots from the moomin episodes spring in moominvalley/moominvalley's jungle/rare goldfish/small, small visitor

a girl can dream

from now on

I want to only purchase clothes that make me happy.

I don't want to buy a piece of clothing just because it's something that suits other people.

I only want to buy things that suit me and who I am. 

I want to buy things I can use for a longer span of time. things of good quality, of a high standard. none of those ugly jersey creations that last for about three spins of the washing machine.

I want to have a closetful of things that make me grin in the mornings, instead of making me depressed and anxious.

I want to have a variety of delightful things to choose from. 

I want to have things that go together. pieces you can't go wrong with.

loose dark dress++dark fedora hat++moderately patterned leggings++black ankle booties

can you go wrong with those??

ps I wanted a dark grey eye liner like the one this ida sjöstedt model is wearing and found a perfect one from make up store yesterday. the only sad thing is that I look like a teenager in a heavy goth-phase wearing it.

+++ please pretend you didn't notice that little area of the sleeve in the drawing that I apparently forgot to colour in.....

jeunesse dorée

the latest issue of the italian muse magazine featured the amazing chloë sevigny on its pages. 

I don't really love chloë and actually pretty much hated her in HBO's big love 

but there's something about these photos that just makes me want to stare at them all day.

photos the fashion spot

a 263 euro t-shirt

I don't know what to think about the christopher kane tees that are everywhere right now.

gorillas, baboons, chimps, mandrills, all screaming.

yes, they're cool, but for how long?