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~* LadyBohemia Photoshoot *~

Posted in BohemianCharm&VintageChic, BusinessWoman, Home on September 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

This weekend, we had a wonderful photo shoot during which I once again totally exhausted my photographer…

The flamenco style Vintage Couture dress is by Jasmin Santanen, and will be featured in the November issue of Gloria Magazine also. Fake fur is a flea market find. Car just happened to be there, on our way to the actual site :).

Minna’s account of our little adventure says it all:

“Yesterday I was shooting fashion photos for LadyBohemia. 7 hours of laces, flowers, make up, amazing designer gowns and jewelry and shoes even got a tomboy like me posing in front of the mirror with a rose..”

Photographer extraordinaire, Minna from Minna Kulmala Photography. Nobody can capture a mood and a moment like her.

Thank you Thank you Thank you sweet soul. You made my day perfect.

Dear readers, this is just a little taste of what we’ve been up to… I will show you the full results of our labour soon. This I can already say… This will be something straight from the heart, something I’m very proud of.

Can’t wait to share it with you ♥.

~*♥*~

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~* Sweet nothings… and oh so much sunshine *~

Posted in BohemianCharm&VintageChic, BusinessWoman, Home on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Today I could use a little dose of sunnyness, but current situation considered, a trip down the memory line was needed…

A sweet, sweet happy day of browsing through wonders, basking in the warmth of that Provencal sun…

That’s why the face..

The lady behind me – in the photo below -has never failed me… For the past ten years, every time I visit her boutique or stand somewhere, a piece of antique jewellery, an Art Deco bag, some sweet nothings, come home with me. Hmmmmm I’ll photograph what I found this time for you, later…

Annnnnnd even my back looks happy :). Well, carrying that lovely Chanel bought that day, I am not surprised.

~**~

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~* There’s treasure everywhere *~

Posted in BohemianCharm&VintageChic, BusinessWoman, Home, tagged Kaisu Haumont Ladybohemia, Lauri Tähkä, Lauri Tähkä ennakkokuuntelu Vallila, Lauri Tähkä Hurmaan, Moonalia Design, Moonalia Dream, Oona Elena Kassila on August 27, 2013| 2 Comments »

There are moments when you just need to slow down, even for a moment, let go of every to-do -list in your head… And if you’re really brave, you might even close your eyes and take it all in on a different level..

And I promise, there’s treasure everywhere.

Yesterday, I did just that, closed my eyes and let the feelings flush over me, in a special musical event here in Helsinki. And the treasure I found, when closing my eyes and letting go, led to such a flow of tears that I ended using every single kleenex of every stranger around me.

And. It was beautiful and unforgettable.

But now, let me take you to another journey… That of a LadyBohemia business trip to the South of France.

Once and again, I found myself utterly (and as usual, happily) lost this time in the beautiful ancient cultural city of Aix-en-Provence.
Without agenda or hurry, I stopped for a little cup of coffee… And closed my eyes, to take it all in.

And there it was. The most charming little fountain… Ancient buildings, medieval gates… A lovely art gallery… Not to mention the best croissant of my life.

AND a wonderous little boutique, full of tresors old and new, soooooo sophisticated and sensual, a real Aladdins cave for LadyBohemia .

And this I gotta mention… just look at the flow of this dress. It’s is a unique piece, a golden beige silk and lace dream, handmade with love by the wonderful designer Oona Elena Kassila of Moonalia Design. The skirt was originally planned to be worn at a wedding, by a guest, but sorry, I just don’t have the patience to wait for some of my friends to tie the knot..

And, I must say, we’ve already encountered the most memorable experiences together with this skirt.

I wore it yesterday, at the preview of the record to come, and I’m sure it has marks of my tears here and there… And in fact I welcome each and every one of them.

And then… As I didn’t plan it very carefully, I wore this dress when I needed to carry a two heavy suitcases to a boutique… As this lovely dress has a lace train, my two boys walked behind me, carrying my train. Not a word of complaint – they’re rather used to me.

Again, a moment never to forget. Probably to all the passers-by as well..

The brocante life in Aix… I just love it.

You might come across an item that just says WaaaaaOoooH take me home I’m yours… But in any case, you get to see pieces with hundreds of years of history, tradition, stories… If only they could talk.

I for one would listen.

*♥*

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~* Minna H *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Home, tagged Minna, Minna H., Minna Hepburn, vintage dresses, vintage inspired wedding dresses, vintage look on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

On my way to a meeting with the beautiful and talented designer Minna Hepburn and this time I’m not gonna be late! I admire her work so much that I’m downright starstruck… We already tried to fix a meeting at the London Fashion Week but she wasn’t in London at that time. Now, thanks to the Fashion Stock Sales, we’ve finally met in person. And she’s every bit as lovely as this picture leads you to understand…

The horse is pretty gorgeous too, don’t you think? I think it’s her own..

Minna is the bestest model for her own creations. They’re so… Her. The beautiful Finnish blonde deep in the English countryside, carelessly combining rubber boots with the finest of vintage lace. Flowers in her hair.

We’ll be talking shop, and here you can see why. Antique laces and vintage pieces… I simply love Minna’s touch.

Let’s see if something sweet shall follow from our meeting… Will keep you posted.

~*♥*~

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~* Crossroads *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, EverydayPoesie, Home on May 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Darling readers, I feel like I need to apologize to you rather frequently nowadays for neglecting you, much and often. But I’d like to explain a little… You see, I’m at a crossroads in my life in so many respects right now. Trying hard to make everything work, to figure things out, to find my own path. So many wonderful things in the making, and I so want to share them with you..

But before that, there’s a lot of thinking, planning, deciding.. and plain hard work to be done.

Still, sometimes (kröhm, oftentimes if I’m honest), I just want to let go and fly with it…

But that wouldn’t be sensible… So I’m trying to stick to listing pros and cons, separating (irrational) feeling from reasoning… Huh, all that’s missing is an Excel file and I dread that things might even come to that..

Have you noticed how sometimes the stars just align, everything falls into place? That’s the place I’m at, at this very moment. And after years of abandonment by Lady Luck, it feels soooooooo good.

And there are moments when all of it is so overwhelming that I just need to sit down in silence, counting my blessings. Feel gratitude for all those wonderful people who are there, boosting me forward.

You know who you are ♥. And I hope you know how much you mean to me.

And… At the end of the day, no matter how much I speak of reason and rationale, all my decisions are based on one simple thing.

Intuition.

And right at this moment, it’s guiding me with a loud and clear voice ♥.

~*♥*~

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~* A Tuscan spring in Hel *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Home, tagged Bottega Verde, Tita Sirén on April 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The lovely Tita Sirén from Bottega Verde invited us to celebrate the arrival of spring, in Tuscan style. With freezing Hel all around us, we did our best ♥.

The wonderful Café de Abejas were there, treating us with a live concert. Honey for the eyes as well as ears. Such a charming couple they are, that it’s a pure joy to follow their success ♥.

Despite the, öhm, shall I say weatherly limitations, we were determined to color things into spring.

I’m a living proof of how one 1 mm wide detail can make anyone look pro… You wouldn’t believe how many doors my red stripe, the Canon one, has opened for me.

Thanks to this little stripe, I’ve been invited backstage in fashion shows to photograph models getting ready, to interview designers behind the scenes, give comments to magazines and even once to a tv (!). Huh, I say.

Queen of the day, Tita Sirén. Our hostess, with the right kinda sparkle in her eyes.

My favorite couple, Hannele and Torsti. If ever there is a match made in heaven, here it is.

I had met these two lovely people only once, when already they started helping me out with something that I had tried to work on for two years… And alone I was just too technologically challenged to get anything right. I couldn’t find anybody to help me out.. But with Hannele and Torsti, I didn’t even need to ask. They just realised I was in trouble and started helping.

Their generosity and kindness has touched me more than I can say.

The Beautiful Leena Sarvi with our hostess Tita.

I’ve always admired Leena’s look and graciousness, but in this event she actually approached me and told me she loved my style!!!

Wow, got completely flustered! What a compliment, and from such an elegant lady nonetheless! somehow, I managed to blurt out that I also really loved the creamy beige furry vest she was wearing. She told me she’d found it from Ajatar AND the following Monday I actually found the very last piece there, and got it as a gift 🙂 . Wow! I’m on a roll here.

Heli Kajo, below, didn’t want to be photographed without make-up and with new experimental hair – but as she always has the coolest accessories, those I immortalized. A large golden Donald, furry ginger scarf, pinkish hair. I could never pull something like that off, Heli always can.

I love, loved, loved Leena’s coat as well… But this gorgeous work of art is a unique piece in Finland. Just look at the silver and rhinestone decorations in the back and on the sides.. Uh, wow.

Friends, friends… The salt, spice and sugar of life.

Okay, the dress was: shirt with satin ribbon under the chest, find from France, tweed skirt with lace detail Férrer, bag Chanel, Italian boots gift from Pipsa, silver bracelets handmade, gift from my dad when I was 6, from a Zambian silversmith. He gave them to me in adult size so I’d always remember that period of my life.
I do.

Afterwards, we all went out to eat together… And if it’s true what they say about laughter prolonging one’s life, I owe at least one future decade to Pipsa and Lalli’s past adventures.

Pipsa Lagus, Lalli Savolainen

♥ My friends ♥.

Love ya.

~*♥*~

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~* Tea time whispers *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Champagne on March 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tea time filled with secrets and dreams, secret dreams, still only spoken about in whispers, but actually becoming reality. So many pieces are just falling into place that I simply can not believe it. I really thought that Lady Luck had abandoned me for good but now, I find myself in her favor again.

Can’t wait to tell you what we’re planning, plotting, preparing… But this I can say already. I just know you are going to love it.

As soon as there are names on papers, I’ll let you in on what is my future. Now please, my dear readers, keep all your fingers and toes crossed for me…

Today’s outfit consisted of old meeting new as is the case oftentimes… Burgundy leather skirt, a find from Paris some 15 years ago. Odd Molly silk blouse. Suede ankle boots, Calvin Klein, found secondhand from Kaivarin kanuuna. Stockings, found from London some 10 years ago, worn the first time here.. Pearls on my hips, a gift from Oona Elena Kassila. Golden bracelet, gift from my father, 34 years ago from Zambia.

Photos by my darling friend Pipsa Lagus.

Whilst I’m a dreamer par excellence, Pipsa is a primus motor in making (my) dreams happen ♥.

~*♥*~

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~* London Fashion Week 2013 *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Home, tagged London Fashion Week 2013 on March 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

How can I summarize the visual fireworks we experienced? Nope, I can’t.

Perhaps these photos will let you in on something exciting, enticing, inviting… A week of fun, a week of play. Something as sweet and carefree as is this picture.

A week of elegance it was, also.

An unforgettable week of new horizons. So many things I realized, found, discovered. Around and inside myself.

Somerset House. Like an ancient palace, so vibrant with life. I loved this place.

And the Hippy Princesses, the Punk Ladies, the Oriental Orchids, all those fashion scouts, bloggers, journalists, tv-crews, designers… I could have sat there in Somerset House all day, just taking it all in.

This lady below ooooozed such effortless chic glow that all the photographers just made a run for it when she walzed in…

Did I mention the quirkyest shoes? They made a grand entrance as well.

London proved it… Shoewise, I’m hopelessly unfashionable.

Finally, a little something familiar..

Something icy cool, that’s what these ladies were..

It seemed as if the whole city was dressed up in these panels.

How can I summarize this experience that was the Fashion Week? It feels like trying to put London into words. Impossible.

Something out of boundaries. New, raw, edgy, even rough. Eversoslightly punk. Experimental, somewhat out there.

Bold, rather than pretty.

It’s so easy to breathe in London. Everything goes.

~*♥*~

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~* Valentino *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Home, tagged London Fashion Week, Somerset Houset, Valentino exhibition, Valentino master of couture on March 3, 2013| 1 Comment »

It happened to me again… Life got on the way of blogging.

There are so many fun, sweet, touching, hilarious photos and moments I’d like to share with you, starting with everything that happened during the London Fashion Week… But there has been so much going on that I find it hard to keep up with my life.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining… That’s just the say I love it.

So, this gorgeous red veil leads to the entrance of the Valentino exhibition at Somerset House, the heart of the Fashion Week.

Today’s actually the last chance to catch this exhibition! How fitting.

So, anybody in London… A little tip for the day… Go see this one, and bring a good book to entertain you in the queue :).

~*♥*~

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~* Somewhere in Soho *~

Posted in BusinessWoman, Home, tagged International Fashion Showcase Award 2013, Kadri Kruus, Karl Annus, Kristian Steinberg, Kristina Viirpalu, London Fashion Week 2013 on February 19, 2013| 2 Comments »

at the old stables called the Horse’s Head… was an underground (literally!) showroom….

Is my name on the list? Please? Pretty please..

Yeyyyyy… In I am!

Welcomed by La Bella Kristina Viirpalu.

You can never imagine how tired I am, she whispeared in my ear. The lady sure hides it well.

And I must say, this was by and far the funkyest stables I’ve ever visited… A horsegirl at heart, I know what I’m talking about.

There were pirates in attendance. Edgy cool Londoners. DJ’s and live music.

The loveliest Ene Post in the world, below. We keep on bumping into each other in funny places.

Ene has two things I secretly crave for. A wardrobe full of Kristina’s dreams (such as this coat – uhhhhhh I want it!) AND natural Titian red curls. I’ve always, since I was knee-high, wanted flaming red curls all the way to the waist… Something… considerably more unique than my Scandinavian blondness. And my only sad attempt towards Freeflowing Wild Woman hair ended up in such a terrible shade of a carrot that I actually had to leave the country till it faded. My ex-fiance actually comforted me by saying that I should head someplace where everybody is dark… There any blonde would just be – yet another blonde.

Even when somewhat orange.

And this story is true.

Nuff said.

This lady caught my eye, and imagination. There was something so sad in her eyes, even if she was smiling.

Surrounded by her pirate entourage, she was served and treated like a princess. Maybe she was somebody’s princess.

And then, the dresses of the exhibition. Wedding dresses from Kristina this time, with a modern twist. Incredible craftsmanship.

The event was courtesy of press and PR d’oro – thank you once more Sissi!

This dress below Kristina actually designed for me. I asked her to create something in the theme and style of my favorite decade, the 1920’s and as usual, she wowed me.

Open all the way to the waist at the back, this hand-knitted fine lacy dress has ribbons in old rosa on the hips and across the back… She even made two slip dresses to go with it, one in old rosa and another in soft white. So I can alter it according to mood.

Miaowwwwww.

Jaha, I perhaps should have combed my hair that day… Instead of having the look you have when you leave for the airport at 4 AM. Grrrrrrr lazy me.

And to kick the Fashion Week off with style – the International Fashion Showcase 2013 Award went to this very exhibition! Congratulations Kristina, Kristian, Karl & Kadri!!!