Caught by Elle

This picture is from last week's Jimmy Choo for H&M VIP night, the Elle girls caught us right when we got in (hence my goofy face). I'm wearing almost all new purchases from Berlin, and this time my outfit was heavily YSL inspired (I can't help it, every time I look at the gray peg leg pants, all I can see is the fab YSL fall 08 RTW collection).

To completely honest, I wasn't too keen on the shoes of the Choo collection (most of them looked cheaply made and were too blingy for my taste) but what I was actually hunting for were the accessories. I really couldn't believe my eyes when I saw how nuts people went over the designs, girls can be so brutal to one another! Luckily nobody was fighting over my picks, so I got out without any bruises or further damage. I ended up coming home with the double wrap leather belt and a few toned down bracelets, including the ones we got in the goodiebags (I got everything I was hunting for). The best part of the night was meeting up with the other style bloggers that were invited to this event, we had a blast!

A huge thank you for Satu and Jenni at Elle for the picture, more pictures of the stylish guests can be found here.

Shirt with thumb loops: COS
Vest: Zara
Peg leg pants: COS
Platform booties: Vagabond
Bag & scarf: All Saints
Necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Bracelet: COS

Peter's outfit:
Blazer: The Viridi Anne
Turtleneck: Obscur
Jeans: Acne
Boots: Diet Butcher Slim Skin
Necklace: Ann Demeulemeester
Bowler hat: Uniformal Warehouse via eBay

Silver Wang

Good news for all the Alexander Wang fans such as myself, the wonderboy of fashion is teaming up with the jewellery designer Paris Kain of Abraxas to launch his own jewellery line in the fall. The collection will include at least silver cuffs and earrings, and with Tina Turner in Mad Max as an inspiration source, we can already picture how great this collection will be. I would at least love to get my hands on this silver thing.

Picture via TFS

Too bad the pieces are priced from $350 to $975 but hey, there are aways discounts coming up. Wishful thinking, that is...

Alexander McQueen for Target

will be launched in March 2009...

Source: Stylezeitgeist

It's little things like this and Pink's hotdogs that make me wish I was still in California...

Japanese whisper

Hands up, who went to H&M for the CDG last Thursday? After reading crazy stories about fashion hungry folks fighting for the pieces on TFS and other discussion boards, it seems that the opening was rather calm in my city. There were only about 15 people hanging around at 9 am, no line, no hassle. I had the jacket, white ruffle shirt and color block sweater in mind and was actually able to get my hands on two of the latter. As I stated before, the polka dot thing was not really my cup of tea as those and the drop-crotch pants were the most sought after items around the world. My boyfriend purchased a sweater and drop crotch pants but is unsure whether or not to keep them. I think the pants look great on girls but the drop crotch pants definitely look the best on a boyish body and with some combat boots. Well, you be the judge. This is me trying on the pants, I don't know if I actually have the body to wear these.

Sweater: Comme des Garcons for H&M
Pants: Comme des Garcons for H&M
Shoes: Urban Originals

Today I almost tossed my camera out the window because shooting in the dark sucks. Does anyone know how to take good and clear pictures indoors with the Canon G9? I've not managed to do that yet, though there has been several attempts.

Virtual shopping: CDG for H&M

In about a month Rei Kawakubo's designs hit the H&Ms of the world. I have to say that the collection is quite different from the past designer collaborations and we can only wait and see what the crowds reactions will be. Somehow I think that there won't be as huge mass hysteria as last year, due to the fact that Rei's collection is so different and dark. Well, different and dark suit me very well.

For the fans of polkadots the collection seems to be a very pleasant suprise. I am not so keen on the dots, in fact, I would like to get my hands on these following pieces (full looks at hm.com).

Which ones are your favourites?

Jonathan Saunders for Target

It is so unfair that I live in Finland because Jonathan Saunders is this year's designer collaborator for Target. I like every single piece of this collection but the jacket with the leather lining, the black skirt, the purple ombre dress, the color block dress, and the black & white dress are just pure love. Ok, all of them are!

Source: Nylonmag.com

When the time comes, does any lovely reader living in the States want to help a girl in need of some Jonathan?

Toxic girl

I'm not a huge fan of festivals. Large crowds make me uneasy and there are always stupid drunken people ruining your experience by splashing beer on you or pushing through the masses with angry fists. In spite of my detest, I did attend Friday's Flow festival in Helsinki, and I'm really glad I did! Seeing Kings of Convenience play live was mind blowing and Erlend Oye was exactly how I pictured him to be, geeky yet cute. Also, I was once again spotted by a reader who wanted to say hi which was a really sweet gesture, but how on earth do people spot me in the huge masses is a mystery.

I decided to wear something that I could easily turn into a warm outfit for the night time. One of my missions in Stockholm was to find a pair of acid washed jeans. I saw the jeans back in January but for some reason I didn't get them then. After seeing them on Agathe from Stylebytes a few months later, I really regretted my decision to leave them behind. This time I just had to get them, no matter what. So, here they are, my new acid washed jeans.

Jeans: Cheap Monday
Shirt: Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Sweater: Sunday Sun
Shoes: Wedins
Crow pin: from Weekday

I did not actually wear the wedge platform shoes at the festival but I did wear them to go shopping on Saturday. So if anyone was walking the streets of Helsinki, you could have spotted me in this very outfit topped with a black "avant garde" rain cape which I will introduce sometime later. I swore I wouldn't buy anymore clothes since I blew the budget in Stockholm, but I did end up getting a Martin Margiela shirt (on discount) and some H&M Trend pieces, such as a new fall coat.

Oh and I'm sure most of you have already seen these but I just can't be more excited about the first looks of Comme des Carcons for H&M!

Source and more looks from: Fashionista