Dress Style

happy new year
happy new haircut (photos later)
happy new night
happy new shirt (photos later!)
happy new plans
happy new ideas
happy old me :), happy old friends, happy old family.

my ring from a shop in Kalmar



YSL coral ring

as everyone can probably tell by my daily outfit posts, i don't wear a lot of jewelry- and if i do its limited to a watch, my glasses and some cuffs, and my own necklace designs. in the past few years I've exclusively worn non metal jewelry, with the exception of my stud bracelets... i especially don't like wearing gold, it just doesn't fit my style and personally I feel a bit uncomfortable wearing it. - i quite fell in love with this YSL ring, even it's gold metal qualities. i was ecstatic when i found this similar ring in a dark silver metal- of course its not even half as beautiful as the YSL ring but it fits my style & satisfies my ring urge for the season (at half the cost too). what do you think?

worn with altered monki shirt dress, f21 leggings, wedins lace up wedge boots, DIY strip scarf, vintage brown & black belt, vintage envelope purse



a close up of the belt and convertible purse

this is one of my gifts (from Johan), and admittedly my favorite! i've been learning how to use a tablet at work (the entire design department at work uses them). i'm hoping this will give my design process more structure in terms of sketching out a few more of my ideas (as well as perfecting that dusty portfolio). these skirts are my first designs using the tablet. along with some great gifts, i also had the chance to do some thrift shopping during my trip to southern sweden (small swedish towns have the best thrift stores). photos soon...

merry x-mas...

and a nice winter to those who
don't really celebrate it,
myself included!

image from christmas by color

everyone's off making wishlists but I've been in a boys state of mind lately (haircut anyone?) so here's my boys wishlist, some things i got for johan already, we have very similar style & i almost like shopping for him a lot more then i do for myself, something about not pondering over a purchase for hours and the Fall/Winter 08, Spring 09 collections, especially here in Sweden, menswear has taken a very interesting turn. so here it is.

but FIRST

Undercover Jacket


Asuza Graphic Sweater


Kilian Kerner tonal outfit


shirts by Velour


Comme Des Garcons PLAY shirt


creme de la creme shirt from Tee Shirt Store


Mr. Hares Black dress shoes


Camper lace up shoes


SIV STOLDAL boots


colorful socks by blammo


bow ties by Dako


Peter Jensen school boy bag


Lexon digital watch from Designtorget


Minox Digital Camera


December issue of Monocle

finally! some photos of my 5preview tee shirt!. they only had one left, it was a medium- i had to fix this in the shoulders, sleeves and sides, but i have a genius method of fixing tee shirts :) i wore this with a million layers, a wool 'The Stray Boys' jacket, a knit panel jacket of my own design, a faux fur scarf, my favorite pair of jeans and very OLD boots that I updated for this Fall/Winter.

speaking of boots & heels- when it starts to snow here in Stockholm, the city puts down a bunch of small rocks on the sidewalks, making it easier to walk on them without slipping to a painful fall BUT after the snow has dried they make for a very ugly view as well as the most intolerable crunching sound- even some tripping. does this bother anyone else as much as it bothers me?

altered vintage blouse, DIY knit skirt, really old boots...& yes, that's where we keep our empty beer cans

my mom (left) with her cousin standing on a rock in the middle of a river in India long before i was born. she's still this incredibly beautiful today. i wish i could look half as good without trying.

it was about time!

DIY t-shirt dress/came out looking sort of like a maids outfit...

the last few days have been...
cage shoes, faux leather, MOC, haircutcage dress, stocking dress, veganyumyum, x-mas shopping, colored tights, lace pants

worn with a DIY/completely altered vintage leather skirt and no top (apologies, i couldn't dig up the right shirt for this outfit)


close up of the jacket & exposed one shoulder triple shoulder pads- and my crooked smile

this is the furry/fuzzy stuffed teddy bear like jacket i made a long time ago. I mainly wanted my version of the currently popular fur jacket- without the real fur part or vintage fur (which i'm totally not opposed to but do have issues with the way they usually smell)
i love the way it fits, and it's surprisingly warm.

this morning we forced ourselves up a bit early for Saturday brunch at Mäster Anders. all the food plus not sleeping in is making me insanely tired right now but i'll endure through a few blog entries. here are some highlights from our deliciously long meal in yuppy central of Stockholm.

our assorted bread basket with mini lussikatt buns! so cute & so good.


my food came in a pan.


my third coffee...


johan's champagne & caviar induced smile.

wearing a vintage sweater blazer altered by me, a vintage double layer skirt also altered by me and my favorite lace up boots. this has to be the best hang-over outfit of all time.

i so look like my mother here.

i've been digging up old photos from my photobucket account and found these two of my senior collection before it's completion. back when i was really into dying fabrics and all shades of purple. i still love the concept- though if i did it now i would definitely choose different fabrics. it seems like it was not so long ago that i was sweating over these designs but in terms of personal growth as a designer- these are light years away. i almost change on a monthly if not daily basis but the core of my design values seems to exist in everything i do- i hope my things seem tied to one another in a subtle way.

i've been stuck in the house, rather sick today and rather busy yesterday so it's a quick update to let everyone know that I've not stopped blogging and will be posting major updates on my projects (including a very furry jacket, my new 5preview t-shirt, red lipstick and some very puffy sleeves)

this is part of the dress i worked on tonight- it's a dress i've been meaning to put into fabric. it's not done yet, i'll post photos when it is!