PLUM, DARK BLUE, AND ALL THE COLOURS OF AUTUMN

You've seen me talk about it trough the years - my love for autumn. I do enjoy all seasons (except perhaps for spring, as spring in Finland often turns out rather not only short but non-existent; two months of disappointment. Sadly), but while I always long for a short (hah!) snowy winter and feel most alive during summer autumn still turns out to be my favourite time of year. And this year it has been magical! Like you would have wanted to walk around with your mouth open all the time and just do a constant 'Wow!'.

 

Ah, the light, and all the colours!

My colours for this autumn turns out to be plum and dark blue. And all things checked and plaid, as usual.

But the bye-bye to all of this this is around the corner; the inevitable will soon come – no more light, no more colours.

It's a good thing we have candles, fairy lights and red wine to battle the Mordor-months with! Bring it on!

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COLOURS AND FROST

Today it's the gloomy Halloweenish weather one would expect with mid-October approaching (already! What? How?), but yesterday we woke up to a breathtaking colourful frosty sunrise that I even tossed out barefoot for to try and catch with my phone -

The view to the south is often like a painting. This is also the bathroom view, and one day eventually the view from the study-to-be; the brown room which for the moment is just (you guessed it): boxes.

Colourful trees to the west! And the old barn of the farm peeking from behind them.
The study will be the only room in the house, apart from the living room, with windows in two directions. That actually makes it the nicest room in the house. This, plus an apple tree in the front, would be the view from the second window.


Amazing colours to the north!

And the rising sun in the east.

I really love crips autumn mornings like this, when the air is fresh and cold and the light makes everything magic.  But give it a month and we will be up earlier than the sun, wake up to dark mornings, when the universe evens out all those light days we got during summer...

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OCHRE AND WINE RED

Last spring before I went to France I quickly made this yellow ochre-coloured A-line skirt (like, the actual night before, because that is what insane people like me do in order to maintain a maximum stress level). I had had the fabric waiting in my to-do pile of fabrics for a few of years already and decided it would make a great and comfy travel skirt. With large pockets, of course.

Skirt-show-off walking, as one does.
Dark yellow is a strangely versatile colour that pairs well with many others, and I especially like it with wine red. Maximising the level of autumn-points.

Photos by my friend Asko Rantanen / Asko Jonathan Photography who takes amazingly creative pictures.

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SUPERWOOD

Today I am traveling to Strasbourg to perform at a festival (at Elsass Rock & Jive) in warm and sunny weather!

So, logically I thought I’d look back some six months ago to to a very different kind of season, festival and ambience - Paola Suhonen’s SuperWood Festival.

The very first Superwood took place late last October just east of the Helsinki city centre in a now hotel, then 1960’s bank conference building; Hotel Rantapuisto. In all it’s 60’s design glory is a prefect base for the event, which, as one would expect when created by Paola Suhonen / Ivana Helsinki, mixes music, art, design and Finnish nature.

It’s a rather grown up festival, in a good way, with nice dining and movie screenings - forget muddy fields and tents, and enjoy lounge bar concerts with a living room feeling design hotel rooms - with a twist of spooky woodland vibe:
(Photo credits at the end of the post)

I only attended the first night but immediately regretted not booking the whole weekend. I managed to miss my old pal’s Suad’s sunset concert opening the night (Finland, October, it sets early) but got to listen to a truly magical Mikko Joensuu auditorium set, and then join the wood tour, which Paola put together of different musical performances and installations in the woods surrounding the hotel. A super idea although a bit over crowded, but let’s see how they do it this year.

The hotel restaurant had put together a vegetarian buffet of which lots of the ingredients were picked from the backyard -like sugar coated lichen decorating the dessert. And Pekka Haavisto (Finnish presidential candidate) was DJing! I ate so much I had to lounge on a pile of cushions to get over my food coma while watching one of the feature films.

Looking forward to this upcoming autumn to see how the second year of the festival will turn out!

Photos from the Superwood FB page by
1. Aleksi Tikkala - 2 & 5. David Jakob - 3. Tero Kiiski - 4. Mira Lintunen - 6 & 7. Paula Hiipakka

Square instagram photos by me except photo of Pekka Haavisto from @pekka.haavisto

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LEGS UP, BABY!

Jacket: CALVIN KLEIN  o  Shorts: ZARA   o   Shoes: HELIA via Zalando   o  Messanger bags: DOLCE & GABBANA   o   Sunglasses: ROBERTO CAVALLI   o   Jewellery: YES   o   Toque: VINTAGE   o   Nails: HERE

Żakiet: CALVIN KLEIN  o  Szorty: ZARA   o   Czółenka: HELIA via Zalando   o   Torebka: DOLCE & GABBANA   o   Okulary: ROBERTO CAVALLI   o   Biżuteria: YES   o   Toczek: VINTAGE   o   Pazury: TUTAJ

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GREYISH.

Dress: HERE  o  Coat: HERE   o   Boots: HERE   o   Bag: MICHAEL KORS   o   Sunglasses: ROBERTO CAVALLI   o   Rings: APART   o   Hat: VINTAGE   o   Nails: HERE

Sukienka: TUTAJ  o  Płaszcz: TUTAJ   o   Kozaki: TUTAJ   o   Torebka: MICHAEL KORS   o   Okulary: ROBERTO CAVALLI   o   Pierścionki: APART   o   Kapelusz: VINTAGE   o   Pazury: TUTAJ

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1. Płaszcz | Coat   2. Czapka | Full cap   3. Bomberka | Bomber jacket   4. Kozaki | Boots   5. Sweter | Sweater | 6.  Spodnie | Pants

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BRIELLE.

Blouse: HERE  o  Chinos: HERE   o   Sneakers: ADIDAS   o   Coat: ZARA   o   Sunnies: DOLCE & GABBANA   o   Ring: W.KRUK   o   Nails: TUTAJ

 

Bluzka: TUTAJ  o  Cygaretki: TUTAJ   o   Sneakersy: ADIDAS   o   Płaszcz: ZARA   o   Okulary: DOLCE & GABBANA   o   Pierścionki: W.KRUK   o   Pazury: TUTAJ

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