Anna Maria Jagodzinska - Numéro #112 April 2010

I absolutely adore this editorial; the vibrant colours, outfits, the model, the lights, everything. Stunning, breathtaking photography by Greg Kadel!

inspiration: Boy George

I thought I could start doing inspiration posts on my blog every now and then. I want to post pictures of some gorgeous people who have really inspired me somehow.

And, what would be better way to start it than sharing some pictures of Boy George, my number one favourite singer. He's not just a amazing singer and songwriter, he also has gorgeous style, and his make up looks are stunning too. (I wonder why haven't I done Boy George inspired make up look yet!)
He also seem to have a fantastic, interesting personality, at least that's the impression I've got of him when reading his books, watching interviews, etc.

He has affected a lot in my life, since I first heard Culture Club songs, I started to discover who I am really and what do I want in life, and also somehow through Boy George I've heard of most of the other bands I listen to these days too. And I don't know, maybe without Boy George I wouldn't have ever even thought of moving to London someday. The first time when I went to London (in January 2008), it was only because I wanted to go to Boy George's concert there, and while I was in London then, I fell in love with the city.

But yeah. Boy George is just absolutely gorgeous and very inspiring. ♥

blog awards

I've received few blog awards lately, and I just want to say a huge thank you to you all now!

I received this I ♥ your blog award from these four gorgeous girls:
Gets from Wasted Seventeen
Ashley from All of Your Beauty
Tinja from Yours truly forevermore, Brangwen
Orchid from Orchid

Lovely Johanna from sketchbook six passed on these two awards to me.

Awesome Kat O from Click & Make Up! awarded me with this award.

Thanks you all!! I really appreciate those awards you gave me. Makes me so happy to hear my blog is liked. But well, this time I think I'm too lazy to follow the rules of those awards, tell things about me, post pictures, pass the awards on.. etc. I just wanted to thank you!!

I think maybe I could start doing blog recommendation posts though? Every once in a while, I could share few of my favourite blogs here?
What do you think, would you like me to share my blog favourites here? :)

second hand finds #3

Last few days I spent in Hämeenlinna with my friend Yvonne. We had awesome time, spending time outside and also watching some movies inside. One day we went to the flea market..

Black & white striped blouses, 1€. You can never have too many blouses.

Black jacket/blouse, 3€. I have to make it a bit tighter, then it will be perfect. Luckily it doesn't have a lining, so it will be very easy to narrow.

Eyeshadow palette, (not used) 2.9€. While waiting for my London trip and all the make up products I'm going to buy there, I wanted to add something to my make up collection. You can never have too much make up.

These magazines (Cosmopolitan, 3x Elle, Bursda) I bought from some antiquarian shop we visited too. I love looking at those pictures of fashion magazines, some of them are so inspiring. But I prefer buying them later when they're cheap. At that antiquarian shop, I also found Taboo -the musical! I didn't buy it, because I already have it. But it was so weird, I never thought they'd sell it anywhere in Finland!

But yeah, when I was coming home from Hämeenlinna, on my way from the railway station in Tampere to the bus stop, I visited some shops..

Every product cost only max. 1€ at UFF, and I just couldn't leave that shop with empty hands.

A silver tie. I love ties, but I haven't had any own tie before this. My zebra shirt dress's collar can be worn as a tie, (as I did in Vappurock) and I also have my dad's white leather jacket and his few other ties. But this is my first very own tie..

A skirt. It can also be worn as a dress. Well, it's a bit too short for being a full dress but if I'm wearing also a black mini skirt, it's fine. The fabric is lovely.

A dark grey blazer. Sometimes I love adding masculine things to my style. Like this kind of jackets, ties, hats... Etc. This jacket looks so good when it's open and I roll up the sleeves.

A black frill blouse. I love frills.

A purple/black dress. I'm going to shorten this, and probably make the neckline bigger, then this will be more wearable. Probably looks good with a black belt. I love those bat sleeves!

A red blouse from the 80s. I just love it.

When my sister saw all these things I had bought, she  rolled her eyes. Like always.. She doesn't like my style, and she doesn't like second hand things. :D And yeah, all these clothes look much better on me than they do in these pictures. Maybe I'm going to feature them in the outfit posts in the future.

There was also -50% off all the products in H&M too, because of the smoke damage that had happened. It was so crazy there, there was sooo many people, there was guard at the doors controlling how many people can get in.. Look at these pictures, people were even queueing to get in!
And you should have seen the people in there and how much clothes some of them were buying! The clothes piles in their hands.. Wow. I didn't buy a lot though, I only bought the eyeshadow palette for my friend and these few things for myself.

Two flower hairpins (which also have safetypins so they can be attached to clothes), bracelets and rings.

I can't believe it's already August! Time goes by so soon! Not a long time left till I go back to school, it's my birthday, Siz comes to Finland again, Nea and I go to London... :D