Balenciaga Fall 2012

I´m feeling super inspired by the Balenciaga Fall 2012 collection. The tone on tone shiny vs. matte fabrics, 80´s futuro references and the use of geometric cuts. They also had zebra and panther patterned leather, which just makes me want to learn leather painting even more. The chiffon - leather panel skirt cut looks amazing and would make a very interesting DIY project.

But first I have to finish my book..

Photos via Style Bistro.

Trashion Socialite

Last Sunday was yet another photo shoot for my upcoming DIY fashion book. The theme for this one was portraits of socialite women in their day and evening looks. The clothes show a simple way to customize a piece for daily wear, but if you blow up the proportions and use more material, you get evening wear. My book will be out in October and it will feature about 30 projects with infinite modification possibilities depending what type of garment you have to start with.

The projects:
Covering old clothes with doily table cloths
Forming surfaces with leather strips cut from mens 80´s leather jackets
Turning a 70´s A-lined maxi skirt to a peplum pencil skirt

Photos: Mikko Rasila

Models: Tiiu, Fiona, Sabina 

Clothes: OutsaPop Trashion / second hand 

Makeup: Iris Lindholm 

Hair: Jere Tienhaara 

DIY tutorial - leather clutch bag

Tutorial via First Blue Shoes.

DIY tutorial - boiled plastic spoon bracelet

How to make a plastic spoon bracelet by boiling. Tutorial at A Matter Of style.

Raquel Allegra started it

When Raquel Allegra made her first shredded t-shirt collection for Summer 2009 I´m sure she did not anticipate the reaction. Since then numerous fashion bloggers have imitated the style and technique of unravelling soft, secondhand t-shirts to sheer fashion pieces and some smaller labels have even made them a part of their collection, like Obesity And Speed. I have found references from 90´s craft magazines of this shredding technique used, but it did not make it to catwalks then. Raquel took a green approeach to this technique and used old tees from LA County jail and I for example use old German army tees. I use her collections and other street style photographs with shredded tees as inspiration. The base t-shirt can be just one color OR it can be tie dyed, dip dyed or ombre colored before the unravelling. The color shift brings out beautiful, fluent shapes when undone. I used this to unravel striped Marimekko tees to make their backs less of a Finnish fashion classic and more Dalilike.

Today I will be hosting a trashion workshop in Helsinki for eco fashion shop Paloni (kl 18 - 20.30). Participation fee 30€ includes an army secondhand T-shirt colored black and me showing you how to shredd it + great company and servings. For booking, mail info@paloni.fi!

Here is some inspiration for tonight!