volang

Check out these cute hats from Volang. They allow you to keep your ears warm, and you can still wear a ponytail.

i heart hayden-harnett

So sometimes there are moments in this girl's life, when she clicks on a link or turns a page and her heart starts going pitter pat. This happened to me today when I spotted the Luciana Dress by Hayden-Harnett. Believe me I know that there are probably folks out there laughing at me for getting so excited over an article of clothing, but a girl can't help what she loves. It is just simply gorgeous, in flowy silk with the most amazing pattern that surrounds the lapel and sweeps down the sleeves. The pattern too reminds me of the Marimekko Pythagoras design, which is so cool.

I also can't forget to mention that there are matching handbags and totes with the same pattern.


[Hayden-Harnett: Malinka Hobo and Luciana Dress]


[Marimekko Pythagoras]

at last...fashionable camping

I have really been wanting to go camping lately, and this little find pretty much cinches it. Orla Kiely has come out with her own line of oh so fashionable camping gear. There are two tent styles, a gorgeous snuggly sleeping bag, lantern, flashlight, radio and cute Orla wellies for trekking thru woodsy muck. Camp gear this stylish might make the bears will think twice.


[Orla Kiely Camping Collection: Sleeping Bag, Lantern, Tent]

M is for marimekko

Lord-oh-mighty, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the F/W '07 collection by Samu-Jussi Koski for Marimekko. As a graphic designer who is obsessed with pattern, these pieces are truely a dream come true. I will most likely be trying to pawn a kidney to afford as many pieces as I can get my hands on.


[left to right: selections from Samu-Jossi Koski's Marimekko Fall/Winter 2007 collection.]

Anne Willi

I first discovered Anne Willi on a trip to Paris. She has a wonderful little shop on Rue Keller, which is one of my favorite little shopping streets. The construction of her pieces is masterful, and the quality and feel of the material is crisp and sophisticated. The Fall/Winter collection has that "cool artist girl who lives next door and doesn't have to try too hard to be stylish" look. Gotta love it.


[From Spring/Summer '07 Collection]


[From Fall/Winter '07 Collection]

marimekko love

I have always been profoundly intrigued by Marimekko. No matter whether the patterns are classic geometric style or of the more modern organic influence, the design is undeniable bold. Lately, I have taken a keen interest in one of their newer designers and the vitality that his creations bring to the house.

Samu-Jussi Koski has created a series of sophisticated and playful clothes utilizing classic patterns from the likes of Maija Isola and Anneli Qveflander. There just something so Holly Golightly about it all, and it makes me smile.

I'm dying to get my hands on several items from the winter collection, and I will be posting about that very soon.

[left to right: selections from Samu-Jossi Koski's Marimekko Spring/Summer 2007 collection.]