Furry

Fur. Fake or real, I don't care but I love it. It's sexy and cool, casual and fancy, you can dress it over basically everything (just leave it out from all fitness) and wear it as outerwear or inside. And this season it's hot hot hot. I've got my fake fur coat already but I'm hoping to get my real fur for the really cold season in Finland. I've been planning to reform my mom's, grandma's or someone else's old fur coat (at the tailor of course) and use it through whole winter and beyond. It would be a forever piece as my fake one will probably have to retire after this winter. Though a camel coat would be lovely as well... :)

Anyway, coats aren't the only way of wearing fur. It is now available in vests (outdoors and indoors) and in scarfs, I even saw that Russian kind of fur hat today in JC. Very cute. That might be my next buy. But with a fur coat, it would look like I'd ODd the fur look. That would have to be worn with my leather biker jacket. And maybe high heels...

Even though sun is still shining, it is definitely the time to start using fur. A vest over a long top and leggings/jeggings, and a few bangles a look make. And the nights ARE cooler.... The important thing is just to be the first one wearing it.

And by the way. Remember to balance the proportions, furs are quite big and need skinnier partners.

ASOS | ASOS Sequin Detail Shoulder Pad Top at ASOS

And this one too :P

ASOS | ASOS Sequin Detail Shoulder Pad Top at ASOS

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ASOS | ASOS Shoulder Pad Jersey Dress at ASOS

This should be on my shoulder pad issue but I still don't know how to add this :P

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The shoulder pads

Shoulder pads. Something that was invented to empower women i.e. take away their sexuality and replace it with masculinity. Circa 1990s. And mission accomplished. After seeing them in about a million shows now I've started to think of them as fashionable but still not in any means sexy. Especially Balmain has some seriously high-fashion style shoulder extensions (I wouldn't call them pads anymore). Even the Chanel classic suit jacket has outgrown some paddings and Givenchy's rough minidress has a surprising one shoulder (the other one being bare) pointing up to the skies. These are just the tip of the iceberg. I can't recall many show without any padding. The shoulders can be just a little padded or highly exaggerated, sharp or puffy, long or short sleeved. You choose what you'll go for as long as you'll go for it on the shoulder.

I was planning to pull this look off with a couple of great pieces from asos.com. Easy and simple to wear. With small shoulder pads, I like the sharp ones because (hopefully) no one will think I've got that weird shoulders for real or then the princess puffy ones for a bit more romantic feel.  And when wearing big shoulders, down scale your bottom a bit. Or at least cinch in your waist. You need to maintain some kind of figure and balance. And I recommend high heels, gives some longevity to your body that it desperately needs when it's broadened.

So ladies, enjoy your masculine power now since it is my strong belief that women will want to feel the power of (tasteful!!!) sexy soon again. Even though, in some way, feminine sexy is always on the menu.

Sky high

After waiting for what felt like years, my new shoes finally arrived in Bianco. And the boots end up nowhere lower than 15cm above my knee. Overall loose black suede and a 10 cm heel. :) 

The boots are as sky high as they can get this fall. Yes they were getting there last A/W but this year they will be everywhere, if not on the streets (the Finnish are a bit slow to warm up to trends) at least on the pages of Vogue.

Just one tricky thing. My ex-boyfriend called my last fall's thigh-high boots blow job boots before he saw them on my feet. After dressing them up with a chunky long knit he approved of me wearing them somewhere else than only in my apartment. So please!! If you'll pick up the trend, do not wear the boots with anything too skimpy, bad quality nor too much make up. No mini skirts (yes to hems ending up high though) nor tight shorts accompanied with a tight skimming top. You know the look I'm after so please avoid it! By all means. Instead pair the tight boots (like my last years low heeled boots) with eg the chunky knit I was talking about or a big loose t-shirt or a cardigan. A loose enough tunic looks nice, preferably with long sleeves.  Think Missoni. As long as you think casual you'll do fine. Just leave out everything that yells "cheap". Leggings are a good choice to put underneath because they're not too thick to make your legs look big as the vertical line on the thigh makes them already look a bit bigger. Oh yeah and about the hemline, it needs to be above your knee. The coolest it will look if it is above the ending point of the boot if the top balances it out. So still no miniskirts.

Wow I think I have mentioned about the cheap look now enough many times and I truly do hope that I won't see any of that this season. So no one will be mistaken for something they're not, with no intention to diss any occupation.