Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Nov 6, 2011

Close to Skin

October was so called "Pink Ribbon" Month, a campaign month for spreading awareness about breast cancer and the research about it. It seemed like everywhere I turned the media (including social media) was full of breasts and people touching them. And that's really wonderful! Breast cancer is too awful and way too common to go unnoticed and undiagnosed. I think there are very few people who have had nothing to do with it, in fact I think most of us know at least someone who the disease has touched in the most profound of ways. 
So, keep touching your boobies, girls (and boys!!), it might save your life one day. 

Lokakuu oli ns. Roosa nauha -kuukausi, virallinen kampanjakuukausi rintasyöpätietoisuuden ja tutkimuksen edistämiseksi. Sosiaalinen media ja tiedotusvälineet ylipäätään tuntuivat olevan täynnä tissejä ja niiden kopelointia. Hyvä niin! Rintasyöpä on surullisen yleinen vieras, ja uskoisin melkein jokaisen lähipiirissä syövän koskettaneen ainakin jotakuta. Kannattaa siis pitää huolta rintavarustuksesta ja tunnustella oma etumus säännöllisin väliajoin.   



Thanks to "Breasts everywhere I go!" campaign I also turned some attention to my own pair of mammary glands. Unfortunately I have not been paying them the attention they deserve, and as a result my underwear drawer is really a very sad sight. Once you have passed the certain cup size(s), it's just almost impossible to find pretty and comfortable underwear at a reasonable price. Luckily for me I spotted a sale at my local mall, which just happens to carry a good selection of underwear boutiques. So of course I just had to go and see if they had anything for me. 


 
And SCORE! This selection came from Change and they had a lot of very pretty underwear, so it actually was somewhat difficult for me to choose which I liked the most! In the end I decided on two pairs of sets and some extra panties (because you can never have too many of those), and it was all for a very reasonable price too. What I really liked the best about these is that I got excellent customer service and so I was finally able to find a good size and fit for me. If the beauty comes firstly from within, then good underwear comes as a good second. :D




Itiksessä oli Kuutamolla-viikot, joten pitihän sitä mennä katsomaan jos vaikka löytyisi alusvaatteita vanhojen ja kulahtanaiden tilalle. Päädyin sitten Changeen ja sieltä löytyikin vaikka mitä! Kiitos hyvän palvelun ja laajojen valikoimien, sain kotiin asti kaksi settiä ja ekstra-alushousuja. Tulee paljon ryhdikkäämpi olokin kun on kerrankin hyvän kokoiset ja näköiset alusvaatteet. 

Sep 20, 2011

Maailma mukana / The world with me

My old handbag is finished with me. Really, we're running on borrowed time. I got it at Century21 at New York City in 2008 when I was au pairing there for a few months. And all this time, we've been through thick and thin, from early April to late November and sometimes in between. It's been with me pretty much everywhere.

Don't get me wrong, I have purses, wallets, carrier backs, back bags and such, but only one handbag I really love. And now that I really need to find a new one, I found out that it's surprisingly hard to find a good one, one that fits all my requirements. And by requirements I mean things like it has to be a handbag but with good handles, it has to have more that two or three pockets, no black thankyouverymuch and oh, I have to be able to fit ALL my usual stuff in it. And there's a reason why I call one of my bigger bags by the name "World and It's Friends" (referring to its carrying space).

Well, let's just say that I don't much care for the fashion this fall.


Yesterday I had an hour or two to pass between meetings so I just strolled around city center window-shopping. And see what I found! Could this be my next Happily-Ever-After (Or At Least Every Summer) Bag?

promod.eu

Promod has finally made its way to Helsinki too, so of course I had to go to check it out. I know the bag is this weird shade of mustard shade (which is so not me, usually) but I think it would go great with my purple and brown fall coats. What do you think?


Laukkuni on päättänyt ottaa loparit, ja mistään en löydä uutta. Haluaisin nimenomaan käsilaukun (en olkalaukkua), en mustaa (tai muuta tylsää "syys""väriä"), siinä täytyy olla taskuja ja muutenkin tilaa kaikille päivittäisille tavaroilleni. Yllättävän haasteelliset vaatimukset nähtävästi, sillä useista epätoivoisista yrityksistä huolimatta, mitään ei ole löytynyt. Alkuviikosta olin kuitenkin tappamassa aikaa keskustassa ja päätin käydä katsastamassa Promodin uuden Helsingin liikkeen. Sieltä löysin ylläolevan laukun, joka sai kun saikin sydämen pamppailemaan. Väri on kieltämättä itselleni kovin kummallinen, mutta miksipä ei kävisi violetin tai ruskean syystakkini kanssa?