Outfit details:
orange, purple and pink silk scarf: Birthday present from Malin
small black cat earrings: Faz Jewelery
lipstick: Chanel, "Monte carlo"
vintage multi coloured 60's mods coat: Milk teeths
vintage Japanese 70's pussy bow blouse: Standard Vintage
nailpolish: Essie, "Chinchilly"
black lace miniskirt: H&M
high heeled black suede shoes: Din Sko

These pictures were taken at the "The house of music" in Uppsala. It's a concert hall in the middle of the city that was very debated when it was planned and built. Some people thought that the modern architecture would stick out as a soar thumb in between the older buildings, others thought that the proximity to Stockholm made this building useless and some thought that the building was a great way of growing Uppsala's city center. I didn't really care about this debate and I do like the building, mostly for it's amazing view over some of Uppsala's highlights like the castle and the old cathedral. But as always we are a bit moderate in Sweden, if it was up to me, the exterior (who is now light grey and black) would make as much of a statement as the interior. Isn't the red colored escalator and floors fun?    

Also, just had to show you this amazing coat and super cute pussy bow blouse! These two pieces just goes together perfectly and I've been thinking about shooting them both for a while. The coat is actually one of my birthday presents from Erik that he bought (through me) from the lovely Ashley at Milk teeths of course! I first saw this coat on her blog (where she styled it with mustard yellow stockings, very cute!) and I couldn't believe that it was for sale. So I quickly sent Ashley a message to reserve it and after showing it to Erik it was mine. Well, it is actually a little bit too cold to wear it right now but with a cozy cardigan underneath I braved the cold and managed to take a twirl around town in it yesterday! 

The blouse is from one of my new favourite shop's on Etsy: Standard Vintage! And I am a little bit hesitant to share it with you since I don't want to miss out on all the beautiful pieces myself. But I can't keep a good shop to myself, cuz' there's nothing as fun as sharing and this shop is really great, so go and check it out!

And, thought I share a bonus picture of me just hanging out at "the house of music"!   

Turning 25!

 Some photos by: LE

Outfit details:                                                                                                                                

Vintage black 50's swing coat with fur collar: Misoui vintage clothing.

Vintage leather Valentino handbag: Rut & Raul 

Purple scarf: handmade present

Burgundy leather gloves: H&M

Vintage black beret with white pom pom: Mariatri

Vintage sparkly aurora borealis rhinestone clip on's: Maejean vintage

Deep red lipstick: Face, "Älskling" (Darling)

Vintage 1970's cranberry red accordion pleated dress: Coldfish vintage 

Black stockings: H&M

Vintage navy and white spectator pumps: Rut & Raul

This monday I turned 25! 

My morning started with singing and breakfast in bed (a typical swedish tradition that me and "Erik" hold near and dear). Then I went to work and enjoyed my homemade apple crumble pie with caramel together with some colleagues. Finally I ate dinner with "Erik" and chocolate cake with my family. So the day contained a lot of food to celebrate with. Otherwise it was kind of a quiet day and not much happened. 

Many people asked me if I felt any different now that I have reached the middle of my twenties.

 You know when you've been waiting for your birthday for quite some time and when it suddenly arrives nothing really feels different? It's the same every year, I wake up and expect that something has happened during the night. Suddenly maybe I'm smarter, wiser or just cooler? But no, I realize that I'm still the ol' geek I was yesterday. Well the same thing happened this birthday but then I realized something still had changed. Not over night but a slow change that has been building up for some time. 

First of all, I think I'm starting to hold a certain power that I didn't have before, the power of age. I know that I'm not old but still I'm not a youngster that hasn't seen anything. You can't just be pushed around and not listened to when you have the authority of age. That's important, especially I think when you are a woman. Even though you're short and not that big you can still slam your fist on the table and say "I'm twenty-five years old and I wont stand for this".

A second thing I realized is that suddenly old guys think's it's ok to hit on me. For some reason a lot of old dudes has been making their presence noticed at work and I think it's because I'm not a baby anymore. But hey, I still think that they are a little bit too old for me.  

With this I also realized that I am tired of energy thieves. So, I just want to surround myself with the people that I care about and that cares for me. I don't want to waste my time with stuff or people that stresses me out. And there are a lot of interesting, cool and inspiring people out there that I haven't met yet.

 Well, this was a little bit deep but I think it's important to let some emotions out and tell the people I love how important they are to me. 

(And, don't worry. I will celebrate my birthday with a bang the 2nd of November! Then it will be party time!)      

  

Embracing autumn

Outfit details:
Beret: my mum's
Lipstick: Chanel "Monte Carlo"
Navy blue polkadot 70's shirt: Milkteeths
Silver umbrella pin: from the vintage fair "bakåt framåt" (backwards forwards)
Nailpolish: Essie "chinchilly"
Cream colored silver sequin skirt: H&M
Burgundy pantihoses: H&M
Burgundy Ettore Adriano leather shoes: early birthdaypresent from my dad
Vintage camera: thrifted

So it has officially become autumn here in Sweden. The leafs are turning yellow and in a few weeks some of them will change color again into burning red, my favorite little period of the season, when the trees amazes me again and again. This past week I've been working lika a maniac, seven whole days in a row! That's why I've planned a weekend trip with one of my best friends. The two of us and her boyfriend are togheter taking a cartrip down to Linköping, a smaller town in the middle of Sweden. Just felt that I needed to see something else and this weekendvacay came at a perfect time. We will visit our dear friend Johanna who moved to Linköping to study a while ago. I've never been there before so it will be nice to see what the town has to offer and knowing Johanna she probably has everything planned out! I will post more about our trip next week!

These photos were taken a beautiful fall day when the air was cool but the winds were soft. I was inspired by the rich colourpalette and wanted to do something with an english flair but I think it turned out a little bit impressionistic.