Hair rings

image via regal rose

Hair rings. How simple, how good. One of those things you wish you thought of ages ago. I'm planning to buy 5 packs and go wild with these, then still be picking them out after weeks.

Get them in gold or silver or both, here.

We are nominated!

I received great news during the week that 5 inch and up has been nominated for a Style Blogger award by Company magazine! I have to admit I am a bit excited because during my two years of blogging I've never been nominated for anything blog-related. Not only am I shortlisted for the 'Best What I'm Wearing Today Blog' but for the 'Overall Best Blog' as well!

The news about the nomination came around the same time as I heard about Company magazines re-launch. The clutch sized cutie includes a fantastic selection of the best 'what-to-wear-now' pieces and it was quite fun seeing many familiar blogger faces throughout the pages. A special shout-out for reader Katie, featured in the horoscopes, who said she turns to 5 inch and up for style advice!

So what do you think, should we try to challenge all those big blogs I'm up against? I guess this is the part where I humbly ask you to vote for 5 inch and up, if you think I deserve your votes. Only takes a minute and you can participate in winning £250 New Look vouchers by adding your email in the end.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

voting time is until 11th of Feb, followed by a awards ceremony in March, whereafter the winners will be featured in the April issue of the Company magazine.

Thank you all xxx

Stingray

stine goya knit via urban outfitters

gina trigot jeans

stingray bag from thailand

nowhere shoes

old random gloves

photos by tasha

I'm back, it's been a while! I finally managed to hand in my project and the feeling of relief and freedom is hitting me right about now... I should probably be kicking back with a puzzle or something as mind-numbing to tone down the stress levels, but instead I just landed in Turkey! I was planning somewhat of a holiday to company my boyfriend who is playing a golf tournament, but I managed to book a lookbook shoot and a big feature post for the week of my stay, to not give myself too much free time. But so many posts to catch up on to apologize for my absence one outfit at the time...

A few weeks ago I wore one of my amazing finds from Thailand, a stingray bag! gives a whole new dimension to this 'under the sea' trend designer have been pushing, right?

xxx

brb

No plans to stop blogging or anything else that dramatic, just trying to get through a project that's sucking the life out of me to put it lightly. Deadline by the end of the week so I'll be right back.

take care and thanks for keeping me positive with your kind tweets and messages!

xxx

Heagai

heikki salonen jacket

bruno pieters x weekday sweater

h&m trend skirt

moxham necklace

burberry shoes

Stuck between 4 walls trying to finish a big project is leaving no time for some daily photos... but I had these that my mother helped me out with, taken just after Christmas in Finland. I'm wearing one of my best Christmas gifts, that my sister gave in to getting me. This is the piece that first made me fall in love with Finnish designer, Heikki Salonen who you might remember is now head designer of Diesel. My mother thinks it looks medieval... but the ripped, painted cotton is without a doubt the feature I like best about this piece. Balances perfectly those perfectly polished Burberry brogues.

xxx

Luxury?

I'm going to go ahead and state the obvious by saying that I absolutely love fashion... but I love things that make fun of fashion a tiny bit more. Like my new paper Birkin right here. Don't get me wrong, walking through the made-up, fake paradise that is Thailand, the knock-off bag culture gets really tiring, really fast. Exhausting almost, especially for someone like me that indulges on the satisfaction felt when I hand over my credit card to pay for something that is new, exciting and just outside my price range. Well you've all seen the episode when Carrie attempts to buy a knock-off bag on a side alley in LA.

This bag is by a newly discovered, fantastic Thai brand called Wonder Anatomie. And although the paper Birkin is a direct Hermès copy, I see this more like an ironic tribute to the designer tote that make girls like me think investing 3000+ on a bag is money well spent. My new tote cost me about 100 pounds which surely most of you still think is way too much for a paper bag. I just could not resist the thought of how much confusion, laughs and double takes this one will end up causing.

Lace lace-ups

nicholas kirkwood boots

cos skirt

market find top

ray ban sunnies

I still have a few Thailand post planned, not too much going on in my life here in London at the moment. There was not a day where the temperature would have dropped under 30 degrees, but I insisted on wearing my new Nicholas Kirkwood boots I won in a sample sale just before Christmas. From the hundreds of pairs I was clinging on to I allowed myself only one pair, and these where the ones that felt right for the moment. I would much rather wear them with something more city-like here in London, but they deserved a more proper introduction than to just to be photographed on my desk. Super tricky to get on, semi uncomfortable on and impossible to get off. But ah they look PERFECT.

xxx

Maybe baby

mango top

second hand sun visor

skywatch

I tired the sun visor one day.. the 80's favorite that is being sold on ebay as a joke is cool now that they have been officially included in both resort and summer collections of Balenciaga, Givenchy and more. I guess they want us to take them seriously. I did not take myself that seriously and I decide the I looked a bit ridic in this yellow one.. and since I won't be getting the Balenciaga version because it retails for $1013 (yeah, really) I might get myself this less embarrassing plain version for later use, or not.

La la land sweater

  

The same afternoon I wore the cap instead, which I liked much more. I wore it with a somewhat new La la land sweater, or at least all new to me! it's so refreshing to get away from black every once in a while. So stocking up on cutsy prints and pastels is what I'm planning next.