new technique

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some kind of self-portraits

requiem for a dream/beat

oh anthonio. did you ever know my name?
did you ever really care?

i beat that bitch with a hit.

straitjacket vs sexy

irinalaaja

moved to berlin.

a bear is trapped

something i am working on. fake leather. band. cubes.

german boy

rented a few random german books at the library, as a motivation to improve my german. one proved to be a poetry collection by an german writer from 1960. now, i am not a fan of poetry, i think it is cheezy. but i did kind of like one about a running dog, a man and.. something i could not translate. then i started trying to read all of them, or at least the titles, and there was murder, lost love, questioning of his meaning or the meaning of dogs, or just everything in general, i am not really sure.

it was almost as if the book contained small fragments of his life and thoughts, and it was up to the reader to fill in the rest.

that made me do these paintings.

finland finest / factory

finlandia

when i was little, my grandfather or grandmother, i can not remember, gave me a jewelry box filled with old gold, or "gold"jewelry. they were halfbroken, rusty and pearls were missing on many of them. my mother had one to, and i loved opening it, taking out all the necklaces and try them on, even though i was not allowed.
no one really knows where our family has it's roots. some say bulgaria, some say from the gypsies. maybe that explains all the fake jewelry.
a couple of years ago, my grandmother gave me a special necklace. it belonged to her mothers mother or something, and i could tell by the way she gave it to me, it ment a lot to her. and she said she wanted me to give it to my doughter some day.
this, in combination with the simplicity in finnish design and architecture, inspired me when making these outfits. the combo superfluous and simple fabulousness.

light fabric. long sleeves with open holes on the sides. shoulders. steel/diodes/glitter/lights/wires/whatever i can find constitutes the front of the dress.

again long sleeves. again glittery stuff on the front. loose sleeves attached to a chain around the neck that holds it all up.



nokia dress. sewn tubes all around attached to a squareshaped neckline, and one that goes across one shoulder.

arkkitehtuuri_porno / WE11

und now?

seriously, i can not stay here anymore, in this town. we are not the same, and i am not inspired at all. so where next?

i am a dancing screaming man with a mask. photo by rotimi fani-kayode.

the feathers are shaking. and the beaks are chattering. now do you like to watch? like to watch the birds?

if stars. shouldn't shine.

want to go to NYC fashion week / vote for irina laaja

i kind of feel bad, couse i did'nt have time to make the best presentation of my garments. i hope my vision and my skills are visible anyway. i hope you take your time and vote for me. i want to show at NYC faschion week.

modegruppen.com

in your head. in your head. zombie. zombie. zombie/sketching. sketching. sketching.

scandinavian sleevs.

fabulous fabrics anyone?

new project. new collection. WE11.
gothenburg is good in many ways; cute, charming... okey, just cute and charming. couse when it comes to fabrics, this city is completely worthless and i can't find anything. and i got all these ideas i wanna try.
maybe it is time to leave this town and this country after all.

better than never. finally photo of final collection.

the rabbit.

a couple of weeks ago i moved out of my apartment and into my friend's couch. i think the only thing i will miss is the rabbits and foxes outside my house. and maybe the handsome neighbour downstairs playing techno all day and night.
let's hope i will get new music-loving-neighbours at my new place. inner. inner city. inner city pressure. a small room. at the fifth floor in a fabulous old house in a fabulous area, with a balcony with a fabulous wiew.
i hope there is rabbits there as well.

berlin citymap modified.

still stuck on structure and shapes.

some ideas for the upcoming collection. sat october as a deadline.

the man with the lines / my new lover

took the day off from thinking, and walked around town and to some museums. found a book by jesper waldersten in a bookshop, and got hooked. i like shaky lines. and i like sex. his pictures has that and more. i like them.

i. kea/marry me.

a couple of weeks ago, our school got a commission from ikea to use their new fabrics to make weddingdresses and partydresses. yes, royal wedding coming up blah blah. we got two days to put something together, using typical ikea-printed curtain fabrics. maybe this isn't something i would usually do, but it was.. it was a challenge.
today was showday.

vovlo.

"the priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind"

just discovered djuna barnes. her style is sometimes a little bit to grafic i think, but this illustration of lillian russell from may 1914 i actually like. i like sketches with fast lines, wobbly lines and many lines since i think it gives more feeling to a picture. when drawings are to perfect, they become insignificant and expressionless to me.

silence is sexy? no more.

i really want to thank kent gustafsson, for making awesome sounds to my show that perfectly complemented my vision. makes me think of a quote from some fashionmagazine that i put up on my wall. i can not remember witch one or from when but i am guessing som cheezy one from the 80's. anyway, i think it gives the best describtion; "it's charming, disarmic, wicked, witty, eccentric, electric, brainy, bold." maybe it was vogue.
see/listen to more of his work at ljudbild.nu or ljudbild-kent.blogspot.com
i hope for future cooperation.



export 1.

cubes in colourful colour construction

wednesday: made all the constructions for the collection in 1:4 scale. i like lines sometimes. and how a construction to some pieces of clothes can look like a serious plan drawing.

use your freedom of choice / now whip it

freedom top. draped skirt. i usually work with womens clothing, and i wanted to see if i could transfer the technigue of draping into mens wear.
thank you alex for making it look even sexier.

we made it work / warriors

the day after. these are the pics i could find for now. unfortunately no one of the final dress. yet.