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Friday, November 14, 2014

Teacher Style ..at last we're back (days 42-44) traveling and teaching

Pardon me for being absent for a while...lots of things going on and off work. But here's few more days of my Teacher Style photo project.

We had halloween theme at school and here's my outfit! Vintage 50's dress and catears and a tail i made myself. (Wonderful 90's film camera vibes in this photo...)

Tired but extremely happy, me and my students organized a fashion show and it was a success!

Wearing vintage and second hand.

I also visited Pietarsaari and the Centria University of Applied Sciences. I was invited there to teach the millinery basics to a very cool and motivated group of people. I was very happy to share my knowledge with those young talents.

Hat - Fiona Timantti Millinery

Cardigan - vintage

Scarf and skirt - second hand

Shoes - 90's does early 1900

My friend here might be tiny but make no mistake. He's fierce.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

New job, first Teacher Style pic

So! Exciting news! I will be a millinery teacher from this day till the end of this year (at least..). To make it even more fun (i'm super happy and it's gonna be SO much fun as it is) i'm gonna be posting a pic of my outfit daily. This is the first one, Teacher Style!

Scarf- 50's vintage

Shirt - 60's vintage

Skirt - 90's second hand

Socks - ?

Bangles - second hand

Shoes - from army surplus store

Friday, March 14, 2014

Exotic showgirl headpiece for burlesque starlet Cherry Dee

My latest big burlesque piece for the super sweet Cherry Dee (a.k.a. The freelancer with the fashionblog ;)! (Oh, don't mind the mess, my table always looks like that when im working on a huge piece...) There's lots of details, as usual. Mere volume does not do it for me, just huge amount of feathers or flowers makes it look big, but you need details to make it look interesting.

Tassels. Covered with Swarovski diamonds adn beads.

In the making. Base of the headpiece is buckram and millinery wire. Covered with sequin fabric, ribbon appliques and glass beads and Swarovski chrystals.

The huge banana leafs are detachable and can be used as fans.

Photo: John-Paul Bichard

Photo: Tuomas Lairila

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Another huge showgirl/burlesque headpiece i've been making..

For the past month i've been working on this burlesque headpiece for a Finnish blonde bombshell... I might have gone a little bit crazy with the detail, but it came out fabulous. I can't show it to you yet, since i never post photos on my finished creations before my customers have shown them to the world. It's their premier ;)

This one will be seen on the Helsinki Burlesque Fesival this weekend!

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