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Our beautiful and in every way successful Crete trip is already two days behind, but I’m reliving the bliss through the photos. First of all a wanted to send a big thank you to all the great tips and advice! We spend most of our stay in Elounda, and eherm majority in our beautiful hotel, which you can see was quite attractive.

Now a million things to do but luckily the same amount of posts heading you way soon, few hours of zzz then back to Helsinki!
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Say it like you mean it


KALEVALA 'käärme' snake ring
KALEVALA 'polku' bronze ring
 CASIO sheen watch
H&M spike bracelet
SILVER JEWELRY - local finds
RIVER ISLAND dress (old season)
PREEN x ALDO ‘Musilova’ heels

I almost forgot how good the jewelry finds tend to be in new countries, I’m totally in love with some of the traditional Greek pieces, with the ‘Meander’ being my favorite. It symbolizes the eternal flow of things. Simple, masculine and totally original, I’m mixing the newcomers with some, to me traditional, Finnish Kalevala bronze rings. Carrying a heavy load of history on my hands here, but it really does feel different to wear jewelry with a meaning, I suggest more of us try it.
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What I've been up to..



Sorry it’s been a bit quiet here lately! But not to worry, I have been keeping myself busy shooting the Preen for Aldo collection to show you, amongst other amazing things here in Crete. I love this island. So more on the collection and everything else very soon, time to catch up on sleep again.

xxx
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Little scales


ZARA top
MARIMEKKO pants
CASIO sheen watch
KURT GEIGER rhinestone bracelet
H&M arrow bracelet
PRADA sunglasses
ZARA shoes

Hi from Greece!! We are spending the week on the beautiful island of Crete, where from you will soon experience a photo overdose - it’s already in full swing over at Instagram, @5inchandup. But before I took off I had 24 hours to run errands in London, which I did in a pair of Marimekko pants that give graphic print a bit of a new meaning. It’s not dots neither is it checks - scales fyi, by Annika Rimalas back from 1965. Also hello 6 inch heels, I’ve missed this hight dearly, the world looks a lot better from up here.

See you soon xxx
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The girly suit

COS shirt

This is what I wore on a shoot I did with both of my sisters last Friday! We rarely get to spend full days together anymore so we extended the get-together to the whole weekend. So before we took off to the seaside and left all (in my head) normal clothes on dry land, I wore this oversized coat with a matching skirt. I wasn't feeling the skirt on it’s own and the jacket too was cut in a weird ‘in-between’ length, but together they worked as a perfect little girly suit.
 photos by Stefanie
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The easiest


JOSEPH shirt
H&M pants

Today’s easy Sunday get-up comes from the sunny Finnish seaside, where we apparently are experiencing the warmest weather in Europe! A little sun and comfortable dressing while my accessories get a weekend off. Back to London again and a trip to Greece is on next weeks exciting agenda!
photos by Stefanie
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The all new old


H&M conscious collection kimono
VINTAGE stole
KURT GEIGER shoes
MARNI x H&M earrings
REGAL ROSE ring

1920, it’s shaping up to become the era of the year with all this Gatsby action. Have you noticed that the trending movie inspiration always hits high-street and department stores before designer houses have time or the interest to catch up? For once it’s this way around and we get to soak it all in while it's still fresh. I can see the flapper dress era growing on me but I’m more a 60’s and 70’s girl, maybe 90’s too if I’m frankly honest. So a little collage of some inspirations from the archive, (looking forward to a summer in prints, longer skirts, men’s white shirts, crazy shades and messy dos!) my version of the old today and below video from the Harrods newest 1920 inspired campaign. I urgently need golden shoes (!)
photo by Stefanie

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