Fashion Fun Easter 2019! Effortless Effort : Stella McCartney & Acne Studios at Palokkajärvi, Jyväskylä

20-22 April 2019, Jyväskylä

Easter effortless effort to have both fashion fun and stroll around the lakeside in chilly still Jyväskylä, is to layer up with fine quality wool/mohair/cotton cardigans. Windy the shore, frozen the water and empty of the boardwalk, Palokkajärvi is outstandingly beautiful. Last Christmas it was a piece of white out, now in April is a mass land filled with pale grey. 

Outfit of lakeshore day is Vivienne Westwood 48% alpaca, 36% wool, 16% polyamide orange double-side scarf and 100% cotton black ripped cardigan (both purchased at great bargain in Okinawa Ashibinaa outlet); Sandro 95% virgin wool, 5% mohair ankle-length robe (at Sandro La Roca Village Outlet, Barcelona) and Acne Studios Raya Mohair 30% nylon, 30% wool, 28% mohair, 4% elastane long cardigan. Gina Tricot high waist light grey jeans rank atop at my casual style list, and Miu Miu lambskin sneaker-espadrilles are perfect to walk on a frosty lakeshore but spare the weights of my carry-on luggage. 

Stella McCartney Havana round chain-embellished tortoiseshell acetate sunglasses was the seasonal bargain at theoutnet.com. Coming along with designer’s compact leather case, this is now yet another my travel accessories essentials after Chloé off-white pair. The half-transparent dark brown lenses provide a simply perfect transmittance; therefore, the reflection of icy lakeshore has done no harm to my eyes. The major reason of wearing sunglasses for the fashion fun photo shootings is that while the hair, the flow and the light are just nailing it, the half-closed pupils wouldn’t destroy the chance of the photo selection. With Stella McCartney tortoiseshell sunglasses, together with Vivienne Westwood orange wool scarf and grey Acne Studios long cardigan and Gina Tricot jeans, finding a crimson orange wooden wall near the neighbourhood for the snap shots, is purely our Easter hunt after strolling at the amazingly beautiful Palokkajärvi (62° N, 25°E. 62.276, 25.736). 

TOP TIP 1: Layering multiple fine virgin wool cardigans in order to keep away the heavy winter coats 

TOP TIP 2: Orange is the new black! Mix & match it with light grey, shining silver and olive green

Special Thanks: JMH 

Tea Time! Fazer Easter Egg, Blue Velvet Black Tea, Fortnum & Mason Biscuits, Smell Like Spring Spirit!

Happy Easter! Spring spirits shall start with some chocolate treats, lemon biscuits and organic fruity black tea! Indeed in my tea cupboard remains dozens of brown, green and black versions, while at Helsinki Coffee Festival, held between 12-14 April at Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory), Théhuone (teahouse in Finnish) promoted varieties of fruit tea leaves, 3 packages for 10 euros; therefore, Blue Velvet, contains black tea leaves, passion fruits, mango dried mixed with roses and dragonflies petals becoming my spring time favourite, with the empty Bonne Maman mini jam jar is easy to restore. 

Boiling water till 97’c with 3-5 minutes, adding a small spoonful of Okinawa brown sugar if preferred, Blue velvet carries sweet-sour but not greasy taste. Together it is great with Fazer milk chocolate Easter egg, which, a pseudo hen eggshell with little blue sticker on, wrapping a large chocolate chunk, nursing gluten free ingredients of cocoa butter, almonds, hazelnuts, cocoa mass, flavouring and sugar, are the healthier choices to devour during the holiday season. 

My dear friends who reside in England always know my desiring wishes.  Besides the Fazer Easter Eggs, rotating the sunny yellow and tiffany blue tin can, Fortnum & Mason Lemon Curd biscuits inclusive of Calcium, Iron, Niacin and Thiamin, 29% salted butter and 9% lemon cheese, the sweet-sharp layering flavours are good together with spreading organic rose jam from Finland, some raisins and Finnish blue berries, so tea time is truly my brunch moments, after photo shooting there is no need of any lunch cooking. 

Russian Lomonosov porcelain is always my major flea market shopping target. Purchased in July 2018 at Helsinki Second Hand, 5 euros, this Rider’s cup has ivory-white based colour decorating with pastel pink, brownie brown and olive green plants pattern, is perfect for the spring time spirit, and Lomonosov Golden Grass tea saucer is good to display Fazer Easter egg. Although Cobalt Net blue is the most household pattern of the House, while some other minor collection is always my priority to hunt. 

For the photography, Jo Malone scented candles the practical embellishment and giving the ray of light, the dried roses the best to enhance the hues of the porcelain, and the falling rose pedals are the lovely ornaments on the tea table. I swap different containers onto different saucers to give some fresh looks, but the most important is to decide the major chromatogram. 2019 Easter tea time is based on pastel pink (roses, Arabia bowl, tea cup), plum purple (roses, Lomonosov Golden Grass saucer), with a touch of rouge red (Bonne Maman jar cap), olive green(tea cup and saucer) and vintage brown (lemon biscuits). 

LOOK FABULOUS, SMELL LIKE SPRING SPIRIT, Let’s start the high tea time! 

Special Thanks: Linda/Daisy 

THÉHUONE