I have noticed that my default style for autumn seems to be quite steampunk inspired... I just delight in digging out my vests and my pocket watches when summer is at an end! This is an outfit I wore the other day. Kind of steampunk, kind of contemporary, very practical. I feel very stylish and elegant wearing this! I love the different textures and the different shades of dark grey/black! It's quite androgynous too, which is always a plus! Scent of the day was Jeke by Slumberhouse. I stand by
my words, Jeke is a steampunk kind of perfume!
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| The hat, shirt, vest and pants are all wardrobe staples that have been seen on this blog before. The jacket/blazer is one of my best finds ever! I bought it at a flea market for 30 swedish crowns, which is about 3.5-4 €... virtually nothing! And it fits as if it was tailor-made for me! |
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| My new brooch suits this outfit very well imho! |
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| My favorite gunmetal pocket watch, mechanical with the movement visible both in the front and in the back! It keeps time reliably (some of these cheap pocket watches really don't) and only needs winding about once every 36 hours. |
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| Quirky view of my outfit! ;) |
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| My best pair of shoes! I love how elegant they are while still being practical! I like the pointier than normal toe (for this type of shoe) and my feet look smaller than they actually are in these! They seem to be quite good quality too, I've had them several years and worn them a lot and still they look no different from the day I bought them! The shoelaces are a bit too long though... |
In other news the history society in my home village is organizing a class about tule weaving/plaiting that I am taking part in. Tule is a type of sedge that has traditionally been used here to make mats, shoe insoles and various other practial or decorative items. So far I have only made a couple of bracelets and a new handle for one of my teapots. Next time I am making insoles, wish me luck!
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| I found this teapot in the garbage room of my appartment complex in Uppsala. It was pretty but lacked a handle. Now it has a handle again! I am rather proud of it! I also really like the matching but mismatched cup and saucer combo! Am I strange when I feel like my tea cup has to match my teapot? |
My tiny village has a very active community life. We have a youth society, a history society, a historical motor society and a kind of community center where the latter two of these societíes are based (the youth society has its own house). My father is active in some way in all of these societies and I am getting more and more into it too, mostly in the history society. The word history society is a bit misleading actually but I couldn't find a english word for hembygdsförening. The swedish word more literally means home region society or even roots society. I feel strongly about my village and my roots here (my family has ben here as long as this village has existed, literally since the land rose from the sea) so being part of the history society and learning/conservating the traditions of my village feels important!
Great outfit! I have a pair of very similar boots. I wear them regularly.
ReplyDeleteI love the brooch is perfect for Autumn!
The history society seems very interesting. That's great that you have so many communities in your area.
Thank you Amanda! Yeah, I think that brooch is perfect for autumn too! It is just so realistic that I feel like I am wearing a fallen leaf (although a silver one)!
DeleteDu är otroligt snyggt klädd!! Jag har ett liknande fickur, med blå visare. Det fungerar också riktigt bra men den har ett nickel överdrag som håller på att nötas ut.
ReplyDeleteTack! <3 Billiga fickur har en tendens att inte vara av så himla bra kvalitet... Jag har ett vintage fickur också, som jag också gillar väldigt mycket, men jag älskar att kunna se själva urverket och det kan man inte i gamla fickur... :¨(
DeleteYou look amazing! The suit definitely looks tailored!
ReplyDeleteOooh, sedge always makes me think of La Belle Dame Sans Merci!
Thank you very much! Thank you for reminding me about that poem too, it is a really wonderful one! I hadn't actually noticed the sedge in it before...
DeleteYou look so stylish Nadja, I like the care with which you arrange your ensembles. I couldn't agree with you more, androgyny is always a plus! :) If I saw you on the street, I would certainly be interested to learn more about the creature behind the outfit, especially if I was living in a tiny (presumably somewhat conservative?) community.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there really exists a connection between humans and the land they live on. It seems only natural that it would, though this bond is rather intangible. It's interesting to read about your family having lived there since the land rose from the sea... poetic.
Thank you Iva! I think I have the same approach to getting dressed as I do to treasury making, if it isn't perfect I'm not done! ;) My village is actually surprisingly open minded (sometimes I get really surprised like when my very ordinary aunt ranted passionately about LGBT rights) but I am probably considered as a bit of a village original... But being a village original is absolutely fine, it's traditional to always have at least one in the village! It probably also helps that the area I live in isn't very religious.
DeleteI definitely feel that bond! It's always there but it has grown stronger since I did some genealogy research. I didn't know just how long a history my family had in the area until I did some proper research... The land rises fast here, a meter every hundred years, but still 500-600 years is a long time in one place!