Try something new - PURE WASTE Textiles by Paula Malleus

Eco fashion. Yesterday evening was the WASTE SIDE STORY fashion show at Teurastamo in Helsinki. It's been a while I've been in fashion show and the reason is quite obvious too. I want to support more ecological fashion. 10 Finnish fashion brand created designs made of recycled fabrics by Pure Waste.  

Atmosphere was excited.  

On the catwalk we saw designs by Arela, Burlesque Tsunami, Haldin, I Made This, Liisa Riski, Poola Kataryna, Nurmi, Pogostick Failure, Riivari and Paula Malleus/Remake EkoDesign.

There were a lot of great designs and I specially liked the lappshoes made of recycled denim. My absolutely favorite was of course those feather crown drama queens by Paula Malleus. Most of the designs were perfect for everyday use. 

As I wrote in headline - try something new. For me it was to use IG pic photographed by phone in this post. Didn't have the real camera with me...and secondly I want to courage you to think again before buying cheap clothing because they don't support anything but consuming. I admit that time to time I buy them too but much less than before. There are a lot of shades of grey in this topic if you know what I mean. I like/try to find my clothes from flea markets and I also try to buy eco fashion. It costs more but you don't have to buy them often. You just have to use them with care. I also make some clothing by myself and you can also make new clothing from used ones. Go and see how it is possible. That's about it. 

Take care and have a lovely weekend!

xo

Kreetta

ps. Thanks Anna for lovely companion. 

Kierrätystehtaalla - At Recycling Factory

This weekend I went to event called Recycling Factory. It was full of fun ideas and things. To me the most tempting brands were Paloni, Poola Kataryna and kimara Crafts. These are all Finnish brands. This weekend I also had some really nice time reading magazines I’ve ordered. Especially I enjoyed reading Huili magazine. They call it the very first Finnish ecological lifestyle magazine. There are interesting reports and stories, fashion and information and big plus for them - that they look good. They also took part in Recycling Factory. Huili is not too fancy but enough. Its paper feels soft and nice in hands and it’s simple outlook works well. I also read Swedish ecological magazine called Kloka Hem. It’s about ecological living and home decoration. It also has a number of interesting reports and it gives tips and facts about building a house or renovating a house for example. And the final thing of this weekend was that we took a short hiking route in Nuuksio. That was also fun and relaxing. Nature is just awaking here in Finland. Lovely.

So this was very ecological weekend! It gave me more reason to think my choices, what I choose to do when I’m consuming. I just wish I shouldn’t use a car so much but as I am a photographer I have so much stuff with me all the time and long distances – so I can’t live without. But step by step and of course have to remember - not trying to be perfect :)

Viikonloppu oli hurjan hauska matka ekologiseen elämiseen ja kuluttamiseen. Helsingissä Kaapelilla järjestetty Kierrätystehdas keräsi melkein 10 000 kävijää. On ilo huomata, että ekologisuus kiinnostaa yhä enemmän ihmisiä. Itse löysin sieltä monta hienoa korua, laukkua ja vaatetta. Mieleen jäivät Paloni, Poola Kataryna ja kimara Crafts. Käypä kurkkaamaassa mitä hauskoja juttuja heidän sivuiltaan löytyy.  Viikonloppuna oli aikaa myös lukea ja Huili lehden parissa vierähti tovi. He kutsuvat itseään Suomen ensimmäiseksi ekologiseksi lifestyle lehdeksi. Ja se on kieltämättä hyvää ja sivistävää luettavaa ja ulkoasukin on viehättävä. Ei liian puunattu mutta tarpeeksi houkutteleva kuitenkin. Lukijana arvostan myös paperin valintaa eli mikä tuntuu kivalta kädessä tuntuu kivemmalta myös lukea. Toinen lehti mitä lueskelin oli Kloka Hem. Siinäkin on paljon hyödyllistä ja kivaa luettavaa. Viikonlopun kruunasi vielä pieni ulkoilu Nuuksion kauniissa maisemissa. Nyt on posket punaiset ja raikkaan metsäilman ansiosta tuli otettua reilut päikkärit. Mikäs sen komeampaa sunnuntaina!