Brick Lane Primadonna

Hello everyone, I had the most amazing day yesterday. I met Lucinda, the designer for Fawn&Faith for the first time and we went down to London to hang out, go to Brick Lane and see Marina and the Diamonds at the hmv forum. By total fluke, Lucinda currently lives at the next train stop from Peterborough so we caught the train down together.

Lucinda being pretty, I have only just noticed the man sleeping in the mirror, whoops! 

Lucinda bought some Sushi with her, rather jealous!

I recently bought a new Iphone and these are my instagram pictures from yesterday! Please follow me @tobmonster1

1. Me getting ready in the morning
2. The view from the train at Peterborough
3. Arriving at Kings Cross (where platform 9 3/4 is!)
4. Lucinda on Brick Lane

From Kings Cross we went straight to Trafalgar Square for some photos.

Jacket: Deepstyle
Vest: H&M
Cardigan: Gina Tricot
Jeans: H&M
Necklace: H&M
Shoes: Spirit

For those of you who don't know, Brick Lane (pic above) is a street in Laandan which is full of Vintage shops, small boutiques with weird designers you have never heard of and lots of Indian restaurants. It is meant to be the place to find the best authentic Indian curry outside of India. It is also the centre of underground and urban fashion in London. You can't walk down the street without seeing a crazy moustache or a Boy London cap.

While Lucinda and I were walking down the street we were given a 10% off voucher for a new Vintage shop called Blitz Blitz so we thought we would go check it out. For anyone who is into vintage fashions, grunge, Indie style or just general denim and leather goodies it's worth checking out. They also took our photo for their blog. It was the first time someone has ever asked for my photo!

Our streetstyle pic

We also checked out a few other shops.

Lucinda also took me to her favourite shop on Brick Lane called Public Beware.

Lucinda made me try on this top which we both liked so much so I had to buy it! Luckily the brand is super affordable and it was in the sale. It's got a sort of halloweeny witch like feel about it. (PLEASE SOMEONE INVITE ME TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY)

After Brick Lane we went up to Kentish Town to see Marina. Unfortunately the Public Transport in London was being it's usual self and we got soaking wet and were a bit late. I have been a fan of Marina since before the release of her first album and have been desperate to see her for years! I was so happy I finally got the chance now it was also her dads birthday and so the entire audience sang happy birthday to him. Marina also said it was her favourite ever London gig <3

We had enough time for a quick pre show drink in the end. All I can say is, you can take the boy out of Helsinki but you can't take the Pear Cider out of my glass!

The stage

The new entrance to Kings Cross! It's like a space ship!

Here are two of my favourite Marina songs <3

I am modelling for Lucinda's new project next Thursday! So stay tuned for lots of exciting previews of her new project!

How to find your own style

This might seem ironic, coming from a person whose style is quite generic but I wanted to make a post about finding your own personal style and where to find fashion inspiration. The "journey" to finding your own style can be a very long one and honestly never really ends as your style and likes will always be changing but the following "sources" of inspiration will always apply.

There are several places I get my fashion and style inspiration from, the first place I am going to talk about is Lookbook. I think a lot of people get put off of by this website because they feel that it's only for blogger type people to post their own pictures. It's not! I think everyone interested in fashion should have an account because it is an incredible way to find a wide variety of styles and incredibly talented and stylish people who you would never normally come across. One of my favourite things is seeing how peoples style has changed and progressed throughout their looks.
Here is an example of one of the "looks" that I love.

His Lookbook: Here

So please! all of you go and make lookbook accounts! (and don't forget to follow me here)

The second place I find a lot of my inspiration from is Tumblr. I know this one seems very obvious. After all, everyone has one but I'm sure many of you, like me, are stuck following the same type of blogs that all reblog each other and you never see anything new. Well I have two recommendations for finding fashion inspiration from Tumblr. My first tip is to use Google  It is a much more direct way of finding a certain interest Tumblr rather than searching through tags for hours. So if you are interested in androgynous fashion then Google "androgynous Tumblr"  or "androgyny Tumblr " My second tip is to change the blogs you follow. To do this find the fashion pictures you like that people you follow have re-blogged and look at the people who they re-blogged them from until you find a more fashion orientated Tumblr that you like. I know it sounds like a lot of effort, but isn't looking through lots of crappy pictures what we do on Tumblr anyway? ;)

Here are some of the pics I found from my Tumblr searches that really inspire me!

If any of you would like to follow me on Tumblr it's here: FOLLOW (I put it in bold to make you want to follow me even more)

The next place I find inspiration from is Internet Celebrities/Net Idols. This one crosses over with Tumblr as it is the easiest place to find photos of them. I don't really know how to find these people, I just stumble across them on my searches. The net Idols who inspire me most at the moment are Charles Guislain and An Ming.

And finally, this is going to be cheesy I'm sorry but one of the biggest sources of inspiration for me is my friends! I know most people don't have friends who are as fashion conscious as mine (when you are waiting for three hours for everyone to turn up to a party because they are all busy doing their hair it is not always a good thing!!!) but we all know people who dress well, even if they are only online acquaintances. Sharing brands, talking about inspiration etc. are all perks of having friends who are interested in fashion and style, whether they are gyaru friends, Goth friends or just friends that always seem to be wearing the latest must have item! Talk with your friends about the things you like, ask them questions and share tips :) that way we will all live in a more beautiful world! (God knows, I was a state before I came to Finland, not that I am much better now)

(I'm sure I am going to be told off for posting pictures of them but I don't care!)

The stunning Marinka

Heikki (who has very nice arms)

The always gorgeous Viivi

"Always doing his bloody hair" Alex

The beautiful (and clinically insane) Sini

Niklas whose wardrobe I would steal if it wasn't a million sizes too big!

And all of these crazy, eclectic sources of inspiration have come together in the form of this ...

 ... and that is just the beginning. 

I hope you found this blog posts helpful! If you have any questions or want to tell me what your biggest sources of inspiration are please feel free to leave a comment on this post! <3 x 

In other news, I have been asked to model for Fawn&Faith who are launching their menswear collection next month. There stuff is Nu Goth meets young british designer. I am so excited!!! The shoot will be some time in the next two weeks.