She is...

This was my university project, to do a zine.

My zine is about breaking stereotypes in Finland, my personal view of Finnish fashion and being Finnish.

Enjoy!

p.s. I am planning to do another zine on summer, let me know if you want to be part of it.

My portfolio is online, http://lauramirjam.wix.com/portfolio

 xxx LolaMirjam

Made Of Paper

I did a shoot at university. I also made these necklaces.

"Made of paper"

"Jewelry has the power to be this one little thing that can make you feel unique."

xxx LolaMirjam

he knows the body

First project.

Have you ever heard about designer Azzedine Alaia?

If your answer is no, google it. He is AMAZING designer, I think there is no one who knows woman´s body better than him.

At the beginning I didn't even know who he is.

Even though I was sometimes annoyed that I got a designer that I didn't even know, now I´m so glad that I got him. 

I got to know amazing, unique, timeless designer.

It was really hard project, I mean he has really unique style and he don't follow fashion. There was days that I was ready to cry and go home. And I didn't expect that we were doing our first projects in group. But of course that is a great way to get to know each other.

One month, all about Alaia, his store, his life, designs, future, research book about him, people he has worked with etc.  

 My highlight was a visit to his store,where I saw the real beauty of his designs. There I realized why women love him, like Naomi Campbell and so many more.

He has a lot of loyal customers. 

Alaia cuts his own clothing patterns and sews the samples himself.Alaïa has always made the clothes he wants to make, at his rhythm, showing them when it pleases him, selling only to stores he likes and delivering them when he wants.The fashion shows are only for his friends and family.

some inspiration pics...

He is just so unique.
We booked a model from Instagram, we borrowed clothes from our friends and photographed in studio.
We wanted something simple but stylish at the same time.

This is our photoshoot inspired by Azzedine Alaia.

So you understand what I mean...

http://senatus.net/album/view/13192/

Do you love him now?

xxx LolaMirjam

Reflection

Reflection

This was our individual part of the first project.

My inspiration was designer Azzedine Alaia.

Actually the first unit was all about Azzedine Alaia. It was the first time I heard about him. We (my group) needed to do photoshoot and presentation and then individually, research book, edit the image and then do a project about his future.

For the future project I painted myself all white and projected his designs to the wall. I went to stand in front of the wall so I was part of the designs.

Azzedine Alaia studied sculptor when he was younger so my idea was to be a human sculpture and that is why I was all white.

My friend Elina took all the images.

It was really exciting experience, something different.

And when you think about the tools we had, the outcome is really good! Because we actually used the projector that teachers use in the classroom. 

What you think? Was it worth it to paint myself white? I think I still have some paint in my ear...
Oh and I got to say,Azzedine Alaia is amazing designer. I fell in love with all the garments, especially when I visited his store and heard about his story, amazing!

xxx LolaMirjam

My portfolio

This in my portfolio, because of this I got to university.

I`m not entirely satisfied with all the work, but I think that is just how I am, never satisfied.

What do you like?

INSPIRATION

I love to read different quotes of life and emotions. They really speak to me.

Cutting magazines and gluing images are my favorite things to do.

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SAY NO TO NEW DRESS

Last summer I decided to make all my summer dresses and not to buy any new ones.

It was really hard but in the end I got dresses that I really liked.

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SELF-PORTRAIT

I always take my own self-portraits.

I like to try different things and settings with my camera, that is how I learn to use my camera.

I also like to edit pictures, I don´t have any fancy image editing softwares. I use powerpoint and picasa. My own way. I think i would get so much more with photoshop etc.

But right now this is the way I do it.

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SKETCHING?

I´m actually really bad at sketching and I would like to learn own style to sketch. Like people can tell that it is my sketch. That is my goal!

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SUMMER GIRL

"All I want for winter is summer."

This summer dress I made flutters in the warm summer wind. My favorite season is summer. Even in cold winter I just want to wear summer dresses.

I get inspiration from the fabric. When I see fabric that I like, I usually know right away what I´m going to make. I dont design first. That is why I love fabric stores.

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SAFARI

Safari and no I´m not talking about internet safari, I`m talking about these shorts that I made.

It is so weird when is summer, all you want to wear is colors but on winter is just gray and black clothes in the closet. Even though colors on winter would cheer us up!

Lets use more colours!

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PURITY

To me white lace and bare skin is the element of purity.

This is why I didn´t wear anything else than these shorts-skirt I made.

The feeling of these pictures is really calm and pure.

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IN LOVE

"She was in love, but in the end she was just a broken heart looking for love."

This is her story.

These pictures are very sensitive, because the girl is sensitive. 

I wanted to create a touchy, innocent and broken feeling in these pictures. 

The dress I made, is romantic with a dark twist. 

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A FOUR-DAY NEWS

Newspaper.

I made evening gown. This gown is made of our local newspaper, Helsingin sanomat.

My mom is really strict about recycling, so I decided to recycle my parents newspapers and tell a story. I used four daily newspapers. I cut individual news from the papers and glued to the fabric. This has been one of the most difficult "fabrics" I have ever work with.

My mom was the model because she bring credibility to this picture. She is 60-years old and knows and has gone through lot of things.

The atmosphere of the pictures is dramatic and strong.

Today´s newspapers is mostly about bad news around the world. Killing, war, hunger etc. but people only focus on their own lives and dont care others that much anymore, we are too selfish. 

. I wanted to bring that to the pictures.

"We walk forward with our evening gowns , pretending that we are blind to what happens elsewhere in the world. It is all about me, myself and I."

That is my message.

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GHOST

"She was the ghost of the basement."

I wanted to make a contrast for the dress and the environment, so I decided to shoot in the dark,narrow basement. It was really scary place, especially beacuse we didn´t have any light there. 

But this is the story of beautiful ghost, in the cold and scary basement.

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FLOWER IN THE SNOW

I saw this fabric and knew right away that this is going to be a long dress.

Like a growing flower.

I really like the colors of the pictures.

Even though it was -15 dgrees outside, you can´t see it from the picture, the atmosphere is really warm because of the colors.

These pictures were taken outside of ugly, old factory. This was the only part of the wall that was painted, the bautiful part of the wall. Perfect with the dress!

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IS IT REAL?

Is it real?

No I cut it out from the paper.

Small-size paper things in the real world.

Just like us, small human beings in the big world.

xxx LolaMirjam