Showing posts with label Shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shoes. Show all posts

Friday, 24 August 2012

Custom made from Brazil


Custom made and Environmentally developed handcrafted shoes from Brazil. MUTTA SHOES

It funny but if I didn't know, and someone would tell me it's Finnish design, I would believe it! There is something very Scandinavian about this Sneakers's design all though some of the models carry a very statemental prints, their design is very simple in itself. And the concept behind it is so appealing, the development is generated very closely with the client, making a shoe that will translate a personality. A perfect match! If I may say!

Words from the designer - "
Mutta is an independent project of crafted footwear founded in 2010, created by the designer Matheus Simões Pires Costa of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The idea of creating Mutta grew out of the difficulty of finding custom models with superior quality.
 
Mutta Footwear is created in a series of workshops by experienced artisans.
Mutta's creations are focused on quality, originality and uniqueness,  “Something classic and crafted with an experimental feel” as Matheus describes.

Mutta's clients belong to a group of creative minds seeking the same goals and ideals as the brand. Mutta is not afraid to try. It promotes a change on the way the user relates to its footwear. The creation is made intertwined with the customer, generating an innovative result.
“It was a natural process. Once I was the one making it, I was able to give people the opportunity of changing the final outcome and that made they want it even more, not only because of the product, because of this involvement on its development”
Products are seen as something completely distant, immutable. Mutta's proposal is exactly the opposite, it seeks the approximation.

Monday, 9 July 2012

POP UP!


So so deeply sorry for the late post about our Pop-up!
Things have been just so busy ever since, work is demanding, kids are on holiday and when the weathers have been so good we just had to run to our summer cottage and enjoy our "unfortunately short" Finnish summer!

We are so thankful to all of you who came to appreciate our event in Bar Isoroba 10! It was great having you all over there trying out our beautiful garments and shoes while enjoying the, always sunny and happy, Moiklubi (We love you girls and we think you are the best!). We also hope you all who went home with some of it, are having a great time wearing your special piece.


Now we just wait for the next one in Autumn!

Have a super Summer! 


Tuesday, 26 June 2012

LOOK BOOK S/S 2012


Our beloved Pilkkumekko! A real pick from rare old Finnish design.
80's Levis and Finnish made Puukengät! Featuring wonderful "Burlesque Tsunami" accessories!
Beautiful Laepsy sandals and vintage golden vest!
Just love this one! Peep toe flats, leather pencil skirt, vintage jakku, silky cat printed shirt and OFF COURSE... "Burlesque Tsunami" bag in black!

80's + EMMI MALMSTRÖM  shoes = No need to say more!
Our cutest graphic wind jacket!
Thick sole sandals and orange Pilkku Jakku. Vintage hand bag.

Tailored shirt. Metal bullet belt. Juhani Palmroth vintage shoes.


Here is our Look Book S/S 2012 so you can have a preview of our products! And there is more... We are so anxious about our POP-UP and we hope to see you there! 

Here some close ups from some of our shoes and accessories. 

Fjällraven huivi. A real vintage pick.
Juhani Palmroth shoes
Burlesque Tsunami 

Styling WLP
Set design and photos by Lela Louhio.
Make up art by Tiia Kosonen -  A big big big THANK YOU!
Hair styling by Teija Hirsimäki & Riina Salmi.

Many thanks to our Dear DARLING models who made it possible! We love you!

Soon more updates on our products infos and a post with the close ups of our hair and make ups!

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Greetings from NEW YORK!

Photography by Charles de Vaivre
Photography by Charles de Vaivre
WLP has had the pleasure to receive a greeting letter from one of our product's designer straight from the rooftops of New York city! 
Satu Repola, from project Laepsy, now living in NY, tells us a little about LAEPSY ideal and concept, besides, together with partner Marika Ollikka, giving us the pleasure of having some samples of their beautiful sandals in our Pop-up. 




Here you can read the whole letter sent by the designer: 
Summer has finally arrived in full force to New York City! We welcome the warmth after a long and drab winter.

You just can't beat the spending the summer in the City. New York shows the best it has to offer - rooftops are open, Central Park is full of concerts and people enjoying nice picnics. The variety of
terraces, bars with outdoor seating and markets are par to none right now, not to mention the street festivals which start to take over different parts of the city. There is no better place to live right now!

As exiting as it is for me to live in this beautiful and scorching summer city, it is also a very exiting time for Laepsy, a new accessories design company that we started together with Marika Ollikka. I met at Marika at school where we both were studying accessories design and always joked about an idea of kicking off an accessories business together. Well, after a fun summer night out in the Sinebrychoff park in Helsinki, we decided to make the jokes and talking a reality and actually launch our company.

As so happens, we got our first commercial products out this spring. Words can’t express how excited we are about this. As for the name of the company, for those of you who understand Finnish, Laepsy makes sense, as our main products are flip-flops - which in casual Finnish are called “läpsy”. And for those of you who don't understand our weird language: congrats, you just learned your first word!

Our products match the founders’ lifestyle and lend from both homes of the company - Finland and New York. Many of the ideas for the designs come from New York fashion and are brought to life by the head designer Marika Ollikka. All of our products are handmade, designed and produced in Finland - which is something we are very proud of. We use Finnish reindeer leather, which is a nice and soft material for flip-flops. It sounds like a bizarre combination, but trust me - you’re feet will love it.

We wanted our first model “Fleet Week” to look summery, fresh and fashionable - with a color palette of navy blue, white and gold. After all, the sandals gets their name after the week in late May when the navy boys take over NYC and make us girls giddy in their sharp uniforms.

We really hope you like our products as much as we like making them.
You can get yourself a pair “Fleet Weeks” at WLP Pop-up shop in IsoRoba 10, 30/06/2012.



Friday, 15 June 2012

Whole Lotta Shoes

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Photo and Styling by Daniela Talvitie
Photo and styling by Daniela Talvitie.
Photo and styling by Daniela Talvitie.



Shoes shoes shoes... What would be of us humans without them.... specially us ladies who often tend to have even a little shoe addiction!

I am myself, daughter of one of biggest "shoe junkie" I've ever met... so Yes... I am particularly familiar with the whole subject to say the least...  The woman, my mother, owns a library of over 150 pairs well kept and catalogued in boxes - Something, somewhere between a dream and a nightmare, believe me, specially if you want to borrow them!

But anyway, this is the time to talk about one of our favorite shoes in Finland, and their designer, of course.
We are talking about bright young Finnish designer Emmi Malmström! She is a "soon to be" graduated student from HAMK - Wetterhoff school in Finland and has, in the 3 school years already managed great accomplishments.

She has won The K.E.N.K.Ä 2010, national shoe design competition held by shoe company Andiamo (collection that she designed while her first year as a mother) and Andiamo has produced a whole collection called Andiamo by Emmi. She designed also a beautiful and playful pair of children's shoes for RAWR charity auction and is currently working on IRON HIGH project together with  Jesse Sipola
The designer seems to show a bit of a retro tendency on many of her works but still has managed to come up with designs which are impressively modern and fashion forward.

I guess It's no wonder her shoes have been featuring on many of Finland's most popular women magazines like Elle, Anna, Kotivinkki and Kauneus&Terveys. Another thing I happen to love about her is the way she names her shoes... it's so intimate and gives you the feeling of acquiring something truly special and unique. I have slipped my foot in a pair and must say they felt even better than they looked!

You can check all of her work in her on blog Emmi-Malmström. 
*check also full interview with the designer here .

And A SUPER PLUS! You can find a few pairs from our POP-UP 30.6.2012. So don't think twice and come check out what this beauties look like in real life!

We would also be super pleased if you tell us witch is your favorite pair... ?!  

Lola shoes, available at our Pop Up shop. (1 piece - size 38)
Dana shoes with ankle strap, available at our Pop up.
Eva shoes. Available at our Pop Up
Ana shoes - available on our POP-UP (1 piece - size 38)