30 Aug 2010, Posted by Emily Yang in Design & Culture, 0 Comments

18.08

During my stay in Helsinki I kept meeting cool people. One of the coolest ones was probably Tinttu Henttonen.  I was really honored to be invited to her home/studio for lunch.  Her studio/balcony was like this wonderland of arts and vintage, filled with, according to her words, “beautiful, useless but very important things”.  She cooked us delicious traditional lunch, and we had very inspiring conversation about her arts, her life and culture.  She’s such a great lady with very big passion and with guts as well, but at the same time, so pure and simple. I’m totally in love with her.

After lunch, probably influenced by Tinttu, I decided to hit some vintage shops in town.  Went to Penny Lane and Play It Again Sam, both gorgeous and owned by super elegant ladies.  The greatest fun in buying vintage is process of searching and falling in love with THE piece at the first sight, we Chinese call it “Yuan fen”, which more or less means “meant to be”. Well, I fell in love with this Moschino vintage dress and together with the dress, we live happily even after.