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highly conscious on ecological and recycling environment, Finland has practiced
it the best. There are flea markets (Finnish called kirpputori) in every
community, and vintage fashion is hot among all generation in Helsinki. Perhaps
it is one of the reasons that Paris Haute Couture brand could never ever successfully
invade Finland, or we can say that creative and confident folks don’t need to
follow the Hollywood celebrity’s trends, since style shouldn’t be defined by those
who merely appearing on the TV screens.
Recycling Factory Event, Kierrätystehdas in Finnish, held at Kappeli in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. Free admission, there are mainly 5 areas in-and-out: At outdoor, organic food stalls, recycling cabins and DIY bike fixing tent attract the visitors; Indoors of Kappeli, Blogger flea market, organic skin cares, vintage shops plus recycled design, and give ‘n’ take area make us intrigued. What shocks me the most is the give ‘n’ take area: after someone ‘dumped’ their unwanted on the clothes racks or on the large table, parents with children, elder ladies, student buddies or various ethnics immediately fulfill their empty bags as swelling as they can. I took 5 clothes hangers as my freebies fulfillment of the day.
My favourite section is ‘vintage shops plus
recycled design’ due to my recent interest on vintage goodies. For vintage
fashion, I am still studying its history and fabric, and for the hygiene
concerns, I didn’t purchase any garment so far. But for the earrings, as long
as I find eye-catching design without fake suspicious, usually I can get pretty
good bargain. For vintage earrings, the heaviness and the clean condition are
what I value the most, the best is the pair attached with its holder with brand
name on it. For sure there are loads of faux rhinestones or pearls at the
market, but the heaviness can at least show the metal works rather the plastic
materials. Some vintage earrings have stained with unknown human debris, which
shows the carelessness of the sellers, if the unknown cells seem impossibly to
cleanse off, this pair is definitely out. Luckily I found this futuristic jellyfish
clip clasp earrings, 15e at vintage fashion stall from Turku.
For my Made in Finland favour, ‘homemade in
Finland’ area provides shoppers a great opportunities on choosing home deco
items. Pisama design exhibit this handmade cotton linen with dozens of rouge
high heels, which in between, inserting the city names of Finland, 12e, a great
pick to make my cosmetic desk a bit different hue for up-coming summer season.
At the event, the zero waste fashion show,
book crossing stalls and India massage serve yet another experience. Any shopper,
organic lover or DIY fan can easily find their new surprises to know the
products’ origin and the way to maintain them. Recycling Factory Eco Event is
more a powerful manifesto than any political advocacy to educate people about
our earth, our creativeness and our thankfulness.
Spend wisely. Waste less and cherish more.
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