At Sveaborg Helsinki, 7 July 2021
Dear Summer 2021, we shall kick off the adventure at Suomenlinna! Stands at UNESCO World Heritage Site, SUOMENLINNA (Castle of Finland) is an inhabited sea fortress built on eight islands about 4km southeast from the city center of Helsinki. Originally named Sveaborg (Castle of Swedes) or Viapori, the Swedish Crown commenced the construction of the sea fortress in 1748 as protection against Russian expansionism. During the Finnish War, Sweden surrendered the fortress to Russia in May 1808, since then, Russia had been occupied the fortress before the Independence of Finland in 1918, which, Finnish managed Suomenlinna through the Defense Department until turning most of it over to civilian control in 1973. Nowadays, Suomenlinna glows as a gem of Helsinki, attracts locals and passengers to discover the dark tunnels, the prison camps, the Baltic seashore, the Submarine Vesikko, the naval canons, the Hobbit-mimic houses and the vanilla ice cream on the Gulf of Finland.
Holding the valid HSL transportation card, the city ferries carry us to the islands at 12:30 sharp. For the comfy walk on the pebble roads at Suomelinna, the outfit of the day trip, one of the major choices is D.EXTERIOR 100% off-white silk top. Made in Italy, originated in Brescia in the late 1950s, the craftsmanship from the founder Nadia Zanola and her collaborators, for of all garments, are using highly qualified Italian labour, which yarned, knitted and packaged individually by hands. The second comfy choice is 100% denim baggy jeans with vintage touch from ZARA, which fulfills my jeans collection.
CHANEL peachy pink espadrilles combine the comfy, the colours and the style to enhance a rather basic off-white top and washed denim. Made in Spain with carefully embroidery tweeds, the pair provides an eye-catchy genre among the conservative tone, and the rubber outsoles offer an effortless long-term walking tour on the islands. As for accessories, CHANEL Ladies First earrings in gold are the most popular customized fashion jewelry for ages, are perfect together with MIUMIU light-weighted round-framed glitter acetate sunglasses. I decorate ZARA baggy jeans with DIOR 100% silk twill in U letter, represents ‘Univers’. Illuminated by Pleine Lune, those art pieces exhibit in Monsieur Christian Dior’s gallery, have particularly inspired the Creative Director, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s idea to create A to Z twill collection. Made in Italy, Dior 6 x100cm silk twill (Mitzah scarf) owns pointed ends with two-tone designs, invites the multi-functional use of this lovely accessory: a hairband, a scarf, a bracelet, a belt or a cute deco onto the handle of a handbag. Price ranging between 160EUR-180EUR, Definitely is one of my favourite souvenirs to collect when I visit DIOR boutiques around the world.
Last but not the least, that Made in Italy, hand-weaving straw hat prevents facial from sunburn; tighten with CHANEL logo ribbon, a merely 15 EUR vintage from secondhand immediately transforms into haute couture trendy headpiece. For city tour or day trip, I prefer to carry a rather petite sac de jour, with IPHONE, keys, credit cards and le rouge, plus a cotton tote bag equipped with a bottle of water, a package of wet tissue, several face masks, and perhaps, a cotton-silk blended cardigan, for the physical need of UVA protection.
Suomenlinna is lovely to have a picnic, go on a Baltic swim and discover the fortress museums at one-day trip. I’ve been visited numerous times since 2005 while this is the first attempt to record my fashion fun at UNESCO World Heritage Site of Finland.
TOP TIP 1: Peachy pinkish colour is perfect with off-white and denim vintage
TOP TIP 2: Besides 100% cotton shirt, silk top is an affable choice to wear at daily trip during high summer
Special Thanks: JMH
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