BANG! Here comes the homepage!

It has finally arrived, expected and very welcome.

WWW.P-PAS.COM

So has my sweet, cartoonish and ecological (as it's made of my own board game): The exclusive Afrikan Tähti -jewel collection! Afrikan Tähti is a Finnish classic of board games that I have turned into personal bracelets, earrings and necklaces made of its chips and bills.

Here are some samples of French versions of Just Spit It Out jewel collection. Every jewel is a unique piece, so you'd better order fast when you find something you like!

 

 

 But don't order until tomorrow, when the P-Pas WEBSTORE will finally be opened!

- Essi

Glory to the doers! (part 1)

The first designer I found to P-pas was this guy I accidentally bumped into on a Finnish art website. He had posted there a drawing of his: a washing machine flooding music waves. I had to get him to this team, and luckily this graphic design student agreed! So far, there are 2-3 designs from him to be expected for the Get Printed -collection coming to P-pas webstore in November. Hopefully our partnership will continue - which actually depends on you guys! There are lots of awesome prints coming up, but they can't all be launched at the same time for economical reasons. Voìla anyways some pictures to show what Mitro Leijona and his style is about at the moment.

Artist name: Mitro Leijona

E-mail: ariwa_@hotmail.com
Three most important inspiration sources: Loose, yet profound style is an inspiring all-time classic. A power failure on a dark autumn night, when candles set a special ambiance. The third one's the dusky 60's-70's jamaican ska-music that I've been listening from my record player pretty often nowadays.

"I try to utilise my continuously developing personal style and daring to trust in my own vision in my artwork and prints. These present, also the first, prints are affected by music, spiced up with organic lines and pleasing colours. From these elements I aim to construct a kind of fresh'n'playful ensemble. You can find vinyls, as they are second to none, and flooding wavelenghts in my designs."

Share your opinion about these sketches!

- Essi

Home not-so-clean home

The flight arrived to Finland about five hours ago, and I've been pottering around at home for couple of hours now. No partying nor sleeping - in fact, I should probably be cleaning my room up or exercising, because I've gained weight a few pounds too much. Not only the mirror but my sister noticed it. I thank Romanian food and my appetite..

My thoughs have been wandering in both practical details and grandiose future plannings. I'm more and more enthousiast and inpatient to release new collections and ideas, because the designer- and doer-group of P-pas' is very diverse and talented. More about the persons behind scenes coming during these weeks. Now some photos and notes from the journey.

I didn't experience any dramatical culture shock caused by the Romanian way of life (besides as to driving customs). I'm only happy to having been able to get there and spend a week in another culture with its highs and lows. I didn't know much about the people or the nation's history, so the trip was very educational. The most important thing to comprehend was that the Romanian beggars you can see on the streets of Helsinki are not the average citizens of Romania. The country does suffer from a great poverty, but as there are poors, there are wealthy people aswell. And good looking! Just like anywhere else.

One great thing to discover aswell was the nature. At first I thought there would be no hills at all - the Bucarest area is quite plain - but luckily I was proved wrong! The Carpathians were magnificent, such as the smaller hills. There were scenes from barren spruce woods to fairytale-like Alpine-view à la Sound of Music.

 

And animals, tons of animals: donkeys, horses, lambs, cows, chickens, ducks, cats and specially dogs! I mean, there really were a whole lotta homeless dogs. I still prefered the cats, like this cute kitty on the terrace of our pension in Bran, the "city of the Dracula", as the tourist guides say.

I could just skip eating and concentrate on working for now. A couple of unfinished jewellery collections are on their way to be.. well, finished, and print sketches are welling up from many pens. Can't wait to release the upcoming GET PRINTED -collection! Unfortunately the print clothes won't be available until November, but there's always plenty of more goods to shop. Which reminds me of the fact, that

the P-PAS WEBSTORE will be opened in only 5 days!

Can't wait!

- Essi

PS. The local roofs. Is there anything weirder?

What a hurry!!

P-pas has made some new necklaces!

Check'em out!

Romania, tomorrow. So cool. And I am sooo in a hurry, haven't even started packing yet.

!!, Essi

What's up?

P-pas has been goofing around (in english matriculation examination, for example) and plannin new jewels and clothes. Cute, funny and stylish material coming up! I'm both very excited and impatient. Sadly one has only two hands and there's only 24 hours in a day.

- Essi

PS. Countdown to the inspiration trip to Romania: 3 days!

Comix

 

front of the golden ones

 

back of the golden ones

 

front of the copper ones

 

back of the copper ones

 

silver hook and exclamation marks that my mother mistook for molars..

And about five more earrings and four necklaces coming up!

A peek in the closet

Yesterday I finally dared to sit down in front of my grandmothers sewing-machine and try if it still worked. Luckily it did! Here you go, some samples of STAY TUNED -collection:

Bright raspberry pink top styled with fresh, striking pleats.

Black and white looks fierce on this pinkie pie! Size S/M, 3 pieces.

Men's bamboo cotton T-shirt styled with old denim jacket.

Men's S, ladie's M/L. Unique piece.

Women's super comfy and silky bamboo cotton T-shirt with a cute 'jabot'. Looks really nice and feminine on. Size M, coming 4-5 pieces.

Men's casual raglan T-shirt styled with denim pocket.
Size L, 2 pieces.

My personal favorite so far (unfinished in these pics)!

Vintage washed women's T-shirt styled with rivets on denim cuts.

Simple and vigorous, yet chic and unique. Size XS, 2 pieces.

Coming up more variations in different sizes.

This one's a true delicacy (yet unfinished..)!

Bright strawberry pink, bright chain-decoration and small bows on epaulet. Size S/M, coming 4-5 pieces.

Every garment is manufactured ecologiacally and ethically considering both human rights and environment. P-pas does not use children labour, exploit the Chinese nor raise silkworms. Big part of tunings and stylings are made of inutile clothes or other textiles (for example I found the black and white -striped material in my grandmother's drawer). P-pas uses products of Continental Clothing, a company dedicated to Fair Wear. More information to be found HERE.

 

xoxo, Essi

Greetings from Finland

Hello there everywhere!

(especially all you hot guys)
 

Voìla the opening entry of P-pas' english blog. What is P-pas, actually, and who the heck am I? Let me tell you, but beware - talented misspelling ahead!

I'm a Finnish 18-year-old student in upper secondary school (more precisely a candidate for the matriculation examination) who happened to get inspiration for her own firm. A fatal boost of enthousiasm pushed me forwards to really set up a shop, even though it isn't in real action yet. The webstore is having its grand opening the 1. October - till that P-pas will concentrate on making plans about designs (clothes, jewelery and accessories), different collections and potential future events. I'm going to spend a week in Romania during this month and I'm hopeful to find beautiful handcrafts and art to distribute. An Edward Cullen chillin' in Transilvania would be ok aswell.

So, I am young, enthousiastic and adventurous. That's why I'm pretty sure this is what I'm supposed to do with my life. With "this" I mean being owner of a business I feel strongly for. I have deep feelings for many kinds of beauty and esthetics. Sadly I'm not artistic and business-oriented enough to succeed just on my own, and that's why P-pas is all about the talent and creativity of other young doers and designers. Instead of offering one vision, P-pas will have plenty of outlooks and styles.

 

samples of Chicly Chained, Comix and Shell-ish

To be expected (for now):

- STAY TUNED: different tunings (mostly on shirts): girly ruffles, rivets & chains, relaxed pockets, cute buttons

- VINTAGE MARKET with classic and retro clothes such as Levi's 501 jeans and good looking second hand

- GET JEWELED: many jewel collections: Shell-ish (shells), Comix (cartoon-inspired speech bubbles etc.),Just Spit It Out (press cuttings), Chicly Chained, Back to Nature (leaves colored by autumn) ...

- GET DECORATED: three different photo collections, one inspired by Helsinki, one by the beautiful moments of life, one by.. my own mixed shots.

And much more on the way. GET PRINTED will be a major part of P-pas' product range. Different prints designed by different type of artists will bring good mood and goddamn good look to your style. Guaranteed!

Just to revise: From 1/10/2009 any of the articles can be ordered from P-pas webstore (address of the site to be revealed later) to any EU country. More photos and information about P-pas' philosophy and garment ethics coming later.

Stay tuned!

Chic style, chill life, fresh attitude.

- without forgetting a twinkle in your eye ;)

Love, Essi