Linnan juhlat

I just wanted to make a quick post about this year's Linnan juhlat. Even though I am across the world from Finland I watched the Linnan juhlat online during my lunch break. Of course I only saw the start of it, but it still made me feel very Finnish. It wasn't easy trying to explain this traditional "party" to other people.


I am going to have to agree with the rest of Finland, because I love Jenni Vartiainen's dress. Not everyone can pull off a bright orange, but she looked absolutely gorgeous. The cut of the dress is really unique and different. All in all she was just breath taking.

Vraiment belle!

There were some other dresses that I really liked too:

I love the color and the cut of her dress.

This is definitely my second favorite. It's just so unique and down to earth. LOVE IT.

This is a dress I could actually picture myself in. I adore the colors and the flowiness. ( I don't think that's a word? Oh well)

This dress made me laugh! Such a cool idea, without being tacky at all. A memorable dress.

I really like the detailing in this dress. Stands out without being too flashy.

Her dress is so classy and simple, but absolutely wonderful.

I also have to mention that even though I might not exactly love Tarja Halonen's dress, but she is such a good role model when it comes to dresses. She is faithful to her own style and the thing that I love is the fact that she took an old dress that she wore before and added details to it. 

I watched this interview where Jani Toivola was mentioning how he witnessed a Lotta talking about her experiences and around her were gathered people from at least fifteen different countries. And that made him proud of Finland. I thought it was such a good example of the multiculturalism in Finland, and how it should be encouraged. I really wanted to link it here, but I wasn't able to find it anymore. Anyway I just really would have wanted to link it here, because the interview just really made me smile.


I have to go eat now and then I am off to the gym. Salut!

pictures taken from: 

http://yle.fi/linnanjuhlat/2011/

http://www.mtv3.fi/helmi/minisaitit/artikkeli.shtml/2010/12/1236774?linnan_juhlat/puvut_ja_tyylit