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I bought this new polo neck sweater this afternoon at an MQ store in Stockholm. At a 70 percent discount! With fashion weeks in both Stockholm and Copenhagen around the corner, I figured that it was time to clean up my act and get a new sweater. The brand is Réunion, designed by Gothenburg native Daniel Ivarsson.
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A comfy sweater at a 70 percent discount
Posted: 28th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Street Fashion, Swedish
Tags: Daniel Ivarsson, MQ, Reunion
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H&M takes plus sizes out of the closet
Posted: 12th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Boutiques, Swedish, Trends
Tags: Big is Beautiful, H&M, Plus sizes for women
Sweden’s giant clothing retailer H&M is changing the name of its plus size collections for women . Until now, it has called its large size collection “Big and Beautiful.” As of Spring 2012, H&M is rebranding its plus size collections as H&M+, “meaning fashion will always come before size at H&M,” the company announced in a [...]
Window shopping in Stockholm and Oslo
Posted: 3rd January 2012 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Cool photos, Norwegian, Swedish
Tags: department store displays, glas magasinet, Monki, Norwegian Fashion, swedish fashion
Department store styists seem to have imbued some unusually strong spirts duirng the holiday season. Or perhaps they have been sampling the hallucigenic mushrooms which sprout in the Scandinavian forests? This family of mice resides in a storefront of the exclusive Glas Magasinet t in Oslo. Below, a metallic visitior from another galaxy, dressed with colorful Norwegian folkoric flair, stands for some reason in [...]
Chinese say “Ja” to Swedish underwear
Björn Borg, the Swedish underwear giant bearing the name of the great Wimbledon tennis champ, is moving onto the dynamic Chinese market in a big way. The aim is to position the colorful and trendy brand among the growing legion of fashion-conscious young people in the country. “We believe that Björn Borg will attract [...]
Santa Claus has eight arms at NK
Posted: 10th December 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Cool photos, Swedish
Tags: Christmas in Stockholm, gay Santa, NK Department store, store window display
Window shopping may seem a trivial sport, but some encounters with a store’s window display may result in an aesthetic experience beyond your expectations. When commerce meets with creative aspirations, the wildest creatures can come to life. This is the Christmas display at Nordiska Kompaniet in Stockholm. NK Department Store is the most traditional and [...]
Merimekko growing in big and small ways
Posted: 30th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Finnish
Tags: Finnish fashion, kiosk boutique, marimekko
The iconic Fnnnish textiles and fashion company Marimekko recently collaborated with Converse of the USA on a new line of sneakers. Earlier this week, Marimekko opened its first company-owned retail store in Oslo on fashion street Hegdehaugsveien; a new Marimekko store was launched in Stockholm’s Sturegallerian in mid-September; and in summer 2011 they opened a [...]
Elegant meets edgy at JUS boutique
Posted: 23rd November 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Swedish
Tags: Ann Demeulemeester, Comme des Garcons, Ida Sjöstedt, JUS, Kris van Assche, Margiela, Rick Owens, rodebjer, V Avenue Shoe Repair
Last week I tried on some outfits from high fashion brands at JUS, a concept store located at Brunnsgatan 7 in the Swedish capital. I took the opportunity to mix and match a Margiela coat with a Comme des Garcons shirt. It isn’t every day that one gets to slip into some Rick Owens wedges, [...]
Equestrian styles on King’s Street
We were galloping along Kungsgatan (King’s Street) on our way to a certain café when our attention was diverted by a large, immobile liquorice-black horse with shocking-pink ankle warmers. Holding the reigns was horse enthusiast Elvira, age 7. On a whim, we stepped inside the store called Häst och Hund to check out the latest [...]
A walk on the moon with Bruno Pieters
Posted: 24th October 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Business news, Swedish
Tags: Antwerp designers, bruno pieters, fashion, swedish design, weekday, weekday menswear
[slideshow] Everybody gets excited about H&M’s spectacular collaborations with world-known designers like Versace or Lanvin. But you shouldn’t miss Bruno Pieters’ collection for another Swedish label: Weekday. Bruno Pieters represents Antwerpian fashion with all its best characteristics: architectural, elaborate cuts, prudent forms and an emotional touch. The designer graduated in 1999 and has since then [...]
An archaelogist of weirdness
Posted: 2nd September 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, videos
Tags: Larry Farber, Larry's Corner, music, Stockholm bookstore, wierd music
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or6fwblf9eg]If you are looking for a copy of a film called “Meet the Hollowheads” or a vinyl recording of psychedelic lounge music from Mongolia, Larry’s Corner is the place for you. Owner/manager Larry Farber, an expatriate Yank, has spent decades digging around in the cellars and dusty attics of the civilized world in order to [...]