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You can find them at most second-hand stores, the colorful shawls and scarves that once delighted someone at Christmas or a birthday. They often end their lives sadly in a big barrel in a second-hand store. Susanne Beskow, the founder of the he Van Deurs label, takes the textile orphans she finds in the Myrorna [...]
Boutiques
Amelia Ursache gets a new showcase
Posted: 15th June 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Swedish
Tags: Ameila Ursache, couture, new shop, Romanian fashion, Swedish designers, swedish fashion
Fashion designer Amelia Ursache might be better known in London and Paris than in Sweden, where she resides. That might be changing now that Amelia has opened up a mini-boutique in Stockholm featuring her dramatic, glamourous and feminine creations. Last night, I attended the champagne opening of the shop, which is located at Regeringsgatan 89, [...]
Bloomingdales next for Lotta Djossou
Posted: 15th January 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Business news, Swedish
Tags: anthropologie, bloomingdales, jewelery, Lotta Djossou, swedish design
Lotta Djossou jewelry, based in Paris and the small town of Höör in southern Sweden, has grown explosively around the world since it got started in Japan in the mid-1990s
Breakfast with Björn Borg
Posted: 7th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Business news, Events, Swedish
Tags: Bjorn Borg, Bon Magazine, Carmencita Lundsten, Christian Ericsson, footwear, Helia Hogjatpanah, Jessica Korondy, Plaza Kvinna, Sara Winter, swedish fashion, Swedish Shoe Council
Björn Borg is putting its best forward with its Spring 2011 footwear collection, which was created by a new design team in the Netherlands. “This is our most successful collection ever
A new start for clothing and people
Posted: 7th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Kids' stuff, Swedish
Tags: childrens clothing, House of Culture, Kulturhuset, remake, swedish fashion
The Remake label, owned by the private Stockholms Stadsmission charity, is based upon a genial idea. Let people who are down and out take textiles and yarns from previously owned garments, and remake them into smartly designed products.
Fashion from Norway sparks global debate
Posted: 30th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Norwegian, Street Fashion, Trends
Tags: cotton jumpsuit, Harrods of London, Norwegian Fashion, OnePiece of Norway, onesie, Thomas Adams
An unusual sartorial trend has been spearheaded by OnePiece, a fashion label from Norway.
Gina Tricot is doing something right
Posted: 29th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Business news, Trends
Tags: Gina Tricot, Spring trends, swedish fashion
The Gina Tricot retail chain is presenting two main trends this Spring, a farmers’s trend with a Western flavor, and a more sophisticated approach it calls “Globalista.”
The truth behind the Mickey Mouse T-shirt
Posted: 24th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Events, Finnish
Tags: A-Z of Classic American Clothing, American vintage, Rosebud Bookstore
The launch for a new book called A-Z of Classic American Clothing was held at the Rosebud Bookstore in Helsinki on Friday, November 19.
Fashion in flux on Tjärhovsgatan
Posted: 19th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Events, Swedish
Tags: art fashion, Flux Shop, Kim Hagelind, Noir & Blanc
Designer Kim Hagelind, whose fashion has been compared to a Rembrandt painted by surrealist Dali, will be opening up a pop-up store on November 26 on Tjärhovsgatan 14 on the south side of Stockhom
WeSC film deserves more than 338 views
Posted: 14th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Swedish, videos
Tags: scandinavian fashion, Stockholm city guide, streetwear, WESC
This video about the hot Swedish brand WeSC deserves more than the 338 views it has collected so far on Youtube since May of last year