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IvanaHelsinki and Ivana Trump feud over
Posted: 19th January 2011 by wordhack1 in Business news, Finnish
Tags: Ivana Helsinki, Ivana Trump, New York Fashion Week
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Has Mick Jagger gone crazy?
Posted: 19th January 2011 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Business news, Norwegian
Tags: Dressmann, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones will be on center stage in a new campaign to promote Dressmann, the largest menswear chain in the Nordic region.
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
Converse + Marimekko = True Love
Posted: 24th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news, Finnish
Tags: converse, marimekko, sneakers, women's shoes
The February 2011 version of the Converse shoe for women will come in three distinctive patterns created by Marimekko, the Finnish textile and clothing company founded in 1951.
Oslo Fashion Week first in world to ban fur
Posted: 11th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news, Events, Norwegian
Tags: animal rights, ethical fashion, Fur, fur-free fashion, Norwegian Fashion, oslo fashion week
Fur will be banned from the catwalk at the Oslo Fashion Week in February. The Norwegians are first in the world to introduce the fur prohibition. durin
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
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.”
Karl Lagerfeld to design Swedish crystal
Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld will be teaming up with Swedish crristal and design company Orrefors. The first collection, to be called Orrefors by Karl Lagereld, will be launched in Spring 2011.
Former Vogue director in key H&M position
Posted: 19th October 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news
Tags: Anna Tillberg Pantzar, Donald Schneider, Esprit, French Vogue, H&M, Jan Nord, Jörgen Andersson, karl lagerfeld, scandinavian
Donald Schneider, creative director of French Vogue and Vogue Hommes from1994-2002, will replace Jan Nord as creative director of H&M.
Marimekko push in USA a “considerable risk”
Posted: 15th October 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news, Finnish
Tags: Crate and Barrel, Finnish fashion, marimekko, Mika Ihamuotila
Finnish fashion and textile company Marimekko opened a 160 square-metre outlet in the American furnishing chain Crate & Barrel’s department store in New York City’s SoHo district on Thursday.