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Karl Lagerfeld visits Aspudden


Posted: 14th December 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Events, Swedish
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Fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld seems to have taken the wrong turn in Paris and ended up on a concrete wall in Aspudden, a rather anonymous suburb of Stockholm. The photo, which was taken by Lotta Söderberg, found its way to a street-art website. If you visit the site, be sure to check out the images [...]

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Mystery and mysticism from Ziska of Iceland

For a country with a population of only about 320,000, Iceland seems to give birth to a surprisingly large number of wildly creative people. It must be the magic vibrations coming from the amazing lunar landscape. One of the biggest new creative talents is multimedia artist and fashion designer Harpa Einarsdottir. The first collection of [...]

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Santa Claus has eight arms at NK

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 [...]

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Hot swimwear from cool Iceland

[slideshow]As the first snows of winter dust the streets of Stockholm, my thoughts turn to Iceland. Right about now, it would be nice to be warming my toes in the Blue Lagoon or some of the other geothermal heated pools with dot the North Atlantic land mass perched between North America and Europe. I once [...]

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She was Queen of the Balls


Posted: 3rd December 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Events, Swedish
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Paulina, lead singer of the moody pop group Wallenberg, had by far the most striking outfit at a book release party held at Södra Teater on Wednesday evening. She makes all of her costumes herself. The outfit pictured to the left with the triple-ball headgear is actually a simplified version of the costume she uses [...]

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Well-deserved prize to Sandra Backlund


Posted: 1st December 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Events, Swedish
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One of my big favorites on the Scandinavian fashion scene, knitwear queen Sandra Backlund of Sweden, will be this year’s recipent of a major grant of 300,000 kronor (42,000 dollars) from a government agency.

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Design that makes you say “Wow”


Posted: 30th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Finnish
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Walking down a street in Finland on Monday, I glanced in a store window and saw this curvy furniture that stopped me in my tracks. Even though I was late for an interview, I had to take a quick look at the curvy beauties by Punkalive. Its no accident that Helsinki has been selected as [...]

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A funny thing about hair


Posted: 20th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Models, Trends
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Nearly everyone has issues with their own hair. If you are like most people, you probably feel that your hair is too curly, too thin, too short or too long, a boring color or the wrong texture. A museum in Stockholm is currently collecting anecdotes, photos and memorablia related to hair for an upcoming exhibit [...]

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Fashion photo by Avedon under the club

The Autumn Contemporary Sale of Bukowski’s Auction House in Stockholm included a rare print of Richard Avedon’s “Dovima with Elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955.” (Click on the picture to see a larger version of this magnificent photo). The 130 X 106 cm image was sold on November 16 for 3 [...]

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Console yourself with a Robert & Blad coat


Posted: 28th October 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Swedish
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If you don’t ski and don’t happen to have an open fireplace to warm your bones, there aren’t many reasons to look forward to the coming winter season. Perhaps the re-launch of the handsome “Vojlock” coat from Robert & Blad can provide some consolation. Fashion firm Robert & Blad, based in Malmö, Sweden, introduced the [...]

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