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I would love to be on the Mediteranean island of Ibizia right about now. The weather isn’t too bad here in Stockholm— just slightly below freezing with a light snow on the ground– but the dark days get me down sometimes. I want to bury my frozen toes in some warm sand and listen to the sound of waves hitting the shore. [...]
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Win a free trip to Ibizia
Posted: 15th February 2012 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Danish, Events
Tags: contest, free trip, Ibizia, nn.07, no nationality
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Soulland brings Russian soul to menswear
The Autumn/Winter 2012 collection of Danish menswear label Soulland takes us on a journey to Moscow before the fall of the Iron Curtain. Sillas Adler, the creative whizkid behind the label, did everything right at the runway show held at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Before the Soulland show started, we were treated to what sounded like mystical monastic choral music [...]
Champagne collection By Malene Birger
In the soft light of twelve gigantic chandeliers hanging from the high ceiling in a massive hall in Copenhagen, celebrites and a small clique of privleged stylemakers sat in front seats separated by small tables covered with white linin. Most of the audience at the Friday evening show– including yours truly– stood watching in a mob from the sidelines as slender [...]
Dangerous styles from David Andersen
Posted: 2nd February 2012 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events
Tags: copenhagen fashion week, David Andersen
To the tune of a remixed version of “Upside Down,” played loud enough to make my teeth rattle, dangerous David Andersen showed some sleek, sexy looks with plenty of leather in his A/W collection on Day One of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Altough most of the outfits were in different shades of black and gray, there was [...]
Backstage at the Henrik Vibskov show
Posted: 2nd February 2012 by wordhack1 in Danish, Trade Fairs, Uncategorized
Tags: backstage, copenhagen fashion week, Henrik Vibskov
Last night I got a chance to go backstage and snap some photos during the staging of Danish designer Henrik Vibskov’s “Shrink Wrap Spectacular” Autumn/Winter 2012 show in Copenhagen. The models were nervous but happy, Mr. Vibskov, taking a sip from an aluminum can of Carlsberg beer now and then, seemed cool as a cucumber. This [...]
Georg Jensen stiches up a new image
Posted: 19th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Danish, Events
Tags: danish design, Danish fashion, Freja Beha Erichsen, Georg Jewnsen, Inge Jacobsen, jewelery
One of the biggest assets owned by Denmark’s Georg Jensen is its well-known brand name, and its sterling reputation for high-quality silver jewelry and other hand-made articles. Now the firm is rebranding in an effort to broaden its customer base. They want to keep theír loyal fans who appreciate classical designs, while appealing to younger fashionistas on the prowl [...]
Bea Szenfeld nominated for ECCO award
Posted: 4th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Business news, Danish, Events
Tags: bea szenfeld, Danish fashion, Ecco
Women from six different European countries—including three Scandinavians—are in the running to win the ECCO Walk IN Style 2012 Award. One of the contestants is Sweden’s own Bea Szenfeld, the art-fashion designer who leaped into fame in 2002 after she won the TV reality show Fashion House competition. One of Bea’s extravagant creations was worn in 2010 by [...]
Cute cuff for your fetish party
Posted: 23rd October 2011 by wordhack1 in Danish
Tags: adrogynous fashion, danish design, Georg Jensen, silver jewelry
Is it a bird, a shiny corset or an accessory for a men’s dress shirt? According to its manufacturer, the item pictured to the right is none of those things. It is instead a silver bracelet shaped like a shirt cuff designed for the “woman of today,” according the press release. The “Smithy Cuffs” collection [...]
Twisted visions of American Civil War
Posted: 21st October 2011 by wordhack1 in Danish
Tags: American civil war, Asger Juel Larsen, Danish fashion, Danish menswear, soulland
Uniforms worn by federal soldiers who took part in the blood-drenched American Civil War inspire the Fall/Winter “Uncle Sam” collection of Danish designer Asger Juel Larsen. Asger’s childhood fascination with the 1860s gets twisted in a Gothic direction in this collection, which uses hard and soft fabrics, from cashmere and wool, to leather and tough [...]
Post offices give fashion stamp of approval
Posted: 4th August 2011 by wordhack1 in Business news, Danish, Events, Finnish
Tags: malene birger, Minna Parikka, silas adler, soulland
The postal service in Denmark today unveiled two fashion stamps at City Hall in Copenhagen which pay tribute to the contribution to Danish culture made by fashion designers. Accessories by Silas Adler, the founder of the Soulland menswear brand, are featured on one of the stamps, while a sketch by Malene Birger of a design [...]