Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Facebook
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 [...]
Danish
Cute cuff for your fetish party
Posted: 23rd October 2011 by wordhack1 in Danish
Tags: adrogynous fashion, danish design, Georg Jensen, silver jewelry
1
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 [...]
Tall Dane models for Dior Homme
Posted: 21st January 2011 by wordhack1 in Danish, Fashion Photography, Models
Tags: Dior Homme, male model, Versace, Victor Nylander
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtDu8s0Dt8] Victor Nylander is the fresh new face of both Dior Homme and Versace in their SS11 campaigns. Willy Vanderperre shot a video and eight photos of the 18-year-old from Roskilde, Denmark for Dior Homme, while the maestro-himself—-fashion photographer Mario Testino –used the tall Dane for the Versace campaign. In the Dior Homme video, it [...]
Battle of Gettysburg inspires Soulland
The Soulland A/W 2011 collection, called “Civilized,” is inspired by the one of the greatest conflicts in American history: the battle between the North and the South over states’ rights and slavery. Danish designer Silas Adler has taken a close look at the life of soldiers during the bloody and tragic war, which culminated in [...]
With Henrik Vibskov and other art lovers
Posted: 10th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events
Tags: art lover, Henrik Vibskov, Lisa Jeannin
Henrik Vibskov explains in the magazine Art Lover why the theatrical fashion shows he stages in Copenhagen are open to the general public: “It provides an important mix of real people. That means you not only get VIPs, but also young students, old people and people who just happen to be in the area by accident, people who are jogging or out with their dog. To have only invited people attend would be like having a concert only for music critics, rather boring,” Vibskov tells interviewer Sanna Samuelsson.
Four rooms at Studio Sankt Paul
Posted: 1st December 2010 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events, Swedish
Tags: Bitte Kai Rand, home interiors, Oddbirds, Studio Sankt Paul, swedish design, swedish fashion, Vicky Hanson
Four rooms decorated in four totally different styles and moods can be glimpsed at Studio Sankt Paul on the south side of Stockholm.
What makes fashion from Denmark special?
Mildh Press probably represents more Danish labels than anyone else in Sweden. Therefore, when I paid a visit to the PR agency’s showroom this week, I took the opportunity to ask a question of Helena Mildh, founder of the agency that bears her name: What makes fashion from Denmark special: “Danish designers tend to use [...]
What kids will wear this Spring
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events, Kids' stuff, Swedish
Tags: Danish children's fashion, Designletters, Havaianas, hummel, Katvig, kids ink, Molo, OneTwoTen, polarn o.pyret, Scotch Shrun, Swedish childrens' fashion, Wheat
What will Scandinavian kids be wearing in the Spring? We got a glimpse of the styles to come when Polarn O. Pyret and OneTwoTen staged a children’s fashion show in Stockholm’s House of Culture.
How one thing leads to another
Posted: 17th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
Tags: AC Bananas, Avant-garde designers, Danish fashion, DJ Mills, estonian fashion, Finnish fashion, Galleri Duerr, icelandic fashion, Kärt Ojave, Kirsi Nisonen, Lotta Barlach, Naim Josefi, Norwegian Fashion, Saga Sig, swedish fashion
Take one person with a bright idea, add a second one, a third one and keep going. If one collects enough clever and ambitious people together in one room a critical mass is achieved, and the result is an explosion of creativity. That is what happened in Stockholm last night, as some 30 fashion designers, [...]