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Designer Amelia Ursashe teamed up with entrepeneurs with stores on Regeringsgatan (Government Street) on Saturday to stage a fashion show at Nalen, the well-known entertainment venue which is also located on the same Stockholm street. The [...]
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Government Street shows its stuff
Posted: 14th May 2012 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Events, Swedish
Tags: Amelia Ursache, Chic Dog, Lisa Norin, Mon Bibi, Nalen
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Rites of Spring in Stockholm
Posted: 3rd May 2012 by wordhack1 in Events
Tags: Farida, Jenny Farida Thåström, Wallenberg, Wet Pic-Nic
Last month was the coldest April in years. So when an art event/ party called Wet Pic-Nic was held at the end of the month at Storkyrkobadet–a Stockholm bathhouse from the 18th century– the guests were ready to let their hair down and party. The image of an artist named Amaris was reflected as a giant shadow on one [...]
How I survived Copenhagen Fashion Week
The current issue of Swedish fashion magazine Plaza Kvinna contains my firsthand account of Copenhagen Fashion Week, which took place in February. For those of you who don’t read Swedish, here are the first two paragraphs: “Fashion Week Syndrome is a form of mental illness. Symptoms include jealousy, exhilaration, despair, delight, hysteria and excessive vanity. A [...]
Scandinavia’s biggest street art auction
Posted: 20th April 2012 by wordhack1 in Events, Trade Fairs, Uncategorized
Tags: Dwane, Jackie "mapei" Cummings, Scandinavian grafitti, Scandinavian street art, valeria montti colque, Ziggy
Stockholm’s very cool meatpacking district, a ka “Slakthusområdet” was the scene on Thursday evening of the opening of Crude Oil, the biggest exhibit and auction of street art and graffiti in the Nordic region. Among the big international names represented were Bansky, Taki 183, and Futura 2000. The auction, which will remain open on Internet until [...]
Stay Motivated in an age of anxiety
Posted: 16th April 2012 by wordhack1 in Events
Tags: Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Marcus Mårtenson, Stay Motivated, Swedish artist
Stockholm-based artist Marcus Mårtenson creates bright, visual essays from the flotsam of daily life in the 21st century: conspiracy theories, horror movies, cocaine and plastic surgery. We can recognize the landscape of the artist’s universe and his apprehensions as our own. The largest solo exhibit ever by Mårtenson is currently under way at the Angelika [...]
Avant garde women of the 1920’s and 1930’s
Posted: 1st March 2012 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events
Tags: Avant garde women, Claude Cahan, Dada, Louisiana museum, Surrealism, women artists
Ever since I read Yank authors from the period between the two world wars like John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser and James T. Farrell, I’ve been fascinated by those decades. That is one reason an ongoing exhibit at Denmark’s Louisiana museum appeals so strongly to me. “Women of the Avant-garde 1920-1940″ presents an exciting but [...]
Mid-week at Weekday in Copenhagen
Fashion enthusiasts gathered at the Weekday store in Copenhagen’s Amager Torv on Wednesday to celebrate the Swedish label’s newly launched line called Collection – a more tailored, classic, and mature addition to Weekday’s otherwise hip selection. Drinks and a refined assortment of finger food were served as guests looked through the clothing. Francesco, a Florentine student studying in Copenhagen, [...]
A documentary film for diehard Denim-heads
Posted: 21st February 2012 by wordhack1 in Events, videos
Tags: American vintage, cowboy shirts, denim, Hawaiin shirts, Pendletons
I thought I would pass along this invitation I just received for a film which will probably appeal to all hardcore denim-addicts living in or near Stockholm. Note: You have to RSVP to info@americanvintage.com to see the film. Check out the arranger’s website for [...]
She picked up new dress at Supermarket
Posted: 20th February 2012 by wordhack1 in Events, Swedish, Trade Fairs
Tags: Qwerty art collective, Supermarket, Tora Botwid
There was so much to see and experience at “Supermarket: The Stockholm International Art Fair— that one could easily suffer from sensory overload. Clever ideas, colorful and engaging conceptual art projects provided great entertainment value, but not necessarily a big emotional impact. One clever idea was the “Foreign Exchange” project presented by the QWERTY art [...]
Let’s put Dads on the runway
The first-ever “Strut: The Fashionable Mom Show” took place earlier this week at Lincoln Center in New York City near the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week’s tents. Moms walked down the catwalk pushing strollers or proudly showing off the swelling bellies of pregnancy, according to a news story about the event by wire service AP. To stage [...]