Icelandic

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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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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Julian Assange as style icon


Posted: 23rd December 2010 by wordhack1 in Icelandic, Swedish
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The style blog of American mens’ magazine Esquire has come with an unusual gift idea for Christmas shopping: the puffy sort of jacket favored by Wikileaks head-honcho Julian Assange, currently on bail from a London jail on charges of sexual crimes allegedly committed in Sweden.

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Viking-wonderful courtesy of Los Angeles


Posted: 19th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Icelandic
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A jewelry designer from my old hunting grounds, that is to say Los Angeles, recently made a trip to the top of the world and was deeply impressed. “I am a jewelry designer in the United States who just returned from a magical trip to Iceland, where I absolutely fell in love with the Nordics, [...]

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How one thing leads to another

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, [...]

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Lady Gaga’s Icelandic designer

Lady Gaga was spotted wearing oneof Vera Thordardottir’s frost-inspired creations only a few days before Vera graduated from Istituto Marangoni in East London earlier this year. The Italian-American singer wore a frilly outfit from the Icelandic designer’s graduation collection when she performed at Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball

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Swimming against the mainstream with Kalda

[slideshow] Kalda, a brand started in 2009 by two talented Icelandic sisters, Katarin Alda and Rebekka, make clothes for “individuals who find satisfaction in swimming against the mainstream.” Aníta Eldjárn Kristjánsdóttir, a photography student in Trondheim, Norway snapped these seductive shots of a model wearing an outfit by Kalda, with styling by Raga G. Human [...]

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Bea Szenfeld made Björk’s jacket

When Icelandic singer Björk visited Stockholm last month to pick up the Polar Music Prize, she wore a brilliant jacket made by Bea Szenfeld that glittered like a thousand rubies.

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Nordic brands blast off at NY Fashion Week

Odd Molly of Sweden and Finland’s IVANA Helsinki, are staging runway shows this week at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Manhattan. This is the first time that fashion brands from Scandinavia have been on the official list in Bryant Park, running head-to-head with names like Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.

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Björk shines in Stockholm

Icelandic singer-songwriter-actress Björk, in Stockholm on Monday to receive the Polar Music Prize from the hand of the Swedish king, lived up to her reputation as a woman who isn’t afraid to stand out in a crowd.

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