Street Fashion

Machine operator with style


Posted: 29th November 2010 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Street Fashion

Ulf De Wolf drives a warehouse truck during the day. By night, he goes super-slick Rockabilly


When the fashion show is over


Posted: 22nd November 2010 by wordhack1 in Street Fashion
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We bumped into this warmly dressed twosome on Monday afternoon, as a light snow dusted the streets of Stockholm. Josef Forselius, a stylist, and Nadja Eklöv had large bags bulging with clothing which had been used the night before at a fashion show held at a Redken salon


Working hard and looking good

Lotta Barlach creates clothing fit for hard, physical work, but which can also be worn to a party.


Anarchy minus alcohol at Kafe 44

If you like to go out at night and dance and you are under age 18, you are pretty much out of luck in the capital of Sweden. One of the very few options is Kafe 44, which has the pleasant anarchistic aura of an underground club.


Mile-long eyelashes and a few leather whips

A sneak preview of this weekend’s Stockholm Burlesque Festival took place Wednesday evening at the Pom Pom Parlour shop on the third floor of the PUB department store.


Blondes go airborne in Denmark

Copenhagen might have the highest population in the world of blond girls. Photographer Martin Soeby photographed 16 of them jumping as part of an art project arranged by a New York magazine.


Stockholm Street Fashion: Autumn attitudes


Posted: 3rd October 2010 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Street Fashion
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The fruit and veggie vendors outside the Slussen subway station were selling four different types of wild mushrooms as well as locally picked lingon-berries on Saturday afternoon. In cobble-stone paved Russian Square (Rysstorget), near one of the two flower stands, we met a well-tailored Russian who plans to soon open a new Russian restaurant on [...]


Stockholm Styles: Oktoberfest in September


Posted: 24th September 2010 by wordhack1 in Events, Street Fashion
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Oktoberfest was the theme when Humana hosted a party and runway show with vintage clothes on Thursday evening in Stockholm and Malmö. The charitable organization is part of the Humana People to People network, which conducts projects in Africa and Asia.


A taste of New Orleans in Stockholm


Posted: 18th September 2010 by wordhack1 in Events, Street Fashion

A sizeable crowd of people mainly dressed in various shades of black and gray turned up at Folkbaren on the south side of Stockholm last week to check out a new exhibit by artist Marcus Mårtenson.


Stockholm Street Styles: mid-August 2010


Posted: 8th September 2010 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Street Fashion
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1) Hanging out in Kungsträgården park, listening to a concert. The photographer had to bribe this trio with 50 kronor to get the shot. 2) Outside the Royal Dramatic Theater. In the background, a bronze statue of actress Margareta Krook. The statue of Margareta never grows icicles in the winter, because it is heated on [...]