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All over the Nordic region young people and hipsters are clad in the iconic Converse Chuck Taylor rubber-soled canvas tennis shoe. Indie kids and rockers, children and young adults in Sweden are prepared to fork over around 699 kronor in (EUR 79 or USD 105) per pair. In neighboring Norway, the price is even more [...]
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H&M takes plus sizes out of the closet
Posted: 12th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Boutiques, Swedish, Trends
Tags: Big is Beautiful, H&M, Plus sizes for women
Sweden’s giant clothing retailer H&M is changing the name of its plus size collections for women . Until now, it has called its large size collection “Big and Beautiful.” As of Spring 2012, H&M is rebranding its plus size collections as H&M+, “meaning fashion will always come before size at H&M,” the company announced in a [...]
Why do women wear punitive underwear?
Posted: 3rd January 2012 by wordhack1 in Trends
Tags: fashion forum, sexy lingerie, Uncomforatable underwear
If you are a fashion addict seeking inspiration—or a person who views fashion as a lofty art on a par with philosophy or poetry—a useful place to visit for a reality check is Yahoo Questions in Fashion and Accessories. This is where people from all over the world can get answers to questions on [...]
Citrus accents at H&M
Posted: 27th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Swedish, Trends
Tags: H&M, orange, Spring 2012 collection
Looking out my window all I see is various shades of gray. It was therefore nice on Thursday to see the cheerful colors coming our way in H&M’s Spring 2012 collection. For the ladies, you can expect to see white and neutral colors with fruity accents of yellow, orange and apple green, as well as [...]
A funny thing about hair
Posted: 20th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Models, Trends
Tags: beards, Hair, hair cuts, hair styles, Nordic Museum, Nordiska Museet
Nearly everyone has issues with their own hair. If you are like most people, you probably feel that your hair is too curly, too thin, too short or too long, a boring color or the wrong texture. A museum in Stockholm is currently collecting anecdotes, photos and memorablia related to hair for an upcoming exhibit [...]
Will OnePiece be Xmas gift of the year?
Posted: 25th October 2011 by wordhack1 in Business news, Norwegian, Swedish, Trends
Tags: jumpsuits, news, onepiece, onesies, Zipperall
An online gambling site predicts that the jumpsuit may be the most popular Christmas present in Sweden this year. The odds are currently 4:1 that jumpsuits for adults youths and kids — like those made by OnePiece of Norway and Zipperall of Sweden– will be the most common gift when Santa comes calling in December, [...]
Tight new styles from Cheap Monday
Posted: 14th October 2011 by wordhack1 in Swedish, Trends, videos
Tags: Cheap Monday, denim, Jeans, Spring summer 2012, swedish jeans
The Spring/Summer 2012 collection of Cheap Monday casts a glance back to an older generation with a Polaroid palette of bright orange, dark blue and mint. New for this season is a line of ‘Second Skin’ jeans that are tight – even tighter than last year. Erik Möller of Cheap Monday gave us [...]
Fio-Fio arrives on minimalist landscape
Posted: 7th October 2011 by wordhack1 in Business news, Swedish, Trends
Tags: custo barcelona, dezigual, fio-fio design, save the queen, veronica franca
[slideshow] Fio-Fio Design is the brainchild of Stockholm-based artist Veronica Alkmim Franca, who comes originally from Brazil. After research into the potential of Brazilian natural colored cotton and other materials, Veronica and other modern designers have developed an elegant line of handmade jewelry and accessories. Swedish fashion addicts have for many years been averse to [...]
What Tom Selleck and I have in common
About one year ago I got rid of my beard, which was getting too gray to suit my vanity. But my dirty brown mustache survives on its own. That means I share the same sort of facial adornment as Tom Selleck, the square-chinned star of the 1980s detective TV series Magnum PI. The mustache is [...]
The secret life of Swedes
Posted: 13th July 2011 by wordhack1 in Events, Trends
Tags: Bali nighclub, JP Warunclub, JP Warungclub, Lena Hulten, Maxos Hoummus, Nizar
When its 23 degrees (73 F) outside and sunny it is compulsary in this country to eat your lunch outside, in the open air. That is what I did on Tuesday, together with my old friend Nizar and his partner Lena. We noshed on spicy Lebanese takeaway on the stone stairs of Stockholm’s Konserthuset, opposite [...]