Looks from DEM Collective S/S10
Sweden is renowned for design, progressive politics and according to Sweden & Swedes (the welcome brochure that I received upon arrival in Stockholm) sex, sin and suicide. The country also stands at the forefront of sustainable fashion innovation. Its two-year-old Sustainable Fashion Academy draws designers and companies from around the [...]
Tag Archives: Stockholm
Sweden’s Sex, Sin and Sustainability
May 7, 2010 – 6:40 am
Stockholm Street Style
May 7, 2010 – 6:40 am
Images by Jenni Avins
Skinny jeans, clogs and scarves: The essential elements of Swedish style.
Stockholm’s Top Shops
May 7, 2010 – 6:39 am
A Place
Stockholm’s leading international designer boutique, A Place is deceptively located in Sweden’s oldest department store, Pub (Paul Urbanus Bergström), in the city center. The store-within-a-store has evolved from occupying a small corner to covering nearly the entire second floor with a number of Sweden and the world’s most avant-garde labels, including Resteröds, Anna-Sara Davik, [...]
Dossier in Conversation with Lars Andersson
May 6, 2010 – 5:17 am
Designer Lars Andersson
There’s something mystical about knitwear designer Lars Andersson. Yes, it’s the dark, draped aesthetic of his women’s and menswear but it’s also a sense that the Swedish-born designer, who has called New York home for over a decade, has discovered his true calling: producing hand-loomed and often handmade, yet modern clothing out [...]
Hope, Beckmans School of Design, Lovisa Burfitt at Stockholm Fashion Week
February 2, 2010 – 4:02 pm
Lovisa Burfitt, photo by Alec Friedman
The first presentation we went to this morning was for the brand Hope. The brand is designed by Ann Ringstrand and Stefan Söderberg, who showed their first womenswear collection in 2002 and started doing menswear in 2005. The theme of the collection was Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, and the [...]
