Kan retro vara läckert?
Bra design är tidlös. Det här är vintage i sin rätta bemärkelse, gjort av den svenska designern Katja Geiger under varumärket Katja of Sweden. Citat från Katja of Sweden 1960 (MMTS arkiv): ”Jag tänker först på kvinnan som ska bära plagget när jag designar det. Behovet för dagens kvinnor. Funktion och god design prioriteras först. […]
Would You Say Retro is Stylish?
It’s not always retro cloths looks fashionable and stylish. In fact, they can look quite out of date even though the quality is good. However, Katja of Sweden cloths usually give you the attitude and attention that good vintage deserve. Her cloths may in many ways look rather simple on the hanger. It’s when you […]
Katja of Sweden in Malmö
We went to the Tech Museum in Malmö today and this time I spotted more dresses by Katja Geiger. I was happy to find the dress below with the same type of print as my own dress at home! My own Katja of Sweden dress is in my livingroom. The dresses were produced by MMT […]
Women of Fashion
Valerie Steele is my fashion Icon. Not because she is the most beautiful and well dressed. I hardly know how she looks like. No, she is an fashion historian and Director for the Museum of FIT in New York. Read her books and you’ll see. One of the first one I read was the one […]
Hipp Folk Malmö
Det finns en mycket speciell butik i Malmö som kan garantera att du får något unikt handplockat från Europa. Köper du en klänning här syns du och du blir närmast ensam att bära designen. Jag pratar om Folk Malmö, en butik på Friisgatan. Plaggen sprakar av färg, mönster och är ofta av ekologisk material. ”Vi […]
Katja of Sweden for Spring Time
There’s time for spring! A green beauty from Katja of Sweden will decorate my livingroom today.
Guo Pei – Absolutely Fantastic
Couture, embroidery, gold decoration, princess dresses – this is a short summary of Guo Pei’s fantastic design. Guo Pei was born in Beijing in 1967, educated at the Beijing Second Light Industry School and started her own brand in 1997. Her design is dramatic and romantic at the same time. She is influenced by traditional […]
Katja of Sweden
More Katja of Sweden dresses please! There are quite a lot of Katja Geiger’s design in Swedish homes but she sold a lot to Europe and the States too. Where are those cloths now, I wonder?
Skor, skor, skor
När Katja Geiger 1957 fick chansen att designa skor för Gyllene Gripen i Malmö tvekade hon inte. Tillsammans med vice VD Lennart Kuylenstierna arbetade hon fram ny design till bekväma skor med låg klack som passade klädesplaggen i hennes kollektionen. Hon ville att skorna, liksom kläderna, skulle vara bekväma samtidigt som de skulle vara snygga. […]
Cool Katja of Sweden design
The design is cool and would still be OK to wear even though these are from the late 60th.