Charm and Simplicity
A Summer dress by Katja of Sweden Design of Katja of Sweden may look simple, but making the dress easy to wear wasn’t simple when Katja started her career. In fact, what Katja saw and what made her bright achievement to fly was her foresight in how women wants to dress. She spotted a gap […]
Big Business for Colourful Design
Colourful, environmental awareness and lot of patterns are key words for a Gudrun Sjödén out-fit. Gudrun Sjödén started her design business in 1976 and her cloths sell today on-line and in stores all over Europe and in New York. The techniques and patterns are a unique mixture from Nordic folkclore combined with cultural heritage from countries like China […]
Oomph – Expression of Energy and Sex appeal
The new exhibition at the Malmö Museer show all those women designers who put Sweden on the international design map already in the 1950s. The exibition got its name from the Finish designer Viola Gråsten whose popular pattern from 1952 was called Oomph. Viola Gråsten emigrated to Sweden as there was a shortage of wool […]
Svensk design får draghjälp
Malmö Museer visar nu tidlösa mönster som återkommer i moderna skapelser från Tillskärarakademin. Modern svensk design är hett men det är svårare för ett designföretag att få ekonomi på sin kreativitet. Näringsministern Mikael Damberg har uppmärksammat detta och en liten peng på 28mkr inom en period av fyra år kommer utnyttjas till att hjälpa sektorn […]
Katja of Sweden Design
Katja Geiger is the designer behind the brand Katja of Sweden. She was a famous designer in the 50th, the 60th, and the 70th. Today you can find her popular cloths in vintage stores in Sweden and Denmark but a large part of her collections were sold to European and American consumers. Her cloths were comfortable and […]
Kläder av Sveriges skog
Skog har Sverige mycket av. Nu kommer kläder produceras av naturtillgången. Det är idén bakom nya varumärket Allvar som snart lanseras. Det kan vara första gången kläder görs av ursprungsmärkt material från Sveriges egen skog. Det är klenved och spill från sågverk utanför Örnsköldsvik som tas tillvara för att göra cellulosamassan till viskostyger. Högteknologiskt och tråkigt möjligen, men helt […]
Katja of Sweden – en föregångare till hållbart mode
Hållbart mode ligger i tiden. Men dessa tankar fanns redan hos Katja of Sweden på 70-talet. Det kan läsas i gamla artiklar där hon för fram sina tankar om bra material, se exempel ovan. Ull och ren bomull var bra material tyckte hon då. Idag talas det alltmer om slow fashion, dvs långsamt mode. Snabba […]
Katja of Sweden satte Sverige på modekartan
Please see a summary in English further below Snart är det dags för nya Fashion weeks, i februari börjar Stockholm och därefter i mars är det Paris tur. I år är det 50 år sedan Katja of Sweden gjorde succé med sin modevisning i Paris. Ibland behöver vi påminnas om våra pionjärer där Katja of Sweden måste […]
Katja of Sweden – the highest paid woman in Sweden in the 50th
There is a lot of talk about equality between women and men, for example the same salary for the same type of job. This is something I agree on strongly. However, it is not very easily achieved but there is a quick solution. If women add some experiences that make them compete easier with men, their […]
Katja of Sweden Design – Pure Happiness
After three months without a home I could finally move in to my newly built house. This was three weeks ago and I still unpack boxes of things. Last weekend I realised I have not missed all those cloths, books and kitchen stuff that I was trying to find space for. The only cloths I […]