Pionjären, designern och kvinnan Katja Geiger 100 år
Katja Geiger skulle idag fyllt 100 år. Hon var Sveriges stora exportframgång och pionjär inom mode. Hennes design lever kvar på vintagemarknaden. Jag har nyligen kommit ut med en bok om designern. Boken Katja of Sweden: The Blue Look finns att köpa där böcker säljs, på Vulkanmedia.se och hos mig. Hon var en designer som […]
Summer with Du Pont
Swedish summer in a Katja of Sweden dress. This was in collaboration with Du Pont. This is a timeless dress from the 70th with a cute print. Katja Geiger wanted to create beautiful cloths in timeless design. Her collections didn’t change much every season. She had her type of styles and added a few details, […]
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 […]
Ingrid Bergman
In January 1949 the film producer Roberto Rossellini flew from Italy to New York City to receive the Film Critics Award for the Best Foreign Movie. He then met actress Ingrid Bergman and her husband in California. It was Ingrid Bergman who had contacted him asking him to work with her. The meeting must have […]
Pionjären Katja Geiger blev 97 år
Skånska Huaröd kommer alltid bli förknippat med modedesignern och konstnären Katja Geiger. Det var där hon slog ner bopålarna efter en lång utlandsvistelse och det var också dit hon överförde sitt varumärke Katja of Sweden. Som gammal slog sig Katja Geiger ner i Tollarp, inte långt från Huaröd. Det var en riktig skånsk tös som […]
Design to get Inspired of
A while ago I had a lovely day learning about Tonie Lewenhaupt’s vintage donation at the Röhsska Gallery, please see further blog below. I also had time to view the Gallery’s own design collection and to talk to their competent staff about Scandinavian design history. A Katja of Sweden dress was on display of course […]
Katja of Sweden by Katja Geiger
Fashionable green! A Katja of Sweden dress by Katja Geiger.
Nostalgic Mood
It’s autumn. Boat owners are preparing for the winter. The Scandinavian nostalgic mood is coming over me. It gets darker and it is allowed to get cosy with candles and a book. I read Katja of Sweden’s biography trying to understand why her brand only exist as a popular vintage brand nowadays. Katja Geiger had […]
Katja of Sweden Design
Knitted cardigan for the cold Scandinavian fall. Katja of Sweden design was inspired by Swedish folkklore and traditional patterns.