Att bilda förlag
Varför bilda förlag? Ja, det kan man fråga sig för enkelt är det inte. Men det känns skönt att ha något eget, få bygga och vara kreativ med andra. Samtidigt är förlagsbranschen allt annat än mysig. Det är hård konkurrens, mycket kommersiellt och stora pengar att satsa innan köpare successivt kommer in. Tack för att […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Colourful Åsa Gray
Katja of Sweden co-operated with textil designers to create beautiful design. This was a clever strategy to always produce something new, eventhough the style may not always change much. Åsa Gray was one of those artists. She was a young textile designer when she started her collaboration with Katja of Sweden in 1974-1976. Nearly 20 […]
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 […]
Only the Best
I had the pleasure to visit Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg last weekend. I can recommend their exhibition of Tonie Lewenhaupt’s donation of her beautiful fashion collection. Tonie Lewenhaupt is a wellknown illustrator and author who worked closely with Katja of Sweden for many years. Don’t miss the exhibition that ends in January 2017.
Katja goes to Africa 2
Timeless fashion that last is rare. The above Katja of Sweden dresses are from the ’Katja goes to Africa’ collection in 1963, shown at the Oomph exhibition at the Malmö Konstmuseum. Katja went to Africa to get inspired and found beautiful prints and textils. That would be the case even more today. African fashion is […]
Brave Design by Hans Krondahl
The Tjeckov print above (to the left) was Mr Hans Krondahl ’s first work for the designer Katja of Sweden. The dress to the right has his print Oak Orchard (1974). The co-operation started in 1970 and Hans Krondahl created 4-5 prints per collection for Katja Geiger. The co-operation was very successful and last until […]