Charm and Simplicity

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Katja of Sweden. Photo Sara Thorsson / Sagamodellen 

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 in the market and took the opportunity to prosper. What she saw when she first got her idea in 1940th was that the fashion did not develop in the same direction as the new modern Scandinavian furniture designs made by for example Bruno Mathsson. These designs were getting popular in New York but women in strict fashion from Paris could not even use those beautiful chairs. Katja wanted in this way liberate women with her more comfortable ready-to-wear cloths.

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Sara Thorsson

Vernissage Katja of Sweden

https://www.facebook.com/groups/250034822036703/permalink/1194368544269988/?sfnsn=mo Se min samling av Katja of Sweden på Kristinehamns Konstmuseum den 24 oktober.

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Boken om pionjären

Efter all research blev det en bok som lanserades i anslutning till utställningen av Katja of Sweden på Kulturen i Lund. Utställningen har sedan vandrat

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Mode från Malmö

Stickat av Katja of Sweden är inte fel i höstrusket. Det är design och mönster som fortfarande håller, producerat i Malmö. ”Jag vill skapa mode

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