Kategori: Katja Geiger
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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?
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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. …
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Cool Katja of Sweden design
The design is cool and would still be OK to wear even though these are from the late 60th.
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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…
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Katja of Sweden – Fashion History
Katja Geiger worked together with MMT in Malmö from 1954 to 1975. Due to Katja of Sweden’s export success, MMT changed from an unmodern textile factory that produced socks and underware to an international textile industry for fashion. Katja Geiger’s brand started in New York with mainly prints from Scandinavian textile designers like Viola Gråsten…
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The Pioneer Katja Geiger 97 is no longer with us
In January the 12th 2017 the successful Swedish designer Katja Geiger became 97 years old. Today on the 25th of January she sadly passed away. Educated at the Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and Parson’s School of Design in New York she became a productive designer with her own brand Katja of Sweden. Her…
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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…
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Katja of Sweden
Please see Katja Geiger’s design with indigo print. I’ve seen quite a few dresses with this print but is it not a beautiful glow in the print?!
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Uniqueness of Vintage
A lot of people collect vintage. It is a way of buying a beautiful unique piece that will express a personal side of yourself. Maria Lindblom sold the above Katja of Sweden dress at Tradera. She bought the dress 7-8 years ago: ‘I found this dress in a vintage store and noticed its quality. I…
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