Kategori: Katja Geiger
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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…
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Katja of Sweden Design
Knitted cardigan for the cold Scandinavian fall. Katja of Sweden design was inspired by Swedish folkklore and traditional patterns.
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Katja of Sweden
Before and after… Katja Geiger, the designer behind the famous Swedish brand Katja of Sweden, collaborated with a few textile designers during her career but many of the prints and patterns were also designed by herself. Below is one popular dress from the 1970th.
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The thing about shoes
How should shoes look like? When Katja of Sweden, see picture above, presented her first shoe collection for the sales team they looked surprised. This was in the 1950th and her thoughts of shoes being comfortable, beautiful and fashionable at the samt time may not seem like a revolution today but was at the time…
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Fabulous Katja of Sweden
Katja of Sweden made beautifully, timeless cloths with brave and colourful prints and pattern. Above you see prints by textile artists Hans Krondahl to the left and Sven Fristedt to the right. It is hard to understand today what a pioneer she was in the Swedish fashion industry. She made great impact in the 50th,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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