Etikett: #katjofsweden
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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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Sonia Rykiel
I’m sorry to say that Sonia Rykiel passed away yesterday in Paris , 86 years of age. My thoughts go to all her colourful cloths, handbags and knitting that Sonia Rykiel designed. I have a nice handbag designed by her and there have been many women asking where they could get hold of one. Her…
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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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Svensk design får draghjälp
Malmö Museer visar nu tidlösa mönster som återkommer i moderna skapelser från Tillskärarakademin. Modern svensk design är hett men det är svårare för ett designföretag att få ekonomi på sin kreativitet. Näringsministern Mikael Damberg har uppmärksammat detta och en liten peng på 28mkr inom en period av fyra år kommer utnyttjas till att hjälpa sektorn…
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A Fashionable Word
Sustainability is the new `it´-word in business as well as in fashion. Most companies have their own Sustainability Plan but today the development goes from just talk to actual solution. Even in the fashion industry this is a positive trend that will move business forward. I read in the Swedish business newspaper, Dagens Industri 8…
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Fashion Activist
There is such an inspiration to listen to the Fashion Designer Bea Åkerlund telling about her experience of life in both the US and Sweden. She is not afraid of standing out which is probably also why she can count Madonna as one of her clients. On the Acast.com she is interviewed by Natalia Brzezinski…
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Prince of Glamour Lars Wallin
From Lars Wallin’s show at Mode Live in Malmö. Photo by Sara Thorsson. Katja of Sweden wanted to create cloths for women to feel comfortable in. She was inspired by the new design of Scandinavian furnitures. She felt that new type of cloths needed to be designed for the modern woman that wanted to be…
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Fashion in Malmö
Copenhagen is famous for their Fashion Week and Danish design. Many don’t know that Malmö has its own creative fashion hub which currently is invisible by Copenhagen’s fame. Next week Mode Live will change this by showing what the city can do in fashion. The fashion industry is not new in Malmö. In fact the…
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