Volvo and Vattenfall to show V60 diesel plug-in hybrid at Genève
Power company Vattenfall and Volvo have already cooperated on electric versions of the C30 and V70. The latest model, the V60 plug-in hybrid, which will be shown at the Salon de Genève on March 1, uses a diesel engine to complement the electric motor, and can be run in all-electric, hybrid or all-diesel modes. […]
Footage from Panos Emporio’s 25th anniversary party
Here’s footage from last Thursday’s Panos Emporio 25th anniversary party in Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. Finest.se interviews some of the guests to get their thoughts on Panos Emporio, its designer, Panos Papadopoulos, and the most notable models the label used in the last quarter-century (with Elena Paparizou and Rickard Engfors getting nods). Footage of the […]
Panos Emporio celebrates 25th anniversary in Stockholm tonight
Top From Panos Emporio’s latest beachwear collection. Above Models rehearse for tonight’s 25th anniversary catwalk show. Tonight, Panos Emporio, Sweden’s leading beachwear label, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a grand party in Stockholm. Panos Papadopoulos, whose odyssey has been told before in the pages of Lucire, will celebrate a quarter-century since his company’s founding […]
H&M announces Conscious Collection for spring ’11
Hennes & Mauritz has announced its Conscious Collection, a sustainable range launching April 14 at all its stores. The company says the range is made from environmentally sound materials including organic cotton, Tencel and recycled polyester. It will be combined with lace, broderie anglaise, frills and draping. The range is heavy on white, […]
Celebrating Sweden at Berlin Fashion Week
While we await more catwalk images from Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, we have some videos from the Swedish presence at the event. Three designers, two academics, one photo exhibition and hours of avant-garde fashion films were showcased around Berlin during the January event. The designers, Camilla Norrback—known for her sustainable fashion and her […]
H&M teams up with Swedish Hasbeens, offering ’70s-style clogs
Mattias Bardå Above Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of design, and Emy Blixt, founder and designer of Swedish Hasbeens. Below The three spring–summer styles from Hasbeens for H&M and their various colour schemes. Hennes & Mauritz will distribute Swedish Hasbeens, a cult shoe label selling wooden-soled clogs. With customers favouring hand-made items and appreciating craft […]
COS to open store in Stockholm this summer
Above COS executive Pernilla Wohlfahrt. COS (Collection of Style), which launched in London in 2007, will open this summer at Biblioteksgatan, Stockholm. Part of the Swedish Hennes & Mauritz group, COS was created to offer understated high fashion at an affordable price. ‘COS offers reinvented classics, wardrobe essentials and timeless design that is made […]
Fashion blogger, Elin Kling, gets her own collection at H&M
Peter Gehrke Elin Kling, the Swedish style consultant and blogger, is collaborating with Hennes & Mauritz over an exclusive collection, to be sold in Sweden only. Ms Kling’s collection will be launched on February 3 and will be sold in 10 stores in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, and Uppsala. Ten per cent of each sale […]
Fashion’s promotion of fur is provocative, in light of the tipping-point
Above Remember this? Supermodel Naomi Campbell (far right) representing in a PETA ad that she would rather go naked than wear fur—a claim that she seems to have reversed on this year. Sofia Hedstrom, in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, notes that the use of fur is on the rise. Designers including Jean-Paul Gaultier […]
Stutterheim marks the Swedish mood
[Cross-posted] Sent to me by Stefan Engeseth, Stutterheim Raincoats‘ website conveys a very Swedish feel, touching on one of the emotions we don’t always associate with Sweden: melancholy during the winter. The copy on the site even says, ‘Let’s embrace Swedish melancholy.’ With emotive photographs and a very Swedish soundtrack, it helps create an […]
