No Time to Die a fine send-off for Daniel Craig as James Bond
Eon Productions LLC/MGM Header image: Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) have their holiday plans upset. Above, from top: Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time to Die. The Aston Martin V8 from The Living Daylights makes a return. James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Cuban agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) prepare […]
Syversen AS invests into Danish sustainable legwear brand Dear Denier
Consolidation continues in Scandinavia, as Syversen AS, which invested into Panos Emporio earlier this year, has now bought into the Danish sustainable legwear brand, Dear Denier. ‘Syversen Group is built on socks and tights, and Dear Denier has a modern approach to the category,’ says Hans Erik Syversen, partner of Syversen AS. He notes […]
Panos Emporio, in partnership with Syversen AS, announces international expansion
Above: Panos Papadopoulos, founder of Panos Emporio, can now focus on his designs. Panos Emporio, the leading Scandinavian swimwear label, has announced an aggressive expansion programme, working together with Norway’s Syversen AS, whose international infrastructure will help propel the brand into new markets. The news has excited Panos Papadopoulos, Panos Emporio’s founder, who has […]
Spring 2019 should see the completion of the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans and the Residences at the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans, an 18-storey building on what the company describes as a ‘landmark’ corner in the French quarter. It will be blocks away from the sixth largest convention centre in the US, and it’s […]
Royal Wedding: Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist wed, the bride wearing Ida Sjöstedt
Mattias Edwall/Swedish Royal Court Saturday saw the Royal Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist in Stockholm. The Prince, the second child of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and Ms Hellqvist married at the Slotskyrkan inside the Palace, in a ceremony combining traditional and fresh elements to suit the couple’s tastes. […]
Helene Westbye: the soles of Norway
Scandinavian fashion designers have undoubtedly crossed the global threshold of the industry in the past several years. And, although it may typically be an understood minimal æsthetic showcased, minimalism certainly does not have to be dull. Some may believe that simplicity automatically inherits a less than avant-garde flare but, for Norwegian shoe designer Helene […]
New York Fashion Week spring–summer 2013, day three: from wearable to voluminous
Don’t forget our live streaming player here—watch the spring–summer 2013 shows as they happen Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images Above Fit for a princess: Norwegian designer Nina Skarra shows an elegant spring collection. We expected big hair at Ruffian, with its spring–summer 2013 theme of ‘couture within the context of Williamsburg, Brooklyn’. The collection had a streetwear […]
Milano Moda Donna, autumn–winter 2012–13: Emporio Armani, Jil Sander, Emilio Pucci
Above Backstage at Emilio Pucci. Our latest videos from fashion week in Milano are Emporio Armani, Jil Sander and Emilio Pucci, with a highlight reel at the end. Emporio Armani’s 1920s-inspired collection impressed with its scale and numerous themes, ranging from tailored shorts to velvet jackets to chiffon vests to plenty of fur. The […]
Electric car companies use COP 15 to market their wares
Above Think City cars outside the Bella Centre in København, Denmark. Electric car companies are using the København United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) as a forum to market their products—which makes one wonder if some of these conferences have come grand trade fairs, rather than one where politicians do any work toward climate […]
Sweden inaugurates its first national marine park
Sweden has inaugurated its first marine national park on its west coast, near the Norwegian border. Both Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, and Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, inaugurated the park at Kosterhavet, 150 km north of Göteborg. Marine life at Kosterhavet includes species found nowhere else in Swedish waters, and is a […]
