Fashion week season is well under the way in Scandinavia. Last week Copenhagen played host to the first of the Scandinavian fashion weeks, next up was Stockholm Fashion Week which started on Monday and ended yesterday, and right now Oslo is hosting its fashion week with its last show scheduled for tomorrow night. A lot of collections have been showed at these three fashion weeks, and we’ve decided to highlight a few of our favourites. We will post these reviews in the coming days.
Filippa K - Spring/Summer 2011
The collection we have decided to review first is from the Swedish clothing label Filippa K. The label was founded in 1993 by Swedish designer Filippa Knutson. Over the years Filippa K has become synonymous with simple, sophisticated silhouettes and minimalistic design – a Scandinavian Calvin Klein. Next season’s collection is no different. Simple, plain and wearable basics.
Filippa K - Spring/Summer 2011
The materials used are soft silks, cashmere, jersey and relaxed cottons. While last season’s palette was dominated by muted grays with accents of pastel pink and turquoise, this season’s colour palette is white, light grey and beige with warm orange, yellow and brown accents. The 90′s seems to be the biggest inspiration behind this collection, as indicated both by the colour palette, the silhouettes and design details such as the cargo style pockets on the trousers. The result is a simple and clean look, perfect staple pieces for the spring/summer 2011 wardrobe.
I saw these images from Filippa K’s autumn/winter 2010 campaign at The Fashionisto’s blog the other day. The campaign features Danish model Mathias Lauridsen. Filippa K is one of my favourite brands and they’re opening a new flagship store in Oslo in September! The address of the new store will be Øvre Slottsgate right next to where another Swedish superbrand, Acne, will open their flagship store in August.
After reading Mark’s shopping posts (here and here) the other day I decided that I need to get some new t-shirts before summer. So the other day I went on a little shopping trip after work. Here’s what I picked up:
I’m on a quest at the moment. A quest to find some nice black or dark grey tops to wear this spring. That is easier said than done.
I love spring and it is my favourite season, but I hate spring fashion with passion. Those who know me know that I mostly wear dark colours – dark greys and black to be more exact (I’m an autumn boy at heart). Therefore, what the shops have in store at the moment is a complete nightmare for me. This is the sight that met me earlier today when I went window shopping in my lunch break:
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