A designer's note: March 2011

March 30, 2011

ILLUSIONS OF REALITY

The Finnish national gallery Ateneum shows an exhibition called "Illusions of reality" (Arjen sankarit) 18/2 - 16/5 2011. I am very impressed by the exhibition's way of showing something new out from these traditional arts. Taken from the Ateneum's website "In the rapidly industrialising Europe of the late 19th century, Naturalism became one of the dominant movements in painting, literature and theatre. The themes of the paintings included the realities of contemporary society and the everyday lives of ordinary people. These themes were drawn from the hot topics of modern life. Labourers, farmers, the affluent middle classes - all layers of society served as subjects."

Boy with a crow (1884) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Le pére Jacques (1881) by Jules Bastien-Lepage

Conveying the Child's Coffin (1879) by Albert Edelfelt

Under the Yoke (1893) by Eero Järnefelt

March 24, 2011

PRODUCTION

The fantastic way how the sketches and illustrations actually become garments are due to people with fantastic knowledge at all factories.

March 22, 2011

INDIA

This is the fantastic India - my third visit and still so amazed - the contrast with the colourful clothing and poverty as well as the fantastic food and kind people. Got to love it!

March 21, 2011

ARTICLE

The story about the dress in the latest Swedish ELLE, p. 175.

March 12, 2011

B.A.R

One of my favorite restaurants in Stockholm is the Restaurant B.A.R. (http://restaurangbar.se)
Fantastic food at good prices!

March 11, 2011

SARAH MOON

Sarah Moon is one of France’s most well-known contemporary photographers, filmmakers and artists. She was one of the first female photographers of haute couture after being a model. The images Moon created for the French fashion houses Chanel and Cacharel, as well as her legendary colour compositions for Comme des Garçons, have an outstanding poetic language. Moon’s career began with fashion photography, but that makes up just a small part of her work.