New blog

Here's the new adress, where I now do my blog posts. Come, come, we have fashion, glamour and an occasionally really angry designer.

The arctic photo shoot...

I KNOW we will get gorgeous pics from the shooting of the new designs
(soon to appear in the shop).

A very heroic team of photographer Irika, hair- & make-up artist Anne Hanson and superb model Johanna Jarlman was working stoically in -3° C and strong gusts of wind.

An especially warm hug to Johanna who, wasn't wearing arctic survival gear, like the rest of us. The striped blanket is not part of the collection, but I'm pretty sure it was Johannas favourite. ;-)

Up and running again!

Photo by Daniel Pedrsen

All is working again. Website as well as shop.
Hooray!

Domain chaos

Dear friends, due to several kinds of fuck ups (not all on my part!) the webshop, website and e-mail are all down. Should I panic or go on a holliday?

Well, we're already on it and I hope we'll be up and running again within a day or two. Rest assured I will post notice here, as soon as we're on the GO again.

Fashion shoot, Dj-debut, small talk & boxing

I've been really busy lately...

Yesterday I held a short talk on eco and fair trade as trend factors in current fashion. An alert and inquisitive audience of mostly freelance journalists made it really fun.

Yeah, and then there was the DJ-ing...


More of a scary experience, my recent DJ-debut, at a do for music magazine Gaffa. There I was, surrounded by all this hi-tech shit. Knobs, levers and blinking lights galore! And some strange thing called "pitch". Luckily it turned out to be great fun as well and I will GLADLY do it again, if anyone will have me! I was truly happy and proud when several people asked me afterwards for the names of some of the artists I played. Though next time, I'll make sure to get cooler headphones.

So what's next...?


Well, here's my choice of location for shooting some new Robert&Blad garments. Cross your fingers for no rain next weekend! I'll be working with photographer Irika for the first time. She has a very special style, all her own and I'm really excited to see what she'll make of this!


But before that...
This coming weekend will be spent in white shirt and bowtie, judging the South Swedish Championship in boxing in Ronneby. Looking forward to good boxing and hotel breakfast!


B.t.w. if you are the least interested in either boxing or fantastic photos,
here's a book by James A. Fox that I warmly recommend.

This is Not Fashion Week.

Of course I'm in denial when I tell myself I don't need to visit the Fashion Weeks. Copenhagen Fashion Week starts on thursday and in Stockholm it's on now and next week. I should at least be there networking, being visible. But I still won't do it!

I don't know if I'm different from all the other designers or I'm just one that won't lie about it. The whole trade fair thing really makes me depressed, bored and sick. It's not at all that I'm too good for it or too much "artiste" or anything like that. It just plain gets me down and I'm clearly not made for sales. Please get me right, I have the greatest respect, even envy of people who can sell, do it well and enjoy it.

I've been to the fashion trade fairs in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo, showing Robert&Blad, so I know what I'm talking about here. I've made some great friends among fellow designers out there, but I'd much rather meet them in another environment.


This is the gum that was stuck to crazy modell Karolina's cardigan the day she came in for the filming with Ulrika Rang. Just thought it could illustrate how fashion fairs make me feel... ;-)


Thankfully I've NEVER needed those affairs for inspiration. Ideas just pour out of my head as soon as I open that particular tap.


So while the rest of the fashion world are enjoying/suffering the Fashion Weeks out there, I'm really busy with a bunch of more interesting stuff. Chaos in above pic, is me preparing for my first-ever-in-life-ooh-soo-scary Dj-set for music magazine Gaffa. I'll probably screw up technically, but the music will be great!
I'm also booking locations to show the re-design and film project "Adios MTHRFCKR". Galleri Rostrum and ATT: in Malmö this spring, so far, dates still not fixed. And of course we'll take it on the road!
Other things keeping me from the Fashion Weeks are writing a column about re-design for the magazine Grön Stad, prepairing a photo shoot of new designs, with Irika.

And of course hunting for an agent to represent Robert&Blad at those dreaded fairs... ;-)

Artsy, punky, re-design film project.

Don't you just wish you were me?

This is the wonderful stuff I've been filling my days with lately.

Film maker Ulrika Rang and me at "work" on the short, punky film about the re-designing of a wedding dress. Working title: Adios MTHRFCKR!

Phases # 1, 2 & 3
Fucking it up.

Duel at high noon.

Phase # 4
Screen printing shop brutality.

Phase #5
Making nice.
Not caught on camera due to the usage of super secret re-designing formulas. ;-)

Phase # 6
The moment of truth - fitting and styling.

The super cool film photographer working the angles from perilous height,
with neither safety net nor body double. Art before safety!

Model Karolina Wojcik looking the part.
Karolina is also a great artist and illustrator. Check it out!

Aaaaand... ACTION!

The filming bit is now finished and Ulrika has the tough job of cutting enough material for about two seasons of weekly tv-shows down to maybe 3 minutes. I don't envy her all that killing of darlings. But I feel confindent in the fact that she is a seasoned pro.
Next week exciting meetings with the musicians we're hoping to work with. Cross your fingers!

You all better do some shopping so I can keep this no profit, artsy shit up!


Ps. Thanks "Emma - the intern" for the stills.

World Champion Stylist

Currently these posters for the Mens Handball World Championship, are all over the place.
I had the pleasure of styling them while Daniel Pedersen took the pics. Happiest of us all though, was the Danish guy who got to be "The Danish guy".

Always a pleasure to work with Daniel! Here in his studio during the shoot. Daniel is the guy with the camera. ;-)

Our models had to rest in between some pretty exerting jumping and screaming. They were brilliant jumpers and screamers, by the way.

Angry young woman... With a sense of humor.

Went to the opening of a great art show by Ella Tillema at Galleri 21 in Malmö.
Do see it if you're in the neighbourhood!

These two paintings will end up in my home...

And this is the size of the lumps of ice hacked loose from the roofs of Malmö city.
Fit for a cocktail party for gigants!

Todays outfit

As opposed to all the adorable little fashionistas blogging about "todays outfit", this is what a fashionpro with years upon years in the business wears on a day when she's working from home.


Todays outfit: Classical Helly Hansen, bright orange, fleece sweater, men's singlet, red long johns (Pierre Cardin!!) and down socks. All from the charity shop except socks which are stolen from hubby. So there you go.... Reality check.

Ps. Actually the pic doesn't give full credit to the horror of the red of the long johns (yeah, NOT leggings, they're bloody long johns) with the warning-orange of the sweater.

Parents inadvertently doing cool and funny stuff.

Last week was my mothers birthday. The whole family was generously treated to a trip to Tenerife. This is my trendspotting from the trip.

My dad has his own take on most things. Not always stylishly so.

But Daddy six-eyes is waaay cool!

My mom considering a choice of two different things on the menu.
Or just discreetly hailing Satan...

This bird is no parent of mine, but it falls under the category "Tenerife trendspotting".
For 2011 I strongly suggest gorgeous, iridescent plumage, bright yellow eyes and and looking intent but very stupid.

Remember where you read it first!

Tenerife toes

Black nail-polish, whitecapped volcano and local beer.

Sun and very salty water.

Overcast and wine. And brilliantly funny Bateman.

Atlantico, mi amor.

Black on black.

Off into the sunset.

Ps. I hate Spanair and I've seen enough man tits to last me a lifetime. Apart from that, it's been a great vacation and I'm sporting a very enviable tan.

Pillow punching - a passion...

Since a few months I've been going back and forth to lovely Vienna. This is my weird and wonderful passion there. Check out our Pillow Fighting Team! This is me and my team mates. Trust me, we are no powder puffs!!!

An evening with the Parisians.

Just after christmas I went to excellent Brogatan in Malmö for a beer with Sebastian.

Just as I'm about to walk out the door, in comes my friend Maria Fors and her husband Alex. We've known each other since our crazy days at Copenhagens Patternmaking Academy in 1986 (!)
She moved to Paris shortly after that and has lived there ever since. So you understand that I don't see her to often and it was such a lovely coincidence.


Maria was equally happy to see me and promptly tried to put a fork in my eye. But I forgave her, took my coat back off and ordered another beer.

Incidentally we share the habit of writing down "very important stuff" on our hands.

The hip and gorgeous Parisians! Fashion designer Maria Fors and her dj/musician husband Alex.
Great to see you guys! And bisou until next time...
Hopefully I'll go visit them this spring. I have sleeping quarters booked under their kitchen table. ;-)
Maria and Alex are serious party people, not to be taken lightly. I know this from experience. It will be tough!

Just to make the evening more intense Jonna showed up. She is very funny and truly disturbed. Here she does nasty things to food and drink while the rest of us were blushing.
When she isn't abusing innocent food, Jonna is in charge of the photo gallery Format. Definitely worth checking out!


Jonna came with Jeff who is very sweet and funny and not nearly as nasty as Jonna. He's also a great photographer.

Thank you all for a great evening!