• BIK BOK presents: Cajsa Wessberg

    Written by Fashion Tales

    On International Women's Day, March 8, Bik Bok and illustrator Cajsa Wessberg are launching a design collaboration to celebrate sisterhood.

    “The basic idea behind my collection with Bik Bok is to showcase the strength of the sisterhood. The whole collection is based on giving and receiving love. With the collection and illustrations that adorn the garments, I want to convey the strength of believing in themselves and their fellow sisters, ”says Cajsa.

    The collection consists of two track suits, a silvery set in lurex, a jacket, a hoodie and accessories. A print illustrated by Cajsa is used on most of the garments. The illustration shows individuals embracing each other. The collection is colorful and oars of the same playfulness and confidence as Cajsa herself.

    As part of the collection, a poster illustrated by Cajsa is also being launched. This also illustrates individuals who embrace each other but in a different form. The symbolism is the same and is based on the importance of taking care of each other and themselves, the sisterhood.

    The poster comes in a limited edition of 500 pieces and for each poster sold, Bik Bok donates the entire surplus to the women's rights organization Kvinna till Kvinna.

    “When we include design collaborations, it is important for us that the person in question gets his voice heard and really feels that it is her collection. Throughout the process, Cajsa has been very involved and clear about what she wants to convey. Both what comes to design and concept. We are incredibly proud of the results and grateful to be able to present the collection and poster for our customers, ”says Lina Tellström, Marketing Manager at Bik Bok.

    Bik Bok x Cajsa Wessberg is launched in selected Bik Bok stores and online on March 8, 2019.

    Rates vary from SEK 149–699.

    The poster costs SEK 99.

    https://bikbok.com/

  • A NEW ODD MOLLY : Neneh Cherry and Titiyo

    Written by Fashion Tales

    Odd Molly makes a restart with a unique collaboration and new communication. It is manifested by the creative collaboration with renowned musicians and sisters Neneh Cherry and Titiyo. They become Odd Molly's ambassadors, faces out in campaigns and participating in the work around the collections. The spring campaign will be the first result of the collaboration.

    Neneh Cherry and Titiyo become Odd Molly's ambassadors throughout 2019. The creative collaboration with Odd Molly is the first time Neneh and Titiyo do something similar with one fashion brand. And as musicians and sisters make it all something unique.

    “It is the first time that my sister and I do something together in a job context. So it feels extra fun that Odd Molly thought of us. Odd Molly is a brand that has not been self-evident in min wardrobe, but now I'm craving for more color and pattern. Therefore, the timing and challenge feel completely right. It will be great fun to make this trip together, ”says Titiyo about the collaboration with Odd Molly.”

    The new collaboration is part of a larger venture that Odd Molly does to strengthen the brand's identity. In early February, Odd Molly opened a flagship store at NK with an updated store concept and with a selected range. And the spring campaign will be the start of a new communication.

    “Odd Molly as a fashion brand has always stood to dare to go his own way. And now we start one new trip. Therefore, we are very happy and proud to present a longer collaboration with two unique artists and personalities who stand for similar values ​​to us, ”says Jennie Högstedt Björk, CEO of Odd Molly.

    Neneh Cherry and Titiyo are known as singers and songwriters with long outstanding careers within the music. Recently, Neneh won a Grammis for this year's electro / dance with the album Broken Politics. Titiyo is up to date with a new Sweden tour in the spring of 2019.

    Odd Molly is a Swedish fashion brand founded in 2002. In 2007, the brand Guldknappen won distributed by the Ladies World. The same year, it was named this year's clothing brand by Svensk Handel. Today, Odd Molly's collections are sold in 34 countries.

    https://oddmolly.com/

  • The doors that turn your IKEA kitchen into gold

    Written by Fashion Tales

    Your IKEA kitchen can now become one of the world’s most exclusive, with gold treated doors and 24 carat gold detailing. The collection called GULDKANT is the result of a Swedish design collaboration between the kitchen company Picky Living and lottery brand Triss, which will be available for order from the beginning of March.

    Picky Living and Swedish lottery brand Triss are initiating an exclusive design collaboration by the name GULDKANT. They co-produce golden cupboard doors for IKEA’s kitchen METOD and sideboard BESTÅ. The fronts of the doors are manufactured from gold-coloured stainless steel, while the legs and handles have been plated in genuine 24 carat gold.

    “The domestic familiarity in IKEA meets extravagance in the form of genuine gold. With the design collection GULDKANT, that we have initiated in collaboration with Triss, our common ambition is to create the world’s most exclusive IKEA kitchen. The result reflects the ambition: cupboard fronts that stand out whilst retaining a simple stylishness”, says Henrik Haij, CEO of Picky Living.

    The gold-coloured stainless steel plate is bent around the edges of the doors and common to both kitchen and sideboard is the choice of a black granite benchtop to balance the overall impression.

    “When it suddenly happens and the lottery winning dream is realized, many Triss winners respond by saying they want to treat themselves and their home with a luxury upgrade. That’s why this collaboration feels so right; together with Picky Living, we’re putting a luxurious golden finish on the furniture that many Swedes already have in their homes”, says Johan Svensson at Svenska Spel.

    A complete kitchen – as seen in the picture – is now available for order in Sweden with prices starting at SEK 92,000. Prices can vary depending on the size and design of the kitchen, the choice of worktop and appliances, as well as the number of gold details. A complete sideboard (see picture), 184 cm long, with gold fronts, black granite top, cover sides in black MDF, together with legs and handles is available to order for approximately SEK 25,000.

    More information is available at pickyliving.se or at the Picky Living store in Stockholm.

  • CHIMI launches new collection with colorful sunglasses for colorful people

    Written by Fashion Tales

    The fashion company CHIMI's new collection NEON, has taken its expression “colorful sunglasses for colorful people ”one step further. The new collection consists of rectangular sunglasses with sharp lines available to choose from the colors pink, orange and green.

    “We thought it was time to take back the best of the 80s and 90s and create a collection that really illuminates life. We would simply take colorful sunglasses to a whole new level, which we also has succeeded! ”says Charlie Lindström, co-founder of CHIMI.

    CHIMI has also abandoned its classic eyeglass case and instead delivers NEON glasses in luminous plexi boxes.

    The collection has been tagged with icons such as Ewa Fröling and Saurabh Sinha, colorful people who CHIMI wants to highlight in connection with the launch of NEON.

    “It is always fun to work with people who we think reflect our collections. Therefore, both are Ewa and Saurabh a perfect fit for NEON! ”continues Charlie Lindström.

    The collection is available for purchase from February 26.

    https://chimieyewear.com/

  • Truth is Dead - Alison Jackson

    Written by Fashion Tales

    22 February – 19 May Fotografiska Stockholm

    Royals, politicians and celebrities – no one is safe from Alison Jackson's humorous photographic antics in the exhibition Truth is Dead at Fotografiska Stockholm.

    She makes work about celebrities doing scandalous things in private, using lookalikes.

    The carefully orchestrated scenarios often confirm our worst prejudices … and fears …

    This is an Artist who leaves nothing to chance. Rather, she works like a researcher – or a investigative detective. Always with a passion to find the perfect angle, the perfect casting and the perfect mask; the exact positioning of the specific props,  which are featured prominently to tell the full story.

    Stories, now opening at Fotografiska Stockholm in the exhibition Truth is Dead, that with biting humour cut through the din of the media and bring the astonished viewer to a standstill: What? Is there photographic evidence of Trump having sex with Miss Mexico? How did Jackson happen to be in the right place at the right time to capture the moment when Queen Elizabeth took a homely selfie with the family; a seemingly tipsy Angela Merkel wearing only a fur coat, fell into the arms of François Hollande, or Barack Obama sneaked outside for a smoke …

    “The truth is dead. Nothing that we're shown can be trusted, everything can be faked and nothing is authentic. What does this knowledge do to us? What does it do to our outlook and how we perceive each other? I want to highlight these issues. And to do that I use humour and the human desire to, in moderation, get a peek behind the public images of the celebrities we assign such great symbolic value,” says Alison Jackson.

    Alison Jackson is a contemporary artist who with her realistic photographs pushes the boundaries of what we experience – what is genuine and what is fantasy?

    Born in Hampshire, she now lives and works in London. She studied Fine Art Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art in London and Fine Art Photography at the Royal College of Art.

    The Truth is Dead exhibition features, to say the least, evocative photographs in which Jackson uses doubles for stars, celebrities and royals. These doppelgängers simulate private, sometimes intimate and exposed, situations.  With these staged photographs, Jackson explores the impact that the depicted celebrities have on our experiences and raises questions about celebrity culture and the public desire for gossip. One odd fact is that Jackson took the pictures of “Trump and Miss Mexico in the Oval Room” before the election, before Pussygate and the Mexican wall…She saw it al coming…

    Oddly enough, Jackson's experience is that it hardly makes any difference that it's obviously not the actual celebrity but a doppelgänger. Such is the need to occasionally fill the void with the kind of superficial meaningfulness that contact with stardom can offer, even if it's fake. The image is a seductive tool that manipulates us and draws us into believing what we see, even though we know that it isn't really true.  “Surface, surface, surface,” to quote Andy Warhol on our desire and fascination for the superficial.

    The search for the authentic is a powerful driving force for Jackson. This need to pore over the truth stems from a childhood characterised by two completely different realities: The public reality shown outwardly and the private reality conducted behind closed doors. The very same dramaturgy that celebrity gossip magazines live on: a public, idealised persona is built up only to then be torn down by revealing details about their private life. What is it that makes this worldwide hysteria for celebrities so pervasive? What is its actual purpose?

    “Celebrities are modern days saints – they take the role previously filled by religion and act as icons for us to worship. Today, more people read gossip magazines than go to church, and every celebrity or royal has a set attribute: Kim Kardashian is a flag flyer for body modification; Donald Trump is wearing the emperor’s new clothes; Queen Elisabeth is a dignified matriarch and Princess Diana was a glamourous independent woman (or “hysteric” from some perspective). They give us a point of reference in a confused world, but do these diversions really help us to develop our best selves?”

    This fake reality collection has given Alison Jackson great success and Jessica Jarl Exhibitions Producer at Fotografiska International, chuckles at the selected pieces.

    “Naturally, many people get upset and Facebook, which bans nipples but allows a great deal of violence, will make a fuss. But this exhibition fascinates with its successful combination of humour and the question as to how we are to relate to one another when nothing and no one can be trusted.”

    Photo: © Alison Jackson, Artist London - Trump with Miss Mexico. This is not Donald Trump.

    https://www.fotografiska.com/

  • BACK TO PARADISE MASTERPIECES OF EXPRESSIONISM

    Written by Fashion Tales

    20 February - 9 June 2019

    A comprehensive exhibition comprising 134 works, including paintings and prints by, among others, Emil Nolde, Otto Mueller and Max Pechstein.

    The exhibition Back to Paradise assembles major expressionist masterpieces from two collections, the Häuptli Collection at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Switzerland and the collection of the Osthaus Museum Hagen in Germany. Both include outstanding works from the various stages of expressionist artistic production in Germany in the period from 1905 until 1938.  During the course of 19th-century industrialization, the size of European cities multiplied. Social mobility grew and technical development accelerated the pace of life. Tensions among disparate social classes, but also within them, resulted in various transnational reform movements. A young generation began to rebel against their fathers and pave their way towards freedom. Liberated from academic traditions, art at the dawn of World War I became the radical expression of this particular zeitgeist. The impact of these social upheavels led the artists to a search for new lifestyles. The faster the changes have been, the stronger was the yearning for a new paradise, which the artists often found in harmony with nature and in the study of foreign cultures.

    Impressionism predominantly addressed visual perception and thus was unable to permanently satisfy the seekers and restless minds. Painters like James Ensor, Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch had already captured their subjective world experience on canvas. Although Art Nouveau had created forms without shadows and spaces without perspective, over time, the beautiful line seemed to have decayed as a trivial end in itself, but a new spark and emotionality was imminent. »Colors became charges of dynamite, they were expected to discharge light«, wrote André Derain about the Fauvists’ scandalous appearance at the Paris Salon d’Automne in 1905. With the foundation of the Dresden artist group Brücke (The Bridge) in early summer of 1905, Germany also  set the course for change. Subsequently this new and emotive painting style was aimed at not only provoking the bourgeois taste, but as a means to shake up the established concepts of beauty.

    The circle around the Neuen Künstlervereinigung München (New Artist’s Association of Munich) and the editorial department of the Munich almanac Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) set forth on a quest for a new introspection. Painting far outgrew the representational and new theoretical principles for the reconsideration of »primitive« art were established.

    Joint to the exhibition and on display is a correspondance by Carl Milles concerning the events in Germany and the art exhibited at the exhibition Entartete Kunst, in Munich 1937.

    Artists:

    Cuno Amiet,  Max Beckmann, Walther Bötticher, Conrad Felixmüller, Lyonel Feninger, Erich Heckel, Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Liebermann, August Macke, Franz Marc, Ludwig Meidner, Gabriele Münter,  Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Christian Rohlfs, Karl Schmidt Rottluff.

    Pictures:

    Max Pechstein, Liggande flicka, 1910. ©Pechstein Hamburg/Tökendorf

    Emil Nolde, Blomsterträdgård, Kvinna i vit klänning framifrån. ©Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

    https://www.millesgarden.se/

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