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Tag Archive: Stockholm fashion week

inspiration: daytime sparkle

By Marlene | Published: 29. March 2013
It's entirely possible that it's because it started snowing again – again! – in Berlin today, and that it feels like this weather has been going on since the beginning of bloody time, but I'm loving the idea of putting a little sparkle into daytime dressing right now, like Lina here did with her cool green trousers. And, heavens, what a luminous face [...]

a classic camel coat

By Marlene | Published: 28. February 2013
You know it's fashion week when you don't read the papers online in the morning, but browse the collections on style.com for breakfast instead. Newsflash: I just lost my heart to this camel coat from Dries Van Noten! (Have a look at the rest of the collection, too. I'm swooning). There's an almost inflationary use of the description "classic" in fashion, [...]

stockholm, you look good

By Marlene | Published: 30. January 2013
Seeing Stockholm in late January, I'm asking myself what Stockholm looks like in June. I'm guessing almost unbearably good. Because even under grey skies, the city shines. After two days here, I'm also asking myself: Is it possible that even public toilets are designed so well that you want to move in immediately? Is everybody blonde? Should walking into [...]