CFFC: Walks – Indoor or Outdoor

Walks for Cee – Indoor favourites are churches or monastery aisles, and outdoor walks should, if possible, include flowers…

Spain in the header and from the Acores – one of my favourite walks. For more favourites, click here.

 

Vandring med hortensia och montbresia som sällskap

Vandring med hortensia och montbresia som sällskap

Designers and Designs for Swedish Artists

Last week I went to a local museum to see a travelling exhibition with some of our famous designers’ clothes made for Swedish artists and singers.

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Katarina de Bourg made the clothes for our young  Japan export – Yohio. His androgynous style is not as popular here as in Japan, where he is a big star. He is greatly influenced by the Japanese genre visual kei.

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Yohio participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and 2014.

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Another colourful group is Army of Lovers, with their almost Arabian Nights – style.

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Camilla Thulin is renowned for having designed all of Army of Lovers‘ outfits.

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Thulin also designed Malena Ernman‘s gown worn during her Eurovision Song Contest 2009 performance (reported to have cost  37,471).

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A much loved artist and singer from up north, Roger Pontare, is of Sami origin. He has represented Sweden twice in Eurovision Song Contest.

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Sarah Mårskog successfully designed his shaman- inspired clothes.

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Altogether an inspiring exhibition, where I picked some of my favourites for you. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.

SL-WEEK 50: Fire

Fire and firefighters for Sylvain Landry this week.

30th of April is a day of fire in Sweden – Walpurgis night. Join in and give us Your fire!

 

Travel theme: Exits

From Ailsa this week – Exits.

Photos from China 2009 – A starspangled exit at the airport, and another kind of exit …I hope you think it is rather sweet anyway…

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WPC: Partners

Partners for WordPress – Midsummer’s Eve is of course the perfect day to spend with your partner.

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Whether it might be shoes and feet…or maybe gloves and hands –

(Or maybe you will find another partner in these shots as well…)

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But, in the end, the traditional Partner.

Don’t Tell Me Grey is Only Grey

In Sweden we use the word ”grey”about things old, dull and dark. A grey day, a grey future, everything looks grey, an old and grey lady or gentleman.

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