Stockholm Fashion Week

Just in time for Stockholm Fashion Week I came down with a lovely cold. But with some pain killers and nose drops I managed to drag myself out of bed to go to a few events I had been invited to. First I went to a party held to promote Swedish corset designer Viola Lahger. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the burlesque show that incorporated several of these lovely corsets. It was simply too crowded where I stood.

Photo: Tifa

I found this picture from Tifa's Instagram though, that shows some of the people I partied with: Top left: Karin Holmström Lahger - owner of, and corset maker at Viola Lahger. Bottom left: Olivia, Helena and Elsa. And to the right: Tifa herself! This day - August 16th - also happened to be my birthday, and Fanny, who was also there, brought me a whole bag of presents from where she works!

It's not too bad having a friend who is Shop Manager at Agent Provocateur...

The day after I had been invited to a VIP mingle-evening, where new designers showcased, and sold, their designs. The woman who had invited me was none other than Swedish burlesque/vintage-looking hat designer Marika Smith! It was easy to see who her guests were, since we all - of course - wore her hat creations!

Here I am, beside Marika Smith herself! Behind us you can see her...

...hat-stand! As you can see she creates both demure, vintage-looking hats for everyday wear, and more burlesque fascinators for times when you might need one of those.

Close-ups of two of her hats! Other interesting things I found during the evening was:

This lovely negligé and panties by Katarina Nyman.

A cool "stay-away-from-me-or-I-will-hurt-you" dress by Aniv von Borche.

Booze!

Nice gloves by Jnny Grettve.

Cool jewelry by Johanna N.

And the always gorgeous Miss Diamond from the extraordinary Blackbird Burlesque Cabaret! Miss Diamond isn't just a gem in the burlesque world though, she is also CEO of her own brand Mrs Murphy! 

She gave me a little present. Not sure exactly what it is, but it looks like a milky, transparent, balloon, and the girls told me I would learn the use of it after I'm married. So now I'm looking forward to that!

Since we're talking about fashion here, I would also like to mention that I'm now featured on the blog Be In Style, in their weekly series Best of the Web, where they recognize the most interesting style blogs! I feel very honored by this, as it is always lovely to hear people appreciate what I write about here on my little bloggywogg. So thank you to Be In Style!!!

Stockholm Fashion Week - The Maria Montazami Collection

Last Thursday I went to the second Stockholm Fashion Week event I had been invited to - an evening to showcase Maria Montazami's collection of bags and jewelry!

The event took place in a luxurious suite at Hotel Stureplan in the center of Stockholm. There were big beautiful chandeliers in every room, all decorated with tassels - something Maria is very fond of!

Sparkling close up!

There were tassels everywhere! Even around the soap container in the bathroom!

Another thing Mrs Montazami is very fond of is Swedish Cheez Doodles, which don't exist in LA where she lives now. So except for an abundance of tassels, the whole bathtub had been filled with bags of these yellow Doodles.

I worked at an event for Maria's collection a few weeks ago, so some of you have seen these bags before on my blog. But for the ones of you who hasn't, voilà! My favorite is the black velvet clutch in the front!

More bags!

And yet more bags - together with Maria's book!

I wore a plum colored dress from "Bettie Page Clothing", and shoes from "Miss L Fire". The boring part about going to events when it's -10 C (14 F) and lots of snow outside is that you can't wear pretty pumps. They would just get ruined, and you'd end up with freeze damages on your toes. But these boots work well with a dress!

There were macarons to eat, and wine, and bubbles to drink!

In the open fireplace I found a heart made of burning candles!

Of course the lovely, and extremely lovable Maria Montazami was there herself, spending almost two whole hours getting photographed, until her eyesight started to go bad because of all the camera flashes, as she said. She's a very tall woman...

I also met the gorgeous Peter Englund from the drag show "Diamond Dogs". He's a very tall woman...Check out the spiky ring on his left hand!!! If I had put on a blond wig and stood between Peter and Maria, I'd probably have looked like their little child...The reason my face looks a bit flushed in this picture is because I had been crawling around in a huge bed just before this photo was taken. This is the truth...

Simon Leisjö and Patrik Bergfeldt

Even though I was a guest at the event I had promised Patrik Bergfeldt from "Communicate PR" - who was in charge of the event, and whom I have worked with earlier - that I would help him if he needed me. So he put me in the position of goodie bag transmitter! The goodie bags were the heaviest ones I have ever put my hands on, and they were placed on a kingsize bed. To reach them all I literary had to crawl around in that bed, dragging those heavy bags around. This type of exercise equals a red face!

Here is the goodie bag bed before...

...And after!

Two more pictures of Maria Montazami! In the bottom one she's holding my favorite bag from her collection. This shows you the size of it. Small enough to look good as an evening bag, but still big enough to fit all the necessities! I'm seriously thinking of getting one of these. The prices are really good too!

Lars Wallin

I talked a little bit with the renowned Swedish designer Lars Wallin too. He makes dresses to die for, and he whispered something about an upcoming jewelry collection. Romantic silver pieces...Stay tuned for more info in a few months...

All in all I had a fabulous evening, with lots of bubbly, interesting people, a lovely scene for the event, and new acquaintances!

Stockholm Fashion Week - The Rookie Room

Here in Sweden we're in the middle of Stockholm Fashion Week right now, and I was invited to mingle at The Rookie Room, where newcomers in the world of fashion can show their stuff! So last Tuesday I did some victory rolls and headed out to mingle!

Lot's of people came. There were DJs playing music, beer, rosé wine...and very bad lighting for taking pictures...Since this is a show room where the designers want their work to be seen, and photographed you'd think the light would be better. Especially since a lot of the invited bloggers (like me) take the photos with their iPhones. Well, well. I did get some at leas half-good pictures. So here they come!

The main reason I went to The Rookie Room was to see a Swedish brand named "Lobra". I've been interested in their products - shoes and bags - ever since they started not too long ago. So to see the products and actually get to "smell the leather" so to say, was great!

The creator and designer of Lobra herself - Louise Bramstedt! A lovely, energetic woman I was glad to finally meet! On a decadent red satin duvet, decorated with black tassels, Lobra's F/W 2012 collection - "Club Silencio/Red Velvet Hotel" was on display. Do I need to say I fell for it completely?! Don't think so...

These red ones were my favorites. And I got to try them on!!! 

Everything in Lobra's collection is produced in Italy. Italians knows how to make comfortable shoes! That's all I have to say about that! If these shoes hadn't been one size too big for me, I might have ran away with them! 

This picture really shows how I felt with those shoes on my feet - in a warm, happy, fuzzy state of mind...

I really had a hard time dragging myself from Louise and the Lobra stand. But there were other designers there too! You can find out more about Lobra here! 

Just next to Lobra I found someone I recognized - Marika Smith - and her lovely hats!

The hats she makes are vintage inspired, and they lay scattered over a table covered in black fabric like colorful pieces of pastry! My own photo of the whole table sucked, so I stole this one from Marika's Facebook page...

Closeup of one of the hats! It's difficult to see, but among the red feathers lies a red sparkling bird! I bought one of Marika's hats a long time ago, but now I want more!!! She sells her hats in a few stores in Stockholm, but also makes custom made hats after her clients wishes. You can find her home page here!

Another brand showcasing was "Voluptuous Morality".

I really liked this knitted sweater!

It had mother of pearl buttons going up the back!

Then there was "Bedazzled", with jewelry made of buttons...

...And a nose-necklace!

I found this lovely coat by "C Kummelstedt" too. Unfortunately the collar was real raccoon. As I've said before I'm ok with vintage fur, and I'm sure they could have found a lovely vintage raccoon collar to fasten on this coat if they had looked a bit...

All in all I had a lovely evening! More Stockholm Fashion Week mingling might pop up on this blog later! Soon I'm gonna go to bed though, and dream about those red Lobra shoes...