I ♥ Sweden

The new I Love Country has hit the Starplaza and their name is...Sweden.

If you're toooo lazy to look at the Look Book (it has some very good info about Sweden and some designers), read here:


WINDOW ON THE WORLD
Sweden Special
By Isobel.Stardoll

Saint Lucy’s Day (in Swedish: Luciadagen) is observed on Dec 13.

Its modern day celebration is generally associated with Sweden. In traditional traditions, Saint Lucy comes as a young women with lights & sweets - often in a procession is headed by 1 girl wearing a crown of candles (or lights), while others in the procession hold a single candle each. Boys in the procession may be dressed in the same kind of white robe as the girls but with a cone-shaped hat decorated with golden stars and are called stjarngossar (star boys).

Carin Wester's take on effortless Swedish cool mixes simplicity with style, and plays on femininity without being overly girly through a careful use of structure, texture, & detail.

Sandra Backlund has discovered in knitwear a truly artistic voice. Her collections are full of creative line, eye-catching shapes and sculptured fantasy executed at the highest level of skill.


The total land of area of Sweden is 41.3 million hectares, of which 23 million hectares is forest -- and over 80% of the forest is made up of cone bearing pine trees, like spruce and pine. Sweden as a country has a considerable proportion the remaining old-growth forests in Europe.


ARTICLE BY ISOBEL.STARDOLL IN I LOVE SWEDEN LOOK BOOK