Being a blogger, with Go Scandinavian and Little Scandinavian, I’m usually the one hosting the giveaway competitions, sending out fabulous prizes to lucky winners. I’ve never had any luck in draws and competitions myself, but still I do enter once in a while. Especially when there’s a product I’d really fancy! So when Vision, one of the fairs of Copenhagen Fashion Week hosted a Facebook competition, with pretty straight forward questions, and the prize being a super cool women’s down parka with fur trimmed hood. (Looking at the photo I could really picture myself wearing it!) Click, click, and enter. A few seconds later and I had forgotten all about it. That was until a week later, with a “Congratulations, you won” email suddenly appeared in my inbox! Can’t quite believe it! I never win! Now, can’t wait to pick it up Vision during Copenhagen Fashion Week!
The down filled parka with fur trimmed hood is from the family run Canadian company Pajar Canada. The coat is available from miinto.dk Also head over to Vision on Facebook to see the latest news from the fair and Copenhagen Fashion Week.
Sarah Jessica Parker in Norwegian Fleischer Couture down coat
When Sarah Jessica Parker visited freezing Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize this winter she came in a leather coat and left in a warm and snug down jacket. The two founders of Norwegian luxury brand Fleischer Couture left one of their beautiful coats in the reception where Sarah Jessica Parker was staying. They didn’t hear anything and assumed she didn’t receive it. But shortly after she was spotted wearing it. Not only during her stay in Oslo, but also as of recent in the wintery streets of New York.
We would too, if there was one for us! Who would have thought a down jacket could look this gorgeous!?
Fleischer Couture, founded in 2008 and based in Oslo, Norway, designs unique high quality winter wear for women, encapsulating materials such as merino wool, silk, cashmere, baby alpaca and goose down. Focusing on combining functionality and femininity, with a subdued classic look, we bravely state that our products constitute the perfect fail-safe choice. Fleischer Couture is the combination of a perfectly engineered fit, sporty details, butter-soft materials, golden buttons and a unique embroidered number. The collection ranges from jackets to underwear and from socks to beanies in soft muted colours with a hint of braver shades. See the full collection here fleischercouture.no
White Caviar – Luxury food from Escargot Norway
The White Caviar (Caviar d’Escargot) is a quite new and exciting luxury product that is regaining popularity around the world. The highly-prized delicacy, which in fact is snail eggs, was enjoyed centuries ago in banquets for wealthy Romans, Egyptians and Greeks. Also known as “Pearls of Aphrodite” for their supposed aphrodisiac quality, with a sublime taste;
Woody, salty, with a hint of rosemary and earthy undertones -perfect served on special occasions as canapès.
The Escargot Norway snail-farm situated in one of the cleanest areas in South America, located in Valle del Elqui in Chile. The farm has unlimited access to extremely pure water from a well 55 meters under ground, with the water coming directly from The Andes Mountains. Also the stable climate in the area is perfect for breeding snails. The farm has 2 million snails, each laying only a few hundreds eggs once a year. The White Pearls are treated like precious gold as they are manually harvested and sorted, to ensure superb quality.
Escargot Norway is a innovative company in many ways. Not only focusing on a reinvented products but also producing it eco friendly The operation in Chile is run on alternative energy, like solar power systems and wind mill.
CEO Asgeir Grytten has worked many years in the seafood industry and is used to high quality seafood production and with focusing on quality and stable delivery. Escargot Norway is their HQ in Oslo, Norway, where all operations including marketing and shipping towards Europe take place.
Food-journalists around the world write about this remarkable delicacy, served at top restaurants and available online and from luxury department stores such as Harrods London. To find out more, visit escargot.no
Baum und Pferdgarten’s delicate Spring Summer collection 2013
This season from Danish designer duo Baum und Pferdgarten is a collection of an intriguing mix of sleek simplicity combined with colorful and vibrant block combinations as well as geometric blocking of fabrics and prints.
Baum und Pferdgarten’s Spring-Summer collection 2013 combines art, architecture, and design in a rather futuristic way.
With a relaxed yet sleek typical Danish style, they’ve become so popular for, this is another collection worth noticing. Cut lines, color blocks, and graphic prints dominates along large color contrast panels. Yet the fabric and tailoring is so delicate, creating some truly fab pieces for your Spring wardrobe.
Minimalistic, clean and sporty. Voluminous tops are teamed with narrow trousers and skirts, or sharp pleated skirts. Collarless jackets underline a simple shape and dimensional quilting on outerwear, sweatshirts and luxurious structured silk, as well as fine wool hooded cardigans, piping, and visible zippers draw attention to the sporty influence. Watch the Baum und Pferdgarten SS13 Runway show from Copenhagen Fashion Week here:
Some great finds in the Winter Sale and Spring Summer 2013 news here at baumundpferdgarten.com
Nordic Home Accessories and interior by House Doctor
House Doctor is a Danish company, creating Scandinavian beautiful interior for your home, with a personal and informal style.
Twice a year there’s a new collection presented, Everyday and Moments. Everyday is presented in January and contains new products as well as favourites from the existing range, while the Moments collection, presented in August, mainly consists of novelties and seasonal accessories.
The product range is very wide, ranging from kitchen storage, vases and furniture to an exclusive assortment of clothing and sophisticated accessories. With the elements mixed rather than matched. As beautiful as the Nordic nature.
Explore the collections on www.housedoctor.dk
See the Northern Lights from the Igloo Village in Lapland
The Hotel Kakslauttanen is a village of igloos, log cabins, farmer log house, restaurants and saunas. Magically set in the midst of Lapland of the Urho Kekkonen National Park, this is the ultimate holiday destination for anyone seeking the Nordic nature.
Only open in winter, there’s traditional snow igloo or a unique futuristic glass igloo, where you can admire the northern lights under the glass ceiling in the comfort of indoor cozy room temperature. Igloo Village is also home to a snow chapel and an ice bar both built every winter. The Igloo Village is open from December/January and until the end of April. Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are visible from late August to late April. kakslauttanen.fi
Other activities include husky safaris, snowmobile treks, reindeer rides and ice-fishing trips, downhill skiing as well as guided cross country ski tours. The Hotel Kakslauttanen is located only a short bus transfer from the Ivalo Airport.
Defining Scandinavia Design and Lifestyle fair in Copenhagen
Defining Scandinavia is a brand new fair concept taking place in Copenhagen during the Copenhagen Fashion Week. Recognizing the trend where design and fashion merges to a lifestyle product, the trade show Defining Scandinavia gathers the leading Scandinavian designer brands as well as new exciting talents all under one roof. Brands include Design House Stockholm, Nomess Copenahgen, By Nord, Madam Stoltz and Lucky Boy Sunday.
Visit Defining Scandinavia 31 January to 3rd February 2013 in Øksneshallen Copenhagen.
Happy Fashionable New Year!
Top Drawer London in January 2013 Save the Date
The Top Drawer January show takes place on the 13th-15th of January 2013 in London’s Earls Court 1. As the first trade show of the spring buying season, Top Drawer allows retailers to get their first glimpse of the newest products and collections from over 800 brands divided by 5 buying zones; Gift, Fashion, Wellbeing, Stationery & Greetings, and Children’s.
Save the date: Sun 13 to 15 January 2013 9.30- 18.00 (Sun-Mon) and 9.30- 17.00 (Tues)
Find out more and reserve your ticket at topdrawer.co.uk
Home will be running alongside Top Drawer again in 2013, located in Earls Court 2.
Natural Mineral Make Up by Zenz Organic in Copenhagen
Anne-Sophie Villumsen is the founder of the eco friendly hair and beauty saloon in Copenhagen, Zenz. She has already developed a popular range of a Organic Hair Products and now just recently also a Mineral Make Up range in loose powder form, including foundation, blusher and eye shadows. See more at zenzorganic.com
What makes mineral makeup different from traditional makeup isn’t the ingredients it contains, but what it doesn’t contain; preservatives, parabens, mineral oil, chemical dyes and fragrance. These are all possible causes of irritation, one reason many dermatologists recommend mineral makeup. Mineral make up is also know for being natural looking.
What do you think about Mineral Make Up? Would love to hear your thoughts and recommendations too!