Wednesday 23 July 2014

Modern Berlin

I have spend the last weekend in wonderful Berlin with my mother and my sister. And just like Berlin was divided in east and west, I have been experiencing 2 different sides of Berlin - the modern side in the everyday picture of Berlin and the historical side in the museums and of course in the grafitti covered Berlin wall that stretches through the city. This is my impression of the modern Berlin in pictures:


Weltmeister!




Art for and by everyone



Beautiful parks





Wednesday 9 July 2014

Simple dress makeover

I'm going to Berlin this Saturday, and I needed an easy little dress to come with me. I didn't feel like making one from scratch, so I took my mothers old dress, did a quick makeover, and the finishing result is now lying on the bottom of my suitcase.
It's really easy to transform one of your (or your mothers) old dresses, so before you just throw it away, scroll down and find out how you can turn it into this:



Shortening the dress:
This is a very regular step in the refashion process, and fortunately it's really easy. 



1. Measure and cut the dress in the desired length + 3-4 cm extra
2. Hem it!
 - An easy tip is to roll the fabric twice instead of just one time, so you get a double hem. This will prevent the fabric from wrinkling, and give you a nice and even hem.
 - When sewing the hem, you can just sew a straight stitch all the way around because it's a double hem. If it's a single hem, you have to overlock the edge before you hem it.

"Fitting the dress":
As you can see on the picture below, the dress was too big around the waist, so it needed to be fitted.
Usually I would fit a dress by wearing the dress inside out and pinning it on each side of the dress, so it fits the body. But since this dress isn't elastic at all, I would need to put a zipper in it, to be able to get it over my hips.
I was way too lazy to do this, So instead I used the piece that I cut of the dress, and made a waist band out of it.



It's really easy to make a waistband, but since it suddenly get's all complicated when I'm trying to explain how to do it, I will let wiki how learn you how to sew a waistband.
I love giving old clothes new life, so I will definitely be posting more refashions.
In the meantime, you can take a look at this blog - http://refashionista.net/, where there are hundreds of examples on how to give all sorts of clothing a fun makeover!

Saturday 5 July 2014

Danish Design Talent Prize

In the competition for the Danish design talent prize, 4 upcoming designers get chosen to create a mini collection, with a danish musician as a muse and a danish established designer as a mentor. 

Last years winner was one of my favourite danish designers - Anne Sofie Madsen.
She had Charlotte Eskildsen from Designers Remix as a mentor, and she designed for Oh Land (who also is on the pictures).
This is some of the looks from the amazing mini collection she made:








This years nominees are:

 From left top to right bottom,      and in order of:
 Designer
  - mentor
  - muse


 Freya Dalsjø
  - Ivan Grundahl
  - Coco O from Quadron

 Mark Kenly Domino Tan
  - Baum und Pferdgarten
  - Darkness Falls

 Trine Lidegaard
  - Christian Stadil
  - Kidd

 Kjetil Aas
  - Bjørn Bruun
  - Sivas