Stylish Stockholm

Stockholm is a very stylish city. People are always extremely well dessed and composed. And now that it is fashion week of course The Sartioalist 's Scott Schmann is around town to document the most stylish of the Stockholmer inhabitants. Stockholm has a lot of beautiful people - they are allmost too stylish sometimes. To a level where it looks like they just worked out of a fashion magazine.It's astonishing and impressive, but often not very original. More like people slavishly following the latest trend in fear of being out of the 'fashion loop' or god knows being 'unfashionable'.
Yet I really think the Sartioalist found some good examples. He manages to catch the original and personal style of people, which can be difficult to find.

These girls all have a personal style that is really original - and a little off the mainstream.
A lot of Stockholm pictures taken by the Sartorialist are apparenly taken on the street where I live - Götgatan. But unfortunately I still have not managed to see him in action.
The Sartorialist could however not hid his usual weakness for young men with bare feet in their shoes. He tends to find them and photograph them all over the world. I think if I do catch him in the street one of these day, I'll aks him why he likes that so much.

Royal Vintage the Amory

Stockholm’s Royal Armoury takes us on a fashion journey, showing how Royal vintage is part of a recycling present where quality fabrics and design can last through generations.

When I saw that the Royal Amory here at the Royal palace in Stockholm was hosting an exhibition called Royal Vintage showing vintage dresses worn by members of the Swedish royal family I had to go see what the fuss was about. Lately the term 'vintage' has been used to cover everything that he reused - not considering the quality or the age of a garment. But in this exhibition there is a clear idea about what 'vintage' refers to: exceptional and highly quality clothes from the 1900s to 1960s. 

The exhbibtion does not focus on style or fashion, but more on colours and materials.It featured dresses mostly worn by Swedish Princess Sibylla.

My knowledge about Swedish Royalty limits itself to the actual king and Queen and their three beautiful children. Princess Sibylla is the late mother of the current King Carl Gustaf. The exhibition has matched dresses in colours, so each room is devoted to one colour. Showing us first shades of white and cream and moving on the blues, reds, greens and black. We see how the dresses are made and what materials are used. Withou attention to 'the style of royalty' or pictures of any of the princesses, the exhibition instead show us that quality in texture and shape is what really lasts for generations.

The exhibition is on untill January 2012 at the Royal Amory in Stockholm

So she's back – attacking slowly across Stockholm

Nerd Girl is back after a year of re-adjusting herself to a new country, a new city and a new life. Thus now with a different battlefield to attack: the ever so perfect Stockholm.

Located in an amazing scenery of water and islands this city is special. It has a buzz that is completely unique and I feel privileged to live here right now. I was smitten with this city from the beginning - but especially in the summer time Stockholm aweakes like a sleeping beauty from a dark and very cold winter.

The first thing I want to share with you is this very old video of busses driving around Stockholm to the music of 'Sakta vi gå genom stan' song by beautiful Monica Zetterlund.



Imagine yourself walking home through the city one summer night. Up here in the northern Scandinavia we have very, very light summer night. Nights when the sun comes up at 2 in the morning - just when you are on your way home from a party.

Going over to the other side

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. but there's been some pretty big changes in my personal life lately: Nerd Girl is leaving her beloved Copenhagen. I leaving pretty much everyone I know and love and starting all over on the other side. The other side being Stockholm, Sweden.

Fate has decided that it's time for me to have some adventure and try out a new city, so that's why I've been a bit absent this last month.

So Nerd Girl will from now on be writing to you from the other cool Scandinavian capital and as I'm totally new in town I'm looking forward to exploring a new territory.