By Vanessa Voigt
Fashion Q+A
Runway
October 31, 2013
For the second year, Nordic fashion designers assert their creative edge at New York Fashion Week’s Northern Exposure event.
A selected group of Nordic fashion designers gave a glowing glimpse of their creative ingenuity, presenting their spring 2014 collections at Northern Exposure, a New York Fashion Week event produced by fashion trade show Capsule as well as with International Playground and the Consulates General of Sweden and Finland.
For the event, fashion labels Siloa & Mook, Ensæmble and Lepokorpi from Finland in addition to Patouf, Ann-Sofie Back and Rodebjer from Sweden, each selected one spring 2014 look to display at the The Hole NYC. The gallery’s scene was minimalistic, and set the stage for the Nordic’s signature clarity in design.
The simplicity and ease of Patouf’s slouchy gray suit would be a sophisticated fit for an on-the-go urbanite. In an interview, Patouf’s founder and head designer Anna Angseryd said the finger print inspired the collection. “No two people have the same print, so we design in mind that no two people have the same body either,” says Angseryd.
Ann-Sofie Back’s design also exuded downtown cool with modern, transparent logo pumps, a tied on scarf skirt and leather moto-jacket. New York girls will love a black throw over with a green iridescent skirt from Rodebjer. For day dressing, there was a casual look from Siloa & Mook that maintained a notable air of posh. CEO/Creative Director of Siloa & Mook Otso Lindofrs said the fashion house creates all its own original prints.
The Nordic design perspective certainly breathed fresh air to the scene, while at the same time, it fit right in at New York Fashion Week.
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