We have had some crazy days, with 2 gorgeous divas in town, preparing for the AW12 show. No time for blogging then… Here is a pic from our small rendez-vous the night before the show. Rossy de Palma just arrived to her hotel room at Berns and we all had dinner in their Asian restaurant.
Charlie Caper, magician, to the left, Jewels Good next to him, then you have Rossy and finally - me. I don't show many pics of myself here, so take your chance and enjoy ;) On the other side of the table we had my sisters and fellow designers, our choreographer Jon, brilliant Tess from the office and Jess Love, artist.
Charlie coached Rossy and Jewels in learning the magic tricks (!) that we incorporated in the fashion show. Could not tell you this before the show, would have ruined the surprise…
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One day before the show! Seeing the clothes all packed up to go to Berns, for the AW12 show, gives a sense of no turning back. Thinking about all things that can go wrong, realizing it's less than half an hour left before showtime, gulp.
Today we met with our models and our stylist Oscar Lange and his assistant Josefine. Our change of silhouette from cocoon to long A-shape will be clearly visible on the show. Also, we have created the first thin heel silhouette shoe we truly love. It is not buy buy wedges, but helloooo sleek heel. Here is Oscar trying on a dress at Agnes.
And Tess, who his handling all logistics on the show, smirking behind her heavy notebook with all the to-do lists. To the left, our lovely intern Judith.
And where Tess is, there is not seldom a Coke light…
PUB has a really nice set of display windows right now, showing their 4 favorite Swedish labels, and our inspiration for the SS12 collection. In our window you can see our theme movie for this season, the golden triangle we used for the show, and the sand (natural and colored) used for the shoot of the shoes. So have a stroll past PUB - looks really nice.
Mathias Sterner preparing to shoot 70 of the garments for our autumn webshop… If you are a buyer, you can see the pictures Monday already, just e-mail linda@minimarket.se for a log in. All webshop pics are shot in our old studio in the office.
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Today, I will be working on rounding up our press contacts. We are offering some of them exclusive rights to interview our amazing artists for this upcoming show. We already presented Jewels Good as taking part of the show, and ta-da, amazingly enough this is our second artist; Rossy de Palma!
Rossy with Christian Louboutin.
We have adored this fascinating spanish actress and her very personal beauty for a long, long time. And now, she will soon land in petite Suede. This is easily the best part about our job, to meet these inspiring people - when Jewels told us Rossy was available for the show, I weren't sure I even heard right. Not until a few hours later it really sunk in. Rossy is exactly what Minimarket want to inspire other women to be; proud, strong and playful. Love, love, love.
Today we briefed the hair and make-up team on what to try tomorrow, when making a test version of the hair & make-up for the AW12 show. We are referring quite a lot to this inspirational picture.
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Today the invite for the show was sent. We used this stunning picture of Julia/Elite Models, photographed by our all-time favorite Peter Gehrke/Adamsky.
No photoshop here, all angles taken in one click.
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Today we met with Malinda Damgaard, a modist who we will work with on hats for the show. She will make hats for both models and artists (!). Malinda previously made hats for Lady Gaga, Alexander McQueen and Valentino but also Swedish Lars Wallin.
We had a look at a very interesting shaped stone Malinda brought from her grandmother in Russia. This will definitely effect the shape of the hats for the models.
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We are rounding up the team for the show, finalizing all ideas. Today, we had the stylist, Oscar Lange in the office. He had a first look at the collection, and we talked him through the layout of the show. The wonderful thing about Oscar is that he is creative AND structured. A very rare combination… Also, we seem to have the same sense of humor.
Pernilla discussing looks with Oscar.
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So now it's that time of the year… Wearing a sequin blazer from AW12 (!), and the chiffon jumpsuit from SS12. Choosing between my favourite vintage rings.
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Our SS12 collection is being delivered to our retailers. Åhléns City, Samsoe Samsoe in Denmark and Aplace are the first to display SS12. So don't be fooled by SALE signs, the new stuff has already arrived!
This dress is to be found in Åhléns and Samsoe Samsoe. It is one of the most sought after styles this season.
The trench, a repeat of the trench-success from last spring, can be bought now at both Åhléns and Samsoe Samsoe.
This skirt, with a knot in front, can be found at Aplace, Åhléns and Samsoe. The jacket is one of the few products we did not produce from this season. Guess who owns this sample? Hehe…
And both these pants in various colors…
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We are working late every day now, preparing the AW12 show and I have not had time to blog properly because of this. I wanted to tell you my fav places in Palma (I had some vacation before throwing myself into this workload) and to let you know more about what I am doing when working on the show. But alas, this has not happened. I am beating myself up about it and will make amends for it. But hey, look at this gorgeous face. Recognize her? There will be more to come about her, another fabulous diva and our upcoming events here shortly…
