The architecture in Stockholm is breathtaking and it was in the city’s Royal Theater that Hope presented it’s Ingmar Bergman-inspired fall collection. Guests sat at tables drinking tea while the designers explained the ways in which the director’s films influenced their clothes. The shearling outerwear was appropriately stark, and a number of checked pieces, paired with hooded sweaters, evoked the infamous Death playing chess scene from Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. The young designers behind Swedish line Odeur were fascinated by shape for their latest collection. Models walked through cubes set up on the runway, and wore oversize triangular accessories crafted of wire. Appropriately, the clothing experimented with adventurous proportions and textures. At Whyred designer Roland Hjort simplified his new collection, editing it down to key pieces in a monochrome palette of black and grey. The clean lines and narrow silhouette may not have made for a wildly exciting show, but the sophisticated aesthetic proved appealingly elegant.
Photography Jesper Lindstrom
KEYWORDS: hope, odeur, runway, shows, stockholm fashion week, whyred