STUFFED CHRISTMAS

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Jag är mätt trött och lycklig. Vi åt en sjuherrans massa mat och gotta och öppnade mängder utav klappar. Lagom odramatiskt, för dramatik är ju trots allt en del utav julen men iår serverades den i lagom mått.

Christmas eve is drawing to a close.
I´m stuffed, tored and happy. We ate a lot of food and sweets and wrapped up loads of christmas presentes. The drama was served in suitable doses, as in oppose to all the other years.

På fötterna bar jag dessa skodon från Carin Wester´s samarbete med Cheap Monday. De är ett utav de sämsta par skor jag köpt, har använt de tre gånger och i maxåtta timmar sammanlagt. Limmet har släppt så själva skon och klacken kommer förmodligen att dela sig nästa gång jag kastar en blick på dem.

I wore these shoes from Carin Wester and Cheap Monday´s collaboration. It´s one of the crappiest pair of shoes I ever bought. I´ve used them three times which adds up to a maximum total of eight hours. The shoe itself has come off from the heel so next time I cast a glance on them it is very likely that they will fall apart.

Would love to plod around in the snow wearing these deslicious Klea wedges, in grey though.

Carin Wester, winner of Guldknappen 2009, has an absolutely fabolous a/w 09 collection. The romantic boys and edgy femmes. Now she has opened a webshop, to my great happiness. Visit Carinwester.com

CARIN WESTER

As everyone know by now, or at least those who read metro, been online since yesterday, watched the Channel 1 news or read Expressen, Carin Wester was the Swedish designer who was awarded Guldknappen 2009. This is why: "The woman is sharp and the man romantic. This year´s winner of Guldknappen push traditional limits with her design, which has given her a big group of fans early in her career. Now she´s ready to take the next fashion step with creativity a well formulated business plan, new vision and above all a coherent autumn collcetion- so very right in time. Carin Wester is a good representer for the Swedish expression, that´s why she get´s Guldknappen".

The other ones who where nominated were: Dagmar, Diana Orving, Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Hunkydory and Whyred.

I felt that Wester was well worth the price. The autumn collection is really fantastic, like made up for romantic darkening nights that possibly will end up in a decadent club as well as it fits for people playing chess and having a glass of brandy. Beautiful people playing chess off course.

Carin Wester´s collections consists out of a female line "Carin Wester" and the male line "Wester" and the limited and handmade line "W".

The a/ w 09 collection was in colours of beige, grey, white, black with different shades of purple and yellow as contrast. The "Wester" line is romantic- knitted sweaters and crispy shirts tucked in the pants. The boots and scarves add a rock n´roll attitude. A little tip for every boy out there is to Wear a suit with no shirt underneath and insted have a wide scarve. Really really nice.

The most startling pieces for the girls I found being the purple and yellow ruched velvet dresses. And I want to get my little paws on those furlined wedge boots.

(Pics from cafe.se and fashionweekbyberns.com)

And it´s not just the collection that is very nice, Wester is a beauty herself. I find the reason she gave for not showing the s/s fashion show in Stockholm and instead Copenhagen realistic. It´s too early to show spring fashion then. Something needs to be changed.