Stockholm Street Fashion: Autumn attitudes

Christian and Samual Nilsson

Tahra and Maja

David Gray

Jesper and Paulina

Sergej Filonov

Åsa and Johan

Bandits

Footwear Conversation

Sonia on the phone

The fruit and veggie vendors outside the Slussen subway station were selling four different types of wild mushrooms as well as locally picked lingon-berries on Saturday afternoon. In cobble-stone paved Russian Square (Rysstorget), near one of the two flower stands, we met a well-tailored Russian who plans to soon open a new Russian restaurant on Sveavägen. We also encountered an American friend wearing a Paul Smith hat he bought in Barcelona, a young Swedish couple getting romantic on concrete steps not far from a locally famous fried herring wagon, a proud father whose 4 ½ year-old-son was wearing a bright sweater he just got from his grandma, a gang of teenagers with their faces painted like bandits who were involved in a school initiation ceremony, and some pretty girls dressed in fall colors, who were going shopping or chatting on mobiles. Photos: Alexander Farnsworth

Stockholm Styles: Oktoberfest in September

Christofer Svedin

Samuel Friberg

Matilda Lind

Charles Gustafsson

Molly Laursen

Helen Ekström , Demode.se

Ann-Valerie Mbalire and Pamela Nakabaale

Danial Bergquist, Martin Johansson and Gabriel von Rosen

Going through the racks

Oktoberfest was the theme when Humana hosted a party and runway show with vintage clothes on Thursday evening in Stockholm and Malmö. The charitable organization is part of the Humana People to People network, which conducts projects in Africa and Asia. The Swedish branch of Humana supports the fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe and teacher training in Mozambique.

French photographer Jean Malnory snapped these shot of some of the folks who attended the party at Humana’s shop at Timmermansgatan 23 in Stockholm. Guests could check the racks for second-hand treasures to the sound of electro, dub and rock played by DJ Stiff.

A taste of New Orleans in Stockholm

Mikael Berg

Tomas Mazetti and Christian Kjellvander

Maria Sjösten

Marcus Mårtenson and Filip Rensfelt

David Bartal and Valeria Montti Colque

Finn Ahlgren

A sizeable crowd of people, mainly dressed in various shades of black and gray, turned up at Folkbaren on the south side of Stockholm last week to check out a new exhibit by artist Marcus Mårtenson. You can see some of the guests in the snapshots above. The title of the show, “The Dummy” is a reference to Mårtenson’s ventriloquism hobby. The Swedish-American artist, whose work often deals with moral issues and contemporary trends, kept busy at the opening sipping champagne, attaching “sold” stickers to paintings on canvas or wood, and greeting the guests.
Several of the paintings on exhibit refer to the carnival life of New Orleans, where Mårtenson exhibited last year. Mårtenson took part in a group show at Barristers Gallery in New Orleans called “Folk Magic and Curious Objects.”
The “Dummy” exhibit at Folkbaren will continue until October 12.
It’s well worth checking out.

Stockholm Street Styles: mid-August 2010

1) Hanging out in Kungsträgården park, listening to a concert. The photographer had to bribe this trio with 50 kronor to get the shot. 2) Outside the Royal Dramatic Theater. In the background, a bronze statue of actress Margareta Krook. The statue of Margareta never grows icicles in the winter, because it is heated on the inside. 3) The woman in the plaid jacket has an unusual fashion accessory. All photos by Alex-Zsolt Hegedius

Stockholm Street Fashion: August 18, 2010

Bryan Boy and Rumi Neely of Fashiontoast.com

Michelle da Silva, Thatextrainch.blogspot.com

Bianca Prosznski

Charlie Westerberg

Yana Martsynkevych, Oliver Bellemare, Paula Ruotsalainen, Helin Honung

Shoes from Shanghai

Photographer Alexander Farnsworth captured these images outside of Stockholm Fashion Week venue Berns on Wednesday, August 18, 2010. www.farnsworth.se