A first visit to any country should really be about going to all the sights, doing the quintessential thing native to that place. Ok, so I went to Stockholm and had cinnamon buns, herrings and meatballs. But does that mean I have to shop like a tourist? I think it’s a real tick of mine… Continue reading Mixing new and old results in Mint & Vintage
Category: Travel
Shop as the natives shop….
So my weekend in Stockholm (and my first time to Scandinavia) yielded some very good things indeed. To be honest, I had been scare-mongered beforehand by every person telling me ‘Ooh… Stockholm…it’s frightfully expensive!’ so I wasn’t actually expecting to come back with anything. As I said, I was simply there to observe and breathe… Continue reading Shop as the natives shop….
A Cry to the Swedes
This is a downright emergency! Calling all Stockholm residents or those familiar with Stockholm. Despite writing a regular column for Modette, a Swedish fashion magazine that launched a few months ago, my knowledge of Stockholm is just downright piss-poor (by the by, any Modette readers have any feedback on the column – never know how… Continue reading A Cry to the Swedes
Nautical: It's not a passing thing…
The National Martime Museum from the 25th July will be celebrating all things nautical, a theme used probably more repeatedly than others, in their exhibition ‘Sailor Chic’. It will look at how fashion has been naval-inspired for over 150 years with pieces from Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano and Yves Saint Laurent to the older… Continue reading Nautical: It's not a passing thing…