Jan 30, 2018
”I’m happy to pay extra but I wanna know where it came from, I wanna know who made it. I want fewer better things, I wanna surround myself with things that last”. This is the second panel talk we recorded in the Scandinavian MAN Lounge at PROJECT Show last week, the biggest trade show for menswear in...
Jan 23, 2018
”By telling the story of Bergen we tell the story of Norwegian Rain. And we make it sound brilliant even though we talk about rain”. In 2007 T. Michael and Alexander Helle launched the brand Norwegian Rain. It´s a hip rainwear brand inspired by Bergen, a massively creative city, but also one of the rainiest cities...
Jan 16, 2018
”I started dressing like that. People thought I was joking, that it was some kind of prank. But it wasn’t”. In the late 1990s skateboarder Ali Boulala challenged skate fashion when he and some friends introduced the ”punk rock meets Keith Richards” style to the scene. Now he is launching a new fashion project...
Jan 10, 2018
”It doesn’t matter if it’s art, industrial design or fashion design. Everything I do, I do it because I want it myself. I’m the most selfish designer in the world.” Rasmus Wingårdh is one of the most well-known names in Nordic fashion. Through his work with brands like Uniform for the Dedicated, NN07, Baron...
Jan 2, 2018
”We are still an independent brand, we don’t have anybody who tells us what to do. We don’t have any big shareholders that are expecting stuff”. Jockum Hallin, co-founder of Our Legacy, talks about how the brand has grown since the launch in 2005, and where they are now. Scandinavian MAN met Jockum for a...