L
IS FOR LYKKE LI
Sultry Swedish pop star Lykke Li makes the list for managing to sum up a
Scandinavian kind of chic that’s seemingly effortless and hard to define.
Whether she’s doing “I’m a tree” dance moves wearing a turban and boho tunic,
or wearing a simple trouser suit, as at last year’s Grammys, she always looks good.
I
IS FOR THE IKEA MONKEY
Okay, this doesn’t quite fit, even though Darwin the
Japanese snow macaque, who was pictured at a Canadian
IKEA store last December, made a late surge onto the year’s
best-dressed lists. The reason? His natty shearling winter coat.
Darwin’s owners had to pay a US$240 (NOK1,375) fine for having
an illegal pet, thus being denied the funds to buy Darwin a new
jacket for the spring/summer season.
J
IS FOR JOHANNA PIHL
Designer Johanna Pihl is Swedish
fashion’s latest rising star. The
London College of Fashion
graduate’s edgy womenswear has been
gathering awards apace, most recently
the Swedish Fashion Council’s Rookie
Award in 2012. Like the sisters behind
Dagmar
(
see D is for…)
,
she was inspired
by a grandmother who was a tailor – but
Pihl is altogether more tomboyish, with
her sharp, sometimes masculine designs
riffing on plastic surgery, X-rays and
rock’n’roll.
johannapihl.com
K
IS FOR KÅNKEN RUCKSACKS
Designed by Swedish outdoorwear
specialists Fjällräven in 1978 to
help kids carry their school books,
the Kånken rucksack has become an unlikely
must-have for hipsters across the world. Sturdy
Vinylon material and a handy reflective badge
suggests something your mum would plonk on
your back – the fact that it’s become the world’s
bestselling backpack suggests they look pretty
good, too.
kankens.com
Johanna Pihl (
left
)
and one of her
designs
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