Today we are in Stockholm
and we like zippers.
We are also perhaps waterproof…
We may be wearing the latest in camping gear….
We may be working as Darth Vaders clerical staff….
Ah, the zip is a stride adjustment…literally. 
Gees, such a thick fabric and yet we can see hipbone and nipples….
Maybe these are the designers Sewing Dare pants……
photo credits: style.com
Pretty Grievances 
I woudn’t wear anything of this (well maybe that big knitted cropped sweater) but the use of zippers as a design feature is something I’m thinking about giving a try after seeing this!
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Id like to see your take on it.
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I can’t feel the force Luke. Love the zips thought.
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I need a bandolier for work!
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That Velcro strip on the third one is a bit disconcerting, flashers’ frock perhaps!? The first dress and the second skirt are doable.
Now were are those oyster shells so I can stick them on my ears?, ’cause a girls not dressed without them!
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Its the camping gear challenge on PR! I like some of these shapes, but so stick- must be the velcro.
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Awesome, these models live camping as much as me by the looks on their faces! Maybe I need to borrow some of their glad rags for this weekend’s camping trip.
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Id rather wear these than camp!
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Me too. Hate camping. Must buy earplugs tomorrow
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But then the bears have the element of surprise!
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Koala bears don’t have a taste for human flesh… yet..,
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They would probably just distract you and steal your cambries!
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Heinous creatures!!
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There are pieces that well, I need to be nice so let’s just say that I’ll just look the other way. But…there are a few great ideas here as well. I really like the zips on the sleeves! My mind is racing:)
Great post as usual.
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They caught my eye too! Can’t say I really like any of this though.
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All weather couture isnt for everyone!
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There is much here to start with- Id wear the green pull over- or camp it in, but the lace up leggy business is a dealbreaker!
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Love the sleeve zippers but what are those leg gators doing over pointy toed shoes? Expecting to be splattered with mud? The first dress is just so sad.
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Oh, I just commented on the gators- they look chaffey! The husband has an irrational hate of exposed zippers- I may taunt him with these ideas!
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Thank you Mrs. Mole, I thought I was the only one who noticed and hated them.
All the clothes are sad and in desperate need of happy pills. I recommend Effexor.
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Well, one thing I do like is that the collection does go together, and I rather like a few of the pieces, the zip sweater, and that camping gear outfit. None of those dull uninteresting colors will show horse slobber, so they get points for being barnwear.
I suspect though, they might be a bit pricey for that, wouldn’t you think? If it sheds rain, I bet it sheds dog,cat and horsehair though…..;)
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Sometimes when I cherrypick delights and horrors for wednesday, the cohesion is lost, unless its lobster day, but collection really held its shape.
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With all these sturdy textiles, it’s comforting to note that the photographer thoughtfully provided fans to cool the models’ heads. But then, maybe that’s why all those zips are there — ventilation potential galore!
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Oh thats it- its Sturdy- thats it exactly!
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Sturdy is a great word for this collection! To me the sleeve zips make it look like the model is missing part of her arms (like in that old magic trick where they divide a person’s body into boxes). I do think something could be done with the dresses in look number 1 and number 6.
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I do expect some of those zips to reveal weaponry prosthesis !
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The first one is nice. Except for the color. So depressing. I wonder how it would look in purple.
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Ooh, jewel tones would be lovely!
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at first i thought that was HAL 9000 in the background.
i dig some of the shapes going on (especially the zip dress), but i’m not so crazy for the fabrics.
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Not even the Darrh Vader clerical?
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The positioning of the ‘v’ on the Darth Vader clerical is unfortunate, to say the least. But not as unfortunate as the rest of it….
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At least the background distracts a bit from those pedestrian designs.
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Im wondering if the show wad done on a sluicing floor….
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Oh my. This looks like a Project Runway challenge involving umbrellas and trash bags. What a dour, joyless collection!
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The only thing I like about this collection is the color scheme…I happen to like both the teal and the black, though I probably wouldn’t have paired them together. And what’s up with the gigantic dryer in the background?
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Where’s the tent? Storm Troopers? Umbrellas? I’m confused. And those superfluous things on her legs above the …pumps? Why? I think you’re exactly right…they’re either on an extended camping trip (with very low provisions as evidenced by the body parts showing…) or they’re part of the next Star Wars cast.
Fun post and yet another designer I can cross off my ‘must have’ list…! Thanks as usual for brightening my Wednesday morning!
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I like these designs: I am intrigued with the shapes, design lines and – those zippers! Lots of elements, that I (or is it me?) as a home sewist could incorporate into my own garments. Thanks for the peek inside the runway.
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I like these ideas, but not the fabric choices- maybe drapier?
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That zipper dress would come in handy after a big dinner. The problem with this post is after I stopped laughing and went back for a good look I started to like all of it!
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I like the zip dress- ‘dont make me unzip and come after you!’
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But Stockholm’s cold….and when it’s not cold it’s wet – perfectly suited these clothes are for very northern hemisphere (Yoda). Having said that – a brush through the hair wouldn’t go amiss.
Thanks for the show.
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Who takes a hairbrush camping?
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Well actually… I bring the family monogramed silver cutlery, the filter coffee machine thing, the china cups and saucers, cocktail glasses (you never know you will call) and a few good men who put up the tent and whatnot.
My hair is too short for a hairbrush so I don’t need to worry about that.
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I like a good regency style camping event myself!
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Well, I actually like the britches…
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I like your idea of sewing dare pieces. Perhaps it would be fun to try this.
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Now that is an idea!!
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“Darth Vaders clerical staff” AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAA
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Thanks Anne, you’ve reminded me that I really need a new tent 🙂
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I’m here for you.
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I don’t think I could pull off wearing any of these outfits and would look a bit of a sight in them as well LOL
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And the swiff-swiff noises when I walk would be awful!
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Wow, I think that collection is a record-breaker. Well the design definitely had a vision and went with it!
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Hmmmm, can’t see myself in any of these. Not wearing them, but maybe ‘in’ them as a tent, as you suggest! Why is the fabric so thick and waterproof? Does it rain that much in Stockholm? Although I do love the shoes in the first pic.
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I believe Stockholm hosts an International Camping Expo every year and this designer was featured…..ok, I made that up.
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They look so annoyed. Perhaps its the waterproofing? Or the lack of adequate brassieres and heating?
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I am using this all as evidence to my husband that no one likes camping!
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Oh good idea….
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Darth Vader’s clerical staff!! I’m dyin’ ovah he-ah….
As someone would throw out there on Prunway, it looks a little “just graduated from fashion school”. I’m loving the corset legwarmer things, though.
I’m reading a book by a Swedish author (The Nightmare by Lars Kepler) and for the last few chapters I have left I am now going to picture the police force wearing these outfits…
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