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Fix Up Look Sharp: Icelandic Fashion Design, And Where To Find It
Reykjavík is home to a diverse variety of local fashion brands, many of whom have their own downtown stores and boutiques. From Icelandic wool products to sleek couture, streetwear and sharply tailored suits, there’s a lot of clothing here that you’ll only…
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The Law Behind Inklaw: Iceland’s Streetwear Domination
The boys behind Icelandic streetwear brand Inklaw Clothing share a camaraderie rarely seen in anyone but brothers. They finish each other’s sentences, tell each other’s backstories, and quickly answer for each other when asked about personal tastes, working habits, quirks, and inspirations.…
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The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2017
2016 could easily be called the year of Icelandic design. With so many spectacular new products and projects on display, the competition for this year’s Design Awards was fierce. Our panel—a carefully curated quintet of Icelandic design experts and tastemakers—spent months combing…
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ESCANDALO: Outfit Plagiarised For Eurovision
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, EUROVISION SEASON! Unfortunately, Iceland’s National Broadcaster, RÚV, is in some hot water after dressing the hostess for the Icelandic Eurovision Finals in a jumpsuit that looks suspiciously similar to one made by Balmain (pictured…
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Thrift Core: Where To Pick Up A Bargain In Reykjavík
It’s no secret that Iceland is expensive, especially for clothing and other knickknacks. Going the thrift store route can be an attractive option for souvenirs and gifts. Not only will you get something that’s one-of-a-kind for yourself or your loved ones, but…
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Fashion Magazine Aims For Equal Opportunity Centerfold
Reykjavík Fashion & Design is looking for beauty in any of its myriad forms for a centerfold spread. Living in Iceland is literally the only requirement. The magazine announced today that they are seeking a new model for the winter fashion spread…
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A Tale Of Two Sweaters: The Wearable Art Of Ýr Jóhannsdóttir
In the Ekkisens basement gallery on Bergstaðastræti, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir sits organising a large pile of colourful sweaters that will form her solo exhibition, entitled ‘Sweater Story.’ From within the stack of folded yarn, some features are visible jutting out: an embroidered hand…
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Witchcraft and Hypnagogia in Hildur Yeoman’s World of Fashion
Having dressed Reykjavík’s residents in patterned designs and jeweled finery for the past several years, Hildur Yeoman has slowly but steadily become one of Iceland’s leading fashion designers. We met the designer in her workshop as she was putting the finishing touches…
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Magic Happens: Inside the STEiNUNN studio
Like a fresh breeze heralding the change in seasons, a group exhibition entitled ‘The Weather Diaries’ blew into Reykjavík’s Nordic House this spring. Stepping inside its muted, grey-green confines is like entering another world. Spread across four rooms, the show is an…
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Inside Cooper & Gorfer’s Mesmerising Weather Diaries
Very occasionally, arriving in a new place can feel like stepping into another world. It might be a spot within nature like Dyrholæy beach, where the violent waves lift thousands of black pebbles before dashing them into the surf in an overwhelming,…
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Design March 2016: Friday’s Must-See Events
Yesterday’s opening at Hafnarhús was amazing. So many interesting jewellery and furniture designs were exhibited, by both foreign and Icelandic designers. Art-lovers sipped on white wine and Bríó while drooling over the couch of their dreams, or that perfect lamp. Today is…
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Best Vintage Stores
Vintage shopping can be one of the most thrilling life experiences for fashion lovers out there. Nothing compares to the joy and excitement of rummaging through a treasure trove of retro sunglasses or the pride and satisfaction of excavating the perfect ‘60s…
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What Brings Face Hunter To Town?
Yvan Rodic hasn’t been in the same place for more than two weeks in the last five years. He says he takes an average 170 flights per year. He’s like George Clooney in ‘Up In The Air,’ except he’s a tall, Swiss-born…
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Madam President
Arriving at Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s house just before noon on Friday, I find a note on the door: “Anna, please wait! I’m on my way,” signed “ViFi.” I go back to the car and nervously watch the clock. I do not want to…
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Pancakes And Petticoats
I’m sitting in a cosily cluttered sitting room in Breiðholt, a suburb of Reykjavík about twenty-five minutes from downtown. The coffee table in front of me is spread with cream, jam and pancakes three ways: paper-thin Icelandic crepes, baked Finnish pannukakku and…
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WTF ICELAND AIRWAVES!? Pt. III: Advice for getting through your first (or fifth!) festival experience
Dear Grapevine, I’ve heard rumours that getting into the more well-known bands’ shows will be really difficult and I may have to wait in line for a long time. Is this true? I’m just trying to see as much music as possible…