Light and Magic featuring Steinunn
Dreamy black silhouettes backlit by fluorescent lights. Childlike sounds that somehow seem menacing. Two girls similar but not identical. Two boys tinkering with ancient instruments and shoegazer riffs. The color black everywhere. The "electronic rock" band Ladytron has a solid innocence underlined by darkness; somehow they portray angst sophisticatedly in their music and their look consistently. view fullscreen feature
Steinunn :: New York Fashion Week Spring Summer 2009 featuring Steinunn
I know I keep saying it, but Icelandic people are just different. We are all molded by our environments, whether it be the prefabulousness of suburban Pennsylvania (which is not as bad as you think, ahem!) or 24 hours of daylight in the summers. The vast amount of nature, geothermal hot springs and glacial palette are present in Steinunn's every collection, but for Spring 2009 Steinunn went deeper... into the core of the earth. Known for her knits (about which she taught a master's class at the Fashion Institute of Technology the day before her show), Steinunn has always been imaginative about structure. She treads that special place between Andrea Zittel's conceptual 'uniform' projects in which made clothing all come from yarn as a discourse on continuity, and the school of Ralph, Calvin & Gucci. Her reservations have always been about color, staying in the gray, slate, ice, and quintessential black and ivory realm.more...
Fibonacci and Fashion featuring Steinunn
Steinunn Sigurd debuted her collection in the U.S. just last year. Unlike her native Iceland's dominant pop icon counterpart (hint, she had a baby with Matthew Barney...), Steinunn relishes restrained whimsy in her knit-heavy collections. But something these countrywomen have in common is a certain fetish for technical skill and a sense of gravity to their homeland. more...
Need For Speed featuring Steinunn
French sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre called the automobile the 'epitome of possessions,' something comparable to a diamond necklace. The make and model of the latest sports car is virtually the same as Louis Vuitton insignia, and with the Birkin bag's prices and limited production transforming accessories into collector's items, the price gap between wheels and handbags is narrowing somewhat. more...
New York Fashion Week Spring 2008 :: Steinunn featuring Steinunn
Intricate paper-like folds and ribboning added texture to a collection dominated by heather grey, black and lavender. A print that rendered the quality of both a painted and photographic floral pattern made an occasional appearance on a dress or a bandeau top. Structure was impeccable. Looks were concise. [Xenia Viray] more...