Nothing screams "punk sensibility" like "jersey and knitwear."
Filippa K is a Swedish label that hawks "minimalist" fashion (read: grey sweaters, little black dresses) and has been doing so for thirteen years. They've leached their particular style of tasteful basics to 41 countries and according to an article in today's Wall Street Journal, they'll be opening a store in San Francisco next month. Writes the WSJ:
The label, named for founder and creative director Filippa Knutsson, is one of a number of Scandinavian brands that have gained currency among U.S. fashionistas, helped by an under-the-radar mystique and prices that are lower than European labels.Filippa K men's sport coats, for example, range in price from $325 to $575, compared with starting prices of $1,000 for Armani Collezioni and Versace.
Then there's this:
The 15-year-old label, now sold in the U.S. at upscale chains like Barneys New York, acknowledged the awkward timing. "When we started to plan the San Francisco project, the financial market and economic situation in the U.S. were not this bad," said Patrik Kihlborg, Filippa K's interim chief executive.
Um, yeah. Awwwwwwwwwkward.
It's good to know that even as the economy whizzes sharply past your ears you can still look forward to snapping up an affordable $575 sports coat sometime in November.
Here's one of the photos from the slideshow accompanying WSJ's story about the Dow dropping 678 points and closing below 8600. This guy is probably thinking, "New York doesn't even have its own Filippa K store! Just shoot me!" --Andy Wright
By Andy Wright
You are about to watch a political ad whose opening line, delivered with wide-eyed sincerity and a cartoonish shrug, is: “Some people thing I’m a child predator. What is up with that?”
The Yes on Prop 4 campaign (which would require parental notification for minors to obtain abortions) sponsored a YouTube contest in which people crafted commercials advancing their cause. This was the best one.
The makers of this ad picked a suitably creepy looking star and then stuffed him into the universal uniform of sketchy dudes everywhere, the track suit, but that’s where the plausibility ends. “Ok, so I get a couple of them pregnant?” He says of the teenage girls he likes to kick it with, then Seinfelds “What is the big deal?" The Prop 4 people’s argument is that child predators routinely impregnate young girls and then take them for abortions.
