Mental Shields from Skyward Stockholm

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I am in Stockholm for the +46 awards tonight, staying at the Nordic Life Hotel, home of the ice bar. Last year’s winner of the +46 award is Annika Berger, she launched her own SWD/Skward label in 2006. Each object in her collection represents the choice we make as to how we wish to confront the outside world. You know, do you wear the hood up or the hood down?. Annika, the designer behind the brand comes from a small countryside-village -V

Diane Pernet

A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.