Rodebjer

[Leviathan]

Carin Rodebjer has been one of the most hyped designers in Sweden for a while now, and lately she's been receiving international recognition as well. She was one of the designers featured in Gen Art's "Fresh Faces" show during NYFW this season.

About the designer:

Swedish designer Carin Rodebjer started to produce her own clothes in 1998, while still studying at FIT in New York. All the pieces were designed and handmade on the living-room floor of her Lower East Side apartment. After being spotted on the street wearing her clothes, she started to sell her work at Steven Alan and other New York stores. Upon returning to Sweden, she started up a label under her own name, Rodebjer. Rodebjer draws inspiration from diverse sources: Swedish national costumes, Parisian bohemians in the Twenties and Finnish trash-rockers Hanoi Rocks. Carin Rodebjer’s goal is to continue to produce clothes for those interested in design and fashion rather than trends, and to encourage people to adapt her clothes to their individual lifestyles. This year, Rodebjer is introduced to the US market; the line is also available in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Finland and, of course, Sweden. Rodebjer has been awarded two of Sweden’s most prestigious design awards: Designer of the Year, Swedish Elle, 2002 and the Stockholm Fashion Award Nöjesguiden, 2001. (genart.com)

How Swede It Is
With her recent Golden Button award-Sweden's answer to our CFDA prize-there's no better time for Carin Rodebjer to join the New York calendar. See her Surreal Simplicity debut September 9 at Gen Art. (style.com)

 

[Leviathan]

I'd love to hear your opinions!

Rodebjer SS06 (GettyImages & dariasmolka.com)

 

[Leviathan]

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[Leviathan]

Pics from her FW05 campaign (rodebjer.com)

 

[OlgaKorbut]

Rodebjer Fall/Winter 2006

New York Fashion Week :: Carin Rodebjer



:: Fashion Update ::
Carin Rodebjer :: Fall 2006

There have been more than a few exasperated sighs about "off-site" venues, and the Rodebjer installation located a good ten blocks away from those infamous tents was no exception. But these sighs were because the cocktails kept coming and the stylish attendees kept running into their friends. They were sighs of "Thank goodness." In place of the guilty pleasure celebrity gawking and fashionista bitching, there were fair-haired ladies with glowing skin and tiny braids scattered about their locks. Wow, they aren't joking about the Swedes. And those adorable accents! As I observed one of last year's Gen Art runway stars, Carin Rodebjer, send her models through a fashion performance art piece every twenty minutes sipping Swedish White Cosmopolitans and eating an occasional cashew, I couldn't help but think that this was the anti-runway of the week and I wasn't the least bit sorry.
With chandeliers made of iridescent shells and a yellow and black decor, Swedish Restaurant Aquavit was full of smiling faces, hot youngin's, and even an adorable little girl. The hair was pulled off to the side and back in immaculately clean buns. After seeing the glamour in the occasional haircut that was used, I wanted to wear one myself. With princess sleeves, baby doll cuts and lacy layers over traditional blouses, Rodebjer stuck true to what she promised: clothes she would want to wear. Rodebjer's clothes were picked up by retail after she was spotted wearing them on the sidewalks of Manhattan. She has come a long way from hand tailoring clothes in her Lower East Side Apartment, but the origin of that custom work is still evident.
A suit to remember: a baby doll collar black satin blazer with pencil pants. Miracle: stiletto height Wedge Heel Ankle Boots. A solution for those who want those calves without those wobbles. Take the Plunge: another loose and floor-length dress this week, but a deep neckline and skinny razorback that turns sexy into comfortable. Sentiments: Thank you Sweden!
[Xenia Viray]

zozoo.com

I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen I liked the spring collection better.

Some more pics from lasplash.com

 

[Alliecat]

Wow - there are some interesting pieces - I like it and really loved the colors from the Fall/winter 05 range. Not 100% sure on the mustard color for summer but there are some eye catching, in their simplicity, pieces. Thanks for posting!

 

[bobbytafari]

Rodebjer is great. My boss has a wonderful graphic balloon shaped dress of hers. I can't find a picture of it, and I don't know from which collection but it's probably recentr since she is a fashionista (actually she might have had Carin Rodebjer to sew specially for her). It's one of the nicest dresses I have ever seen.

 

[Whitelinen]

I think that's been done many times---but the quality seems very good.