Margit Brandt

Margit Brandt is Denmark's designer queen of the 1960's generation. With her daughter Julie Brandt as Creative Director they have have relaunched

the label. The designs have a unique fashion fusion of nostalgic retro with an innovative and contemporary spark. This means the pieces are innovative yet timeless with a feminine elegance with respect for the contemporary.

The Spring/Summer 2012 collection takes inspiration from cool couples of the 70's who were trendsetters in an exciting decade for the worlds o

f fashion, music and art. Think Mick and Bianca Jagger, Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - it hard to inject more coolness.

The collection is feminine, flattering and sexy. Long silk dresses, jumpsuits, tunics, and small, feminine tops, wide pants and jersey styles in floating silhouettes are accentuated by exciting knits suitable for any occasion. Attention is drawn to the waist, which is highlighted by a belt.

In the spirit of the 70s, non-colours such as drab, beige, black, army and grey are combined with orange, rust, cerise and rouge - the possibilities to mix and match are endless.

Maxi dress £85

Grey dress £75

Cocktail ring £20

Green With Envy

Add a bit of colour to your wardrobe with By Malene Birger's Spring/Supper 2012 collection

By Malene Birger Dalise Printed Dress £209

By Malene Birger Isara Silk Shirt £179

Steal her style

It looks like Drew Barrymore is a fan of Scandinavian knit too!

Here she is running errands in Hollywood with her fiancé Will Kopelman wearing a Scandinavian style knit Cardigan

Get the look with this Noa Noa cardigan WAS £135 NOW £69

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picture of Drew Barrymore from www.nordicsweater.com

By Malene Birger - SS12

Spring/Summer has come early with By Malene Birger. It is all about strong colours and prints. Get inspiration from her S/S12 fashion show.

The Killing 2

This week end we saw Sarah Lund get back into the icon fairisle knit jumper again after wearing a plain red knit.

Get the Nordic knit look from Kakao by K

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The Danes are coming………..again

Denmark is very trendy at the moment, boasting the world’s best restaurant Noma and chef Rasmus Kofoed owner of Geranium, the best foreign language film at this year’s Oscars In A Better World, the award-winning cult detective drama The Killing 2 (currently keeping BBC4 viewers transfixed) and some of the world’s top fashion designers. Not bad for a little country that covers only 0.03% of the earth’s surface

With the finger on the fashion pules we recently picked up the Danish jewellery collection Hultquist. I loved the elegance and simple designs behind the collection. The collection is designed by owner Anne Hultquist and handmade in her studio in Copenhagen.

We thought our customers would like it, but it turns out they love it, the first delivery has nearly sold out, the great news is that we are placing an order that will be in before Christmas.

Be sure not to miss out!