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April 25, 2017

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No pressure... Only my first blog (in my third language)

Why on earth...? You might already think it would be waste of time getting al excited when reading some of my grammar errors in English, but just give me a minute or two... The earth is a big part of it! I live in Greenland - you might not know it, but it is the big white Island up North in the Arctic. Yes, people do actually live here... I was born and raised here. And so are my two children. I work as a fashion designer and I am a co-owner of the first local design store in the Capital of Greenland -Nuuk. I admit it has obstacles. When loving fashion, makeup and high heels.... -20 degress or more can be a challenge. If you give me a chance I will try to show you the life of an inuit woman whom lives and breathes fashion. My Kids... My kids are the reason for throwing me into this blog world... I really do not like computers (I do not have any flair for IT) - but my kids do... at age 9 and 11 , one of their biggest goal are to become ...

Blue Fashion Challenge - my contribution

I am in love! With fashion! To be more excactly, fashion made by sustainable materials. The Blue Fashion Challenge held by NORA on the beautiful Faroe Islands became my dream come true workplace! Along with 10 other specially picked out Nordic designers - we had a Blue Fashion Challenge. And whom isn´t up for a challenge? The Blue - Means fashion designs made out of the Waste or sustainable materials we get from fishing and the sealhunting in Greenland. And before you go nuts about the seal thing. Get this thing straight! Sealskin from Greenland are a biproduct from the sealhunt. We (the Hunters of Greenland) hunt the seal for meat. Yes! that´s right - we eat it, as European people eat, fish, cows, pigs and so on. Only different cause we´we been such a hunted native people by activist from several animal rights organisations, is that when ever we shout a seal, and the "Waste" product- the skin is beeing sold -at a really low price- The sealskin is given a number. This num...

Before and after -photoshoot

Together with two very talented people, we made this little before and after timelapse. Have you seen : Nataschap - the makeup artist from greenland? You have to go to her instagram - it is simply amazing, and she did hell of a job doing my makeup on a cold summerday. Lasse Nymann made the timelapse - you can also see some of his amazing Photos of the Northern lights uphere in Nuuk City. and Voíla final Picture: https://youtu.be/GEv4dOI2Qpw

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