Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category

Sexy Miss Gotland 1953 Vintage Photo

February 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 pm » Comments (1)

Out exploring our summer island we found an interesting photo of the beautiful Miss Gotland competition participants in 1953, captured with a Rolleiflex Camera with Zeiss Tessar f/ 3.5 optics according to the text below the photo. The text also reveals that the photographer took the shot at 3 meter distance with the exposure data [...]

Travel Shopping: Lapp Shoes

January 7th, 2012 at 9:00 pm » Comments (5)

When out sightseeing, we found those Lapp shoes in a store in a small town just about 70 km from the Swedish capital Stockholm. The Sami people from Lappland (northern Sweden) did wear those traditional shoes, therefor the name. Living up in the north of Sweden with cold winters, those Lapp shoes made of the [...]

Travel Shopping: No boring clothes!

December 28th, 2011 at 6:46 pm » Comments (1)

One of the most common tourist activities when out traveling is to go shopping. It’s always a pleasure to have a look around for “different from home” clothes in another country. This sign I found in a dressing room recently says it all… Right now I’ve been looking for some dresses, but found them through [...]