Fotographer: Christian Gustavsson

I recently received these very nice images from Christina Wessén, the former design student graduated from Beckmans College of Design, who we did a collaboration with this spring. Together we custom designed 6 pairs of shoes which were shown with an outfit to each of them for her graduation show in May. Below you find an interview with Christina, which tells you a little more about her collection and the shoes!

Name: Christina Wessén
Age: 26
Studied: Fashion and design at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm
Graduation show: May 22, 2012
Special interest: Shoes
Favourite blog: Advanced style (Cool, elder women with style)
Size in shoes: 41

How would you describe your personal style?
I always emanate from myself and I would never create anything I wouldn’t want to carry myself. The style is comfy yet well dressed. 

Did you change your initial design during the time, or did you stick to the plan?
No, I’ve changed it a lot of times :)

How would you say the shoes look?
I’ve made 6 different models and they are all different in some ways. I wanted them to be united but still different. I found it really nice to use shiny material on the uppers. For the outsoles I liked to cover them in leather. 

Describe the clothes in the collection!
They are rather simple pieces and quite spacious, they are foremost made in velvet and wool. I want to create a balance between the relaxed and the more well- dressed. It’s supposed to both feel and look comfy. But nevertheless the clothes can preferably be worn with the more well-dressed.   

Here is one of the results of our collaboration with the student (or former student) Christina Wessén, who two weeks ago graduated from Beckmans college of design. This is one of the six pairs of custom made shoes Christina designed for her exam collection which were all made in the Vagabond workshop. They are so cool!
More images of her collection will appear in the blog within soon!

 
 

This spring we have done a collaboration with the talented student Christina Wessén from Beckmans college of design. She designed 6 pairs of shoes which she together with our design department turned into real. The shoes are all different in materials and approaches and are definitely going to stick out!

Tomorrow she will be showing her collection of both clothes and shoes on Beckman's graduation show. We wish her all the luck!
An interview with Christina and more pictures of the collection and the shoes will appear in the blog later.

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