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Showing posts with label Scandinavian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scandinavian. Show all posts

Friday, 21 January 2011

Calling all fashionistas!

So, I'm in the middle of making one of my big dreams come true: I'm starting my own company. Mon&me is a Swedish fashion house bringing Scandinavian fashion and jewellery to British women of all ages. These are the most exciting times indeed...

Now for what I need help with. Do you know of any hidden fashion gems (shops) in the UK? If so please share! Or for inside and secret psst tips email monandme at gmail dot com

Stars xx

Saturday, 12 December 2009

Santa Lucia


On the morning of the 13th December (the middle of the darkest month of the year) Scandinavians celebrate Santa Lucia, a tradition which brings people together to sing hymns and light candles.

Lucy means "light", with the same Latin root, lux, as "lucid," which means "clear, radiant, understandable." Ironically, St Lucy's history is shrouded in darkness: all that is really known for certain is that she was a martyr in Syracuse in Diocletian's persecutions of A.D. 304. Her veneration spread to Rome, so that by the 6th century the whole Church recognized her courage in defense of the faith.