Just popped in to say hi, got a day off today. Been working all weekend and also trying to wrap up the final two Close Ups. One we have in mind is this lovely girl, Lykke Li. If it works out we should be shooting this week.

Hold your thumbs as we say over here!

I’m such a sucker for these collages, and you too it seems so here are some more… Not quite unisex one may think, but I promise you there will be a manly touch to it all!

Two trends that will continue going strong even next year are animal patterns and collages art. And with the AW10 collection almost fully designed, I thought I’d treat you to a selection of images we’ve drawn our inspiration from. You like?

Number seven in our series of Close Up; we get to know documentary photographer Sandra Sharman from Paris. Having re-edited this episode a few times now, it has turned out to be one of my favourites. Watch the video here.

Sandra and VBS.tv camera man, Jon.

And as for all the winners of last week’s competition, they are:
Tom Penny, Texas
Lars Henning, Germany
Niklas Gren, Sweden
Kate Layton, Florida
Adrian Smith, UK
Nick Hendrickson, Utah
Mathieu Langer, France
Todd Lodwick, Colorado
Makene Baidoo, Denmark
Edward de Kuijper, Netherlands
Maria Rosa Giorgi, Italy
Caroline Tremblay, Texas

Yes, despite the cold we did persuade quite a few people to undress at the Carnival on Friday. Here’s a teaser of what’s coming up next on Swedish Exports… Also added a bunch of event pictures from the DJ festival in Belgium here. Enjoy!