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Cloo Collection and the Roadbumps
cloocollection.blogspot.com
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Om att starta ett företag i en okänd branch, slåss mot modejättar och bakåtsträvare, leva på luft och vara rik på samma gång. Cloo Collection är barnklädmärket som är på väg att födas och the Roadbumps är den snåriga, guppiga vägen dit.
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Free Shipping within Sweden!

I think I just erased the freight cost for my swedish costumers! ;) Feel free to shop at www.cloo.seIn Swedish / På Svenska:Jag tror att jag just strök fraktkostnaden för mina svenskbodda kunder...

24 may 12

Remembering Fresh Fish

Professional photo from Fresh Fish 2012

21 may 12

Stuff that makes my day

Last week, the new issue of Swedish magazine Mama was delivered to its subscribers. For the rest of us, it was long wait until yesterday when it finally landed in stores. At page 136, theres an artic...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Recycled Hangers from Pulp

Hangers seems to be one of the biggest waste items in the fashion industry. Millions and millions of plastic hangers are used in stores everyday and thrown away when they loose their finish.Pulp Hang...

14 may 12 1 person likes this

Dyeing

Have you ever wondered about how bamboo fabric responds to dyeing compared to cotton fabric? Probably not, but now youll find out.Ive been curious about bamboo for quite some time, mainly because of ...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Springtime - check!

Finally we got some warm temperatures here in Sweden and the last couple of days were spent at my parents place in Varberg. Sun, beach and ice-cream - a little too much actually since we didnt have a...

02 may 12 1 person likes this

Dealing with lack of inspiration

A designprocess is, like most of you guys already know, a roller coaster of inspiration and.. not so much inspiration.My best thing to do when im on the "down side" is to just sew. Right now,...

20 apr 12

Stripes

Its a joy to work with striped fabric, (Or squares, even better!) because everything turns out so straight. Just follow the stripes and nothing will be crooked..The Cloo-studio is now turned into a t...

17 apr 12

Easter Campaign at www.cloo.se!

I LOVE easter. For me easter is when the first real spring time feeling kicks in and I just cant get enough of boiled eggs, candy and lazy days during the holiday. Its also a perfect length for a sma...

05 apr 12 1 person likes this

Plans for new pieces

Finally Im entering the state of designing new pieces for 2013! Next week is planning week, redecorating the office into a sewing studio, buying fabric for samples, gathering all of my sketches.. How...

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

This is not a post about a pink sweater

This morning one of my old friends posted a comment on her Facebook wall saying that she just couldnt understand how some people think its ok to put a pink sweater on a boy. Usually, I dont pay ...

26 mar 12 2 people like this

My model

My sweet model at Fresh Fish. Picture taken by Peter Lindberg

20 mar 12

New Production

Im planning, organizing and calculating the second production of the first collection. Its fun, overwhelming and a LOT of numbers.For all of you that (like myself) love the dark grey color of The Bul...

19 mar 12

Pictures from Fresh Fish

15 mar 12

Be a whistleblower for peace

My god, Im such a bad blogger these days! I truly want to tell you all about the Fresh Fish fair and whats going on with the webshop and resellers and my family and all cool and inspiring people Ive ...

15 mar 12 1 person likes this

The days before the fair

This week is all abut preparing for the weekend at the Fresh Fish fashion fair. The Cloo Collection booth will be quite different from the one we had in Copenhagen, this time it will be more like a l...

05 mar 12 1 person likes this

Brukets Design Fair

The day before yesterday, Sunday 26:th, I attended Brukets Design Fair in Mölndal. It was a stunning beautiful day with sunshine and spring feelings and so many great visitors came to the fair! Many ...

28 feb 12

Cloo Collection in South Korea!

Im so proud to announce that we have a new reseller in Asia - Habo.co! This site focuses on scandinavian design and just got their first shipping of Cloo Collection.In Swedish / På Svenska:Jag är så ...

27 feb 12

Good looking babies chooses Cloo Collection

Swedish/Danish blogger, model, singer and mother Anine Bing chooses Cloo Collection for her gorgeuos daughter Bianca. And the fashion queen of Gothenburg - Avenymamma - has the same trousers from The...

21 feb 12 1 person likes this

Busy times for Cloo

Its been loads to do since I got home from Copenhagen. New resellers, orders to send, great news about the Fresh Fish competition and planning for my stand at there. On top of all, my kids has been s...

20 feb 12

The Article in GP

Todays issue of GP (Göteborgsposten) features an article about my participation at Fresh Fish 2012. On the first page of "part 2", me and Ellen is showing some pieces of the first collection....

16 feb 12 1 person likes this

Cloo Collection at Fresh Fish 2012

Yesterday I got the greatest news - I will be one of the exhibitors and competing designers at Fresh Fish 2012. I think its the first time theyve accepted a designer of kids wear (but also I don...

10 feb 12 1 person likes this

Not working

Im having two days "off", resting and catching my breath after five intense days in Copenhagen. But "not working" isnt really my thing. I cant not check my email.. But at least Im not...

07 feb 12

Last day at CIFF Kids

Last day now and still really quiet and calm. The buyers that comes here has prebooked appointments with the big brands. But, the good thing is that there are so many great people to talk to here. Pe...

05 feb 12

Getting started

We are at Ciff Kids in Copenhagen and this is so exciting. Not that many visitors yet, but I guess it will be crowded this weekend.The trade fair is huge! And I havent even got the time to visit the ...

02 feb 12

Copenhagen

We had an awesome journey and didnt even drive to some off location (until We were in town looking for à parking spot and I ended up driving in the opposite direction, face to face with a BUS) Janna ...

01 feb 12

Travelday!

Im at the office for a quick stop before I go to pick up Janna and drive of to Copenhagen. FINALLY!My cold is a bummer, but I keep it down with drugs (not the bad ones) and treat my sore nose wings w...

01 feb 12

Good Neighbors

The best thing about sharing your office space with other companies is that you can use their competence. The rooms around my room are rented by App-developers, computer game experts, a great sound e...

30 jan 12

holding my thumbs and wiping my nose

This morning I woke up with a cold. This might be the worst time for me to get sick (I know how a bad cold affects me. Red eyes, red nose, sneezings.. the list can be long.) so on my way to work I dr...

30 jan 12

things I dont know

Its almost a year since I started to really calculate and become familiar to the numbers and rules regarding running my own business. It took a lot of effort to get the system in to my head, but afte...

28 jan 12

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