Sweden’s best bloggers were awarded by Veckorevyn last weekend and this year’s great winner is the 18-year old Foki who moved from Thailand to Sweden seven years ago. I think her blog and fashion style is very interesting and cool as it reflects her Asian background but at the same time many Swedish details.
In particular her outfit at the prize gala summarises this combination. On the one hand, a very dressed up Swedish girl wearing a tube top from Gino Trikot, a mini skirt from Melba and a hair bow from Monki (altogether Swedish shops). On the other hand, her neon pink and neon blue outfit clearly differs from the dark dresses of most other girls as it has this colourful Asian touch.
Her blog has a similar focus: Swedish with Asian influences. I like this style because I think it is very important to keep the roots as an immigrant. Sometimes I meet people who want to become more Svensson than the Swedes and I never understand why. Sure, integration is important but do we have to dance around a maypole and sing songs about little frogs?? Don’t misunderstand me. Celebrating midsummer is fun but I think that not even Swedish people expect us to become hardcore Svenssons. My impression is that many Swedes rather enjoy it if people from other countries can contribute new aspects to the culture of this country.
I think it is much more exciting to mix cultures than to copy them. Do it the Foki way! Even though her clothes and the content of her blog are a little bit too girly for my taste I think she does a great job when combining different cultures.
Congratulations, Grattis and Glückwunsch from Mareike!
Picture from Stockholm streetstyle feber
Good blog entry, I hadn’t been paying much attention to the Swedish fashion blogosphere before, mostly because I’m not that interested in fashion (especially women’s fashion, since I’m more interested in male fashion)… but this was a good blog to do a feature on. Foki’s style is a good mix of cultures and her own personality.
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Does Foki have to pay Royalties to Minnies Mouse fpr the clothing ideas????
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Well done Foki.
I hope to see more of her clothing ideas.
She should be encouraged as she is an asset to Sweden and is helping to build a cultural bridge with the far east.
She seems to be a very colourful character. I wish her well.
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