Last chance to enter our Lotta Jewellery Giveaway

We teamed up with Lotta Jewellery and Sweden With Love for an exclusive Giveaway.

Don't miss your chance to participate - today is the last day.

From "Sweden With Love" - "For this month’s giveaway, I’m pleased to introduce you to one of Sweden’s most prominent jewelry designers, Lotta Anderson of Lotta Jewellery designs. Lotta believes in creating jewelry that captures the elegance of vintage designs. She finds her inspiration in nature and art, but is particularly influenced by the mystery and beauty of the city of Paris. Her unique and timeless pieces can be found in more than 20 countries worldwide.

The Lotta Jewellery giveaway is for a gorgeous sterling silver necklace (retail $113.00 plus tax). The 36” long necklace consists of a delicate handmade sterling silver flower bud with a golden branch and clover leaf detail. It makes for a unique holiday gift for yourself — or for someone you love!"

To enter - just click on the link - easy as pie;

http://www.swedenwithlove.com/2013/11/giveaway-lotta-jewellery/

Swedish triathlete Lisa Norden in by Billgren...

Love these beautiful lifestyle images of by Billgren jewelry worn by Swedish triathlete Lisa Norden, Olympic Silver Medalist and ITU World Champion. Reminds me of riding my bicycle on warm Swedish summer days to take a dip amongst the waterlily pads in a murky pond.

Photos by Catarina Axelsson

by Billgren in UNVOGUE Magazine

By Billgren in UNVOGUE Magazine

Stylist: Rudy Reed

Photography: Harol Baez

For more information check out the by Billgren site - www.bybillgren.com

See what's going on in Portland, Oregon this weekend...

Anna Sukardi teams up with Roozt.com

Conscious Consumerism - a favorite topic of mine in conversations with family, friends, colleagues and strangers alike. Around the world, people like you and I are paying more and more attention to the impact of our actions and choices.

Anna Sukardi is doing their fair share and to be able to do even more, together, we have teamed up with Roozt.com.

 

If you're not familiar with Roozt.com, it's time to head on over to their web site and discover for yourself what they're all about - join and make a difference.

Check out the brand new Anna Sukardi store at http://www.roozt.com/Anna-Sukardi/index.html

Get a head start on Fall/Winter 2013 at the Atlanta International Gift Show

We're showing the Swedish jewelry designers Anna Sukardi, by Billgren and Lotta Jewellery. See you there!

by Billgren jewelry featured in Vagrant Magazine

Thank you to stylist Rudy Reed for featuring by Billgren jewelry in the April/May 2013 issue of Vagrant...

Stylist: Rudy Reed

Photography: Haley Ballard

Unisex by Billgren bracelet style# 8209

Reflecting on the Swedish Mannequins...

When the topic of the mannequins at the Åhlens department store in Malmö, Sweden, came up last night at the dinner table, I realized I hadn't given it much thought. Yes, of course I had seen the photo on Facebook but it somehow seemed very normal to the Swede I still am. I'm not even sure I would think twice about the mannequins walking past them, in a Swedish store that is.

The image, posted on the Women's Rights News Facebook page a week ago, has gone viral with over 62,500 likes and more than 19,000 shares. Even the Swedish media has felt obliged to pay some attention. Not so much to the mannequins themselves, but to the worldwide interest and reaction.

When asked about the mannequins by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, a representative from Åhlens in Malmö simply answered that they use different types of mannequins in different sizes because their customers are all different. An obvious and normal way to set an example, one that most women probably can relate to, and still, why do we women not demand this from everyone, everywhere? We are all unique, individual  beauties.

Kudos to my fellow Swedes for causing a controversy and a discussion around the perception of the female body.

Original image posted to imgur.com

Sofia Talvik in Lotta Jewellery

Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik brought her 2 year tour of the US to a close in San Francisco. A chance meeting of Swedish beauties - Sofia Talvik in concert wearing Lotta Jewellery.

Listen to a track from Sofia's latest album "The Owls Are Not What They Seem":

Sofia Talvik - The Garden

Do you moustache?

Today I went to San Francisco for a business meeting and afterwards dashed in to Nordstrom's coffee shop to grab a quick cup of coffee before taking the BART back to the office.

Johan Billgren is featuring moustaches in his brand new jewelry line "by Billgren" as an homage to the current trend of moustache wearing models on the runways. Reminded me of the growing awareness of Movember.

While waiting for my cappuccino I casually looked around the counter and there, staring back at me, were a whole row of the latest Nordstrom's coffee cups with, yes, moustaches.

Made my day - brilliant design idea - don't you think?

Check out more of Johan's fun moustache jewelry and the rest of the "by Billgren" collection at www.bybillgren.com

Photo from Yohji Yamamoto's Paris Menswear show by Getty. All jewelry from "by Billgren".

by Billgren being presented in New Zealand

Our NZ distributor of by Billgren - Click Accessories - will be presenting Johan Billgren's new Spring/Summer collection at the NZ Gift Fair

March 2 -5 

Auckland, New Zealand

Showing this week in Atlanta and San Francisco...

by Billgren - stay cool my friend

New year - New beginnings - New brand

and a giveaway...

by Billgren - the Swedish jewelry brand formerly knows as Tree by Billgren

Start the new year in great fashion with the new brand from Swedish jewelry designer Johan Billgren. New stuff for both guys and girls - each one gets their own catalog so there's no confusion and no fighting over the loot.

Please visit and "like" the new by Billgren Facebook page for your chance to win your piece of the new collection. For each new 100 likes, by Billgren is giving away 10 pieces of jewelry to 10 lucky winners. Giveaway is valid for the first 500 likes, what are you waiting for....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/By-Billgren/273402369438867