A Swedish success story in the French fashion and luxury industry

THOMASINE - Creative Swedish entrepreneurship in Paris

Presentation by Thomasine BARNEKOW followed by a Semmel-fika (typical Swedish February pastry) !

Thomasine Barnekow, glove designer and couturière extraordinaire, graduated in conceptual product design at Li Edelkoort’s Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands and was selected as a talent at the Italian fashion competition ITS#SIX which introduced her to a career within the French luxury glove industry.

Her brand THOMASINE was founded in 2008, it challenges traditional craftsmanship by creating a new style of gloves.

The brand is continually featured in international press: Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Numéro, L’Officiel and Elle but also exhibited in prestigious museums all around the world: Les Arts Décoratifs Paris, MoMu Antwerp, LACMA Los Angeles, Dallas Contemporary Texas, MoCA Shanghai, Platform-L Seoul.

Important couture collaborations are made parallel to the ready-to-wear collection with major French fashion houses, the Paris National Opera, cinema productions and contemporary artists.

Last autumn 2019, Thomasine opened her first boutique in the heart of Paris at 23 Galerie Véro-Dodat, in the 1st district, in one of the historical Parisian passages next to Louvre.

Read more about THOMASINE : http://www.thomasinegloves.com/about.php

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THOMASINE couture: SOUL SHADOWS
Photo: Benjamin Taguemount