One question I get a lot, is “what inspires you”? This questions makes me actually quite tired, I feel like a rock hits my head and I just get very, very sleepy!

But I can easily tell which women I’d like to wear my designs. Yes please!

Roisin Murphy

Tilda Swinton

Isabella Blow (and yes, I dyed my hair blue years before I knew about I.B.)

Bjørk

Lynn Jaeger

Mimi Wedell (remember Stanford’s lovely grandma? …”he’s a fruit!!”)

Erin O’Connor

Rossy de Palma

If I make a rough approximate, 50 % of my closet contains my own designs and 40% is vintage, second hand and ‘hand-me-downs’. The remaining 10% are shoes and garments I have bought because I really wanted them, and saved up. Like my dear Vivienne Westwood pumps from 1988,  luxury cashmere tights and stockings from Vera & William and some eally cool designs from Daniel Sørensen and Fam, to name a few. My future investments will be something wonderful by Batlak & Selvig and Dries van Noten (which will take years, though).

However, I’m a happy owner of some selected pieces from the many different designer + H&M collab, and my latest catch is of course something from Sonja Rykiel pour H&M. I love her knits, stripes and colours, but I limited myself to choose 1 item only:

Mmmmmm, love the colour and the shine. Come spring!

Vera & William

Daniel Sørensen

Fam Irvoll

Batlak & Selvig

Dries van Noten

Vivienne Westwood

We’re pleased to announce that our new spring/summer collection will be available at Excess Female in Sandnes and Zenon, Aker Brygge (Oslo) from early March.

At that time, we will also re-launch our web shop, please follow link:

www.tinahshop.com

All photos: Lisa Lindøe

Model: Hannah G/Pholk

Danish ELLE, February issue:

Follow the link!

Thank you,  ELLE

Let me introduce you to my oldest child: Ella, 13. Her main interests are drawing,writing short stories, reading, role playing and media (she’s been acting on TV and movies for 7 years), but her passion above all is Japan! In ANY way! Manga, animè, cosplay, music, clothing, books, language - you name it. And the great thing is, that I’ve had no influence on her at all, rather than -hopefully- motivate her to develope her own intrests, even though they are way different than her class mates. The Japan-craze started at the age of 8 or 9, and she has really been, like, studying everything Japanese since. We spend most summers in Florida, and whenever we visit Disney World, she likes to hang out with the girls working at the Japanese Pavillion (even though Norway is also represented there). I think she’ll shortly be ready to take a Master!

Helping out at Samsaya’s event at Designerkollektivet 10 year old and on the catwalk  for Baron von Bulldog’s fashion show East End Boys, West End Girls & Terror Kidz

At Oslo Fashion Week, together with Fam and mum

At Oslo Fashion Week 2007

Cosplaying Suiseiseki

The original characters from Rozen Maiden

On the catwalk for Esmod graduation show (photo: Dagbladet)

In Fam design

At the Nina Jarebrink show 2008

For the premiere  of The Devil Wears Prada, 2006

Ella & Samsaya

Cosplaying Hina Ichigo

The original character Hina Ichigo

In tina h winter 2010 campaign (photo: Jan Erik Svendsen)

In tina h winter 2010 campaign (photo: Jan Erik Svendsen)

In tina h winter 2010 campaign (photo: Jan Erik Svendsen)

All pictures: Henne.no

Thanks to:

Marianne Haugli – choreographer

Linda Sande/Pudder – styling

Aslak Hartberg/Marianne Haugli – music (and Peter Løchstøer for the lovely Japanese melody)

Kari T Søreide – backdrop animation

Linda Wickmann & crew – make up

Camilla Eldegard/Eirik Thorsen & crew – hair

Tobias Arnø/Sunniva A Korsnes/Sarah – assistant

Bianco – shoes

Richard and my family for help and support

All photo: Copenhagen Fashion Week

Thanks to:

Norwegian Fashion Institute

Marianne Haugli – choreography

Claes Hogedal – music

Aina Hussein & Kari T Søreide – backdrop animation

Adam & Eva/Eirik Thorsen & Sigrid Hesle

MAC/Live Apelland & crew

Richard & my family for help and support

Ahead of Copenhagen Fashion Week, NRK  (National TV) came to see me and talk about the collection -and expectations- before the fashion show at Gallery + Oslo Fashion Week.

Watch the program here!

In 2008, my buddy and colleauge Daniel Sørensen and myself spent over 3 months together in China, to support each other in finding fabric suppliers and manufacturing to establish each our brands. We finally realized that China was too big for small designers as ourselves, but we sure came back to Norway with lots and lots of experience, memories and pictures.

What I actually miss, is the food. There are so many different kinds of flavours, due to the size of the country and all the regions. We lived in the South,  dominated by the Cantonese cuisine. However, I find the flavours of  the Hunan kitchen so much more interesting. But it was a struggle in the beginning, though, due to their massive use of chili (they put chili in ALL dishes!).

The view from our flat!

Pearl River by night

Rowing competition, shouting and extreme amounts of fireworks! No idea what they were celebrating, but it seemed to be huge! 

Sub-tropical rain!

We didn’t mind the rain, the surroundings was so beautiful.

Crazy traffic!

We cought a glimse of the Olympic torch passing by, from the 30-something-floor.

A beautiful garden inside the University Sun Yat Sen.

Danny killing time…

Sunday activity: pedal boats

We chose the red bear

And then there were food, lots of it and quite interesting…

No taste and super-sticky!

Durian fruit, smells like s**t, tastes like banana-pineapple

Chicken & rice in banana leafs – very good

Korean fried pot, my fave!

I have really no idea, but I remember that we did NOT order! We chose fish instead!

Chicken feet… mmmm.

Soup with black chicken

I had never seen black chicken before…

Back home again, after 4 busy days in Copenhagen. We had many visitors that found our collection interesting. Especially after our show, people came by to have a closer look at details and finishings of the garments. The show went really well, by the way, we got very good review in Dansk Daily + feedbacks from different stylists.

We were so lucky to work with a fantastic team: choreographer Marianne Haugli and hair stylists Eirik Thorsen + Sigrid from Adam & Eva. Live and her MAC team created a wonderful make up look, and we got help from no less than 10 dressers! DJ Claes made the music and artists Kari Søreide and Aina Hussain illustrated a beautiful backdrop. Bianco generously lent us the shoes.  A warm thanks to Gregersen PR agency and Norwegian Fashion Institute.

Richard just before “take off” from Oslo, stuffing the car like a turkey! He didn’t even have any extra room for buying any tax free on the boat!

Ready for Copenhagen!

Sweet Marianne Haugli, on the Metro in Copenhagen. The train has no driver!!

Final destination: Gallery fashion Fair, Copenhagen

And the catwalk!

Marianne instructing the models.

Sigrid & Eirik from Adam & Eva

Bianco shoes

Live from MAC

Mira and Margret, assistants from heaven!

Richard and Raghav, the handy hunks.

Almost time now …