Reykjavík Grapevine - aug. 2019, Síða 40

The Reykjavík Grapevine
Best of Reykjavík 2019
40
Böðvar Guðjónsson
Downtown figure
Describe your style in 5 words:
I can’t really. It’s nothing organ-
ised. Casual, streetwear, I don’t
know!
Favourite stores in Reykjavík:
Kormákur og Skjöldur. That’s
the only store I do business with.
They have their own design and
also brands like Universal and
such. There’s a lot of good stuff
there.
Favourite piece: A tweed suit
from Kormákur og Skjöldur.
Kristbjörg Lára
Gunnarsdóttir
Works at Wasteland
Reykjavík
Describe your style
in 5 words: Weird.
Mysterious. Colour-
ful. Weird (again).
Um… makes-peo-
ple-stare.
F a v o u r i t e
stores in
R e y k -
javík:
W e l l
I work in
Wa s t e l a n d ,
so… Wasteland. But
I just find things
here and there. I
shop on the internet
a lot, but I also like go-
ing to Kolaportið and
checking out Spúút-
nik, Húrra, Yeoman,
Ziska, and Aftur. I
also sew myself.
F a v o u r i t e
piece: Hair
is a big part
of your ego
so it’s my
f a v o u r i t e
piece. I love
c h a n g i n g
i t — m y
h a i r i s
o r i g -
i n a l l y
chestnut red
but I’ve had it
black, brown,
blonde, pur-
ple, silver, pas-
tel pink, purple
pink, with bee
stripes high-
lights, and my
favourite, which
is electric David
Bowie homage red.
I decide how I should
be dressed from how
my hair is. I get mine
done by Kristín Egilsdóttir at
Marmik Hair Salon.
Deff Starr
Drag queen
Describe your style in 5 words:
Cosmic. Chaotic. Supernatural.
Spiritual warrior.
Favourite stores in Reykjavík:
Spúútnik and Góði Hirðirinn
often have a lot of nice vintage
things that you can take apart or
customise. I also really like hav-
ing a look at what Icelan-
dic designers are doing.
I’m a big fan of MYR-
KA Iceland and I’m
currently working
with Darren Mark
and Auland on
some pieces and
they are great.
I also like to go
into KronKron
regularly to get
inspired. I told the
lady there that when
I’m rich I’ll come back
and buy everything. I
think she thinks I’m
joking.
Favourite piece:
For stuff that I have
made, it is probably
my shaman pon-
cho jacket with
pom poms on it.
Everything was
from a charity
shop and I made
the pom poms
myself. I didn’t
have a sewing
m a c h i n e s o
I h a d to staple and
hot glue it together.
O t h e r than that, the
headpiece I wore at the
last Drag-súgur show, which was
made out of a Japanese fan, silk
cherry blossoms, glitter-covered
sheep jawbones, and more. It’s
between those two.
SHOPPING
Reykjavík's
Fashion-Forward
Fancies
Words: Hannah Jane Cohen Photos: Art Bicnick
In Fancies, we feature the best of Reykjavík style, telling you
where those with supreme style shop and what they’re cur-
rently inspired by. With that in mind, we present everyone
from a drag queen to a fashion designer to a downtown
legend, all of whom will let us into the best of Icelandic fashion.
THE LOCAL BEERFUR SHOP

& WORKSHOP
Just a few minutes walk from
Laugavegur shopping street
Snorrabraut 56, 105 Reykjavík | Online shop - www.feldur.is | +354 588 0488 | @feldurverk