Alba Forma

This weekend’s photoshoot was something special, a combination of dance and fashion. We had a beautiful collection from Linn Kristina Design by Linn Hermander that were custom made for this photoshoot. Her speciality is clothes in white, where she focuses on form and texture avoiding distractions by colours. With us were also the dancers, Heidi Salminen from the Royal Swedish Ballet, and Sarah Plate Ellis, from Balettakademien.

The Movement Collection

A collection solely inspired by the movement of a body with pieces either following the body, mimicking the body or showing the body. Created to enhance the motions and get life from dance.

Linn Kristina

We started indoors for the first part of the photoshoot. You could feel the excitement this morning, there was something special to have a new collection of clothes made specially for the dancers.

Sarah Plate Ellis wearing “The pull away top” and “The asymetrical skirt” created by Linn Hermander. Photographed in natural window light, it was a bit cloudy, but bright enough to illuminate the different layers of fabric in the dress.
Heidi Salminen wearing “The long sleeve top” and “The fly away pants” by Linn Hermander. I really loved the long sleeves, which gave us so many creative options.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing “The long sleeve top” and“The see thru pants” created by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing clothes created by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing“The long sleeve top” and“The see thru pants” created by Linn Hermander.
Linn Hermander wearing clothes created by herself. (Technically only the trousers in this photo were made by Linn, but they did look great).
Heidi Salminen wearing “The body” and “The lightness skirt” created by Linn Hermander. We decided to add some feathers also into this photo. Linn is standing on a chair just out of frame on the right with her fists full of feathers.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing “The long sleeve top” and “The see thru pants” by Linn Hermander. We left the Green room for a few photos in the terrace room where the sun was shining through the linnen curtains.

After a late lunch we decided to head outside to Viggbyholm to take advantage of the clear blue skies and the magic of the golden hour. It was quite cold so we set a timer on the mobiles to not be tempted to shoot for too long. The week before, and now the week after we had and snow and cloudy skies, but just this weekend we were lucky and had cloud free skies.

Heidi Salminen in “The simplicity tank” and “The asymetrical skirt” by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing Linn Hermander’s “The long sleeve top” and “The fly away pants”. This was the place to really shine for this dress, where the wind helped bring it to life.
Sarah Plate Ellis, clothes by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis, clothes by Linn Hermander.
Heidi Salminen wearing “The simplicity tank” and “The asymetrical skirt” created by Linn Hermander.
Heidi Salminen wearing clothes created by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis warming up before the last round of outdoor photos.
Sarah Plate Ellis flying. “The long sleeve top” and “The fly away pants”  designed by Linn Hermander.
Heidi Salminen wearing “The body” created by Linn Hermander.
Heidi Salminen wearing “The body” and “The lightness skirt” created by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis in “The simplicity tank” and “The fly away pants” created by Linn Hermander.
Sarah Plate Ellis wearing “The see thru pants” by Linn Hermander.

Behind the scenes video from our photoshoot:

Many thanks to Linn, Heidi and Sarah for a fun photoshoot! To see more of Linn’s clothing designs, check the Linn Kristina design‘s instagram page. There is also an interview with Linn on Tillskärarakademien’s webpage.

Instagram: Linn, Heidi, Sarah, Johannes

— Johannes

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One Comment

  1. Jens
    January 25, 2021
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    The clothes are wonderfull especially worn by so professionell models and dancers. Nearly breathtaking flow of light and structure.
    Great job Linn-Kristina, all models and photographer!

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