Norwegian | Sascha Njaa Photography

Yesterday I started my short week here in Oslo at Oslo Fashion Week, covering both backstage and runway for Runway Passport.

Bjørn Christiansen (photographer), Tina Larsen (hair and make-up) and Marte (blogger) and myself took the trip from Trondheim down to Oslo on tuesday, playing lots of games to pass the time during the long drive southwards.

Yesterday was our first day at the shows, Bjørn got to cover Fam Irvoll’s collections (both of them) and Venti Uno, head over to his blog to see images from the runway. Also head over to Tina Larsen and Marte’s blog soon for their story and views.

I started the day at 15:00 with runway for Springbrett, a competition for new designers (images above).

Springbrett was followed by a quick trip backstage for White Baron, and lunch, before heading backstage again for the show itself.

Lastly I got to go to Galleri Riis on Tjuvholmen for Batlak and Selvig. Since I had a lot of sparetime between the White Baron show and Batlak and Selvig, I made my way over early to get a good spot and some time to rest… walked in, and surprised the designers as they were preparing their little show… a show without models, just manikins, and a path around them for people to walk along. I was sworn to secrecy but was allowed to snap the first photos of the collection, they were still painting a couple of the manikins as I got there.