Designer Profile
The Hands Behind Acne Studios's Pink Scarf
Jonny Johansson stands in the Stockholm atelier on a Tuesday in February, holding a length of wool that has been dyed, washed, and redyed until the pink sits somewhere between salmon and coral. He is not alone. To his left is Emma Svensson,...
## The Fitting
The Fitting Jonny Johansson stands in a whitewalled room on Norrmalmstorg, pinning a sleeve on a model who is not moving. The fabric — a woolsilk blend, dense but not stiff — falls two centimetres past where he wants it. He adjusts. The m...
## The Room on Floragatan
The Room on Floragatan Jonny Johansson stands in a studio on Floragatan in central Stockholm, midway through a fitting. The model wears a rawdenim jacket with sleeves that land just past the wrist, a proportion Johansson has been adjustin...
Portrait: the creative director at Acne Studios
Jonny Johansson stands in the Acne Studios atelier on Torsgatan, holding a jacket sleeve between his thumb and forefinger. The sleeve is too long. He doesn't say this — he folds the cuff back twice, pins it, and waits for the pattern cutter...