Remembering Margaret Bridgwater

Remembering Margaret Bridgwater

Miki had been delighted last year with the earrings I brought her from designer Margaret Bridgwater in Copenhagen; and distressed when she found one had escaped her ear during the day. In trying to replace it I discovered the spirited young designer died last November of leukæmia, only weeks after we had met her. Carpe diem. Her work is well known to her peers, and I was able to replace the earrings at the Galerie Hof in Kronprinsensgade and match it with a quirky necklace at the Galerie Metal in Nybrogade, where they still have a small stock of Bridgwater’s work.

Froken Lenes fornemmelse for sjov

There I met the lovely Lene Hald, whose own work is animated by a keen sense of fun. She has created brooches that give the illusion of a hole in the garment they’re attached to, simulating a glimpse of skin and underwear. Hats off to Hald!

The novel Froken Smillas fornemmelse for sne brought its author Peter Hoeg fame when translated and later filmed as Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow. Sjov is fun.