Part 6: Road to Sweden with Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth

So who better to spend the Christmas holidays with than Alexander Skarsgard and fashionista girlfriend Kate Bosworth. And where better to spend Christmas than Sweden, which claims to be the home of Santa Claus. And, so dear hearts, please join us on our journey to the land of trolls, meatballs, and minimalist furniture...



1. Stockholm. Upon our arrival in Stockholm, we are taken to our hotel, the Rival Hotel, owned by Benny Andersson. That's right Benny Andersson of ABBA. We personally love ABBA, so we are quite excited (ok maybe not Mr. Fashionista so much, but we have certainly caught him singing Lay All Your Love on Me while watching Mamma Mia). We our led to our suite, which is beautifully decorated in gorge blonde Swedish furniture (but the fancy kind, not the kind you assemble yourself from a box a la Ikea) and a complimentary ABBA cd to listen to during our visit. Our suite overlooks Mariatorget, aka Maria Square, and we can just see the statue of Thor, covered in snow, from our balcony. Mr. Fashionista and I settle in and decide to change clothes and get nice and bundled for a day of sightseeing in the tundra. It's a little after noon, and we only have a couple of hours of daylight left, so we make our wardrobe change quick.

Kate Bosworth in Jil Sander

Kate Bosworth recently attended the 2010 Hollywood Style Awards in the Jil Sander t-shirt ball gown, which we looooooooooved at Milan Fashion Week. Not everyone loved this like we did. And, as we sit here today, we're actually a little torn. We still very much like the idea of this very simple dress, turned elegant ball gown. And this may be sacrilegious, but there is something very J Crew about this dress (which is not necessarily a bad thing). We also think Kate looks young, fresh and fashion forward and better than the model as she actually fills the dress out.


But we kinda wish Kate had styled her look just a bit differently from the runway show and jazzed it up just a bit, with a sparkly statement necklace or some giant diamond studs. Of course, maybe that would defeat the purpose of the whole dress as an exercise in simplicity? What do you think readers? Perfect as is, Terrible all around, or Add some sparkle?