'Saftey Pins Chose Her': Meet the Fashion Trendsetter Who Is Making Heads Turn
- A graphic designer with a keen sense of fashion forwardness is attracting huge attention for her handiwork on social media
- The Swedish woman, Tonje Halvorsen, has crafted and perfected the art of creating fashion attire using only safety pins
- In a recent interview, Halvorsen detailed her journey with the object, giving curious fashion heads some interesting insight into how it all comes together
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A graphic designer from Stockholm, Sweden is setting the pace in the world of fashion with an unusual design choice.
Tonje Halvorsen is turning to safety pins as her weapon of choice in putting together a wide-ranging catalogue of outfits.
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A page on Facebook, 60 Second Docs, that composes a series of short documentaries profiling subjects and examining perspectives, trends and aspirations, among other things, recently put the crafty design fanatic under the spotlight.
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The page published a video exploring Halvorsen's handiwork. It garnered more than 1.3 million views in the one week since it was shared. The post was captioned:
"She didn’t choose safety pins. Safety pins chose her."
A love-hate relationship with the safety pin
Halvorsen detailed her journey in an interview and gave curious fashion heads some insight into how it all comes together.
"I don't see myself as a fashion designer. Actually, I hate fashion. I see it more like artwork or sculpturing; it's avant-garde. I love the safety pin," said Halvorsen.
"One outfit takes about 500 hours and it can be up to 125 000 safety pins. I leave trails of safety pins everywhere I go like glitter after a unicorn.
The Stockholm native said she feels guilt-ridden if she's not working with the safety pin and, at times, cannot sleep because she would be consumed by thoughts of them.
"Sometimes I feel like my art brings people together. I love safety pins but I also hate [them].
"My goal is to be able to make a living as an artist. I don't know how or when but, hopefully, no one will be able to see a safety pin without thinking about me."
Woman’s weird looking shoes go viral and spark hilarious reactions
In other bizarre news, Briefly News recently reported that a local woman might not have gotten the reaction she expected when she proudly took to social media to share images of a brand-new pair of shoes gifted by a partner.
Photos of the blue and orange ball-shaped high heels left some users convinced they belong in a sci-fi movie while others simply struggled to make out what the shoes were, hilariously comparing them to dishwasher tablets.
@brthnly hilariously said:
"daamnnnn they got the wicked witch of the west edition."
@HATULOVESYOU said:
"These are a fracture just waiting to happen. The only thing snapping will be your ankles."
Other users genuinely had no idea what the shoes were for as @_brexoxo_ commented:
"Genuine question: what are those? Are they like a phone holder or something?"
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