the new icons

h&m new icons, leather jacket, hat, new yorkPictures by Mattias Swenson

BLACK/WHITE. Shot these pictures the other day for a fun collaboration with H&M where I got to style some of my favorite pieces from the New Icons collection. As you might have noticed, I have a soft spot for leather jackets & wide brimmed hats, so choosing my favorites really was a no-brainer.

I went for a simple, 70′s inspired look and paired the Icon pieces with a striped shirt + these insane wide legged pants (not part of the collection but too fun to pass on) and tried my best to channel my inner Lauren Hutton while strutting the streets of New York. Love how the pictures turned out and can’t wait for the collection to hit stores this week so I can snag a hat of my own!

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hello new york!

bimba y lola coat via fashionsquad.comPicture by Mattias Swenson

NYC. This past weekend has been one of the most fun, yet exhausting ones in a really long time. We’ve managed to move into our new apartment here in New York, squeeze in two trips to Ikea, assemble all the furniture + unpack all of our luggage, and even though we’re still nowhere near done decorating the apartment, it’s already starting to feel like home. Every morning when I wake up and look out the window I have to pinch myself in the arm, just to make sure I’m not dreaming, but we’re actually, finally, living here and I couldn’t be happier!

COAT Bimba & Lola. SUNGLASSES Céline. SWEATER Dagmar (here). BAG Proenza Schouler (here). JEANS Topshop. SHOES Stuart Weitzman.

Moving to NY!

carolina engman, new york, leopard coat

Picture by Mattias Swenson

NEW YORK.  I know I’ve been neglecting the blog this past week, but I’ve been preparing for something super exciting that I’ve been dying to tell you guys about! Right now my entire life is packed in boxes and on Friday morning I will be on a plane to my new hometown, New York. Am I nervous? Absolutely, but challenging yourself is exactly what makes you grow as a person, and this is an opportunity I wouldn’t dream of missing out on.

This weekend me and Mattias will be moving into our new apartment which doesn’t have a single piece of furniture as we speak, but I’m praying that our bed arrives on time so we won’t have to spend our first night in NY on the floor. I hope you guys will understand if the updates on the blog are a bit sporadic during the first few days but I’m so, so excited to take you with me on this adventure!

LEAOPARD COAT Zara (similar one here). KNIT Wera. BEANIE American Apparel (similar one here). BAG Proenza Schouler.

two of a kind

andy torres, carolina engman, stylescrapbook, fashionsquad, twins, kenzo, leopard, scandic grand centralPictures by Mattias Swenson

TWINSIES. When my best friend Andy was in town over the weekend, we joked about how we always buy the same things, often without each others knowledge. So, when we realized that we had almost identical outfits packed in our suitcases, we decided to have some fun with it. After obsessively googling pictures of creepy twin girls for an hour or so, the idea of this photo shoot was born, and I have to say, it was one of the most fun shoots I’ve ever done!

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