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Norwegian fashion gains momentum: “Designers have gained confidence and now want to be the best”

More than a fashion week, Oslo Runway 2025 was a stage for Norwegian culture. The shows took place at the city's most beautiful locations. Pearl Octopuss.Y's models walked through the Munch Museum, pausing along the way to view the art. Josephine Studio's jewellery was presented on a boat, with the blue water and fjords as a backdrop. Oslo’s...

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Days are numbered for Norway's fur farms

Baby minks, their skin still smooth and furless, snuggle up against one another under a pile of hay, letting out the occasional squeal: this sight will soon be a thing of the past at Norway's fur farms. The Norwegian parliament is due this month to adopt new legislation immediately banning any new fur farms and requiring existing ones to be...

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Retail

Moncler opens its first store in Norway

Moncler is moving forward in its plans to consolidate the brand’s presence in Scandinavia. After opening its first store in Stockholm, Sweden, in December 2017, the brand is now entering the Norwegian market with a retail space in Oslo. The new store, which spans over 320 square meters (approximately 3450 square feet) is located at Nedre...

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Fashion

Norway aims to slash subsidies to fur farms

Norwegian fur farmers denounced Tuesday a government proposal to slash financial support to the controversial industry and warned that it could lead to farm closures in vulnerable rural areas. The Norwegian government has proposed to cut 17.8 million kroner (2.35 million dollars, 2.1 million euros) in agricultural subsidies to the farmers,...