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HYGGE LIFE CREATES COZY
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ronounced hoo-ga, Hygge is the Danish art of creating joy and coziness in life’s everyday moments, whatever season or time of day. Alexandra Gove and Koen van Renswoude started Hygge Life in Amsterdam in 2014 after an inspiring trip to Copenhagen, where they discovered this inviting art of interior design. Gove says a hygge home is not about decorating to perfection or spending endless amounts of money on furniture and accessories, it’s about filling your space with things you love and creating moments in those spaces. “We look for items that, first of all, we love and that we hope will spark joy in others’ every day lives. Items that will create special, cozy moments,” she says. “We want people to step out of bed onto a soft sheepskin rug each morning and smile while wrapping themselves in a beautiful warm blanket. It is not about decorating your home to perfection, but instead about finding things that speak to you, inspire you, remind you of wonderful moments and that you can share with all the people you love in your life.” — Kim Fuller
In addition to the interior decor shop just west of Vail, Colorado, Hygge Life is available online at www.hyggelife.com.
Wanderlust: FIND YOUR TRUE FORK
This kitchen staple has yummy recipes for vegans, vegetarians, omnivores, and everything in between — but it's not just a cookbook. It also answers all the questions you have about eating a healthy, whole foods diet by explaining how to start an urban garden, providing composting techniques, and demystifying biodynamic agriculture.
www.wanderlust.com/ find-your-true-fork
GLYDER'S DEBUT
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Formaone fabric is gold
he best apparel easily pulls on — and then we don’t notice it exists at all. Point up: Glyder Apparel’s High Waist Pure Legging is so buttery-soft, light-as-afeather and smooth that after a sweat-drenching 100-degree hot yoga session or traveling halfway around the world from Colorado to France, I was reluctant to take them off. The design features the brand’s newest breakthrough textile, Formaone, which took 18 months to perfect, said Glyder Apparel Owner Stuart Solkow. The secret behind this nylon-spandex blend? An extremely fine 40-gauge (read: stitches per inch) knit pattern achieved with slim-yet-durable fibers (imagine rice noodles versus linguini) that are tightly woven via slender needles. After a garment is knit, both sides of the fabric are delicately micro-sanded. A sheer touch (check: it’s not transparent) and invisible stitch are the end result. Solkow — who is also the U.S. President of Vortex International, a company that creates private label activewear
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for retailers, and has spent 25 years in design merchandising and sales — launched the Tustin, California-based brand in 2012, in response to the So Cal explosion of pilates, yoga, and dual-fitness studios. His central goal was to deliver cutting-edge fabrics in chic, totalitarian designs to the performance crossover crowd. “Compared to the 100-year-old denim market, this space is in its infancy. Fashion is important but designs also have very specific fabric and fit needs. There’s a long way to go,” said Solkow. He’s ready for the challenge: up next, the Formaone lineup (two leggings, capris, and a crop top) will include color and laser-cut silhouettes in spring 2018. Glyder also plans to evolve products for the yogi-outdoorswoman, said Solkow, with a checklist that includes durability, snag-free styling, and performance features such as pockets. —Morgan Tilton
www.glyderapparel.com
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