What is your name and who are you? My name is Sara Gillies. I am half English and half Icelandic.

What do you do and why? I am an artist.

Webpage if any: http://sarag.tumblr.com/

Monday or friday? Friday.

Rain or sun? Sun. But sun with rain can be good.

Summer or winter? Summer.

Cats or dogs? Cats, I grew up with cats. But I love dogs too!

Tea or coffee? Coffee.

Pulsa or lifrarpylsa? Pulsa.

Stebbi or Eyvi? Eh?

A bag of candy or a plate of cheeses? Candy candy candy! Can't beat a blandi poki.

Who is your most loved character in literature? Cassandra from 'I Capture the Castle' by Dodi Smith. Woland from 'The Master and the Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov is also brilliant. 

Most beautiful movie ever seen? The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky.

What characteristics do you most envy in others? Decisiveness, I think.

If you could fly, where would you go first? Peru.

If I would give you a medal right now, what would it be for? Gibber gabbering (talking too much).

Favorite place in Iceland? Drápuhlíðarfjall, just outside Stykkishólmur.

Favorite place outside of Iceland? Cycling down the river Thames from Walton to Hampton Court.

Favorite thing to collect? Stationary.

Favorite flower? Mountain flowers in Iceland!

Favorite book? The Master and the Margarita.

Favorite villain? Stewie Griffin from Family Guy. 

Favorite sea creature? Seals.

Favorite name? My cat's name, 'Kisa'!


Favorite smell? Clean sheets that have just come off the washing line.

Favorite song of all time? Oh man, that's hard. Right now it is 'I only have eyes for you' by The Flamingos. 

Favorite film by your favorite director? Alice by Jans Svankmajer and I also tend to love Wes Anderson films. They make me feel at home.

I asked my installation girls to do a bit of a q&a for me and first up is Gunna. She's wearing a Milla Snorrason top and shorts. 

What is your name and who are you?

My name is Guðrún Heiður Ísaksdóttir and I'm mostly human.

What do you do and why? Many things to try them out.

Website:  www.facebook.com/byssukisi

Monday or friday? Friday.

Rain or sun? A little bit of both.

Summer or winter? Winter.

Tea or coffee? Coffee.

Pulsa or lifrarpylsa? I'm a vegetarian.

Stebbi or Eyvi? Who?

A bag of candy or a plate of cheeses? It depends.

Who is your most loved character in literature? Dracula.

If you could fly, where would you go first? To space.

Favorite place in Iceland? The old cemetery down town.

Favorite flower? Peony.

Favorite book? The Alchemist.

Favorite villain? Dracula.

Favorite smell? The smell of the seasons.

About two weeks ago I participated in an art workshop called Vinnslan and presented an installation in the form of a Milla Snorrason unconventional fashion show. I gathered a nice group of my girlfriends who are all working in an arts related environment and asked them to wear my clothes whilst chatting and drinking tea (or wine out of teacups later in the evening). 

It was such a fun evening and people seemed to really like seeing the clothes on......"non model" girls. How do I say this without sounding weird? Normal girls? Real women? Anyways they picked their outfits them selves, styled them selves and looked absolutely amazing! For me the whole point was for people to be able to come and see these talented and smart women wearing Milla Snorrason clothes in a relaxed environment which was a complete opposite of a loud and too cool for school fashion show. I'll show you more pics later and even tell you a bit about the stars of the show.

 More backstage pics from my show. 

We're renting out our apartment this summer to travelers. If there's anyone out there who's planning a trip to Reykjavík our house is in the heart of the city and the apartment is real lovely. Check it out here. 

Some backstage pics from the show shot by my friend Sóley.

Sooooo I'm back! Here you can see pics from my new collection taken by Friðrik Örn. I'm very happy with the results and I think I got good responses. Now there's loads of work ahead of me but I'm not gonna bore you with details.

You can also see some more photos on Nowfashion.com and a review. In the next days I'll post more pics including some backstage stuff and some insights into the ideas behind the collection. Hope you'll like it!

Oh and here are the songs I used for the show. I found the music to be really important to portray the atmosphere I wanted. I asked my boyfriends to find my loads of songs that were really silly but also quite cool and I picked these three:

#1: Nao va se perder por ai by Os Mutantes -such a silly and cool song and I found it absolutely perfect for the atmosphere.
#2: Muleskinner Blues by Fendermen -this one makes me laugh every time I hear it! (Which also made me a lot less stressed during the show!)
#3: And this great song by Adriano Celentano describing how english sounds to italians. So funny and check out the amazing video!