Louise Sandberg is a
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born fashion designer and polo player based in
London, UK.
In 2003 Louise started to collaborate with the St. Barth's based French designer Donale. Together they were among the first to bring out the concept of specific holiday and cruise wear fashion collections. This was the first time the kaftan was to be seen as a beachwear fashion item. The idea took off and within months the designs had a cult following being seen on celebrities including
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...
,
Heidi Klum
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and
Jodie Kidd. By 2004 Louise Sandberg was selling from her specialist boutique in London had also started selling online. She extended her list of designers to include the very best and most exclusive from the island of St. Barth's, including Vanita Rosa, Pop and Les Papoux. She also extended her range to include beach accessories like belts, jewellery, bags and beach hats.
In 2012, The Duchess of Cambridge announced that she was a big fan of Louise Sandberg’s kaftans.
Louise is an international polo player having played the game since 2001. She has played polo in many countries; Switzerland, Ghana, Argentina, Thailand, Spain and Iran as well as the UK where she is based. In 2006, Louise was part of the winning England Ladies team in Iran. Significantly, they were the first women to play openly in Iran for almost 800 years.
Family
Louise Sandberg is the great-great-granddaughter of the Norwegian impressionist landscape painter
Frits Thaulow
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
Biography
Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of a wealthy chemist, Haral ...
(1847–1906) best known for his landscape and water paintings. She is the great-granddaughter of the Danish film director
Anders W. Sandberg (1887–1938). Among the 42 films he directed are the groundbreaking silent movies ''The Golden Clown'' (1926) and ''
The Last Night'' (1928) starring
Diomira Jacobini
Diomira Jacobini (25 May 1899 – 13 September 1959) was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Goble p.475 She was the younger sister of actress Maria Jacobini.
Selected filmography
* '' The Shadow of Her Past'' (1915)
* '' The Rose of Grana ...
. Louise is also the granddaughter of the film producer
Henrik Sandberg
Henrik Sandberg (15 May 1915 – 19 March 1993) was a Danish film producer. He produced 39 films between 1955 and 1979. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the Danish film director A. W. Sandberg.
Filmography
* '' Charly & ...
(1915–1993), who produced dozens of post-war Danish comedy movies that are still watched today, notably the ‘Soldaterkammerater’ series.
References
External links
Official homepage
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Danish fashion designers
Danish women fashion designers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)