9-5: How House of Dagmar’s Karin Söderlind and Sofia Wallenstam Find Inspiration in Each Other

The Swedish sisters keep their styling fresh through travel, reading magazines, and looking to other fields of design, like interiors, to stir the mind. And while their wardrobe is anchored by much of their own designs, investment pieces come in the form of accessories and jewelry: Chanel pumps for Söderlind, Saint Laurent loafers and a Cartier Baignoire for Wallenstam, The Row Margaux bags for both.

See how Wallenstam and Söderlind find inspiration in each other, with a full week of their looks, below.

Effortlessly Polished Separates for Everyday

Karin: This is an everyday look for me. I’m wearing our [oversized] button-down shirt which has asymmetric buttoning, which is very big and comfortable. I have it on with a pair of black, loose-fit jeans and a pair of Chanel shoes.

Sofia: I’m wearing loafers with our classic suit trousers that we’ve had for about eight to ten years in the collection—they’re pleated and quite dressed up, so to make it feel more relaxed I [wore it with] a white tank with a leather jacket and a gold belt.

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Perfect Knits and Jeans

Sofia: I love to wear denim with a knit sweater. But to make it a bit more elevated, I usually wear a heel and some nice earrings so I don’t feel so casual. I always want to feel very relaxed. I’m not known to dress up too much, but I want to look nice but in a very relaxed way.

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Power Dressing With Ease

Karin: This is another everyday office look with jeans and a blazer—it’s my take on power dressing. The blazer makes it feel more dressed up but there’s a lace top underneath which I can wear to dinner with friends—I’ll just take off the blazer to make it more casual.

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Opposites Attract

Karin: I’m wearing our polka dot blouse here with jeans. I used to not wear so much denim, but ever since we started our own denim line, I wear denim so often. We learned a lot from a former Levi’s designer on how to create the perfect fit.

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Sofia: I never want to feel too dressed up, I always need to tone it down. So for example I wouldn’t wear a blouse with the suit pants. [Karin] tends to be a bit dressier than me. I feel like she could easily sit in the office wearing the dotted blouse. I wouldn’t wear this top office, but I would probably wear it when I go out at night.

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Winter Color Combos

Sofia: I love to wear white jeans in the winter. I almost love them more in the winter than in the summer, to be honest. I think it adds something to the blacks and the browns, a freshness. I’m wearing it with Khaite boots, a bag from The Row, and our long blazer coat, which I wear almost every day. It’s such a good coat. I wear it to work, for dinner, etc. It can be a dress, a coat, a blazer. I wear these shoes a lot—and the bag as well. It fits my whole life. I bring my workout clothes in there, my computer, and all the things I need for the day.

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Karin: I’m wearing suit pants here in a caramel color with our short black jacket; it’s one of our most popular styles [of the season]. It turned out so well. It has a bit of rounded, moon shape [in the front]. And I love how the fitted shape is styled with bigger pants. This is also the first season for these pants, which are menswear-inspired, so they sit a bit low on the hip. You feel so cool in them [as opposed to] when they are high up on the waist.

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Keeping it in the (Handbag) Family

Karin: We like the same type of bags, so we have a The Row Margaux each, but [Sofia] has a size bigger in the brown suede and I have the black leather. It’s kind of funny. I’m wearing the shearling jacket here, which is new for the season. I like short and long jackets equally, but sometimes it’s nice to have that [proportion] of a shorter jacket with bigger pants.

Sofia: I love tonal dressing, whether it’s grey on grey or beiges and whites—I [like to play] with similar shade ranges.

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