--- description: Find out why Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District is on TIME’s list of the World’s Greatest Places 2024. title: Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District: World's Greatest Places 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ad74d2010c71625/698a5920b21a9c386050a405/worlds-greatest-places-hornsgatan-slow-fashion-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 25, 2024 # Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District Stockholm by [Terry Ward](/author/terry-ward/) ## Terry Ward Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  People walk the streets in Stockholm’s Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District People walk the streets in Stockholm’s Hornsgatan Slow Fashion DistrictEmma Obrelius Stockholm has long been the de facto fashion capital of Scandinavia. Now the trio of fashionista friends behind a new shopping district in the trendy Södermalm neighborhood is working to make the industry more sustainable. Founded by [Stina Löving](http://www.instagram.com/stinaloving "undefined"), [Mikaela de Verdier](http://www.instagram.com/ems.secondhand "undefined"), and [Therese Forsberg](http://www.instagram.com/vintage.vitalite "undefined"), the newly dubbed [Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District](https://www.slowfashionhub.se/slow-fashion-district/ "undefined") is home to 19 secondhand and vintage storefronts in and around the main thoroughfare of Hornsgatan. Shoppers can scour racks of items from indie brands such as Katja of Sweden and Sighsten Herrgård as well as early-gen H&M pieces. “We wanted to build Stockholm as a slow fashion city,” says Löving, who creates new designs from cast-off vintage materials. “We saw the potential in Hornsgatan to work with local stores to push for slow and secondhand fashion.” The collective supports small makers of [ceramics](https://www.instagram.com/fuckedceramics/ "undefined"), [candles](https://www.instagram.com/time.to.candle/?hl=en "undefined"), and upcycled [jeans for kids](https://nimblepatch.se/en "undefined") by giving them platforms within existing shops to help build their businesses. There are also themed shopping weeks and pop-up events throughout the year. A map and self-guided shopping tour launched in April to make it easier for visitors to navigate among shops selling everything from [vintage Italian clothing ](https://www.instagram.com/napolicentralen/?hl=en "undefined")to [recycled gym bags](https://greenlittleheart.com/ "undefined"). Clothing rental and tailoring and alteration services in the hub also contribute to promoting a circular fashion economy as the way of the future. _Buy your copy of the World's Greatest Places issue_ [_here_](https://magazineshop.us/TIMEWGP24 "undefined") Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District: World’s Greatest Places 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992354/hornsgatan-slow-fashion-district/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992354/hornsgatan-slow-fashion-district/"},"headline":"Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District","datePublished":"2024-07-25T10:57:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:33:14.612Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992354/hornsgatan-slow-fashion-district/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ad74d2010c71625/698a5920b21a9c386050a405/worlds-greatest-places-hornsgatan-slow-fashion-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Terry Ward","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/terry-ward/"}],"creator":"Terry Ward","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ad74d2010c71625/698a5920b21a9c386050a405/worlds-greatest-places-hornsgatan-slow-fashion-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/worlds-greatest-places/","name":"World's Greatest Places"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992354/hornsgatan-slow-fashion-district/","name":"Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District"}}]}] ```