Galvin Green's Helena Lindhe has a fantastic ability to blend industry leading performance fabrics with a fresh and feminine look

"...I am a true believer in garments making you look and feel fabulous and being functional too (being brought up in Sweden where weather can change as you change socks...)"

Helena Lindhe, ladies designer for Galvin Green

GALVIN GREEN ladies design

By Alex Nicolson,Premium Golf

Meet GalvinGreen’s ladies designer – Helena Lindhe

Q. Howdid you get into fashion and golf? What is your background?
A.After graduating from University, with a major in Textiles, I worked withladies fashion based in Sweden, the UK and the Far East. When the opportunityarise to work with Galvin Green, I was quick to grab it as I am a true believerin garments making you look and feel fabulous and being functional too (beingbrought up in Sweden where weather can change as you changesocks...)

Q. What are your aims when designing the ladiesranges for Galvin Green?
A. The group of people working in thedesign process all strive at making the customer satisfied and happy using theGalvin Green range, both on and off course.

Q. What designfeatures are specific to the ladies ranges?
A. Soft materialsand a feminine cut. And it can be a challenge to make garments look great yetnot restrict you on the golf course.

Q.Do you collaborate with tour players when designing?
A. We canask our tour players to wear test new developments, to give thumb up or point atthe waste-bin. Or simply give feed-back helping us tune in the outermostperformance in a garment.

Q. What are the challenges youface when using hi-tec materials like Gore-Tex?
A. It isexciting to create garments with high quality/performance fabrics, withGore-Tex for example there are a few rules that must be followedto ensure it maintains its waterproofness.

Q. Galvin Greengenerally comes with a higher price tag than many other brands. How would youexplain the reason for this to a golfer unfamiliar with thebrand?
A. We have chosen to work with long lasting highperformance fabrics, such as GORE-TEX which can guarantee to keep you dry,carefully tested, and better factories to keep a quality level we can be proudof.

Q. What is the most satisfying part of yourjob?
A. The creative process, the teamwork and good spiritwithin the company.

Q. Which garment are you most proudof?
A. A favourite in the collection for Spring-Summer 2009 isthe GORE-TEX trousers with full stretch for ladies, AUBREY G4216 - full of nicedetails and with a great fit.

Q. How are the coloursselected for the following year?
A. We keep our eyes and earsopen to society, its people and media, we visit trade fairs and dotrend-spotting in major cities as well as on the golfcourse.

Q. Do you play golf?
A. Yes, I loveit (most of the time!).

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