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The strong cultural and kinship ties between Iceland and New Iceland were celebrated during the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba’s (IFM) Fashion Show on Aug. 2 at the Gimli Theatre.
The fashion show celebrated 150 years of New Iceland and welcomed special guests from Iceland including President Halla Tómasdóttir and her husband Björn Skúlason. It also featured Guðrún Hildur Rósenkjær
and Ásmundur Kristjánsson, whose
Iceland-based company, Ánnriki, specializes in making folk costumes and jewelry.
