After a few tips from readers, I can confirm that Swedish socialite Malin Bergfors
(girl's name Malin Kansakangas) is indeed the stylish woman behind the Instagram account of 'Up Close and Stylish'.
She is married to a wealthy man of the Swedish 'Max Hamburgers' fortune, and resides in Stockholm.
At first I couldn't say with 100% certainty that Malin Bergfors was indeed Up Close and Stylish,
and I was a little skeptical about it, but a reader tipped me photos that indeed shows that this is her.
Here she is (on the left):
Malin Kansakangas - on the left.
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This side shot of Malin dancing shows her iconic Cartier bracelets and a side-pose she often posts on IG.
Proof that this is her wearing the Pucci tunic:
With her all-time favorite Birkin bag:
Another verification picture of Malin:
Wearing a River Island purple blazer and a Hermès medor clutch:
Again her blue Birkin bag, and a fur coat (she has a lot of them we can see on Instagram!):
Some other face shots (with the blue Birkin bag sitting beside her):
And a series of other pictures of her:
She wears a bow in her hair very often, and her body is unmistakanbly Up Close and Stylish:
Photos of her 2007 wedding from a Swedish gossip website:
More pictures found:
Wearing her emerald green Marni cardigan.
Wearing her orange Chanel cardigan.
Photos of herself she has on Facebook:
Malin in Miami with her daughters' godmother.
This photo of herself on the beach she has as Facebook cover photo.
The pictures on the right she has on Instagram.
And then this beautiful picture of herself and Little Miss Sunshine.
Wearing this Dior leather jacket.
In May 2015, she attended the Dior Cruise 2016 fashion, sitting front row and posting this pic of her outfit:
Dior posted a picture of the fashion show, in which you can see Malin sitting front row.
And other picture of 'Up Close and Stylish', at the fashion show.
A lot of followers and fans of 'Up Close and Stylish' immediately spotted her.
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Have you spotted this fashionable lady on Instagram?
She’s easy to discover on the social media network with over 600,000 followers,
but hard to know more about.
The nameless and faceless blonde women prefers to stay anonymous while sharing her great style.
Alaïa dress, Louboutin Pigalle rose gold strass 120mm and Hermès Medor clutch in tundra.
Alaïa dress, Hermès Medor clutch in Tundra and Cartier jewelry.
Chanel dress, Louboutin python 'Un Bout' 120mm and Hermès Himalaya Birkin 30.
The only thing we really know is that she is pregnant and engaged :)
Oh yeah, and that almost every woman would kill for the contents in her closet!
Weekly she posts a 3-view picture of herself of what she’s wearing.
This Cartier-loving, Hermes bags-collecting, has posted over 1500 perfect
stylish looks you can draw inspiration from.
Cartier 'Ballon bleu' (size large), Juste un Clou and Hermès bracelets.
Ranging from top of the line Chanel pieces, to vintage Givenchy,
to her unbelievable Christian Louboutin collection, would make Imelda Marcos jealous.
Here are a few of my favorite looks from ‘Up Close and Stylish’:
Fendi dress, Louboutin Pigalle spikes 120mm and Hermès Birkin 35 So black.
Giambattista Valli jacket, D&G vest, Joseph shirt, Lanvin necklace and Hermès Birkin 35 in Gris Tourterelle.
BCBG feather jacket, Elizabeth James tee, H&M jeans, Louboutin 'Pigalle' 120mm heels and Hermès Birkin 40.
And some more favorite looks:
Stella McCartney jacket, Forever 21 jeans, Christian Louboutin heels and Hermès Kelly 35 in Ultra violet.
Sole sisters! Louboutin 'Lady Peep' spikes 150mm.
Iro jacket, Zara tank top, Rag & Bone suede pants, Charlotte Olympia heels and ostrich Hermès Birkin 35 in Bougainvillea.
And some more...
Gucci dress, Louboutin 'Unbout' 120 mm and Celine bag.
Miu Miu earrings, Iro jacket, Alexis top, Hermès Birkin 30 (Himalaya) and Cartier bracelets.
Givenchy blazer, 3.1 PhillipLim top, J. Brand jeans, Louboutin 'Pigalle' 120mm and Hermès Birkin 35 'So black' and bag charm.
Her shoes...
Louboutin 'Geo pump' 120mm in blue kohl/bronze.
Louboutin 'Armurabotta' 120mm.
Brain Atwood 120 mm heels.
Her bags...
Céline open front knitted vest-pullover with leather pockets, Forever 21 tank top, leather leggings, Louboutin Swarovski 'Gozul' flats and Dior's 'Lady Dior' bag in size large.
Dolce & Gabbana dress, Valentino flats and Hermès Birkin 35 (in Gris Tourterelle) with a Louis Vuitton bag charm.
Zara jacket, Marni knit with side zippers, H&M tank top, AG maternity jeans, 3.1Phillip Lim boots and Louis Vuitton bag.
The accessories...
Lavin Cool ring, Cartier watch.
Essie's 'Fiji' and Louboutin 'Lady Peep' spikes.
ALL SO PERFECT!
Céline shirt, Alice & Olivia leather pants, Louboutin 'Pigalle Spotlight' 120mm, Gucci clutch and Lanvin necklace.
J. Crew hat, H&M tank top and jeans, Chloè cardigan, Louboutin 85mm suede boots and Chanel 'Boy bag'.
Givenchy silk top and open toe boots, Alice & Olivia leather pants and Hermès 'Himalaya' Birkin 30.
And some wise words:
Images all courtesy of instagram/upcloseandstylish
- XOXO -
Update: I got a tip from a reader that 'Up Close and Stylish' is in fact a Swedish woman named Malin Bergfors.
The fact that she's Swedish could be plausible, as she has a very Scandinavian build and look to her.
If you type 'Malin Bergfors' into Google images, you'll find many different women, but two pictures stood out to me:
(sorry for the small images)
Same body-type, same hair, but most important, same clothes! Clothes 'Up Close and Stylish' has worn.
Looks very similar doesn't it?
Here are some earlier photos in which she shows a little of her face:
I think she a very pretty girl!
Update #2:
If you type in "Up Close and Stylish face" into Google search or images, you'll find theses photos (scroll down).
I just want to clarify that this is NOT 'Up Close and Stylish'!
This is in fact Dutch socialte/soccer-wife Sylvie Meis-van der Vaart.
Sylvie is more tanned, has different hair (thicker), known for her dramatic weight loss whereas 'Up Close and Stylish' looks like naturally slim, and has a VERY different clothing style.
Sylvie is also known for being very short, wheras we all can agree that 'Up Close and Stylish' looks very tall and legs that go on forever.
The comparison was drawn due to this fur coat 'Up Close and Stylish' has posted,
but if you'll look closely, it's not the same fur.
47 comments:
Very nice. Do you know who she is or have face photos?
As far as I know she doesn't have any face-photos, and I haven't figured out who she is yet!
Xx Daniëlle
Her name is Malin Bergfors, 36 years old and lives in Sweden with her 64 years old husband Kurt Bergfors, who is in a wheel chair. He's the owner of the fast food restaurant MAX hamburgers in Sweden... She was first his care taker. She's a trophy wife.... and married him for the money. They live in the most expensive apartment in Sweden.
This is a very clever well done post! 👍 Everyone is curious to know who she is, behind that luxurious closet - with you're little investigation, I think we now have a good clue!
Except the jewelery in the face photos are not right. She never takes off her wedding ring and cartier bracelets so I dont think its the girl in the photos...
If you zoom in on the picture where she's wearing the leopard dress, you'll see that she is wearing her wedding ring.
She is definitely a golddigger, despite she knows how to spend all that money into a perfect style, I unfollowed her on Instagram due to her post that her custom made Pigalles were not as she wanted to and she made a real fuss about it describing her shoe-problem in 40 sentences. Get a life.
Hi
Her name is Malin Bergfors and she is married to an old fart in a wheelchair, i live in sweden and so does she. You can write malin bergfors weddin on google and get a face photo.
I also have pictures on my blog of her
www.improveme.se/xoxo
Her name is Malin bergfors and she is from Stockholm. Her husband is Kurt Bergfors born 1949! He is multimillioner, the owner of Max a swedish Hamburger chain. He have two sons in the she of his wife Malin. She is known as a goldsigger here in Sweden. She was his nurse before they got married he is in wheelchair and takes her fotos in instagram.
She posted pics while pregnant, did Mr Max Hamburger at 64 was able to procreate?
If you typ in 'Malin Kansakangas' into Google, you'll find 'Malin Kansakangas Bergfors'-references.
Kansakangas might be her girl's name before she married.
Great post! Thanks for the "investigative" expose
Thanks for sharing. it's good to have a face to the many photos she takes. I must say it can be annoying not seeing the face
I stopped following thinking she was using fakes...
Now it makes perfect sense why she refuses to post face pics. A hard 36 yrs old with terrible skin, thinning over processed hair and unattractive features (see nose). However, the woman has fantastic style and an out of this world wardrobe. And if she's ok with having to mount an old man in a wheelchair for it, good for her.
I have been DYING to know who this woman is! Thanks so much for this post! She has 1.2m followers now! Crazy!
Couldn't agree more. Totally makes sense why she covers her face. Her features are too large and her hair looks (as you observed) over-processed. Stringey and dated as well. It proves that no matter how much you dress up a nag, she's still a nag. Nice clothes and shoes, though. 😊
Heyyy if you search for Malin Bergfors in Instagram you'll find a girl with her Instagram private but the profile picture is little miss sunshine!
She is not pretty! Only her outfits!
First of all, great post, I bet a lot of people wanted to know who she was, I wanted! ;) I've been following her in IG for a while now and I'm in love with her wardrobe, I mean, who isn't? I don't think that married someone for money is a sin, I sincerely don't care if she did it, good for her! It's pretty clear that in the first pictures is her but in the wedding pinctures, mmm, i don't know, they look familiar but it doesn't seem to be the same person to me... and other thing, some old post shows her outfits and she said that they were "date night" outfits, i don't know, may be i'm wrong by don't imagine her husband as a man in a wheelchair, and what about little miss sunshine? I mean is an old man in a wheelchair able to procreate?? They seem to travel a lot to...
Her mission was to create a style type blog Diary that could be an inspiration for others. She has a greet sense of style, edgy and elegant. Never vulgar.
Addendum: the more thought i give it, the more I'm compelled to think that her style is what people were most curious about. She always puts together outfits that look just right. She is sharing her sense of style. With over 600,000 followers i think its safe to assume, she knows how to inspire and get people wanting to know about her private life.
She is ugly!!!!
And one more coincidence, both Malin and Up close have the same breed of dog
https://www.facebook.com/jessepresley.bergfors/photos
Picture of a dog in a leopard shoe Up close shared and now we find it here. Not to mention this account is befriend with Malins sister Sabina.
Thts why she wanted to be anonymous
She's a classic gold digger. Her IG account is great, but that doesn't change the fact that she preyed on a weak man (low self esteem from needing a wheel chair due to accident paired with classic mid life issues) for ONLY monetary gain. Here's the classic gold digger MO: marry wealthy man who let's you freely live your life and spend his hard-earned money wastefully. Get pregnant! This is key bc it guarantees you money in the case of death and divorce. That's why you always hear how they "want kids". Live your life as though husband doesn't exist. Notice that she is never with her husband in real life or in her non-IG pics.
She's a well-paid and stylish prostitute. How's that saying go? You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig...
Wow, such harsh and vile comments on her appearence. I think she has great style, and it very obvious she wanted to remain private, but curiosity pushes folks to put someones private life out there. I'm always inspired by how well she puts together her outfits and accessories. Her private life is of no concern to me.
I absolutely love her style. She is amazing I know what she looks like now and it changes nothing. Love Malin and keep styling
Here are some more pictures of her:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153355825688109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434734129.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153355825598109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434734129.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153355825353109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434734129.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153353775743109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434734129.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153216282123109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434734129.&type=3&theater
Yup, this is her!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153227122173109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434834782.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153353775743109&set=pb.581543108.-2207520000.1434834782.&type=3&theater
Her husband is handsome, and very young looking. She is beautiful, stylish and discreet for not looking for publicity! Stop being haters!!
I love her style but her husband is in a wheelchair and oldddddddd...gasp
xxxx
OMG people here are so nasty and cruel!
why do people have to comment on her personal life and get nasty. Women are the biggest haters of other women and then turn around and complain about inequality. Big hypocrites!
Try to like one another first.
Who cares who she has married and how much money she is getting. Looks like she is enjoying her life. Her husband is in a wheel chair.. Big deal!! I am sure he doesn't care for your pity! My friend is in a wheel chair and is living a happy and fulfilling life. Are you saying people in a wheel chair or old people do not have a right to married or have kids??? Should they just hide and die????
you call her a gold digger… every girl dreams of marrying someone successful and worthy! Someone who can provide and these days, everyone wants luxury.. yes you too!!!!
Never heard of any girl wanting to marry a bum off the streets!!
She is not in IG to preach about her life. She is showing her style and if you can't stand her, then don't follow her. It's that simple. The good old argument about freedom of speech etc is BS! Nasty comments are just bullying tactics online!
People who write nasty blogs and comments are cowards! Such jealousy and hatred for people who are doing well.
Good on her for getting married to who ever she chose, having a beautiful girl and living her dream.
lastly I don't think she gives a shit about what people think anyway!!
She blocked me on ig after we had quarrel about her shoes lol I said her shoes were not the right size and she just could not take it and start to attack me and than blocked me :))) arrogant bitch
she is in real life very sweet and loves her husband very much. So please stop being so negitive and respect everyones choices in life
Totally agree! I mean she obviously has a talent, EVERYTHING that she posts is very pretty and elegant, not every person with money is capable to achieve that, many are tacky (Kardashians) or boring
Love her style, don't care who or why she
Married her husband, and neither should anyone else.
This is pure jealousy. She is not ugly at all. She has a pretty face. She looks happy and enjoying herself. She is a gold digger but lot of woman are even the woman who marry the average guy they don't love and won't leave him because he provide. She is gorgeous and have a great style .
Get inspired by her style or just stop following her and stop the hatred not good for your face 😊😊😊
I think it's jealousy. They see her, with her gorgeous style and they are just dying with jealousy cause they can't have her life. And deep inside they want her life her 2 millions followers; Birkin bags and louboutin shoes. And she does have a gorgeous body and she is beautiful. Totally agree with you, we woman spend so much time criticizing each other ... we are going nowhere.
I am happy for her and will continue to get inspired by her great style
People care in the same way that they do about any person of notoriety. Everyone who comes on here and claims they don't care is being hypocritical, as they ended up here searching for who is she is! In today's society, people admire women who live luxurious lives for no reason other than the fact that they can buy designer goods-it's pathetic. So many comments on here point to her being stylish and happy and having "worked for her money". Yes she is stylish. But her advocates are no more sure of her happiness than those who claim she is a gold digger. One thing is certain: she didn't work for her money-it's not even hers at all. That said, a woman who is the care taker for a man 45+ years her senior, then falls in "love" with him, rarely is the man poor... while we don't know for certain, if I was a betting man, I'd put my money on married for money more than love. All the women who say "who cares if she married for money" on here are probably the ones who are jealous and hoping for the same come up. The people who say she didn't work for it, are likely the people who do work for it and resent those who dig for it.
Perfect ! Bravoooo! Shut UP lamers AND just still joying my swedish girl
If i can do the same , seriousli... I really do the same , who cares!!? Give me my money , take my soul AND go shopping.
Im materialist n love it
All she followers are materialist , what the F! Are thinking ??
Her skin Is..
Her shoes are...
She does ir might dont...
Lot of shits , just enjoy her ig. AND dont be a poor líer
Yes my english sucks , so?
She is beautiful and has a great sense of style. I wish i could steal her wardrobe.
She just posted her same Facebook profile photo on her Instagram but cropped out her upper body. She basically just 100% confirmed she is Malin Bergfors. Her Facebook is really easy to find by the way it's the same name you search and it's already the first result.
Wow! People are so jealous and nasty. Who cares where or how she got her money from . The woman have an impeccable style and she didn’t hurt anybody. I don’t blame her for not wanting to show her face and chose to remain anonymous, look at the reactions she got from people. I love love love her sense of style, so classy and elegant. She obviously have inspired other fashion bloggers. I’d say haters gonna hate and keep on doing your thing girl.
Aahhh! She’s not pretty. That’s why her face is hidden. But i love her style.
I’ve always wanted to know what her face look like. I’ve been following her for years and I love her style. Today, I decided to google her Instagram name and came across this blog and finally I see her face, lol!
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