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Why does all clothing for small infants have to look cute in a stereotypical way? Finland’s Tiia Vanhatapio turns conventional ideas about baby clothing upside down. She has for years made bold-colored outfits with a special twist for very young kids. Today she has added a series of outfits in black linen that would look perfect at [...]
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Something for your favorite little monster
Posted: 23rd January 2012 by wordhack1 in Finnish, Kids' stuff
Tags: baby clothing, Finnish fashion, Goth style, Tiia Vanhatapio
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Underwater Love: Not so good for suede
Posted: 9th January 2012 by wordhack1 in Ad Campaigns, Cool photos, Finnish
Tags: fashion photography, Minna Parikka, shoes
This photo taken by photographer Antti Viitala of some gorgeous shoes from Finland’s Minna Parikka sure makes some great eye-candy. Styling was done by Teri Niitti. The shoot was done for an editorial called Underwater Love for Finnish lifestyle magazine Image. But was it necessary to sacrifice the beautiful shoes in order to get the beautiful [...]
Tokyo gets a taste of Marimekko
Marimekko of Finland premiered its 2012 Spring/Summer clothing collection – Moments of Life in Helsinki – in Tokyo, in conjunction with the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. If you love the bright, bold colors and patterns which are Marimekko‘s trademark, you will not be disappointed.
“Never Mind” by Daniel Palillo
Designer Daniel Palillo, based in Helsinki, Finland makes clothes with a street-feel laced with a dark sense of humor. The women’s and kids’ outfits which are also part of his Spring/Summer 2012 “Never Mind” collection are just as wild. Inspired by the time spent in America, Daniel Palillo’s latest collection draws from the anarchy of [...]
Merimekko growing in big and small ways
Posted: 30th November 2011 by wordhack1 in Boutiques, Finnish
Tags: Finnish fashion, kiosk boutique, marimekko
The iconic Fnnnish textiles and fashion company Marimekko recently collaborated with Converse of the USA on a new line of sneakers. Earlier this week, Marimekko opened its first company-owned retail store in Oslo on fashion street Hegdehaugsveien; a new Marimekko store was launched in Stockholm’s Sturegallerian in mid-September; and in summer 2011 they opened a [...]
Design that makes you say “Wow”
Walking down a street in Finland on Monday, I glanced in a store window and saw this curvy furniture that stopped me in my tracks. Even though I was late for an interview, I had to take a quick look at the curvy beauties by Punkalive. Its no accident that Helsinki has been selected as [...]
Spraypaint animation from Finland
Posted: 31st October 2011 by wordhack1 in Finnish, Uncategorized, videos
Tags: Finnish animation, spraypaint, street art
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHFw4FPjx4&feature=player_embedded#!] Is this cool, or what?
Moi! The sound and form of Finland
Posted: 21st September 2011 by wordhack1 in Events, Finnish
Tags: Agent Pekka, Finnish design, Finnish fashion, Finnish pop music, Heli Tuori-Luutonen, Ivana Helsinki, Janna Syvänoja, Jasmiine Julin-Aro, Pekka Harni, Vertti Kivi
[slideshow]Helsinki, Finland will next year take over as “Design Capital of the World.” To celebrate that happy occasion, the Finns plan early next month to share their best sounds and design with their Swedish cousins. The art gallery of the Finnish Institute at Snickarbacken 4 will spotlight illustration agency Agent Pekka, interior architect Vertti Kivi, [...]
Knitting up a macabre vision
Posted: 25th August 2011 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Events, Finnish, Uncategorized
Tags: textile art
Finnish textile artist and designer Suvi Suikki combines pen-and-ink drawings made on hand-made paper with knitted fabrics, extending the possibilities of both media. She seems to operate in a grey zone between good and evil, the delicate and the grotesque. That is the description, at any rate, contained in an invitation I got today to [...]
IvanaHelskinki brings Indian Summer to NYC
Posted: 22nd August 2011 by wordhack1 in Finnish
Tags: Fashion from Finland, Ivana Helsinki, New York Fashion Week, Paola Suhonen
Looking at my window at a grey sky punctuated by a boring drizzle, I wish that an Indian Summer with above-normal warm temperatures would arrive in Stockholm. IvanaHelsinki, the stylish Finnish label, founded by the Suhonen sisters, will in any event be bringing a collection called “Indian Summer” to the Big Apple on September 9, [...]