Posts Tagged ‘Fashion from Finland’

IvanaHelskinki brings Indian Summer to NYC


Posted: 22nd August 2011 by wordhack1 in Finnish
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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, [...]


Denim rules supreme at Liike in Helsinki

Liike, a shop in Helsinki, has just celebrated its tenth anniversary with an amazing group collection called Deninmalism. It’s not often that you get a chance to compare several designers’ signature styles in the same material and the same collection.


Designs for the independent Nordic woman

The collections under Liisa Kotilainen’s AINO brand are designed for kinds of women, not just the tall and pencil-thin model types. Accordingly, most AINO pieces are available in sizes from XS up to XXL


Lady Gaga gets Platinum shoes

When Lady Gaga visited Finland last week, her record label Universal decided that she should be rewarded for double platinum sales of her The Fame Monster album with a pair of platinum shoes designed by Minna Parikka.


Black Magic by R/H of Finland


Posted: 16th September 2010 by wordhack1 in Finnish
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RH is a new label from Finland by designer duo Hanna Riiheläinen and Emilia Hernesniemi which uses feminine cuttings, colorful prints, playful details “and a certain spirit of black magic.”


Nordic brands blast off at NY Fashion Week

Odd Molly of Sweden and Finland’s IVANA Helsinki, are staging runway shows this week at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Manhattan. This is the first time that fashion brands from Scandinavia have been on the official list in Bryant Park, running head-to-head with names like Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.


Nanso clothes on ordinary people


Posted: 13th September 2010 by wordhack1 in Cool photos, Finnish
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Nanso, the Finnish brand for elegant tricots, has an appealing feature on its webpage. Customers all over the world are invited to submit photos of themselves wearing a Nanso product.