Posts Tagged ‘Ivana Helsinki’

Moi! The sound and form of Finland

[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, [...]


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, [...]


IvanaHelsinki and Ivana Trump feud over


Posted: 19th January 2011 by wordhack1 in Business news, Finnish
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IvanaHelsinki, one of Finland’s most popular and successful fashion brands, is no longer in legal conflict with Ivana Trump, the former wife of real estate mogul Donald Trump.


Sneak preview of Ivana Helsinki 2012


Posted: 3rd January 2011 by wordhack1 in Fashion Photography, Finnish
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If you happen to be in vicinity of New York City on February 17, by the way you might have a chance to see a catwalk show of new collection by Ivana Helsinki. The Finnish brand is for the second time on the list of the prestigious Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NY


Ivana Trump lawsuit a publicity stunt


Posted: 21st September 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news, Finnish
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The attempt by Ivana Trump to stop IVANA Helsinki from staging its runway the Mercedes Benz Fashion week in New York was a publicity stunt, according to a lawyer representing Paola Ivana Suhonen, the creative director of the Finnish brand. Ivana Trump, the former wife of real estate mogul Donald Trump, had claimed in a lawsuit that IVANA Helsinki had improperly used her Ivana trademark.


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.


You can’t trust Scandinavian brand names

One of Sweden’s clothing chains—Kappahl– announced this week the launch of a new line called “Hampton Republic 27” which the company’s design and purchasing manager said was “a declaration of love for the good life and the classical fashion for the American man.”


IVANA Helsinki makes splash in Copenhagen


Posted: 25th August 2010 by wordhack1 in Finnish
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Before the runway show of IVANA Helsinki started during Copenhagen Fashion Week, a film was shown in which a sad-eyed young model strolled about a granite shoreline in various cute outfits looking longingly at the ocean. This fit with the theme of the Finnish brand’s S/S 2011 collection, called “Where the Fuck is my Sailor.”