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Anthology of Finnish Fashion

Start Date 05 June 2015
End Date 20 September 2015
Venue Design Museum
Location Helsinki, Finland
Curator Liisa Jokinen and Suvi Saloniemi
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins on a catwalk

This anthology of Finnish fashion will consist of a selection of phenomena in fashion and the fashion industry from the 1950s to the present.

The exhibition asks how the development and conditions of Finnish society have been manifested in fashion – the postwar intellectual landscape, long winters, equality, the proximity of the Soviet Union, the economic boom, the technological engineering mindset, and the millennium.

The exhibition will feature a large amount of Finnish designers and brands:
Achilles Ion Gabriel, Arela, Com-pa-ny, Ritva Falla, Finsk, Marjatta Heikkilä-Rastas, I Know Why No, Riitta Immonen, Ivana Helsinki, Mauri Jormakka, Joutsen, Jasmiine Julin-Aro, Justus K, Karhu, Annikki Karvinen, Kirsti Kasnio, Sasu Kauppi, Ritva Kellokumpu, Sirkka Könönen, Laitinen-Rasakka-Siren, Irja Leimu, Lustwear, Satu Maaranen, Makia, Marimekko, Mattisen teollisuus, Minni f. Ronya, Vuokko Nurmesniemi, ONAR, Daniel Palillo, Panik, Minna Parikka, Jaana Parkkila, Plastic Pony, Pure Waste Textiles, Tuula Pöyhönen, Tua Rahikainen, R-Collection, Annika Rimala, Rinne Niinikoski, Pentti Rinta, Jukka Rintala, Anna Ruohonen, Heikki Salonen, Samuji, Hanna Sarén, Liisa Suvanto, Sophie Sälekari, Nene Tsuboi, Vainio-Seitsonen and Vuokko.

Image courtesy of Design Museum, Helsinki