I'm a long-time fan of Ivana Helsinki.
It's a slow fashion brand founded by Paola Suhonen, a young Finnish designer who started up the business with her sister back in 1998. They soon became well-known for their quirky clothes and retro prints and
nowadays Ivana Helsinki is quite a big name in the fashion industry, having
participated in the fashion weeks in Paris and New York. Fortunately though, the main
concept, "homemade in Finland", has remained pretty much the same: the brand produces unique
pieces and small-series clothes and homeware that are made in Finland or elsewhere in
Europe.
Ivana's flagship store is still located in Helsinki, so
while I was visiting the Finnish capital during my Xmas escapade, I popped into their Classics pop-up store to find these little sweeties. Red velvet, girlish bows and cute little bambies -
couldn't really resist the temptation, could I?
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