Myssyfarmi’s tale is a good yarn

Finnish designer couple Olli Sallinen and Saana Sipilä have created their own brand to reflect the values they wish to see take over the global textile industry.

What started out as a harmless hobby for a stay-at-home mother is now a global fashion brand with world-renowned designers on board.

Finnish Marimekko and Japanese global apparel retailer UNIQLO have partnered up for a limited special edition collaboration collection.

Irene Kostas fuses together traditional craftsmanship, ethical materials and an urban, futuristic vision with her clothing brand ONAR. It is these unlikely combinations that have seen her designs gain global attention.

Finnish company Balmuir counts the likes of George Clooney, Tina Turner and the Swedish royals among its customers. Now the family-run company has set its sights on building a global lifestyle brand.

Aalto University’s undergraduate programme in fashion has been ranked the world’s fifth best in Business of Fashion’s annual Global Fashion School Rankings.

Home spa products by Finnish Luin Spa are now available in luxury department stores in Tokyo, Sapporo and Nagoya in Japan.

Sustainable outfits by Finnish fashion brand JOLIER are now available to Spanish fashionistas on Barrabés Neurica e-commerce platform.

The iconic Finnish design brand Marimekko showed off its own collection at the Paris Fashion Week, but received even more attention by featuring in Junya Watanabe Comme des Garcons’ spring/summer 2018 collection.

Finland-based peer-to-peer online flea market Netflea.com has expanded in Europe by launching its website in three new language versions: Polish, Dutch and German.