Design Forum Finland - Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Recently stopping in to the Design District in Helsinki to see designer, Tiia Vanhatapio, we discovered the Design Forum Finland Shop.
Tiia's Store has been remodeled, uncovering 1920's stone floors. Signature Red curtains hang along the burnt gold walls. Tiia tells the story of the Black Wedding Dresses. How her recent business has picked put in the bridal section with black bridal dress requests. She says that back in the history of courts and royalty, that women would want to wear again their dresses so they chose black as it would weather better.
Tiia Vanhatapio, as sultry as her modern Dark Couture devotees.
The signature line of Tiia Vanhatapio merges a lifelong passion for feminine vintage atelier style and couture. Focusing on special occasion pieces like flirty dresses, tempting evening wear to reindeer fur and quirky baby couture line Quelle Jolie Bébé!
Praised for modern cuts, it makes sure there's never femme quite as fatal as you. Obsession for all things macabre, seductive and subculture oriented. A strange fruit among the clean-cut Scandinavian brands. Her lines are a stage adorned by a clientele of headstrong women, socialites, models, young couples and proud grand parents.
"All she wants to be is
petite pale and intriguing"
18.06.2008 Tiia Vanhatapio in two major design exhibitions
Thiis summer Tiia Vanhatapio is participating two major design exhibitions - Fennofolk at Design Museum (Korkeavuoren 23, Helsinki Finland) between 11.6.-28.9.2008 and Glocal Shopper at Design Forum Finland (Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki Finland) between 13.6.-31.8.2008.
Read more at:
www.designmuseum.fi
www.designforum.fi
Tiia Vanhatapio was honoured to dress the newly named editor-in-chief of ELLE Finland Mirva Saukkola for the launch event of the magazine on 16th of April 2008 in Helsinki.
The Design Forum Finland have picked a winner for sure with Tiia.
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