Tiia Vanhatapio 5 Year Jubilee Kick Starts Helsinki Design Week

Come and celebrate five years of Tiia Vanhatapio at inside yard of former prison, Hotel Katajanokka.

Free entry runway show on Thursday 26.8 at 19.00.

Hotel Katajanokka
Merikasarminkatu 1A
Take tram 4

Tiia Vanhatapio will be presenting her upcoming collection Druidess SS11 on 14th of September at the Nordic:New York runway show (listed in the official NYFW calendar) as a sponsored talent. The show consists of one designer from each Nordic country and it is organised by The King Collective, a New York based fashion sales and market strategy firm.

DARLINGS!

The summer heat is on and so is our wonderful sale. Everything - 30 %

“We’re havin a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The temperatures rising, it isn’t suprising
She certainly can, can can!”

(excluding the Vanhatapio Wedding & Made- to- Measure collections)

The Crown Princess Wedding on 19.6.2010

The Finnish commercial TV channel MTV3 will be hosting the live wedding festivities from Stockholm as Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria marries Daniel Westlingin this coming Saturday 19.6.2010 in Stockholm Cathedral.

Some two million people, including hundreds of foreign journalists, are expected for the big party within the city. Other hosts on this exclusive programme are the MTV3’s Good Morning Finland shows Sanna Kiiski and correspondent extraordinaire Kari Lumikero plus the fashion expert, designer Tiia Vanhatapio.

Chez Dominique, the only Two-Michelin-star restaurant in Helsinki, has just launched a pop up champagne bar with opened up windows designed by designer Tiia Vanhatapio, interior designer Hanni Koroma, flower shop Inbloom and ad agency Dynamo. The screens & windowsettings printed by Arazzo Oy.

www.chezdominique.fi

Diorama of Spring Love: Jezebel in Nordic Eden at Chez Dominique

As if by coincidence, the word diorama combines Dior and drama, both dear to Tiia Vanhatapio. Dioramas are also windows to another reality, imagination playgrounds.

The window displays are two scenes dedicated to love, vintage Scandinavian movie scenes and the theme is based on Vanhatapio’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection Jezebel, A Golden Girl with a Black Heart – temptress, a siren.

The dioramas have a strong emphasis on subtle eroticism from a voyers perspective; a nocturnal moonlight swim scenes in the classic Finnish films. It also drives from the acclaimed Mika Waltari’s film Witch Returns to Life.

The other window portrays the glowing euphoria of a newlyfound spring love, the other one is darker and more desperate on it’s theme. Enrobed pieces of clothing, a moment captured in time, supernatural vibe, loss of hope. Pleasure. Eden.

Tiia Vanhatapio will be exhibiting her AW10/11 collection at Paris Fashion Week at Atmosphère’s trade show, as the Official Nordic Selection of Prêt-à-Porter Paris.

Atmosphère’s (Prêt-à-Porter)

March 5th to 8th

Jardin des Tuileries
“Terasse des Feuillants”
75001 Paris

Opening hours: 9 am to 7 pm daily

www.pretparis.com/en/atmospheres

The winner of the Golden Hanger Award is selected by a jury consisting of respected Finnish fashion professionals. This year the jury was headed by Gloria magazine’s editor-in-chief, Riitta Lindegren.

The jury’s arguments for their decision are as follows: “Tiia Vanhatapio has brought forward her talent as a designer prominently and in a bold way. Her strong vision and the unique style of her designs have enabled her to create a recognisable brand image. Tiia Vanhatapio has also managed to make her products familiar to the general public, thus proving herself an exemplary fashion entrepreneur. She is a multitalented visionary – the kind the Finnish fashion industry has a dire need for.”

The Golden Hanger Award – presented annually since 1995 – is widely considered to be the most prestigious fashion award in Finland. The Golden Hanger Award was developed by the Finnish Fair Corporation in cooperation with Gloria Magazine, Stockmann department store and Fashion-Vateva.

The award can be given to a Finnish company or designer, whose collection or products meet the following requirements: up-to-date, high quality in design and materials, functionality, good price-quality ratio, exportable commerciality. Representing Finnish quality is also a key requisite.

The award was presented to Miss Vanhatapio at the Muoti 2009 fashion fair on Friday, November 13th at Helsinki Exhibition Centre.