Ivana Helsinki

Ivana Helsinki (styled IVANAhelsinki) is a Finnish fashion company, founded by designer Paola Suhonen and her sister Pirjo Suhonen in 1998. Paola's design ideology of aesthetic, genuine everyday-use fashion clothing has gained widestream support. IVANAhelsinki carries line of fashion clothes with reputation for Finnish hand labor, high quality materials, bright colors and in-house print designs. IVANAhelsinki's factory is in Lahti, with a flagship store in Helsinki.

In 2007, Ivana Helsinki was the first Finnish company ever to participate in the Paris fashion week.

In 2010, Ivana Helsinki was sued by Ivana Trump for "trademark infringement, unfair competition and violations of privacy and publicity rights" for using her first name.

References

External links

• - web page for the IVANAhelsinki fashion house

• Design Finland, 24.9.2007,
• Fashion Finland, (article about catwalk show in Helsinki with lot of pictures)

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