PFW: Marimekko Spring/Summer 2019

October 2, 2018

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Travel from Barcelona–Paris sponsored by Renfe-SNCF

[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Marimekko is the iconic textile Finnish Maison which, during the 50s, took the risk of putting art into its fabrics. The risk became the brand’s signature and launched a whole new life for its beautiful textiles.

For the Spring/Summer 2019 collection at Paris Fashion Week, Marimekko unveiled an artistic collection at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. I had the opportunity to see it first hand and up close thanks to Renfe-SNCF who provided me with a fabulous travel experience aboard their trains from Barcelona to Paris.

Models walked and posed like a magnificent editorial under the subject “BOLD BY NATURE” – a living exhibition of art and fashion waiting to be explored.

It was a depiction of the power of nature and its beauty sculpting the fabrics in the form of printed flowers, black and white chessboards and other sweet psychedelic combinations. There were romantic long and soft, voluptuous dresses with globe sleeves, which fit for every shape; there were smart printed suits to empower you at the office; and there were jackets and long soft coats in a variety of prints to appeal to the contemporary woman.

Most of the patterned, woven fabrics in the collection were printed at Marimekko’s in-house factory in Helsinki, where around a million meters of fabric are printed every year. The printing mill serves both as a factory and as an innovative hub for Marimekko’s creative community.