Fashion in Helsinki

December 2024

FASHION IN HELSINKI 20.5.-25.5.2025

 

20.05.

Sofia Ilmonen “Formations” exhibition (20.05 – 01.06)

Opening event: 20.05. at 17.00, open for all

Location: Architecture & Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki

Sofia Ilmonen’s exhibition “Formations” explores the future of clothing through modular design, where garments constructed from square pieces can be endlessly reconfigured to adapt to changing needs and styles. Challenging the notion of fashion as fixed, the exhibition celebrates adaptability, creativity, and sustainability. It invites visitors to imagine a wardrobe that evolves with them—fluid, expressive, and ever-transforming.

Opening times:
Monday closed
Tuesday 11–20
Wednesday–Sunday 11–18

Instagram: sofiailmonen

KOE25 Fashion show

Time: Doors 19.00, showtime 20.00

Location: Paasivuorenkatu 3, Helsinki

“LAB Muotoiluinstituutti”, The Institute of Design and Fine Arts at LAB University of Applied Sciences in Lahti, showcases annually the talent of upcoming fashion designers. KOE25 presents the graduate collections of around 10 designers. Each collection is the result of research for their graduate thesis. The collections include themes ranging from history to the present day and future—with sustainability and circular economy playing important roles. Topics include making garments from discarded umbrellas, waste materials and dog hair. Shame, symbolism, heritage and questions on identity are also among the versatile research questions and the final collections. KOE25 also presents looks and concept collections designed by third-year students. Free entry, but RSVP required through a link later.

Instagram: koefashionshow

More information: susanna.bjorklund@lab.fi or LAB.KoeFashionShow.@lab.fi
koefashionshow.com

21.05.

Fashion in Helsinki Runway Show

Time: 20:00

Location: Merihaka, entry from Sörnäisten Rantatie

Fashion In Helsinki 2025 showcase is an immersive experience presenting the latest collections of the most innovative emerging fashion talents from Finland. The annual event is produced by creative brand consulting company Juni Communication. Creative director of the show is Minttu Vesala.

Link to the show last year

Designers: Industry Muscle x Latimmier /  Rolf Ekroth / Sini Saavala / Linda Kokkonen / Hedvig

The collections are presented by an individual and diverse Helsinki cast. Paparazzi Model Management, The Sisterhood, Icon agency, As You Are Agency and Brand model management. Hair team lead: Miika Kemppainen; Makeup team lead: Jenny Jansson. Show takes place in Merihaka, the brutalist architecture pearl of Helsinki.

More information: miia@juni.fi

Tickets: holvi.com/shop/helsinkinew

AMOS REX SS25 Shop (21.05. – 02.06)

Location: Amos Rex, Mannerheimintie 24-25, Helsinki

Creative products from Finnish new era creatives. Curated specialties, unique crafts and limited editions. Vivid selection from accessories, clothes, magazines, fashion art, queer, music, print. Entry is free.

Opening hours:
Mon–Fri: 11–20; Sat & Sun: 11–17

22.05.

Transformation Talks by Fashion in Helsinki and Scandinavian Mind

Time: 09:00 – 10:30

Location: Bio Rex, Amos Rex, Mannerheimintie 22–24, Helsinki

Schedule:

9.00–9.45: Fashion in the Age of AI – Exploring how artificial intelligence, generative AI, and LLMs will change the fashion industry from data sharing to marketing and branding.

9.45–10.30: Commercialising Creativity – Discussing how creative minds transform innovative ideas into commercially viable products.

Speakers: 

Meital Shapira – Menswear Buyer, Printemps

Kieran Long – Director, Amos Rex

Alexander Krantz – Head of Women’s Wear, MM6

Robin Schulié – Merchandising Director and Consultant

Registration required: Register here

More information: miia@juni.fi

Fashion in Helsinki Showroom (from 10.30 until 17.00)

Location: Bio Rex, Amos Rex, Mannerheimintie 22–24, Helsinki

Joint showroom for top Finnish brands.

Entry: By invitation or by appointment (miia@juni.fi)

Näytös/Näyttely25 – Aalto University Graduate Show and Exhibition Grand Opening

Time: 18:30

Location: Näyttely25, Aalto University, Väre, Otaniementie 14, Espoo; Näytös 25, Aalto University, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Espoo

The annual show features graduating BA and MA students in Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design. Aalto University’s fashion programmes are noted for their distinctive approaches to materials and practical methods. In 2021, these programmes were ranked fourth best in the world. Alumni work at many leading fashion houses and institutions.

Instagram: aalto_fashion

Tickets: Tickets available from 24th April onward

Opening hours:
Mon–Fri: 10–20; Sat: 10–17; Sun: Closed
Private events: 21.05. 17.00–18.30; 22.05. 18.30 onward; 27.05. 17.00–19.00

More information: aalto.fashion and aalto.textiles

23.05.

Finnish Fashion Awards

Time: 20:00 – 23:00

Location: Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13e, Helsinki

By invitation. Finnish Fashion Awards celebrates the country’s fashion and design industries, highlighting categories such as New Talent, Branding, and Sustainability.

More information: miia@juni.fi

By Hinders presentation

Time: 14:00 – 20:00

Location: LOKAL-gallery, Annankatu 9, Helsinki

By Hinders invites you to a collection preview of Growing Pains – the fourth collection from the unisex brand. This presentation marks the beginning of Chapter Two in the By Hinders journey, built on reflection, reconstruction, and emotional resilience. The installation explores transitional states through materiality and silhouette while continuing the brand’s commitment to ecological production and Finnish craftsmanship.

Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Konstsamfundet rf
Exhibition period: 24.05.–31.05.2025 (Tuesday–Sunday, 12–19)

Instagram: byhinders

AMOS REX SS25 Helsinki lookbook

Time: 17:00 – 18:00

Location: Amos Rex Museum, Lasipalatsi Courtyard, Mannerheimintie 24–25, Helsinki

A moving exhibition of wearable art—a progressive fashion show presenting 50 new generation designers and the looks on the mounts of Amos Rex. Curated by Minttu Vesala.

Yinka Ilori “Transparent Happiness” exhibition

Time: 17:00

Location: Amos Rex, Mannerheimintie 22–24, Helsinki

Amos Rex is a future‑oriented museum that champions the next generation and its cultural landscape. Internationally acclaimed British Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori is invited to create a public installation that transforms the museum’s iconic mounds into a participatory artwork.

Social Fabric Exhibition at EMMA museum

Time: Opening event 23.05 between 17:00 – 19:00, exhibition ongoing until 07.12

Location: EMMA museum, Espoo

The exhibition opening event is on 23.05. at 17.00–19.00, open for all. Celebrate the opening of Social Fabric—a new exhibition exploring the multifaceted phenomena of fashion in collaboration with the Nordic fashion organisation ALPHA. It features 11 contemporary designers and artists from the Nordics and Northern Europe, examining fashion through garments, textile art, sculpture, and film. An EMMA Talks event with curator Ane Lynge-Jorlén and two featured designers is scheduled, along with the unveiling of a new fashion collaboration for the EMMA Shop.

Opening times:
Monday: closed; Tuesday: 11–17; Wed–Fri: 11–19; Sat–Sun: 11–17

24.05.

AMOS REX SS25 Dokument (24.05.–25.05.)

Location: Bio Rex, Mannerheimintie 24–25, Helsinki

International fashion documentaries of inspiring industry icons. Curated by Minttu Vesala.

ALL WEEK

VAIN Store Helsinki – Open All Week for Fashion in Helsinki

Location: Runeberginkatu 8, 00100 Helsinki

VAIN is a fashion label bringing heart into everyday life through premium everyday essentials.

Opening times:
Monday–Friday: 11–19; Saturday: 11–18

Instagram: vain_official

Emma Sarpaniemi: Snake Lifter exhibition (Ongoing, May 9th until June 1st)

Location: Helsinki Contemporary, Bulevardi 10, Helsinki

Opening times: May 9-June 1; Wed-Fri 12-18; Sat-Sun 12-16

Snake Lifter is Emma Sarpaniemi’s first solo exhibition at Helsinki Contemporary. The exhibition presents Sarpaniemi’s new series of self-portraits. Through photography, Sarpaniemi is able to transform herself into different characters and remain herself. Her works are meaningful not only as constructed images, but also as recordings of performances: what is meaningful about the images is the experience and feeling they convey. For Sarpaniemi, the camera is a tool for dealing with emotions, reflecting on the world and breaking norms. The experience of womanhood is one of the themes running through her work.
The new images emphasise an expanded colour palette, the transience of the situations depicted, the creation of different characters and the expression of emotions.  Just as a snake sheds its skin every few months, Sarpaniemi reinvents herself through each character, emotion and gaze she portrays. Each self-portrait is in some way part of the artist, and photography is a constant creation of the self.

Maija Lavonen: Quitley Monumental exhibition (Ongoing until 14.09)

Location: Architecture & Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki

Maija Lavonen (1931–2023) was a pioneering figure in Finnish textile art, renowned for elevating textiles as a medium and expanding them into spatial works. Her mastery of simplicity—capturing nature’s harmony and the movement of light—combined with bold innovations using stone, steel, and optical fibres, has inspired generations of designers.

Opening times:
Monday: closed; Tuesday: 11–20; Wednesday–Sunday: 11–18