A few years back designer Outi Korpilaakso decided to jump off the faceless fashion ride and provide customers elegant items with full transparency. Besides designing out of someone else’s trash, Lovia takes part in the pioneering work of developing new leathers from Finnsheep, elk and salmon. For several years, Outi had worked for an international […]
The lovely, natural scent of leather comes out from the small studio, and the beautiful sunlight glitters from the surfaces of leather bags. Here, in the former tricot factory of Pyynikki, Kaisa Maansalo, the founder of Salmiak Studio, keeps her workroom and storage. The place was a dream coming true to work. At first, leather […]
Neon orange pants. The first pair Kaisa Maansalo, the founder of Salmiak Studio, had ever made herself. It was the early 90’s, and the neon orange pants were soon companied with neon green and PVC trousers. But Kaisa still recalls the feeling after sewing her first pair, the neon orange ones, the excitement and joy […]