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 this link https://www.lyyti.in/KOE2025_Helsinki

Instagram: koefashionshow

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

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: SOLD OUT

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: 

Fabio Baum, General Manager Nordics & Benelux, Zalando

Kieran Long – Director, Amos Rex

Kalle Kataila, Photographer, media artist and educational media specialist

Alexander Krantz – Head of Women’s Wear, MM6

Robin Schulié – Merchandising Consultant

Meital Shapira – Menswear Buyer, Printemps

Natalia Särmäkari, Fashion and Design Researcher, Senior Lecturer and Head of Master’s Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Moderator: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief, Founder, Scandinavian Mind

Registration required: Register here

More information: miia@juni.fi

Pebble Collection by Paloceras

Time: 16:30 – 19:30

Location: Duotone Studio, Eerikinkatu 48 D, Helsinki

A private viewing of the extended Pebble collection by Paloceras — a rare opportunity to experience the full sculptural line before it travels to France and beyond.

Founded between Lausanne, Helsinki, and Lisbon by Mika Matikainen and Alexis Perron-Corriveau, Paloceras has been quietly gathering momentum as a new force in high-end eyewear. Recognised by ELLE, Grazia and Vogue, the brand brings a distinct shape language, radical restraint, and handcrafted clarity to the forefront.

This private preview is an opportunity to explore the full collection in its intended form. Every texture, colourway and silhouette will be presented with care, allowing the pieces to speak in their own visual language.

By invitation only

More information: Laura Lindholm at press@paloceras.com

Instagram: @paloceras

Nest Factory x La Matta Fashion Show

Time: 22.5. at 17:00–19:00

Location: La Matta Shop, Kasarmikatu 46–48, Helsinki

Nest Factory and La Matta are hosting a fashion show together to present Nest Factory’s new summer collection and raise a toast to summer.

Instagram: @nest_factory

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

POST BAR IS A BAR: BAR NIGHT WITH DANIEL, JUSTUS & MAUKKA

Time: 22.5. 20-02

Location: Post Bar, Kaikukatu 2, 00530 Helsinki

Post Bar, known as a nightclub, turns into a bar on Thursdays. This
time around, the night is hosted by Post Bar founders Daniel and
Justus, along with Restaurant Maukku’s head chef, Maud Saddok. Music
will be curated by the trio, with a special snack menu and happy hour
drinks all night long. Free entry.

NÄYTÖS/NÄYTTELY25 AFTERPARTY BY STAR KIDS ★

Time: 22:00 – 04:00

Location: Kaiku, Kaikukatu 4, Helsinki

Official afterparty for Näytös25 / Näyttely 25 annual graduate fashion show and exhibition of BA and MA fashion and textile design students at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

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 SHOW

Time: 17:00 – 18:00

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

On Friday 23 May, the fashion show held on the Amos Rex mounds will be a visual spectacle featuring 50 emerging designers from the new wave of Finnish fashion. The new wave of Finnish fashion is independent, progressive, and pushing the boundaries. It doesn’t come from wealth or privilege, but from creativity, courage, and freedom. We dress for necessity and for ourselves, not for others. Our modesty and the vast emptiness of the country around us fuel our creativity. Style is the canvas of our identity, our personal fingerprint. It’s the fastest way we interact with the community. The true Finnish style accumulates from the forests, the villages, the streets of Helsinki, and from within us, the people.

AMOS REX SS25 is a visual manifesto curated by Creative Director Minttu Vesala – a declaration of the new wave of Finnish fashion.The multifaceted event takes over the entire museum, showcasing a comprehensive selection of bold, artistic and experimental fashion by the emerging generation of Finnish designers. The main event, a fashion show spread across the iconic mounds of Amos Rex, is a living art exhibition in which each ensemble is a unique work of art.

AMOS REX SS25 is a celebration of creativity, freedom of expression and diversity.

Entry is free. Come as you are.

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

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

FFA afterparty: Post Bar – Katerina All Night Long

Time: Friday 23.5. 22-05

Location: Kaikukatu 2, 00530 Helsinki

Katerina, beloved selector, producer and curator behind Kaiku and her own label Émotsiya, takes full control of the night. Expect deep emotions, playful rhythmics from open to close.

Free before 23 / 10€ after + sec fee.

AMOS REX SS25 Dokument (24.05.–25.05.)

Location: Bio Rex, Mannerheimintie 24–25, Helsinki

On Saturday and Sunday, 24–25 May, Bio Rex cinema will screen international fashion
documentaries featuring some of the most inspiring and influential designers of our time.
The films offer personal insights into the worlds of fashion and creativity.
The two-day programme includes six internationally acclaimed documentary films.

Saturday 24 May

2:30 PM – Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
4:30 PM – John Galliano – High & Low
7:00 PM – McQueen

Sunday 25 May

2:30 PM – Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
4:45 PM – Dries
7:00 PM – Dior and I

Fashion Document Weekend is curated by Minttu Vesala as part of the AMOS REX SS25
programme.

Tickets

Single screening: €5 (available online)
Day pass (3 films): €10
Full weekend pass (6 films): €20
Day and weekend passes are available exclusively at the cinema’s ticket desk.

All screenings are rated 18+.

More info and tickets: gilda.fi

Fashion Community Helsinki presents BACKDROP

Time: Opening event 24.5 at 14.00, open for everyone

Location: Fashion Community Helsinki – Gallery, Hämeentie 72 D, Helsinki

An exhibition of crafted fashion installations. Garments without bodies. Silhouettes held in stillness. Backdrop presents a curated expression of each designer’s vision of fashion, displayed within a custom-built frame.

Participating designers:
Ellen Rajala, Linda Kokkonen, Magnus Miekka, Meri Malminen, Senni Mellin, Sini Saavala, Sini-Pilvi Kiilunen, Susanna Saarikko, Taneli Ukura, Taru Nieminen, Ville Pölhö

Opening times:
Saturday 24.5 14–20
Sunday 25.5 12–16

Fashion Community Helsinki promotes Finnish fashion by supporting emerging designers and fostering a collaborative community through events and exhibitions.

Instagram: @fashioncommunityhel

ALL WEEK

VAIN Store Helsinki – Open All Week for Fashion in Helsinki

Location: Runeberginkatu 8, 00100 Helsinki

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

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

Instagram: vain_official

Nomen Nescio Store Helsinki – Open All Week for Fashion in Helsinki

Location: Fredrikinkatu 39, 00120 Helsinki

Opening times: Monday–Friday: 12–18; Saturday: 11–17

During Fashion in Helsinki, the Nomen Nescio store presents X-hibition — a curated in-store exhibition showcasing X works submitted by the Nomen Nescio community as part of the participatory Mark Your X campaign. Every X tells its own story of freedom and self-expression.

Nomen Nescio creates minimalist, all-black, gender-neutral clothing, designed for those who value quality, simplicity, and timelessness.

Instagram: @nomennescio.fi

Kollektiv – Open All Week for Fashion in Helsinki

Location: Mikonkatu 1

Opening times: Monday–Friday: 11–19; Saturday: 11–17; Sunday: 12 – 16

Kollektiv season store brings a curated selection of Finnish fashion and design brands to one of Helsinki’s most iconic locations. Representing a new generation of designers and creative thinking, the store highlights rising names in the industry and makes their work more accessible than ever.

Featured brands include: Atelier229, Upcycle with Jing, Amor Phism, Justudios, Pispala Clothing, Studio Lamea and The FNRM.

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: Quitely Monumental Exhibition (Ongoing until 14.09)

Location: Architecture & Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki

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

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.

Cultural Canvas by MENZINO / Exhibition

Location: Kalasataman Horisontti, Floor 22
Hermannin Rantatie 9, Helsinki

Opening times: 9.5.–8.6.2025
Open daily 10:00–20:00 with reservations

Plan a visit & More Info:
https://www.menzino.com/cultural-canvas-exhibition-at-kalasataman-horisontti

Step into Cultural Canvas, an exhibition where contemporary art meets fashion and storytelling. Set high above the city in Kalasataman Horisontti, the gallery presents five international artists, each presenting powerful cultural themes—from ancient calligraphy to the Roman Empire, Samurai heritage, and Japanese symbolism—through highly detailed fashion pieces and mixed media works.

This immersive experience invites visitors to explore the world’s colorful cultures, one artwork at a time.