Minna Palmqvist has a Bachelor's degree from an artisan clothing school in Finland, plus a Master's degree from Konstfack school of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.
A Finnish designer based in Stockholm, her desire in fashion is to combine fashion norms with everyday social reality. Her current collection, "Intimately Social" questions our individual battle in being accepted for our body colliding with our own intimate and physical self.
The label, uniquely, doesn't work in seasonal change but adds incessantly, working on minute details little by little. It has many variations since 2007 but still continues to be an on-going progress.
Minna Palmqavist's inspiration comes from contradiction and imperfection, haunting traits that each person undeniably comes across at some stage of their life.
What i love about her is that she shares the same love/hate relationship, as i do, with Fashion.
It's the system around it, the commercialism and the "who you should know" business that is the massive downfall of wanting to be a designer. However she seems to be as stubborn as i... we're both fueled by this passionate relationship and care enough to keep at it, working against the bullshit to create and express through our own art. It should be about value and individuality not quantity and a crowd of sheep strutting down the street.
Minna Palmqvist currently operates on a small scale, and a lot of the garments are available only upon request.
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