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Mad for Mod Marimekko
Blogged under Apparel, Furniture and Home Decor, Gifts, Household Necessities, Kitchen Wares by Debi Martin on Wednesday 4 June 2008

If you’ve ever loved a print so much that you wanted to wrap yourself and everything in your house in it, you may go mad for mod Marimekko, the Finnish design house that hm-marimekko.jpghas produced fashion and life style accessories with eye-catching, large-scale, color-saturated abstract prints since 1951. A young Jackie Kennedy first put the unknown Finnish brand on the fashion map when she wore a simple Marimekko dress in bright pink in 1960 for a Sports Illustrated cover. Marimekko faded away for most of the last few decades but began its comeback when a Marimekko pattern was spotted on the curtains in the apartment belonging to Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw. Just in time for this summer’s focus on retro flower power prints — in housewares, fashion, just about everything — the company has licensed its vintage patterns to Crate & Barrel, which carries this Marimekko print of larger-than-life marigold blossoms you can sleep in ($70 to $90). New this spring is H&M’s Tribute to Marimekko line (pictured), with clothes for women, men and even kids (for more, see New York magazine’s “First Look”). You like poppies? You really like poppies? Then consider Marimekko’s most recognizable print, Unikko. You can get it on this shower curtain ($49), throw pillow ($32), tote ($119), serving tray ($25) and last but never least, Manolo Blahnik shoes (available only at Manolo Blahnik stores in New York and London). Marimekko products are also available from a handful of its concept stores in the U.S., including one in Washington, D.C. If you like the Kaiku print, you can get it on a shower curtain ($59), a tea towel ($13) and a latte mug ($14). This print of cows sprinting through spring fields is also available on tea towels, plates, refrigerator magnets and coffee mugs. Many of the Marimekko prints can be custom made into a wall hanging or you can pick from a ready-made assortment, including “Hetkia Moments” ($375) or “Kassiopeia” ($340). For everything from stationery and office supplies to handbags and socks, check out Alway Mod: Everything Marimekko. Don’t forget the dress that started it all or something like it. This Valamo dress is vintage 1960s Marimekko and so is the Enni tunic ($89).


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