Riitta Immonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish fashion artist and entrepreneur
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Place of Birth: Ilomantsi, Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Riitta Immonen
- Riitta Immonen (13 May 1918, Ilomantsi – 24 August 2008, Helsinki) was a Finnish fashion artist and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of Finnish fashion corporation Marimekko.
- Immonen was also known for her one-of-a-kind outfits, celebrity clients and a question-and-answer column which she wrote for Finnish fashion magazine Eeva in the 1950s and 1960s.Riitta Immonen was born in 1918 in Ilomantsi.
- A self-taught clothing designer, Immonen opened her first design boutique in Helsinki during World War II in 1942 which grew into a success despite the shortages of the ensuing years.
- In 1951, she and Armi Ratia started up Marimekko to sell fabrics made by Finnish textile firm Printex.
- However, after the firm's first season, she focused on her own Cinderella collections, and eventually left Marimekko a few years later, continuing to design clothes for the rest of her life.
- In 1987–1990 she was still designing unique outfits for a company named Atelierika.
- In 2008, Immonen was the subject of an exhibition at the Finnish Design Museum.
- She died later the same year in Helsinki.
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