Idaliina Friman, a graduate of Aalto University, has based her collection on Victorian silhouettes but softened obvious historical references by using drawstring fastenings and padding instead of boning and corsets. The voluminous silhouettes are draped with functional deadstock fabric, recycled yarn and eco-wadding made out of plastic bottles. Cued by her own family history - her Finnish Swedish great-grandfather had to flee to Lapland at the outbreak of Finnish civil war - the collection addresses the harsh struggles of abandoning a past life and gaining new cultural identity in order to survive.  

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