Riikka Purra posted a picture of her outfit, and she is also sold by Shein. Now Purra comments on the origin of the outfit.
Riikka Purra photographed at the beginning of August at the Government Castle on Aleksanterinkatu in Helsinki. Joel Maalmi
Finance minister Riikka bite (ps) posed in a recently posted Instagram photo in a blue-red dress in Hämeenlinna in the midst of nature.
– October at its best, weekend in the best work club in Vanajanlinna, surrounded by beautiful nature, heart full of joy and mind, he wrote upgradewhose comment box has been widely admired.
The reader who contacted Iltalehti is wondering the Finance Minister Riikka bite the origin of the dress used. Chinese ultra -fashion giant Shein sells on their website For $ 19, a dress that is similar in design and color with a bite dress.
A similar dress has also been on sale with more traditional brands. Cheap stores like Shein and Temu have received critical publicity for imitating other brands without copyright.
Screenshot from Shein’s website. Screenshot from Shein’s website
Riikka Purra comments
We contacted Riikka Purra, who gave a direct answer.
– My dress has been bought from a holiday trip from Crete. I do not know more about the origin. I do not shop in Shein or Temu myself, but neither do I moralize the people who do it, he communicates to Iltalehti.
Purra has previously highlighted problems with cheap clothing stores.
– There is much less talk about clothing production. Global total air traffic emissions are clearly lower than, for example, textile production. The fact that our cities are full of shops that you can constantly buy cheap new shirts is a much bigger problem, bite said in 2023 at Yle.
Purra has said that it is wearing a lot of vintage and recycled clothing.
From a fashion expert message to bite
Fashion expert Mirva Saukkola At Iltalehti’s request, comment on the bite dress. He estimates that the Minister of Finance is not a top fashion. According to Saukkola, for example, the Australian average Venom Emilio chain has an identical -looking dress of around € 70, as well as a Spanish -based youth -based Bershka chain, the nearest store in Tallinn.
He suspects that Lenink has been inspired by the Leninki of the origins Van Noten’s fashion house originally, but has a slightly different neckline.
The Venom Emilio brand online store sells a dress of the same look as a bite. Screenshot from Venom Emilio’s website
– Purra has never been a person who would profile himself through fashion. He has not presented the state through his dress. The bite has not been terribly communicated with his dress, says Saukkola.
Saukkola points out that many politicians and valuers consciously highlight domesticity and ecology with their choice of outfits. He brings out domestic characters such as Andiata Suzanne Inses-StubbinWith the marimekko -used Annika Saarikko and Sanna Marinwho wore a tremendous amount of clothing from the Uhana brand during his prime ministerial.
– It would be really nice when a prominent person like the Finance Minister would like to communicate by example the consumption of domestic fashion. It would be great to see him wearing domestic brands or vintage fashion, where the circular economy is looking for and brings today’s responsibility, Saukkola advises Purra.
– You could switch to dress that shows domestic or ecology. That would be a good message from a person in such a prominent position, he encourages.
At last year’s Castle Party, Riikka Purra dressed a domestic designer Katri Niskanen ready -to -make. Read the story here.