Top fashion creations owned by Kirsti Paakkanen are for sale at auction.
Kirsti Paakkanen saved Marimekko and made the brand an international design icon. He was one of the most influential business leaders in Finland. Paakkanen was also an uncompromising stylist with an eye for form, quality and top fashion. Photo from 2007. Selena Hakkarainen/KL
Auction house Stockholms Auktionsverk Helsinki sell to Marimekko’s former owner, an entrepreneur Kirsti Paakkanen (1929–2021) clothes and accessories.
The selection of The Kirsti Paakkanen Collection I auction includes clothes, bags and shoes from the world’s leading fashion houses such as Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Elie Saab and Sonia Rykiel. There are also plenty of Marimekko products.
The auction includes John Galliano’s pioneering 1990s production, Chanel’s Ice Cube bag and three different versions of the Lady Dior bag.
– It is an internationally very high-level collection that represents the best from the world’s most prominent fashion houses. Kirsti Paakkanen chose her clothes with the same sharpness and courage with which she ran her business, says Helena Laaksoan expert at Stockholms Auktionsverk’s Helsinki office, in a press release.
The auction will take place on February 22. The products can be seen at the premises of Stockholms Auktionsverk in Helsinki from February 6.
The auction includes, among other things, three different Lady Dior handbags. The highest price so far has been offered for a black specimen decorated with crystals. Its highest offer at the time of publishing this story is 758 euros. The actual price of the bag is estimated at 2000 euros. Stockholms Auktionsver/Screenshot
There are also several black evening dresses in the auction. In the photo, an evening dress by the fashion house Dior, whose highest bid at the time of publishing the story is 161 euros. Stockholms Auktionsver/Screenshot
Kirsti Paakkanen’s collection also included Manolo Blahnik heels with a red Marimekko poppy pattern. Stockholms Auktionsver/Screenshot
At the time of publishing the story, 586 euros have been offered for the pink Clanel evening bag. Its actual price is estimated at 1,500 euros. Stockholms Auktionsver/Screenshot
