The exhibit can only be viewed through the windows from the outside, and is brightly lit at night. If you live in the Boston area or will be visiting, take a trip to Harvard Square to see a bit of history on view through April 2010. This is how we shopped 40 years ago!Want to see more of the Marimekko on display? Pop on over to the Marimekko Blog to see a host of stunning photos. I didn't know Marimekko had a blog, but I was sure happy to find it!
And if you've got a free 10 minutes, this clip from WGBH news program Greater Boston is worth your time. At least watch the first 5 with film from inside the exhibit.
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Wow!! Thanks for the video!
Oh, how I wish I could visit that display in person!
WOW! What a Fabulous post!:))
Wow, that's such a cool idea to have an outdoor accessible display, I'll have to go check it out. Thanks for the post!
-Kiki
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How cool is that? I love that they have made it into a gallery. One of my favorite things to do as a child was to walk up and down the streets of my hometowns downtown after dark and window shop with my mother. She would point out different outfits and why they worked or didn't. She was a window dresser when she was in college and honestly it was like going to a museum or art gallery looking at some of the displays.
what a fabulous post! the colors!!
i so wish i lived closer...that must be exquisite in the evening...all lit up...thanks for sharing...
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Didn't Merimekko have a store in Cambrige in the 1970's. I seem to have a memory of one from back when I was a child in Brookline.
At that time Merimekko print dresses were the anti Lilly Pulitzer.
Belle, as far as I know Design Research was the only place to buy Marimekko in the 70s. Marimekko did not have their own store.
My younger sisters had Marimekko bedding and, IIRC, a wallpaper border. This would have been late 70s. Unless I had it earlier? God my brain is going.
White background, their classic huge flowers in a pink/green colorway that went well with the grass-green carpeting...no wonder I am drawn to color now, ha.
Now this was very different from my mother's style, so I doubt she would have tracked it down in Boston. But maybe she was seduced, or maybe it was a gift from a design-conscious family friend? I'll have to ask her.
Thanks much for this post/links; wish I could poke my nose against the glass, but this is the next best thing!
Marimekko dresses are so gorgeous! I wish I was in Boston.
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