
minä perhonen
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minä perhonen
Behind the minä perhonen label is Japanese designer Akira Minagawa, who, in 1995,
founded the fashion company minä, which three years later would become what we know
today as minä perhonen.
e strong bond that has united this designer for years to Scandinavian culture and art
was the origin of the new name. Adopted from the Finnish, minä means “I,” and perhonen,
“butterfl y,” an allusion to the patterns on the insects’ wings that occasionally coincide with
his own designs.
If anything characterizes minä perhonen, it is the meticulousness and care that go into
the design and production of its garments. Akira ...