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Dior’s New Look

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”A Pink Bag for A Pink House” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] Over the summer holiday, LUMI had a chance to visit the Christian Dior Museum, situated in the designer’s childhood home, in Granville on the Normandy coast. We became interested in the location after reading a quote by Dior, describing the place: […]

Anna No.26.2015

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Me Naiset No.24.2015

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On Scent and Memory

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”TURNING SCENT MEMORIES INTO LUMI SCENTS” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] It all began with a memory from our childhood in the Finnish countryside. As with many remembered things, it was a memory connected to a particular smell, that unmistakable scent that comes just before the first snowfall —  the tingling excitement […]

Finnland Chill

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”Finland Knows How to Chill” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] To celebrate Berlin Fashion Week, our LUMI Berlin Store will host a Finnland Chill event on 11 July, from 10:00 to 20:00, and you are invited! Drop by with your friends, and enjoy an ice-cold Finnish beverage and special in-store […]

Paris au Cinéma

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”Or Behind the Urban Façade” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] For various reasons, and at various points in our lives, we have spent some time in small apartments in Paris, looking out over the rooftops and back courtyards of the city. While the city of light is famous for its grand boulevards, monuments […]

Spring / Summer 2016 Preview

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”NEXT SPRING CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] A small preview of coming attractions: the image that heads this post is a detail from a floral pattern, created for our forthcoming Spring / Summer 2016 collection, by Finnish artist and illustrator Jenni Ritamäki, in collaboration with LUMI. […]

Brooklyn Vintage

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”On Consuming Less But Better” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] Here at LUMI, we love to shop vintage for many reasons: what’s not to love about discovering unique, quality pieces, often with a story, and at bargain prices? But, we also love to shop vintage because it nicely represents an idea we […]

Our Architectural Origins

[spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”What is Nordic Design Sensibility?” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] We often mention that your LUMI handbag contains a specifically Nordic design sensibility. For our customers who may not be familiar with this awkward sounding term, especially those outside of Finland, we thought it was time to start a conversation about what this […]

HARBS in NYC

[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” row_top_style=”none” row_bottom_style=”none” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” vertical_center=”false” inner_column_height=”col-natural” row_expanding=”no” row_animation=”none” row_animation_delay=”0″ width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_column width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_blank_spacer height=”1px” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”CAKES THAT FILL THE HEART” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”3″ width=”1/2″] If there is one thing we all agree on here in […]