Hyvästi, Marimekko Co-Founder Riitta Immonen

Here at UnBeige HQ, we’re sporting our most somberly-hued Marimekko ensembles as we bid farewell (“hyvästi” in Finnish) to Riitta Immonen (pictured at left), who co-founded the famed Finnish textile and clothing company and died on August 24 at the age of 90. According to the Finnish newspaper YLE, “Immonen was known for her one-of-a-kind outfits, celebrity clients, and a question-and-answer column which she wrote for Eeva magazine in the 1950s and ’60s” (we imagine the column as a cross between Dear Abby and Diana Vreeland, but with more consonants and references to salted fish).