Tiia Vanhatapio's 5 Years Jubilee Fashion Show

Tiia Vanhatapio is a very famous Finnish designer, also known as "The Queen of Cocktail Dress". I've always admired her style. Her products have a unique look: they are powerful and fatal but still very feminine. The dresses are for a self-confident stylish woman who is bold and fears nothing. Like Dita von Teese, who has inspired Tiia in her designs, and who also wears Tiia's designs!

Tiia Vanhatapio's 5 years jubilee fashion show was held on thursday 26/8 in Hotel Katajanokka's inside yard in Helsinki. The place brought it's own special feature to the fashion show: the estate is a former prison!

So, where there used to be prisoners wondering around, this evening the yard was conquerd by models presenting the wonderful Tiia Vanhatapio design dresses. And us, the viewers.

The show began with wedding gowns:

And continued with cocktail dresses: