Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

In this outfit, I show a Finnish skirt by the Finnish boutique studio "Punainen Rukki". The name "Punainen Rukki" means "Red Spinning Wheel", which is its trademark.  It was founded in the late 1960s by  textilemaker and designer  Kaisa Mäkelä in Helsinki. Finding out more about Kaisa Mäkelä is not possible, because the article about this woman is in the paid online version of the newspaper. However, I managed to find out that the years of her life were 1941-2007. Therefore, I will talk about Finnish machine knitting, which was once common in Finland, because the fabric of my skirt was machine-knitted from wool. At the end of the 19th century, along with traditional knitting needles, a new working tool came to Finnish crafts - a knitting machine. Therefore, the knitting process has become faster. At the same time, a new profession was born - mechanized knitters working at home. In 1889, the engineer Theodor Neovius founded a wholesale and retail shop in He...

With this outfit, I again show a hat of an unusual and extravagant shape by “J. Marti Marti, S. A. Barcelona.” Having more money, I guess, it is possible to learn something more about this company. As I'm a vintage enthusiast who doesn't make money from my research, to get extra money for a study is difficult for me. I also don't monetize my content while I got my 100 subscribers a long time ago. My reasoning is that if someones like my work and if they want me to take it much more seriously, as in the case of paid information about “J. Martí Martí”, then they will help me by “buying coffee” on the corresponding website. What did I manage to find about “J. Martí Martí” for free, so to speak, on my own? This fashion house (I guess it was a fashion house!), was founded by Don Jose Martí Martí in Barcelona around the time of the First World War. For some time it was listed as "Sucesores: Modas, S. A." There is evidence that this was at least during the time period...