Fashion Nerds

Helsinki, Finland

Emilia Hernesniemi

  • Narrative prints
  • Fashion art direction
  • Graphic casualwear

Emilia Hernesniemi connects fashion with image-making and storytelling. As a cofounder of R/H, established with Hanna Riiheläinen in 2010, she developed prints and directed fashion imagery, treating surface and presentation as forms of communication.

Portrait of Emilia Hernesniemi
Henrietta Hassinen / Yle · Copyrighted; see source terms.

Five looks to know

Mickey Square Dress, grey-and-black colour-block detail — Emilia Hernesniemi, Date not documented

Collection selection

Mickey Square Dress, grey-and-black colour-block detail

Date not documented

A published clothing design associated with Emilia Hernesniemi.

R/H Studio, via Anna.fi
Black cropped jacket and floral-panel leggings — Emilia Hernesniemi, Spring/Summer 2011

Collection selection

Black cropped jacket and floral-panel leggings

R/H Spring/Summer 2011

Floral pattern brings an expressive surface to the garment’s silhouette.

ameliasmagazine.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
Printed top and shorts with a textured jacket — Emilia Hernesniemi, Autumn/Winter 2011

Collection selection

Printed top and shorts with a textured jacket

R/H Autumn/Winter 2011

Compact proportions make the cut of this garment especially clear.

ameliasmagazine.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
Dark knitted coat over a two-tone bodysuit — Emilia Hernesniemi, Autumn/Winter 2011

Collection selection

Dark knitted coat over a two-tone bodysuit

R/H Autumn/Winter 2011

This knit design treats texture as a visible part of the garment’s character.

ameliasmagazine.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page
Split black and floral jumpsuit — Emilia Hernesniemi, Autumn/Winter 2011

Collection selection

Split black and floral jumpsuit

R/H Autumn/Winter 2011

Floral pattern brings an expressive surface to the garment’s silhouette.

ameliasmagazine.com; photographer not identified on retrieved page

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Selected work

1 piece

About Emilia Hernesniemi

She later studied documentary filmmaking, extending the visual and narrative interests of her design practice into films about people and creativity.