Ervin Latimer

VUODEN HUIPUT 2025 GRAND PRIX & VALOKUVAT KULTAHUIPPU FOR @ervinlatimer.fi Thank you to the absolute best team @the_dinotino @silkkiomena @_piiaemilia !! Rarely, if ever, has creative direction been this effortless! Thank you also to @lottanieminen and the juries of @grafia_ry for the recognition, and thank you @juhohut @oskar_koli @otsoreitala @kuvataidoton and all others who participated in creating the visual entity of the brand. I had been booked to be a DJ many months before the shortlists came out, hence I was, to my absolute surprise, in drag accepting the awards. Keeping the wins a secret from me throughout the day was an Ocean’s 11 level smoke and mirrors game, lucky to have people around me who care so much 🥲 Thank you @kurkihovi @sophiawekesa @cocoxlanvin @maluwizz @_out_of_sync_ for the trouble 🖤

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Costume design work for maestro @teoalaruona ’s performance piece Play Overlay, commissioned by @arkdesc in collaboration with @mdtsthlm . Curation by @jtaylorfoster , working group @pauliinasjoberg @tuukka_haapakorpi @sannabananna Screenshots from documentation video by Thomas Zamolo Costume design work supported by @kulttuurirahasto #kulttuurirahastontuella

Finnish designer Ervin Latimer has carved an unconventional path to recognition, landing in the Met’s Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. From drag alter ego Anna Konda to incisive takes on masculinity, his work fuses serious luxury with joyful subversion. Hit the link in bio and enter his world 🌀 Interview by @thearchiveast Photography by @zilverr

Costume design for Matching Steps by @carlknif_company at @oopperabaletti . Thank you @carljohanknif for trusting me with this project! Custom jacquard wool-mix fabric by extremely talented @aalto_fashion MA student @y8nsik , thank you for all your hard work! Choreography & concept: @carljohanknif Dancers: Jonna Aaltonen, @ollilautiola , Riku Lehtopolku, @saarakkaus , @terhivaimala , @eerovesterinen Scenography, light design: @jhuitila Sound design: @schtimbo Seamstress: Nina Ukkola Producer: @marjopyy Communications: Essi Brunberg Photography: Cata Portin Graphic design: @studioraunio

The most wonderful group design project with our talented MA1 students at @aalto_fashion & @studiokukkapuro . Looks inspired by Kukkapuro chairs. Shot on film at Kukkapuro atelier by the amazing @mikaelniemi 🖤 Photography: Mikael Niemi @mikaelniemi Photography assistant: Tuure Leppänen @tvvre Hair & makeup: Jenny Jansson @jenny_jansson Model: Ati @yunglist The Sisterhood @thesisterhood_mgmt Production: Ervin Latimer @lervern Production assistant: Venla Elonsalo @elonsavero

A passion project underway for almost two years is finally out: @ervinlatimer.fi puts all my designer collaborations under one roof and included are also lifestyle products that we’ve produced ourselves. All our own products are deadstock or recycled, naturally. Sooooo many people to thank who helped me and gave me ideas: artisans, friends and loved ones, photographers and so on, but right now I really want to thank @the_dinotino for art direction, graphic design and overall steadfast vision with this project 🫶🏽 Pictures: @silkkiomena & @_piiaemilia

@latimmier , founder @lervern and a great group of local creatives featured on @voguescandinavia in preparation for @fashioninhelsinki runway show Pictures by @monasalminen

This year’s #MetGala marked the opening of The Costume Institute’s exhibition, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’. Found within the exhibition are two looks by @latimmier , the brand helmed by #Finnish designer @lervern - Watch as he takes us on his journey, from packing and shipping the looks in February, to seeing them framed within the exhibition at the @metmuseum . For our full interview with Latimer about what this moment means to him, tap the link in @voguescandinavia ’s bio. Words by @shiffmane

Costume design for Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture. Industry Muscle is a performance piece and installation by artist @teoalaruona and curator @kaisakarvinen commissioned by @arkkitehtuuri_ja_designmuseo that premiered this weekend at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia @labiennale . Industry Muscle considers the trans body as a lens through which to examine modern architecture and the built environment, presenting five speculative scores that serve as critical prompts for future practice. The starting point for the costume design was archetypal masculine garments in a state of oppressive pressure - something being forced to a preconceived mold and eventually broken free by a liberated body. Textile design by @ellamustaniemi , an amazing MA student of @aalto_fashion . She created and developed techniques and surface for my designs, and also dyed, printed and applied finishes to all fabrics. Photography used in prints by @heleniusvenla . Thank you Ella for all your hard work and curiosity. Thank you Teo, Kaisa and the amazing multidisciplinary team for having me. Finally thank you to all sponsors and supporters: Shoes sponsored by @camperlab Pre- and post consumer waste fabrics provided by @lounaissuomenjatehuolto My artistic practice is kindly supported by @kulttuurirahasto #suomenkulttuurirahastontuella #industrymusclevenice

One of the biggest honors of my career as a designer thus far just happened: two looks from @latimmier ’s 4th collection are featured in the @metcostumeinstitute exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. The exhibition is divided in 12 themes and my works are under the theme Freedom, exemplifying works defying forms of racism through, among others, performative critique. My work stands on the shoulders of Gladys Bentley and the Harlem Renaissance, ballroom culture and particularly the continuum of Finland-based Black & Brown artists, researchers and creatives whose work has guided mine. Defiance through design, protest through creativity, I owe that all to you. Thank you to guest curator Monica L. Miller and everyone at the Met who I’ve had the pleasure to communicate with over the past six months. Also, thank you everyone who loaned the pieces back when we had sold them in sample sales to hustle and pay for bills. First picture: @anssivallius ; fourth picture: Michael Ochs Archive / Getty Images; last clip: idol @kingofbingo at the exhibition’s press event

Florence & Ferrara 💚🤍❤️