ILVES x PISPALA vol3
This collection is a celebration of love, adventure, joy, togetherness and family in all it's shapes and forms. An adventure in space, in a universe of our own. Welcome on board <3
A cosmic pattern — the Ilves-Elvises on an interstellar family trip, a kind of childlike excitement in the face of great and wondrous sights.There’s room for all kinds of cool things in space — hockey gear, golden space helmets, funny UFOs, a bit of The Jetsons, a touch of Fantastic Four, a cute space dog, and a cosmos glowing in green and yellow.
FOR everyone
Vol3 is the first ILVESxPISPALA collection with sizes also for kids from 100 to 140, one size products and a product suitable for dogs, humans and tables.
ilves x pispala vol2
Came out in 2024 introducing Ilves-Elvis Shades character and making waves with the legendary Elvis album word play "50 000 000 ILVES fans can't be wrong". Local punk band Purkkäpäivä crushed their Nokia Areena debut for this promo video.
ilves x pispala x ville pirinen
It all started in 2023 with a collaborative collection with Ilves Hockey, our local ice hockey team. We share a sense of community and limitless love of locality and creativity.
ORIGIN STORY
"The association ignited when I was browsing through an album cover book with a picture of a compilation album by Elvis, Gold Records 2. Elvis is posing on the cover in his golden suit with the text '50 000 000 Elvis Fans Can't be wrong'. As an experience, sports and music fandom are not very far apart from each other. In addition it came to me that Ilves is an anagram of Elvis." -Ville Pirinen
ville pirinen
Ville Pirinen is the artist behind all three IlvesxPispala collections. He has been working in the fields of illustration, visual art and music since the early dawn of the 90's. He feels at home in the margins of art and one might occationally encounter his works in the pages of publications with relatively large distribution or in album covers of reasonably popular bands.
goal
We wanted to create a premium quality supporter product collection, with strong local imprint that exceeds all the lines and brings together lovers or art, design and/or sports. The idea was that anyone can wear them, whether it be a game or a night out.
genderless
We design without looking at customer's age, sexuality, gender or social status. Our aim is to lower the gap between genders by designing only unisex fit products.
ethical production
We choose our production partners and materials carefully. Clothes are made in Europe from certified 100% organic cotton with OEKO-TEX standards.
Credits
Fashion designer - Lauri Järvinen
Ilves-Elvis artwork - Ville Pirinen
Art photography - Jimi Soinila
Product photography - Jussi Palojärvi
Vol3 photos & video - Lenni Liekkinen
Vol3 video Music- Ville Pirinen