Born in Helsinki, Finland 1967, ANNA RUOHONEN is today a Paris-based fashion designer with a clothing label carrying her name, both for men and women.

Anna Ruohonen has studied in several fashion schools in Europe, such as The Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam and the Utrecht University of the Arts in the Netherlands, The Institut Français de la Mode in Paris, and the University of Art and Design, Helsinki where she graduated in 1994 with a Master of Arts degree.


After graduating Anna Ruohonen left Finland and settled in Paris. She has worked for Olivier Desforges, José Lévy à Paris and Martin Margiela before starting her own line, in 1999. Beside her own collections Anna Ruohonen has been working on different design projects: she has designed jewellery for the Finnish Aarikka Company, fabrics and prints for several textile companies, costumes for film and theatre projects in France.

Currently she is working for Nanso, Finnish clothing label. The collection will be launched in autumn 2012.