To commemorate Filippa K’s 30th anniversary, the house has collaborated with renowned Swedish photographer JH Engström to publish a limited-edition book. It’s Been 30 Years features never-before-seen archival photography from Engström, alongside new images that capture key garments from Filippa K’s history back to 1993.

Former Creative Director Liisa Kessler found inspiration in Engström’s work – which she first discovered in a Parisian bookstore – when reflecting on Filippa K’s heritage. “There was a natural sensuality and a raw, youthful energy that wasn’t forced,” Kessler explains. “This unpolished approach is what interests me, connecting with the intimacy that’s at the soul of the brand, and of JH’s work.”

An almost instantaneous familiarity between the two artists led to the idea of a book that commemorated Filippa K’s thirty years in fashion. “My conversations with Liisa about time, place, energies and self-expression became the beginning of the joyful book collaboration It’s Been 30 Years,” JH Engström commented. Marking his first time working with a fashion house, he was given carte blanche to create something new that expressed both artists’ mutual reflections on their individual origins, and that encapsulated the feeling of Filippa K.

The exclusive first edition is produced in a limited run of 500 copies, with a foreword by Saskia Neuman.

“There was a natural sensuality and a raw, youthful energy that wasn’t forced. This unpolished approach is what interests me, connecting with the intimacy that’s at the soul of the brand, and of JH Engström’s work.”

– Liisa Kessler, Filippa K Creative Director