I bought a coat with this label, and I tried to find more about Kestila – just because I am curious. I could only find a few old EBay posts around things made by this company. Anyone know anything about the makers?

by rbochman

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  1. It was one of the largest clothing producers in Finland during 1930s, operational between 1911–1989.

  4. It’s from Kestilä. It’s a small countryside village about 1 hr drive down south from Uleåborg. Didn’t know they’ve had a tailor shop there back in the days.

  5. https://preview.redd.it/0jqsng7iy83g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=483ec8f301c8949f6681155e4751cf928a8d227b

    The coat if anyone is curious.

    And yes I did google –> All of these terms and a few more: kestila finland coat company maker history. AI said there was no history on google (no shock). The first 7 pages were all ebay and places selling Vintage clothing with a mixture of different medical research papers (which I am wondering is because of the name) Thank you all for the information I loved reading the wiki page and sad to see the company fail as the coat is beautiful and very well made.

  6. There is a saying in Finland (or at least in Turku) for dressing up somewhat fancy, literally “putting on some better Kestilä”.

    Incidentally, I live in the same block in Turku where the Kestilä factory was located, and some years ago I even worked briefly in that old factory building.

  7. I recently sold a tailcoat with trousers (for the dress code white tie) made by Kestilä, so they really made all kinds of garments.

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