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I believe you have the history wrong also! Architect Ben Thompson was, I understand, the first person to bring Marimekko to the US where he sold it at D/R (Design Research) in Cambridge, MA. Jane Thompson, the widow of Ben, has recently written a book. Here is a link to the Times article:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/now-showing-a-look-back-at-design-research/. I think this history is important not to get wrong... My mother wore Marimekko dresses throughout the 1960's and dressed my sisters and I in hand made Marimekko dresses also - I feel a certain loyalty toward Ben Thompson and D/R and hope role he played in this retail and design history doesn't get undervalued.