"Elina has a sense of style and constant developer mind both in creative and sales field. She has the talent of managing herself as a start up -mind driver force as well as she supports team members. Strong professional understanding of fashion and lifestyles. Her tool box is modern and based on fashion driving the digital revolution. Elina is a diamond of the team. International and local contributor as well."

- Luisa Laine, Concept Manager , L-Fashion Group

"Elina is definitely one of the most inspiring colleagues in my whole career. She is able to challenge people for better results and has an internal drive for development working methods as well. As a designer Elina is passionate. She has a great ability to identify future trends and make them into commercial products."

- Katariina Kulve, Stockmann

"A true professional is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about her. Elina is a strong team player who is always willing to help. She has strong sense of style and in business she is always trying to find the solutions to get the best profit for the company. Due to all these facts, Elina's designs achieved great sales. I wish I have the chance to work with her again someday or at least find another colleague like her! "

- Mafalda Faro Vienna, Senior Designer B&G, Massimo Dutti, Inditex

"It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Elina. I was particularly impressed by Elina’s ability to create and launch a new brand BEL for pre-teen girls, and succeed with tangible results and great branding, commercializing just the right trends for that target group. I still miss her charming persona to work with. Any employee would be lucky to have Elina as a designer!"

- Anna Benami, Senior Fashion Designer, Stockmann

"Elina is one of the most inspired people I know. She gives that little extra which makes her a valuable part of the team. When working, she gets into a flow and accomplishes her work at good quality even at tight deadlines. I would recommend her greatly and only hope to work with her again! "

- Laura Kupari-Guise, Design Team Lead, Stockmann

"I have co-worked with Elina for several years and can sincerely recommend her. She has very wide knowledge in fashion; Excellent forecasting skills, and "Nose" for spotting just the right things for coming seasons. As a co-worker Elina is very dependable, detail-oriented, knows how to prioritize, flexible, thorough and easy to work with. To summarize, she is ambitious professional with wide range of skills."

- Eeva Siirama, Brand Manager,Stockmann

"Elina is one of the most talented designer I’ve worked together. Brands sold extremely well and over target every month during the whole time. Elina is strong brand developer with successful ideas. She analysis customers and trends well. Elina is very hard and ambitious worker. She’s innovative, trend oriented and interested and active in social media. I sincerely recommend her!”

- Anna Lindh, Garment Technician, Stockmann