video by Alexander Palacios
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin starts next week with the Fall 2010 collections. Here is a recap video made by one of our photographers, compiled from his coverage of the Spring-Summer 2010 collections. … Continue Reading
notes by Freda Henry
photos by Wolfgang Wöhrle
The Smeilinener Spring-Summer 2010 collection presented at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin was leaning a little bit in the Anna Sui style direction. Very colorful and the designer concentrated on details, especially the embroidery. Many pieces gave the same impression one gets from traditional colorful Tibetan ceremonial clothing, but with 1980’s touches, as seen most clearly in the color choices, tight fits, and shoulder embellishments. … Continue Reading
story by Veronika Gombert
photos by Alexander Palacios and Wolfgang Wöhrle
For Marcel Ostertag the cool understatement and purist inclinations that define German fashion are past. Beauty, glamor, and the grace of desert winds are for him, as shown in the striking synonyms that took center stage at the presentation. The Munich-based designer’s vision is based on impressions and feelings of desert life. … Continue Reading
story by Veronika Gombert
photos by Alexander Palacios and Peter Becher
Frida Weyer presented her first solo collection in the historic Chamäleon Varieté Theater, at the Hackesche Höfe, during the second day of Berlin Fashion Week. The former ballroom from the golden age of art nouveau, with its striking 1920’s charm, was a perfect stage for the dramatic new collection. The show was a history lesson packed into sweet girlish dresses, with its strong references to the diva looks of the 1920’s and 50’s. Weyer has immediately found her niche, with this high-end line of extravagant gowns. Showing this remarkably coherent first collection, one wonders what the young designer could accomplish with an established house behind her. … Continue Reading
story by Charles Beckwith
photos by Boris Marberg
Ok, not really porn per se, but these images will definitely stimulate desire in many women. Maybe a few men as well. Here are some of the footwear looks from Berlin Fashion Week and the Spring-Summer 2010 Collections. … Continue Reading
story by Veronika Gombert
photos by Boris Marberg
Unrath & Strano is internationally renowned for their tailor-made evening gowns with exceptional cuts. The lobby of the Hotel Ellington was transformed into the epitome of luxury for the designer duo Klaus Unrath and Ivan Strano to present their first high-end bridal collection on the second day of Berlin Fashion Week. … Continue Reading
story by Alexander Palacios and Charles Beckwith
photos by Boris Marberg and Alexander Palacios
Michalsky’s maverick new spring-summer 2010 collection was presented outside the IMG/Mercedes-Benz venues, in the famous Friedrichstadtpalast theater. Strong looks, very stylish and wearable. Several outfits are a chic blend of fanciful, elegant, and streetwise all at the same time. … Continue Reading
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Designer Michael Dominik Sontag, young winner of the most recent Becks Fashion Experience juried show, presented his spring-summer 2010 line on the third day of Berlin Fashion Week. … Continue Reading
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg, Alexander Palacios, and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Eastpak showed they’ve been doing their homework. This spring-summer 2010 collection of urban street wear and bags truly reflects the now in youth culture in Berlin and around the world. … Continue Reading
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg, Alexander Palacios, and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Berlin Fashion Week is only a few seasons old, and the industry there is still finding its global voice and international footing. Each year they seem to get better, but the first day of presentations for the Spring-Summer 2010 collections proved very disheartening for those of us hoping this will be the season where Berlin became relevant in the global fashion scene. The only coherent collection on the Berlin runway for Day One was by GANT, a US sportswear company (see the runway show video on their web site). … Continue Reading
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Tia’s strong sense of shape and texture came through once again this season, with menswear-influenced looks rearranged into feminine forms. Leather hats looked straight out of Amelia Earhart’s locker, and some Lamé dresses stood out completely on the runway.
Johnny Wu, as it turned out, is a master pattern maker who helps a lot of emerging and established designers bring their rough ideas to life, and he does it right in the middle of Manhattan, as one of the many small businesses still holding on in shadow of what was once New York’s largest industry, the garment business.
In this article, guest writer Karine Bloem from TheDigitalistas.com explains the past and present of Dutch fashion, and gives insight into what is happening with Amsterdam International Fashion Week.
Way’s influence can clearly be seen in her designs, featuring throwback patterns to ’40s Art Deco in Manhattan and Chinese motifs of good luck koi fish and even a dragonfly. The clothes themselves were intensely wearable and all featured hand-treated fabrics.
Here is a preview of some of the shows we are covering in London. Lovely.
