Fashion
It’s Sunday late afternoon and some of you probably just came home from browsing though the fleamarkets at Mauerpark, Arkonaplatz and Boxi looking for vintage treasures. Maybe you even went to come cool second handshops this weekend too. But you didn’t find anything? And don’t want to wait until next weekend? Well, that’s where the brand new online vintage shop Jay Loves comes in. A group of girls from Berlin has piled up all their vintage clothing, accessories and decorative items and made an online shop to save themselves the time and effort of selling it all on a fleamarket. Quite clever. They even take on your stuff on comission. Check out their goods on JayLoves.
by Frank
on March 7th, 2010
in Fashion, Misc.
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photo: MrClean1982
If you have always dreamed to once design a garment for one if not the biggest fashion house of the country (and who hasn’t) then your dream might come true just now. Boss Orange - the young urban line of Hugo Boss - is calling for all creatives to design a T-Shirt for next year’s summer collection. The inspiration for the design is the colorful parrot which is an element in this year’s collection. Are eye patches and black pirate hats too, I wonder? The winner will get the chance to meet the creative team of Boss Orange to finalize the design until it then becomes a special edition of the official line for summer 2011. Contestants can submit their designs until April 30th, 2010 to a dedicated fanpage on Facebook. You can vote for the submitted designs until May 1st, 2010. How clever they all are with their social media integration and all that!
For your inspiration (and to distract ourselves from more important tasks) we flicked through a seemingly endless amount of parrot photos and have collected some fancy shots for you that you will find after the jump along with the flyer of the competition. There is also a parrot on that one, naturally.
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by Frank
on March 5th, 2010
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Isabel Mastache
Did you noticed how fashion shows are generally always dead serious? Can you imagine the relief when seeing the runway show of Isabel Mastache shown above? She was presenting her hilarous menswear collection during last weeks Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week at the shows of El Ego which is like the young designers program. Sadly, I did not see her show as I did not have a press pass on the first day. And all the young designer shows were on the first day so I missed out on all the fun. What I saw of the rest of the Fashion Week was mostly old boring designers with glamorous dresses with Swarovski beads and lots and lots and lots of fur (what is wrong with these Spaniards?) and a handsome Jon Kortajarena presenting for almost every show.
More pictures of Isabel Mastaches crazy collection, further impressions of other shows I’ve seen and 3 reasons why Madrid Fashion Week will continue to have a hard time being taken serious in the international fashion world after the jump.
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by Frank
on March 1st, 2010
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Gina vs. Julia - Fight 1
Trends come and go, but if there is one thing that will never fade it’s the love for vintage clothing. Every season they cycle through the past decades and what was once unfashionable suddenly looks super hip. Especially in big cities like Berlin with all the big fleamarkets and second hand boutiques vintage styling has almost become an obsession for the fashionable crowd. Every girl has their own preferences. But who’s style is the best?
Two lovely girls are stepping into the ring of the Vintage Smack Down: Gina and Julia. Both of them lovers of vintage outfits. Both with a very different style. While the one likes classic vintage designer pieces the other likes colorful fleamarket treasures. While the one prefers silk and satin, the other goes for sequins and glitter. Look after the jump to see the two girls in their best vintage outfits and decide for yourself: Who is the queen of vintage?
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by Frank
on February 19th, 2010
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The Berlin-based label Butterfly Soulfire has been on my radar for quite some time now. With every collection their designs have become more interesting. Which makes the new summer 2010 collection my favorite one so far. Rough textures, asymmetric cuts, transparencies and lots and lots of black. Some of these elements I would describe not only as their trademarks but also as the main features of fashion from Berlin. More lookbook photos and a very cool fashion film after the jump.
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by Frank
on February 12th, 2010
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photo: Andre Wagner
A big thank you to all our supporters, especially Beck’s Gold Urban Experience, the .HBC, my wonderful team, our great stylists and make-up artists, our charming models and of course the media who wrote nice things about us! The video of the shows after the jump. We’ll post the photos here shortly.
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by Frank
on January 23rd, 2010
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Oh so fashionable!
Have a look at my personal rewiew of this season’s Fashion Week Berlin after the jump.
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by Suz
on January 23rd, 2010
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Wow, this is going to be awesome. It is the most stressful thing I ever went through, but now the last pieces are falling into place and tomorrow morning we will start putting the whole runway set-up together of the .HBC Couture: Designer Scouts event. I’m so excited right now I can’t really sleep.
On Monday we had a group fitting with all the designers and I saw their collection (some of them for the first time). They are really amazing - I can promise you so much. After the jump you will see some behind the scene photos of the fitting. And in our iHeartBerlin.de Facebook group you can win some last minute tickets for the closed event.
Don’t forget to come to the public After Show Party by COMME CI, COMME CA with Sascha Funke, Carsten Klemann and more. We will also have a sound installation with the music of The XX downstairs during the event.
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by Frank
on January 21st, 2010
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Some of you might have wondered why I have not been posting so much lately. And today it’s time to reveal what I have been so busy with in the last weeks. Together with my partner Gina and a bunch of other supporters I am organizing the .HBC Couture: Designer Scout fashion event. It will take place this Thursday at .HBC during Berlin Fashion Week. Nine Berlin-based avantgarde designers will present their new collections on the brand new runway including Starstyling, JuliaandBen, Von Bardonitz, A.D.Deertz and more. The fashion shows will be followed by a big after show party with Sascha Funke and Carsten Klemann that you are all invited to. More about the event after the jump.
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by Frank
on January 19th, 2010
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While Indian Cobras are dying because of polluted water, Berlin is expecting a generous amount of snakes this week. Yes! Berlin Fashion Week is coming again and I guess you are all dying for the little guestlist places at the upcoming events. How to survive the poisonous looks and the evil remarks about your outfit which is always last season no matter what you do? Well I got myself an evil looking but sweet as honey bodyguard and some toxic outfits myself. If you prefer a more peaceful yet trendy way, I recommend you take a look at the Yoga collection from the new upcoming Berlin-based label Umasan. For more lookbook pictures and informations about their flagship store opening after the jump.
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by C.R.
on January 18th, 2010
in Fashion, Mitte, Places, Shops
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