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Cinéma de Mode: Mykola

While I am on vacation in Buenos Aires I thought it to be quite suitable to show you a fashion film from here in this week’s edition of our Cinéma de Mode. It was shot by Lucas Castro Pardo with fashion & styling by Roberto Piqueras for Argentinian mens fashion magazine Peter, Tom & Dave. Enjoy after the jump.

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Frank by Frank
on January 28th, 2012
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Experiencing Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week Instagrams

We really want to say thanks to Who’s Next Paris to let us experience these amazing 5 days in Paris. We finally had the chance to check out Paris Fashion Week, see the shows of our fav Bernhard Willhelm as well as Walter van Beirendonck and Damir Doma, dance at the fabulous Flash Cocotte party, meet some great young designers at the Who’s Next fair and browse through giant vintage mountains. All things we just loved. We also had some really weird and funny experience. We saw a crazy and very entertaining catwalk fashion musical at Who’s Next, we met some giant vampire drag queens at Place de la Concorde and found a little hotel with an antique harp in the attic. So beautiful and strange! See all impressions of our lovely trip after the jump.

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Claudio by Claudio
on January 28th, 2012
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Who’s Next Paris – Day 4: Pop-Up Vintage Markets

Hippy Market at Who's Next Paris

Most Fashion trade shows are normally not very concerned with sustainability. The way the Who’s Next Paris handled this topic was surprisingly creative: They invited the vintage store chain Hippy Market to host several sale booths all over the grounds of the fair. You could compare this store chain with Made In Berlin.

On these little Vintage islands that were embedded into the exhibition you could discover unusual and selected vintage pearls from Paris to moderate prices. I was actually so fascinated by this discovery that I spend half my day hunting from one booth to the other to find some vintage souvenirs from Paris. The philosophy of Hippy Market is exactly like my oppinion of the second-hand gold: Vintage is not only fashion with a history but also a good and affordable alternative to green fashion. See our favorite finds and some impressions after the jump.

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Claudio by Claudio
on January 24th, 2012
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Bernhard Willhelm AW12/13 Runway GIFs

Bernhard Willhelm AW 12/13 Show

It was a little bit the highlight of our trip to Paris: the Autumn Winter 2012/13 fashion show of Bernhard Willhelm who happens to be one of my favorite designers since I saw his great installation presentation in Berlin in 2009. We also saw the shows of Walter van Beirendonck, that we also liked a lot, as well as Damir Doma who gave a very impressive runway show. But the Willhelm show made me particularily happy because it was also the most enjoyable collection in recent saisons and I’m looking forward to see it in the shops. Enjoy my partly animated runway photos after the jump.

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Frank by Frank
on January 24th, 2012
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Who’s Next Paris – Day 3: Futuristic Luxury

misericordia

The FAME exhibition of Who’s Next Paris that we visited on our third day in Paris is dedicated to luxury trends and high class products. The chic Parisian label 85/86 has a quite artistic approach to fashion. Deconstructing the typical superficial sterotype is an upcoming thing for small luxury labels. The young graduate designers Alena Kudera Johnson, Ruth Green, Victoria Spruce and Lyudmilla Lane represented the right mix of avant-garde and theatricality which is also looking to become a big fashion trend in the next two years.

A more relaxed approach to luxury is delivered by the casual label Misericordia. But as hard as I try to have this super elite taste, my heart simply beats higher when I see a funny print, a glossy shoe and sparkle and glitter and lots of colour. French label Manoush and Danish label Charlotte Sparre make me happy with Madonnas, folky colorsplashes and funny icebear prints.

There was also an exhibition featuring Austrian fashion designers with very cool stuff from AND_I and cool glasses by Andy Wolf. We also made some more jewellery discovery today at the Premiere Class which is sharing the same hall. Check out tatty devine for cool jewellery animals. See my impressions after the jump.

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Claudio by Claudio
on January 23rd, 2012
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Berlin Fashion Week – Day 4: Odeur

Odeur

photos: Jens Wernscheid

On the fourth day of Berlin Fashion Week our beloved label Odeur had their presentation at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week studio. As always, they managed to give minimalism a unique and intersting edge. Check out the video and the pictures after the jump, as well as some more impressions of the day on 2 pages.

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Jens by Jens
on January 23rd, 2012
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Jam & Toast – Vintage Fair Berlin

Toast & Jam

photos: ichbineinbaum.de

Saturday is the perfect day for flea markets. But with today’s rainy weather the Toast & Jam was the perfect alternative. The Vintage Fashion Fair took place for the first time ever in these last three days. Fashion, furniture and accessories from various decades are for sale and finest Vintage Couture pieces are on offer next to no-name knitted jumpers. Exberliner magazine and Nowkoelln Flowmarkt initiated the Vintage Fashion Market and promise: „Bygone trends will be rediscovered.“ Anne Poprausch, winner of the Vintage Smackdown, was one of the 30 selected sellers „I am thrilled“ she told us „ I didn’t think the Bread & Butter crowd would come to see us, but the two worlds actually mixed. I’d definitely do it again, if I’m invited!“

And we´ll certainly come back. Because instead of wasting the day going from one place to the other, we loved having more time to browse! Check all info about the sellers, party and of course all our photos after the Jump.

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Lia by Lia
on January 23rd, 2012
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Who’s Next Paris – Day 2: Urban Wear

Bleans Je Vovis

After seeing jaw-dropping fashion shows yesterday surrounded by all the fabulous people Paris has to offer, walking around over the urbanwear exhibition Mr. Brown at the Who’s Next Paris today was quite relaxing. I encountered one label I was totally fond of and made me want to meet more young designers. The unisex clothes at the little both of Bleans Je Vovis had the right mix of cool and chic that made me want everything of it ;-)

Frank was a fan of the cheaky, sexy and casual aesthetic of French street label Elevenparis. Overall we liked the playfull attempt of some labels to inspire the visitors with the funniest installations and we liked listening to the bands playing during the day.

More impressions of the giant urban and menswear trade show Mr. Brown after jump.

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Claudio by Claudio
on January 23rd, 2012
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Berlin Fashion Week – Day 3: Meet the Designers

Mark&Julia

On our third day of Berlin Fashion Week I took my time to visit all the avant-garde showrooms and exhibitions. This might not sound so exciting because there is no event or show or party taking place. But here I get the chance to actually talk to the designers who create all these great collections face-to-face and get to know the person that designs the clothes I am wearing. On my tour I visited the SEEK exhibition, Temporary Showroom, Collect, the (capsule) tradeshow and finally the showroom of Edged and fier Management. Meet the designers and see our impressions after the jump.

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Frank by Frank
on January 22nd, 2012
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Who’s Next Paris – Day 1: Accessories

Andres Gallardo

Here we are at last: Paris Fashion Week. We were invited by Who’s Next Paris Prêt-à-Porter trade show to discover the world of fashion in Paris. And what a big world it is. When we arrived at the grounds of the trade show at Portes de Versailles we were a bit shocked of how huge it is. The 6-fairs-in-one event is hosted in 4 big halls that make you feel very small. Hundreds if not thousands of brands from all over the world are exhibiting their latest collections here.

On our first day we decided to start with the jewellery and accessories exhibition of Première Class. While browsing through the first hall of shoes we rediscovered the British shoe label United Nude that we though was the most edgy and intersting one of the whole exhibition. Of course the Eiffel Tour Heel was also quite charming…

After the shoes we took a look at all the jewellery labels in the next hall. Here we especially liked the wonderful porcelain jewellery of Spanish designer Andres Gallardo and the laser-cut leather accessories by Italien label C.A. 2. After the jump you will find our favorite finds of the exhibition as well as our outfits of the day.

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Frank by Frank
on January 22nd, 2012
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