A Guide to Berlin Fashion: The Sporty Edition

A Guide to Berlin Fashion: The Sporty Edition

The fashion scene of Berlin is as diverse and colorful as it can get and I think that is one of the best things about the city. You will find something for everyone. There are those designers who are clearly inspired by the Scandinavian minimalism, you have those who do totally wearable everyday clothes that sell like bread, those who make quite crazy stuff that you can only wear for fashion week, and so much more in the middle and around, it’s impossible to list it all. With our new series A Guide To Berlin Fashion we would like to give you an overview of the different styles that we find here and show you some of our favorite designers from Berlin in each genre. We are definately not going to be able to name all of them, because the number of labels is impossibly high, so see this more as an example of some of the most notable ones.

For the first edition of our new Berlin Fashion Guide we would like to start with one of the most obvious contemporary trends: Sportswear-inspired streetwear. The sporty style has started to penetrate the collections of young designers and avant-garde labels for a handful of seasons now and with the Wang x H&M collaboration finally reached the mainstream. I think the revival of the sneaker that has been going on for the past years has played an important part in it and all the sneaker brands should be more than pleased to be so highly relevant and important in fashion right now. During my last visit of the Dissonance Area at the Premium Exhibition it felt like every second collection had jumped aboard the trend using a lot of active wear materials like neopren and mesh with wide boxy cuts.

Here in Berlin we have a couple of labels that fall into this category that we would like to introduce you to. They are either inspired by certain types of sports or have a generally sporty aesthetic to them, but all of them seem quite on point with their fashion in this day and time. And the best thing about it? You don’t even need a gym membership anymore to look sportive, these labels sure know how to create the illusion. Enjoy our guide to sporty Berlin fashion after the jump.

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Apollo Krieg

Apollo Krieg

One of the new fashion discoveries in terms of menswear that I made at the recent LNFA event at Platoon is the young streetwear label Apollo Krieg from Berlin. At first sight it looks like yet another graphic T-shirt label. They might have started as such (as so many) but are currently venturing into a full collection of clothes which looks really promissing. I personally really love their graphic T-shirts as the prints are quite cool and really hit a nerve in terms of current aesthetics. And the new collection for Spring/Summer 2014 also has some great sweaters, pants and jackets in an amazing all-over pattern print. Check out the new Apollo Krieg lookbook after the jump.

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