In Germany we have two essential traditions for the Easter holiday: The first one is hiding chocolate Easter bunnies and nests or eggs filled with candy that the kids (or the grown-up kids who don’t want to let go of their childhood memories) have to search. And the second one is that we artfully paint real chicken eggs to make them into Eater egg ornaments that we have on some branches in a vase. Sometimes the eggs are simply colorful, some have more elaborate paintings or even carvings on them.
A few years ago we asked a couple of Berlin-based designers to create avant-garde fashion Easter eggs for us. It was great fun back then and we thought we should show you these eggs again for all of those who didn’t follow us back then. We hope these Couture Eggs, as we called them, will inspire you for your own Easter eggs. Happy Easter!
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by Frank | Fashion
Since our Couture Eggs event I am totally obsessed with egg packaging. I see them like everywhere. But it seems I am not the only one. A friendly reader sent me a great music video from theband Tiger Love. Seeing this video did not only make me laugh out loud. I have to say that I really like the song quite a lot. Watch it after the jump.
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by Claudio | Music
Last night we transformed the Achteinhalb Concept Store into an egg carton battlefield for the vernissage of the Couture Eggs. It was a lot of fun to observe the people trying to safely step over the uneven terrain to reach the eggs (and the boys with the drinks). Thanks to Thea and her team for the great idea and execution of the installation. And of course thanks to all designers for their beautiful eggs and for the people who bid on them for our Charity Auction. Also thanks to the team of Achteinhalb and to the drinks sponsors Veltins who are raffling off another Couture Egg object by Parsival Cserer on their facebook page, as well as Absolut Vodka and the delicious lemonade and maracujanade of Lemomaid.
The auction for the first set of eggs will continue until tonight around 22:30-23:30. Make your final bids now for a good cause! The auctions for the second set of eggs will be online until tomorrow (Saturday) around noon. After the jump you’ll see a lot of impressions from before, during and after the vernissage.
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by Frank | Fashion, Party
Couture Egg by Reality Studio
And here we have the second batch of Couture Eggs by JULIAANDBEN, Reality Studio, Anna Wegelin, Phoebe Heess and Proportion. Now all the eggs are online for the Charity auction! If you want to see the eggs live in an installation by set-designer Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm come to the vernissage on Thursday at the Achteinhalb Store. Register here.
Half of the proceeds from the auction will go to the children’s charity organization Plan and their Japan program. The other half will go to the organization Prince of Maputo in Mozambique that will build a standpipe for a children’s home in Maputo. More about this next week. See the five remaining eggs and make your bid for a good cause after the jump.
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by Frank | Fashion, Misc.
Couture Egg by C.Neeon
Here comes the first batch of our Couture Eggs with fabulous Easter egg creations by Esther Perbandt, C.Neeon, Paula Immich, Von Bardonitz, Parsival Cserer and Burkhardt/Möllmann. The auction for a good cause shall begin. The proceeds of the auction will be donated to two different charity organizations. The first one is the Japan disaster relief program of Plan, one of the worlds biggest non-profit charity organization for children in need. After the jump you’ll find the eggs and your chance on bidding.
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by Frank | Fashion, Misc.
photo: Tina Winkhaus
Chocolate bunnies, colorful easter eggs, fluffy yellow chicks. It can no longer be ignored: It’s the Easter week. As you know this season we will replace the kitchy Easter eggs we painted in our childhood with some gorgeous avant-garde designer eggs. The Couture Eggs have been roling in since the weekend and this evening we will put them online for our Charity Auction. Let’s see what else this week has to offer, after the jump.
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by Frank | Art, Events, Fashion, Party
This Easter we will turn the traditional kitchy family holiday upside down and transform it into something more contemporary and fashionable. Together with the team of Achteinhalb we have asked our favorite avant-garde designers to create Easter Eggs for us – we call them Couture Eggs. The designers are Anna Wegelin, Burkhardt/Möllmann, C.Neeon, Esther Perbandt, JULIAANDBEN, Parsival Cserer, Paula Immich, Phoebe Heess, Proportion, Reality Studio and Von Bardonitz.
These unique eggs will be auctioned off here on the blog starting late on Monday April 18 until Friday April 22, 2011. The proceeds will be donated to children’s charity and Japan disaster relief organizations. On Thursday the eggs will be presented live at a vernissage the Achteinhalb Concept Store. More details and photos after the jump.
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by Frank | Fashion, Party
