Darklands, Berlin’s number one concept store for high-end avant-garde labels, is currently hosting another one of their temporary pop-up sale shops in Mitte. At the second edition of the Nag Nag Nag shop you will be able to get pieces by designers such as Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Damir Doma, Rad Hourani, Obscure, Raf Simons, Henrik Vibskov, Patrick Mohr, Ute Ploier and many more for up to 80% off the original price. Now if that’s not a convincing argument to head over there I don’t know what it is. The sale shop is only open in May 2014 so be quick and don’t miss the incredible avant-garde bargains. The details after the jump.
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by Frank | Fashion, Mitte, Shops
Avant-garde fashion has to lead away from commercial and aesthetic boundaries, create new ways of perceptions or conceptualize society throughout the medium of garment, which is rather difficult if not impossible sometimes. Therefore designers tend to create statements less through the products of their creativity itself but furthermore with the presentation. Munich-based designer Patrick Mohr was often criticized for displaying unprovocative fashion in a provocative manner. Presenting rather simple outfits on homeless people, body-builders or albino models his fashion shows were always a reason for the news to project scandals.
In the last two seasons Mohr sticks to working with unconventional presentations and unique models, but also impressing with his designs. Last season’s collection called Human and this season called work hard and be mohr brought his aesthetics to a new level. The entire collection is made of a strong electric blue that created a nearly magical energy in the room. Using only black models Patrick Mohr wanted to criticize the predominance of white models throughout all the fashion industry. The models where standing in little triangle shaped pillars. Labels on the top of the pillars read in bold German words “Freiheit beschreibt die Fähigkeit des Menschen, willentlich zu handeln!” (Freedom is the ability of mankind to act deliberately).
Even if this sounds very socially conscious, I wonder how Mohr defines his freedom as an avant-garde designer. Because even if you don’t have to create fashion for the mass markets, you are still depending on sponsors or on other economic suppliers that have influence on your work in one way or another. I think that even if Patrick can work hard to be mohr as much as he wants, he can never be deliberately free in his designs. Nontheless he presented one of my favourite collections during the Berlin Fashion week, which you can admire in the fantastic backstage-shootings from our talented photographer Olga Khristolyubova after the jump.
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by Claudio | Fashion
Patrick Mohr is probably not the type of label that you would get in a Kaufhaus. Nonetheless the excentric designer from Munich chose a former department store as the venue for his latest fashion presentation. I must say, I am so glad that after a few seasons of buying into the whole “I need to be commercial and boring to be successful in Germany” myth Patrick has return to his crazy, experimental and crafty roots creating fashion that is interesting and complex with presentations that are thought-provoking and entertaining. This time he once again showed his designs on the bodies of the types of models that would normally not set foot onto a runway of Fashion Week: Body builders, disabled people, and other types that don’t fit the typical beauty standards of our society. This time it felt even less like a shock effect but more like a statement and we salut to that: Everyone is beautiful in their own way. The impressions of a great show after the jump.
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by Frank | Fashion, Photos
If fashion week is war, runway is the battlefield. And I did a good portion of fights last week to go to each event and make sure that everybody noticed that I was there. Is this egomanic? I do’t think so. To see all my adventures at Berlin Fashion Week and to see the shows I visited and enjoyed the most (Patrick Mohr, Moga e Mago, The Shit, Lena Hoschek, Mark Stone and the best of them all Charlie Le Mindu) please have a look at the third episode called Runway after the jump.
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by Tati | Fashion
photos: Nils Krüger
On Wednesday evening Patrick Mohr opened his own pop-up store at Münzstraße 20 with a party with music by his buddy DJ Hell. In the shop you can get his previous seasons on sale as well as the current summer season. Have a look at the impressions of the opening night after the jump on 2 pages.
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by Frank | Fashion, Mitte, Party, Photos, Places, Shops
photo by Katja Hentschel
Next week is Fashion Week here in Berlin, hurrah! For us it’s definately one of the most exciting times of the year, especially since we are doing five events of our own this time. But as you know most of the events during Berlin Fashion Week are not even public but only for fashion professionals (and those who manage to sneak themselves in). But there still are quite a lot of events and parties that everyone can go to and we want to give you a little guide of the best ones. On top of that you can win a few copies of the brand new fashion book Berlin Catwalks.
Seven days of fashion, pick your favorite parties, exhibitions, sales, shows and events after the jump.
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by Frank | Events, Fashion, Party
Lala Berlin – S/S 2010 – click to enlarge
Berlin Fashion Week – Spring/Summer 2010 – Review Part 4
Lala Berlin, based in Mulackstraße, was supposed to be one of the highlights of Fashion Week. But the only light I could see was the brightness of the pink of the invitation card and of some dresses during the show. It started with a long waiting cause tons of people arrived late for the show. Then, a bunch of photographers blocked my view on the catwalk. My neighbour almost cricked his head in order to see which famous “celebrity” got so much attention. Soon the secret was solved: Fanta Vier sent one of their guys, sitting next to Heike Makatsch, Eva Padberg and this singing German youngster actress , I forgot her name. Gosh, had this been Germany’s celebrity elite? I suddenly felt bored in Lalaland.
As if my eyes hadn’t been strained enough that day, I was forced to see a boring collection of old granny knitted cardigans and those mentioned pink dresses that received – to my astonishment – thunderous applause. Well, not everything can be so good as Black Coffee or the show of Mongrels in Common, to me one of those rare designers who really know how to make good stuff. A look at that as well as my impressions of Patrick Mohr after the jump.
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by Suz | Fashion
