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Guido Maria Kretschmer started his career in fashion design at the age of 9, when he received his first sewing machine.

From an early age, Kretschmer knew that his passion for design and fabrics would determine his future life. In 1989, Kretschmer founded his company and fashion label GUIDO MARIA KRETSCHMER with headquarters in Münster (Germany) and Palma de Mallorca (Spain). In 2004, Kretschmer fulfilled his lifelong dream of having his own Haute Couture line GUIDO MARIA KRETSCHMER Couture.

Within a short amount of time, Kretschmer became one of the most successful designers in Germany with the press starting to call him “the German Valentino”. His work as a fashion designer is unique, exciting and confidently stylish. His versatility is reflected in both of his lines: For his Premium Collection, he designs high quality cocktail dresses and glamorous evening gowns. The GUIDO MARIA KRETSCHMER Collection mainly focuses on Ready-to-Wear looks and business wear. Stars as Charlize Theron, Alexandra Maria Lara, Christine Neubauer, Barbara Schöneberger and top model Karolina Kurkova trust his fashion expertise and love wearing his couture on the red carpet.

In 2013, Kretschmer published his first book “Anziehungskraft: Stil kennt keine Größe”, which quickly became a bestseller and turned him into a successful author. At the end of 2014, his second book “Eine Bluse macht noch keinen Sommer: Geschichten aus dem Kleiderschrank” was published. Both books stayed on the bestseller list for weeks.

In January 2012, his infamous styling documentary “Shopping Queen“ and “Promi Shopping Queen“  started  airing on the German TV channel VOX, where he serves as a competent and likeable styling judge. Thanks to Kretschmer and his honest and witty opinions, “Shopping Queen” grew to be a cult programme on German TV and is one of the most watched programmes of this genre.

Further, he was a judge on “Das perfekte Model” on VOX as well as “Das Supertalent”, the German version of “Britain’s Got Talent”, and host of the RTL show “Hotter Than My Daughter”. His newest show “Deutschlands schönste Frau” started airing in February 2015 on RTL.

For his achievements, Kretschmer was awarded with the “Goldene Kamera”, the “Deutscher Fernsehpreis”, the “Goldene Henne” as well as the Austrian TV award “Romy” for the second time in 2015.

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Since the beginning, their collections have been defined by the duo’s obsession for the “modern” and the “beautiful”. Inspired by modern women and their lifestyles, PERRET SCHAAD’s pieces show a unique sensibility for colours, a strong focus on details and the interest in creating outstanding, wearable designs.

Perret and Schaad use valuable quality fabrics with unique fluidity and tactility and combine them harmonically—or in contrast, to achieve their own aesthetic. Keeping an intuitive method in their design process, with inventive draping but also precise cuts, PERRET SCHAAD creates sharp and at the same time sensual silhouettes. Lines and patterns evoke structure, while shapes and volume draw the classic and the new.

PERRET SCHAAD’s look is complete—feminist and elegant, disciplined and free.

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Emre Erdemoglu studied at the fashion design department of okuz Eylül Üniversitesi of fine arts. With his first collection “Sandi??k Lekesi” he got second at the EIB Fashion Design Competition and won prizes in national and international competitions. For his first fashion show Erdemoglu was invited to Italy. He participated at national and international fairs, i.e. the “Pitti Imagine Uomo” fashion fair, where he showed for the last 6 seasons. In 2012 Erdemoglu won “THE MOST CREATIVE COLLECTION” award. Same year the founded the brand EMRE ERDEMO?LU. EMRE ERDEMO?LU can be bought at “IstanbulFashion Incube”, “Beymen Blender” and the online platforms “Morhipo” and “AU Vintage”. The young designer, who consolidated his career with post graduate, started teaching at Haliç University in 2012.

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Ewa Herzog has always been in love with fashion. One of her biggest dreams came true when she was able to study at AMD Akademie Mode & Design. After graduating in 2010, she created her own eponymous label EWA HERZOG. Her philosophy: feminine high-fashion that is produced in fair and sustainable conditions. For Ewa Herzog, being in Berlin is more than just an ideal choice of location and facility, but a personal credo as well: "On my label directly you can read Berlin straight under my name, and the entire world comes to this capital to seek inspiration. That is striking to me"

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Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos is the designer behind the label DIMITRI. The son of a Greek father and an Italian mother graduated from renowned fashion school ESMOD and subsequently finished his “Master of Fashion Design” at Instituto Marangoni Milan.

As early as a child, the 38-year old developed a great affinity to fashion. His fascination for fabrics and cuts was always with him and developed further over the years. Dimitrios worked for well-known designers around the world, such as Jil Sander, Hugo Boss and Vivienne Westwood and is now thrilling international customers and fashion press with his own line DIMITRI.

The label DIMITRI was founded in 2007 and stands for quality, precision and personality. Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos is running his own creative studio and, since 2010, is presenting his collection regularly at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. Dimitrios designs miraculously feminine collections for women who want to stand out from the crowd and are looking for exclusive fashion. ‘I design for women who embody taste, charisma and self-confidence and who also want to radiate this to the outside world’, states the designer himself. Accessories such as bags and jewellery complete his portfolio.

The DIMITRI collection is produced in Italy, evening gowns and couture dresses of the line DIMITRI Atelier are handcrafted in his own studio. The collection can be purchased at selected retailers as well as online on www.bydimitri.com.

In October 2014, DIMITRI was awarded the “Goldene Nase”, a fashion prize for creative design, by Ruth Haber.

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