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See · Feel · Love Laurèl: this slogan represents the message which the brand Laurèl stands for. The label does not allow any compromises whatsoever when it comes to design and quality, reflecting an unconditional liaison between the two aspirations. Laurèl is passion – a love of fashion. Women are to "see" the creations, "feel" them on their body and "fall in love" with Laurèl. Laurèl is exciting, appealing and always feminine! Laurèl creations stand for "luxury ease" – a new laid-back style which reflects the contemporary feel of the modern woman – independence and self-confidence combined with strength and femininity Looks with a feel-good style which can be worn 24/7. Elisabeth Schwaiger creates her fashion with commitment, and intuition. High-quality materials such as leather, jersey, silk-stretch and exclusive prints underline the individuality of each woman and sharp cuts define the silhouette. It is a ready-for-everything look with that certain detail.

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The designer, Dawid Tomaszewski, launched his eponymous label 2009 in Berlin. His passion for art and architecture is the source of inspiration for his exceptional and vanguard designs. Dawid Tomaszewski merely uses high quality material. His strict focus on excellence gives every designed dress the potential of becoming a woman’s favorite piece.

With a unique mix of purism and extravagance Dawid Tomaszewski is defining a “new couture” combining it with glamor of the most dazzling eras. His provocative but always beautiful designs give women the opportunity to express their desire for luxury.

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PERRET SCHAAD was launched in 2009 by Johanna Perret and Tutia Schaad.
The two designers met at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, where they got interested in each other’s contrasting creative personas. Shortly after graduation, they took the challenge to bring their complimentary visions and contrasting ideas together.

Since 2011, the duo collaborates with Görtz – a well-known German shoe retailer – to design 2 exclusive and limited shoe collections. In January 2012, while the first collection will be available in Görtz stores, they will be showing the result of their second season at MBFWB.

The designers apply their draping research to traditional yet innovative pattern cutting techniques. Elegant fluidity accompanied by feminine structures describes lines and volumes in a world they created. They embrace their obsession with details, playfulness with colors and curiosity for materials.

Both designers gained professional experience at international design studios such as Swash and Givenchy. This history, in combination with their own creative endeavours as PERRET SCHAAD, has led this team to give meticulous attention to fabric quality, finishing and to cherish savoir-faire.
PERRET SCHAAD creates an atmosphere and a look. One that is chic and cool, sketched with edge and perfection. The passform is highly analysed, to draw a natural and new silhouette.

The designs aim to portray the wearer as an individual and enhance her uniqueness in a contemporary world.

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Dimitri Panagiotopoulos studied at the famous ESMOD fashion school. After he graduated from „ISTITUTO MARANGONI“ in Milano with a „Master of Fashion Design“. In 2007 he opened his first store in the center of Meran, South Tyrol. From now on the 33 year old designer also wants to win over stylish women in Germany with exciting, feminine fashion as well as with accessories.

As a child he already developed a great passion for fashion which he never lost since. The designer with Greek and Italian roots worked around the world for well-known labels such as ‘Jil Sander’, ‘Hugo Boss’ and ‘Vivienne Westwood’. Now his focus of interest is to establish his own label ‘Dimitri’ in the world of fashion.

 

Passion for music, harmony between accurate tailoring and styling as well as slim feminine silhouettes with a certain something define Dimitris designs. Dimitri stands for quality, accuracy and personality.

‘I design for women with taste, charisma and self-confidence who are willing to show it.’

Dimitri is well known for his wonderful women’s clothing. He showed his collection at Vienna Fashion Week 2009 and at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin in January 2010. With great exaltation the collection was well received by journalists, stylists, VIPs and the audience. Since then Dimitri appeared in several publications in German magazines and VIPs love his collection, among others Juliette Lewis and Rachel Bilson.

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Kaviar Gauche creates must-have bags and conceptual, feminine, avant-garde clothes. The Berlin-based label was launched as a guerrilla fashion show in front of the Paris department store Colette in 2003. Since then, KAVIAR GAUCHE has held a successful presence at an international level.

The modern interpretation of evening dresses brings KAVIAR GAUCHE more frequently onto the red carpet. Along¬side top models such as Nadja Auermann, German actress Heike Makatsch is one of KAVIAR GAUCHE’s most regular customers. In addition to that Britain’s newest super model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a new ambassador for the brand.

KAVIAR GAUCHE‘s elegant innovations are also winning the hearts of the music industries biggest superstars: Lady Gaga has been dressed in KAVIAR GAUCHE creations and England‘s rising talent – the enchanting Florence Welch (Florence & The Machine) – is frequently clad in the designs.

The label’s name was inspired by the so-called “gauche caviar“, the French jet-setters who liked to coquette with the revolutionary ideas of the ‘68ers.

KAVIAR GAUCHE focuses on the symbiosis between bags and clothes. Bag elements are transposed onto the clothes and characteristic details of the clothing are conveyed onto the bag designs. Flexible silhouettes and functions frequently arise from their vision. This is a development that occurs from within the brand and its products, from collection to collection. Without subordinating to the latest trends, they always capture the pulse of the moment.

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