KILIAN KERNER
Kilian Kerner (1979), was born and raised in Cologne. Before founding the label KILIAN KERNER in 2004 he studied drama in Cologne and Berlin between 2000 and 2003. Due to his success in the past Kilian Kerner was able to expand and develop his label. The premium line KILIAN KERNER as well as the diffusion line Kilian Kerner Senses are both available in fourteen countries worldwide, e.g. at Apropos in Köln/Düsseldorf, Tessabit in Italy, Fenwick and House of Fraser in UK and the KILIAN KERNER stores in Berlin and Hamburg. In the meantime there have been numerous celebrities supporting KILIAN KERNER: Actresses like Karoline Herfurth and Alina Levshin, famous models such as Eva Padberg and Karolína Kurková, actor Tom Schilling and musician Tim Bendzko – are fond of Kilian Kerner’s designs.
ADELINA IVAN
Adelina Ivan is a Bucharest based women’s ready-to-wear limited edition clothing line, produced entirely in-house by hand. The focus behind the collections is on the black and white theme and undisclosed details, hand crafted techniques on futuristic shapes and fabrics. The label tells a story about revealing the small world within, hence the conceptual and harmonic collections and the devotion to keeping things simple and natural. Born in Bucharest, Adelina Ivan won the 2011 F&B award – designer of the year from fashionandbeauty.ro. With a BFA in design from the Art Institute of Bucharest, she launched her label in 2008. The label’s collections have been shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin in July 2012 and also during the Berlin Fashion Show at Premium, Who’s Next Paris, The Train New York and Weareurope Tokio.
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ANDRA CLITAN
Andra Clitan was born in Baia Mare, Romania in 1983. She grew up and studied in her hometown until 2002, when she decided to move to Cluj-Napoca to study at the University of Art and Design. She started her career by specializing in textiles, with a Major in Fashion Design and a Minor in Printing. Later on, she studied at L’Ecole Superieure des Artes Decoratifs de Strasbourg, France (2004) and in 2008 she was granted a scholarship at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design London. Reference points in her career were: Romanian Fashion Week Iasi (2006-2008), Summer Fashion Week by Fashion TV (2007), The Pasarela Festival (2009) by French Embassy Bucharest, Romanian Fashion Week (2010).
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information and photos thanks to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin