Stephan Pelger
"My source of inspiration is life itself. Everything inspires me, a person, an object, a sunny day or a bitterly cold night, absolutely everything.”
Stephan Pelger was born in Brasov, Romania, and studied at the Fashion Institute in Vienna, where his creative talent was discovered early. After finishing his studies, Stephan worked for the brands Missoni, Schella Kann and Di Vercallo Cashmere. In 2004 Stephan decided to return to Romania in order to start building up his own brand. Only one year later he introduced his first collection at the Romanian Fashion Week where he was praised and recognized by the critics. This was the beginning of a beautiful career. Now Stephan Pelger is a well-known high profile brand present on the national and international fashion market. His creations are designed for self-confident, modern, young women who set value on taste, style and elegance.
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Anja Gockel
Anja Gockel is a designer with all her heart. Already as a child she was fascinated by art and painted every day. After studying at the world-famous fashion school Central St. Martins in London, she launched her label anja gockel – london in 1996. For love she returned back to her home town Mainz in 1996. Numerous press reports celebrate the label as creative and exceptional and cause international popularity. With her friendly enthusiasm Anja Gockel built a highly motivated creative team that has written a success story from the start. Anja Gockel knows about the female problem areas and the social pressure to the pursuit of the ideal. The collection is to prepare women for their daily lives and enhance their beauty. As a mother of four children, creative designer and businesswoman, it is important to her, to make designer fashion portable.
With ease and sophistication Anja Gockel succeeds in emphasizing the personality of her customers with masterful drapery, shapes and colors. Anja Gockel manages to establish femininity as a counterweight to the growing delusion of being skinny. She makes her models with conviction in sizes up from XS/34 to XXL/48. The collection of Anja Gockel is especially well known for her imaginative prints and high quality materials.
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FRANZISKA MICHAEL
Franziska Michael is a Berlin based Fashion designer. She graduated from Esmod Berlin International University of Art for Fashion in 2009 before setting up her label. In 2010 her graduate collection was awarded for the most creative collection by “Walk of Fashion Berlin”. Since then the young designer works and creates in her studio in Kreuzberg.
Franziska Michael is intrigued by opposites and combines contrasts in her collections, aiming to achieve the perfect balance in each design. Her psychedelic prints quickly became her signature look. In New York she presented her Spring/Summer collection for the first time.
information and photos thanks to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin