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PATRICK MOHR

Patrick Mohr is known for sophisticated sportswear. The designs are clean, wearable and play with different silhouettes.

Natural materials such as cotton, wool and leather emphasize the purist impression. Patrick Mohr combines elegance with sportiness – avantgarde with streetwear. Traditional elements are mixed with new silhouettes for an urban and purist effect – progressive fashion with timeless wearability.
His use of geometric shapes creates something new, something independent.

Patrick Mohr launched his label in 2008, after he had finished his studies at ESMOD. He won the "Prix Createur" for ‘Best Collection’.

 

FRIDA WEYER

Berlin-born designer Frida Weyer studied at the international fashion school ESMOD in Berlin. She quickly made a name for herself in the industry, was celebrated as the new German “Wunderkind”, and won prizes such as the “PREMIUM Young Designers Award” as well as the prestigious “Bunte New Faces Award”. Celebrities such as Natalia Avelon and Jette Joop love the creations of FRIDA WEYER and regularly present themselves on the red carpet wearing them. The young designer even made it to Hollywood: Maria-Victoria Dragus wore one of her dresses to the 2010 Academy Awards.

Frida Weyer is distinguished by the surprising versatility of her collections. The designer has managed to perform a successful balancing act between elaborately tailored high-end fashion and casual ready-to-wear clothing. Her sensitive feeling for the needs of the modern women is reflected in all of her designs – always fashionable but with a touch of Berlin sassiness that makes the collections quintessentially wearable. To be a woman and to be allowed to be a woman is the designer’s philosophy, always with a focus on authenticity and elegance.

photos and article courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

EP_ANOUI

[ep_anoui] by Eva Poleschinski, founded in 2008 in Vienna, is a label with focus on attention to detail and individuality. The label’s name is derived and inspired by the French word for “bloom,” which illustrates the development and metamorphism of individuals through fashion.

Behind the brand stands designer Eva Poleschinski who designs with a youthful freshness to emphasize the personality of the wearer, whilst also combining and accommodating the wearer’s own individuality. Core elements of each collection are specially designed sequined fabrics, playing with unusual shapes and details, as well as materials such as leather and silk.

Eva Poleschinski studied at the prestigious Central Saint Martin’s College in London and at ESMOD in Munich. In July 2011 she celebrated with great press coverage her debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin.

 

PERRET SCHAAD

PERRET SCHAAD´s duo, Johanna Perret und Tutia Schaad will be showing their Spring/Summer 2013 collection this season at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. The designers´ love for design process leads to the intuitive side of their work.

PERRET SCHAAD draw inspiration from atmospheres, lights, textures and colours. They are interested in challenging construction techniques, applying handcraft knowledge and confront their own rules.
The finest fabrics are used and quality finishing is considered as a full part of the design development.

PERRET SCHAAD’s collections combine the vision and skills of the two designers into a line, which defines an elegant, cool and individual look.

photos and article courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

STEVEN TAI

Canadian designer Steven Tai is a 2011 graduate of Central Saint Martins. He has worked at companies such as Bless, Viktor & Rolf and Stella McCartney. In 2012 he was invited to Hyeres where he won the prestigious Chloe prize. His work has already been featured in Vogue, Elle, Dazed and Confused and websites including We Are The Market and This is Paper. He draws inspiration from the mundane aspects of daily life that, in large urban cities are frequently overlooked.

KILIAN KERNER

The label KILIAN KERNER lives upon emotions. His decision alone to make fashion his profession derives from Kilian Kerner’s passion for garments and the feeling that designing was the right thing for him to do.
Due to his success in the past Kilian Kerner was allowed to expand and develop his label. Next to the KILIAN KERNER onlineshop he also launched his own jersey line ‘Kilian Kerner Senses’ and two flagshipstores in Berlin and Wiesbaden.
In the meantime Kilian Kerner gained many prominent fans and supporters. Amongst them the actresses Karoline Herfurth, Nora von Waldstätten and Alina Levshin, the models Eva Padberg and Karolína Kurková and many more.

photos and article courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

MALAIKARAISS

In the lovely city of Berlin the essential collections of Malaika Raiss and her team are being created since summer 2010.
The MALAIKARAISS look is positive, strong and delicate at the same time a bit edgy if needed.
The ready-to-wear styles focus on a clean silhouette which combine innovative fabrics and yarns with unique finishings in an expressive look and feel.

UBI SUNT

UBI SUNT consists of the two designers Aidin Sanati and Moa Wikman. They met while working at a design studio in London.
Aidin Sanati is a Paris born Persian raised in Sweden. previous to his design education in London he studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and History of Art at Stockholm University.
Moa Wikman was raised and born in Härnösand, north of Sweden and has a background in pattern cutting and fashion design before completing her fashion degree at London College of Fashion.

photos and article courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK