German Fashion Designers

Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri | © Cathleen Wolf

The Long Flow of Memory: Reconstructions of Cultural Identity in the Fashions of Issever Bahri

In 2010 two young Turkish fashion designers, Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri joined forces to create the fashion label Issever Bahri.More ...
Alte Liebe logo© Nadja Ruby and Elisa Steltner

Old Love – Or When Caps Bring Happiness

Elderly ladies enthusiastically crocheting are delighting fashion-conscious students, hip Atlantic surfers and other young people with their wool caps, and are being overwhelmed by a wave of appreciation.More ...
Alexandra Kiesel and her Kollektion © Florian Seefried for Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf

The Modular Principle – the Designer Alexandra Kiesel

The designer Alexandra Kiesel has a powerful concept: she designs fashion on the basis of modules which, at some point in the future, anyone can put together to create his or her own, individual clothing.More ...
Frieder Weissbach and Eva Howitz, Photo: Andreas Krug, © howitzweissbach

Tradition, without being traditional: the designer duo howitzweissbach

howitzweissbach is more than just an award-winning fashion label. Where other designers take their production overseas, Eva Howitz and Frieder Weissbach rely on the tradition of the Erzgebirge location. And their success has proved them right too.More ...
“Marble Dust”, Spring/Summer 2010 collection, Copyright: c.neeon/photo: Kristian Schuller, Paris

Patterns With Poise: the Self-assured Style of the c.neeon Label

Diplomas, awards, international recognition – the two designers at c.neeon have had a meteoric rise to fame.More ...
Wolfgang Joop, Drawing WUNDERKIND Spring/Summer 2010 Collection; Copyright:Wolfgang Joop

Small Works of Art – Wolfgang Joop’s Avant-garde Luxury Label Wunderkind

Nobody can compose such beautiful clothes, drawing on history and the avant-garde, sensitivity and rebellion, pragmatism and freedom, as world-famous Potsdam fashion designer Joop.More ...
Ich bin ein Fan von Dir (I’m a fan of yours), Cop: Eva Gronbach

Versatile and Political – Eva Gronbach and her Collections

Just a few years ago Eva Gronbach’s fashion statements were still controversial, but they’ve long since become a renowned signature style.More ...
Hair Brush, © Bless

Just Experiments! Everything’s always Different at Bless

Only their jumpers can be stored in a drawer, their Bless label absolutely can’t. Ines Kaag and Desiree Heiss make clothes, furniture, accessories – and don’t want to be pinned down, not even to a job description.More ...
Summer collection 2008, © Anja Gockel

Unmistakeably Poetic, Feminine, Soft – the Creations of Anja Gockel

She has taken her place among Germany’s most successful women fashion designers since 1996. Even though Anja Gockel has matured and found a new design language: her creations remain unique – and a far cry from minimalism.More ...
© Ayzit Bostan

Substance Instead Of Spectacle: Ayzit Bostan makes Fashion for the Stage of Life

Designs by Munich fashion designer Ayzit Bostan combine contrasts playfully: wearable without being commercial, simple and complex at the same time - and always suitable for everyday wear.More ...
Winter 06/07 'Mimikri' Cop: Stephanie Franzius/Foto: Piet Truhlar

A Hint of Poetry in Fashion – Stephanie Franzius

Cool, unfussy pieces with clean lines, a hint of poetry and always a message – young talent Stephanie Franzius shares her design secrets.More ...
Copyright: Kaviar Gauche

Kaviar Gauche – Luxury and Avant-garde

Kaviar Gauche, with its feminine avant-garde fashions, has advanced within a short space of time to become one of Germany’s most successful young labels.More ...

German Fashion

Young German Fashion Photographers

Markus Ebner, Editor-in-Chief of the fashion magazine Achtung, presents ten young photographers.