Jean Gritsfeldt
A model walks the runway at the Jean Gritsfeldt show.
A model walks the runway at the Jean Gritsfeldt show.
A model walks the runway at the Jean Gritsfeldt show in Berlin.
Models backstage at Jean Gritsfeldt, faces made up to look bruised.
Clothes at Jean Gritsfeldt were only simple looks in cotton or jersey printed with words like peace, love and respect in English and Ukrainian.
At the end of Gritsfeldt’s show last Wednesday evening, the models carried a huge Ukrainian flag down the runway.
Designer Kilian Kerner and models wore specially-made hoodies at the end of Kerner’s runway show at Berlin Fashion Week.
Backstage at Kilian Kerner at Berlin Fashion Week.
A model in the Kilian Kerner show at Berlin Fashion Week.
Designer Kilian Kerner created bags using a popular pizza delivery logo.
Models walk the runway at the Esther Perbandt show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin this week. Perbandt was inspired by vintage drawings and blueprints of the inner workings of silk-making machines.
German designer Esther Perbandt became well known outside her homeland when she was runner-up in the first season of the Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn-hosted reality series, Making the Cut.
Backstage at Esther Perbandt at Berlin Fashion Week.
Ilmonen’s collection consisted of garments made of identical squares of richly colored fabric, connected with buttons or fabric loops along the seams. This meant all the clothing in her collection, appropriately named Same Same but Different, could be re-shaped any way the wearer wishes. The dresses can continue to change, the designer has explained, rather than be discarded.
A look at the Marcel Ostertag show at Berlin Fashion Week.
Backstage at Marcel Ostertag’s show at Berlin Fashion Week.
Danny Reinke’s wild ways with tulle and a de-constructed shoulder lifted his collection out of ladylike.
A model walks the runway at the Danny Reinke show in Berlin.
Models walk the runway at the Danny Reinke show in Berlin.
At the Berliner Salon, invitees could get up close and personal to a wide variety of local offerings, with clothes displayed on dummies alongside working drawings and mood boards.
The Berliner Salon included the charmingly childish Horror Vacui, exuberant prints from Rianna & Nina (pictured) and opulent frills by local luxury label Dawid Tomaszewski.
Looks by German brand, Horror Vacui, at the Berliner Salon.
Styles by Berlin Fashion Week stalwart, Dawid Tomaszewski, on display at the Berliner Salon.
Extravagant head gear by Berlin-based milliner Fiona Bennett at the Berliner Salon.
Berlin-based designer William Fan and Christiane Arp, who curates the Berliner Salon showcase, attend the Fashion Council Germany & Cobildo de Gran Canaria Dinner during the week.
Platte’s audience were outside, looking into the space’s windows.
A model at the Platte show.
A model on a treadmill in the window at the Platte show.
Models at the Platte show.
Models at the Platte show.
A model at the Platte show.
Models show clothes by the Berlin-based brand Bondy inside the Platte space.
Models show clothes by the Berlin-based brand Bondy inside the Platte space.
The audience at Platte’s outdoor show.
The audience at Platte’s outdoor show.
The audience at Platte’s outdoor show.
Stills from designer Kai Gerhardt’s collection. The designer opened up his studio to Berlin shoppers and said he was satisfied with the results.