(published by J´N´C edition 1/13, Illustration by Frauke Berg/ www.bergwerk-illustration.com) It’s no secret that fashion anticipates. Created by the pioneers of our social caravan on its journey through time, it gives all those who discover it a strong sense of the present. You could call it the visible surface of the here and now, or the smallest cog in the gearbox of aesthetic innovation. The one [...] More
… und wenn wir gerade dabei sind. Wie sieht´s denn mit der Grünen Modecrowd während der Berlin Fashion Week im Januar aus? Unser Green Guide sagt´s Euch. Sie legen einmal mehr ein feines grünes Netz über die Messelandschaft der Hauptstadt gemäß der Vielfalt ihres Stils und ihrer Segmente. Jeans auf der Bread & Butter, Prét-a-Porter auf der Premium und viele Eco Classics scheinen ihre optimale Plattform auf [...] More
The second edition of the international Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 takes place at the STATION-Berlin on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 November 2012. With the STATION-Berlin, an old postal train station in the middle of Berlin, the Beyond Fashion Summit will find its place at one of the fashion hubs of Berlin, known from the PREMIUM Exhibitions. The Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 offers a two-day [...] More
This article was created by Fredericke Winkler for J’N’C and illustrated by Frauke Berg. Thanks for giving us the authorization. It would never occur to anyone to ask if Africa has influenced our taste in music on a global scale. There is hardly a musical genre that doesn’t have any African influences whatsoever. Rock ‘n’ roll, blues, jazz, reggae, dub, hip-hop, the entire world of [...] More
Berlin Fashion Week starts on Tuesday, the 3rd of July, and you’ll be better prepared! To help you find all the green hotspots, we have sorted out the green brands, showrooms and events in the city.. you will find it underneath.. everything you need to navigate green and glamorous through the days and nights of fashion week. This is just a blog article and not [...] More
There’s no other way of putting it: health is in. Never before has the definition of beauty been as closely linked to a healthy lifestyle as it is today. We are snugly wrapped in a blanket trend of wellbeing: healthy diets, spiritually enhanced sports disciplines, health trips to far flung places, the best (alternative) medical care, and, yes, also fashion. Nobody has to accept deformed [...] More
Next week Esther Perbandt will present her Autumn/Winter Collection 2012 at Capsule Berlin. What you can look forward to is a collection kept completely in black with recyclable chains and deconstructed tartan that reminds of elegant aesthetics in old Hitchcock movies. 60 % of the fabrics used for the sample collection are sustainable and with the final collection she aims to increase that amount even more. The [...] More
About ten days to go, and then it’s Berlin Fashion Week again… We recommend you bring your walking shoes this time, as it seems there will be more fairs than ever and the green brands are spread on many of them. Consider it a challenge to catch as many venues as possible.. We have counted over 120 green fashion brands that present themselves at the [...] More
Dear Readers We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a good start into the year 2012. We want to say thank you for an exciting year with a lot of changes and developments, thanks for your support and for working towards the same goal – a more sustainable world. We hope to see you all again next year, at the latest during the Beyond [...] More
The German word ‘Froh’ translates to happy, pleased, glad and so on … and it’s safe to say that this is one lifestyle magazine that well and truly does what it says on the tin – fulfilling readers’ every psychological need with beautiful images, interesting articles, sustainable living concepts and a touch of spirituality. The FROH! Magazine is released three times a year and every [...] More
(published by J´N´C edition 1/13, Illustration by Frauke Berg/ www.bergwerk-illustration.com) It’s no secret that fashion anticipates. Created by the pioneers of our social caravan on its journey through time, it gives all those who discover it a strong sense of the present. You could call it the visible surface of the here and now, or the smallest cog in the gearbox of aesthetic innovation. The one [...] More
… und wenn wir gerade dabei sind. Wie sieht´s denn mit der Grünen Modecrowd während der Berlin Fashion Week im Januar aus? Unser Green Guide sagt´s Euch. Sie legen einmal mehr ein feines grünes Netz über die Messelandschaft der Hauptstadt gemäß der Vielfalt ihres Stils und ihrer Segmente. Jeans auf der Bread & Butter, Prét-a-Porter auf der Premium und viele Eco Classics scheinen ihre optimale Plattform auf [...] More
The second edition of the international Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 takes place at the STATION-Berlin on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 November 2012. With the STATION-Berlin, an old postal train station in the middle of Berlin, the Beyond Fashion Summit will find its place at one of the fashion hubs of Berlin, known from the PREMIUM Exhibitions. The Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 offers a two-day [...] More
This article was created by Fredericke Winkler for J’N’C and illustrated by Frauke Berg. Thanks for giving us the authorization. It would never occur to anyone to ask if Africa has influenced our taste in music on a global scale. There is hardly a musical genre that doesn’t have any African influences whatsoever. Rock ‘n’ roll, blues, jazz, reggae, dub, hip-hop, the entire world of [...] More
Choose to revolt! Join the NON TOXIC REVOLUTION! With all the awareness for health and environment and after years of cradle-to-cradle hype I wonder why the topic of toxics is still so small among consumers. This wonderful and provoking campaign by the NGO Keep A Breast just launched in Berlin.The artwork is done by the renown street-artist Stepard Fairey aka Obey the Giant, also known [...] More
Berlin Fashion Week starts on Tuesday, the 3rd of July, and you’ll be better prepared! To help you find all the green hotspots, we have sorted out the green brands, showrooms and events in the city.. you will find it underneath.. everything you need to navigate green and glamorous through the days and nights of fashion week. This is just a blog article and not [...] More
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What to do with worn T-shirts, that accompanied you in various living situation, but are not of any function for you anymore? That’s right – You can exchange them during Germany’s first ShirtMob! Next Friday, the 27th of April a huge shirt swapping action will take place at Berlin Alexanderplatz. Initiated by Beyond Berlin and ReShirt this event presents an alternative Recycling concept that will [...] More
Old chewing gum that gets stuck on the sidewalks is pretty hard to be removed. Dropped unconsciously, these white spots form an uneven pattern throughout our cities. It costs quite some money to clean the streets from unwanted gum each year. Ben Wilson had a better idea. The English wood carver and street artist developed a sort of Make-up concept for that issue. Very patiently he [...] More
There’s no other way of putting it: health is in. Never before has the definition of beauty been as closely linked to a healthy lifestyle as it is today. We are snugly wrapped in a blanket trend of wellbeing: healthy diets, spiritually enhanced sports disciplines, health trips to far flung places, the best (alternative) medical care, and, yes, also fashion. Nobody has to accept deformed [...] More