Als nach einer turbulenten Anfangsphase irgendwann klar wurde, in welcher Konstellation, mit welchem Ziel (zwar sehen wir es nicht immer klar, aber wir wissen in welcher Richtung es sich befindet) und mit welchem Leistungsportfolio (immerhin so konkret wie Pippi Langstrumpf, die sich immer treu und dennoch eine Überraschung für alle ist) wir in die Zukunft…
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Fashion is, when you laugh despite it all
Fredericke´s latest article for J`N`C Magazine. Illustrations by Frauke Berg. If there’s one thing we’re not trying to do with our outfits, it’s make people have a laugh. Fashion can be all things: provocative, scandalous, surreal, strange, yes even unacceptable. But funny? No thank you.
The Berlin Fashion Week Green Guide
MANY SHADES OF GREEN Making this guide is doomed to fail. It is not getting easier to filter the ethical brands from the conventional ones. The jungle of different shades of green continues… and what is good, or good enough? Fair Wear Foundation certification alone? Made-in-Germany? Handcrafted by smiling people? Funky CSR reports or “we…
Today Utopia, Tomorrow Reality
(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…
UNSER GREEN GUIDE – BFW 2013
… 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.
Beyond Fashion Summit 2012: Hypernature
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…
Summit 2012 – Speakers
Suzanne DeVall (USA) Founder and CEO of Ploughboy Organics, is a life long advocate of sustainable and organic textile processes. DeVall’s development of organics Avani Dyes are what many in the fashion industry today are calling “the most significant breakthrough of green technologies in the 21st century”. DeVall’s lifelong pursuit of responsible industry practices has…
It’s not all black and white
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’…
Join the Non Toxic Revolution!
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…
Green Guide Berlin Fashion Week July 2012
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…