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…
Impressum
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.
HYPERNATURE REVISITED
In a constructive and visionary spirit, the Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 concluded it’s two days conference programme. On the 15th and 16th of November, over 150 professionals from the fashion and textile industry came together to discuss and reflect the topic of „Hypernature“. Speakers and participants explored solutions in the textile chain through new processes…
GET TOGETHER!
The SUMMIT OF NEWTHINKING and the BEYOND FASHION SUMMIT invite to a public ‘Get together’ on Thursday 15th of November, from 6 pm until 11 pm at the STATION Berlin. Attendants and speakers of both conferences meet and everyone else is welcome, too! Be there, join us for a drink and talk! Two Summits, one…
THE BEYOND FASHION SUMMIT WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
We have published more information on our workshops at the Beyond Fashion Summit on Friday 16th of November! Read about them HERE! There are still a few seats available, so do not hesitate and get your Last Minute Ticket to the Beyond Fashion Summit!
SUMMUM OF SUMMITS
The Beyond Fashion Summit 2012 is organized at the STATION Berlin together with the Summit of Newthinking. Two Summits, one date, one location. Where the Beyond Fashion Summit looks for ways to improve sustainability and transparency in the fashion industry, the Summit of Newthinking is all about open strategies. Participants of the Beyond Fashion Summit…
ROUND TABLE FOR INITIATIVES WITHIN THE SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE ECONOMY
The IVN (International Association for Natural textiles) and Beyond Berlin organize a round table at the BEYOND FASHION SUMMIT 2012 at the STATION Berlin. The goal of the Round Table is to outline a possible common agenda and ways of using it for medial and political purposes. Among the participating initiatives are: Greenpeace International, Fair…