The interplay of the trivial and the refined informs the work of Martin Niklas Wieser. The goal thereby is to create an exciting product which enables a  critical discourse against a contemporary social and cultural backdrop.

Various training in the international fashion industry have heightened the personal aesthetic through his work under the Viennese label ___fabrics interseason, Paris-based designer Bernhard Willhelm, or recently with New York designer Tim Hamilton.

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ISSEVER BAHRI is a Berlin-based label, founded in 2010 by Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri. The duo gradueted at University of Applied Sciences, the HTW, in Berlin.

Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri worked for various labels in London and Berlin, including Alexander McQueen, Six & Seven Eights for Fashion Fringe, Harriet’s Muse, Michael Michalsky, Boss, SAI SO and Macqua.

ISSEVER BAHRI stands for innovative fashion with a peculiar concept foccused on the sinergy of traditional craftsmanship and modern design. They translate classical approaches in handcrafted techniques, materials and pattern cutting according to each collection concept.The traditions of the their root countries, Greece and Turkey, is for Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri a huge inspiration for the aesthetic of their eclectic creations.

The experimental approach to their collections is combined with wearability, longevity and a high standard of quality in materials and workmanship.

In July 2010 ISSEVER BAHRI was the winner of the “Young Designers Award”, the annual initiated award of the Berlin fashion fair PREMIUM.

www.isseverbahri.com

A rising star in German fashion, the young designer Michael Sontag has won several important prizes, such as “Textil Innovationspreis” (2009) and “Start your Fashion Business” (2010). He was also a finalist of international competitions like “Mango Fashion Awards” (2010), “Designer for Tomorrow” (2009) and “Beck’s Fashion Experience” (2009). Followed and praised by international press (Suzy Menkes has raved about his 2009 Berlin Fashion Week collection referring to it as “the best”), Michael Sontag was the youngest designer ever to be invited to participate in the prestigious art show “DYSFASHIONAL” (Paris 2009; Berlin 2010).

www.michaelsontag.de

Sissi Goetze graduated with a diploma in fashion design from HTW Berlin and an MA in menswear from Central Saint Martins College in London. After showing her almost surgical, all white menswear graduate collection at London Fashion Week in 2010, she is now based in Berlin.

Her refreshing, minimal take on modern menswear is youthful, yet sophisticated and has a subtle edge to it. There is a purity about Sissi Goetze’s work which stems from her conceptual approach to design. Her collections combine precise simplicity with refined cuts, high quality of materials and outstanding craftsmanship.

www.sissigoetze.com

Clothing, through its use, inevitably becomes a part of the body and identity of the wearer. As a reaction to the mass-production of clothing, schmidttakahashi direct their focus towards the more personal aspect of clothes and their wearers. Their collections consist of materials taken from donated second-hand clothes, and every donor receives a donation ID number so that they can follow the new life of their discarded clothes. Every item collected is documented and saved in their archive. They then dismantle and reassemble the old clothes, forming completely new outfits, but ensuring that the way in which the individual garments were previously used, and the identity of their respective owners are still recognisable. An RFID-chip containing all the information about the different materials and individual items of clothing used in a piece is sewn into every new garment. In parallel to the RFID technology, schmidttakahashi also provide a platform on their website by which both the donors and new owners can discover and understand the transformation process. Should pieces of their collections end up back in their donated clothes pile, then they too will be reworked again. A family tree thus arises which makes recycled products more and more attractive.

www.schmidttakahashi.de

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