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Michalsky’s maverick new spring-summer 2010 collection was presented outside the IMG/Mercedes-Benz venues, in the famous Friedrichstadtpalast theater. Strong looks, very stylish and wearable. Several outfits seemed to be fanciful, elegant, and streetwise all at the same time.
story by Alexander Palacios and Charles Beckwith
photos by Boris Marberg and Alexander Palacios
Michalsky’s maverick new spring-summer 2010 collection was presented outside the IMG/Mercedes-Benz venues, in the famous Friedrichstadtpalast theater. Strong looks, very stylish and wearable. Several outfits are a chic blend of fanciful, elegant, and streetwise all at the same time. Continue reading “Michalsky Home Run Spring-Summer 2010 Collection, Berlin”
Designer Michael Dominik Sontag, young winner of the most recent Becks Fashion Experience juried show, presented his small but vital spring-summer 2010 line on the third day of Berlin Fashion Week.
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Designer Michael Dominik Sontag, young winner of the most recent Becks Fashion Experience juried show, presented his spring-summer 2010 line on the third day of Berlin Fashion Week. Continue reading “Michael Sontag Spring-Summer 2010 Collection, Berlin”
Eastpak showed they’ve been doing their homework. This spring-summer 2010 collection of urban street wear and bags truly reflects the now in youth culture in Berlin and around the world.
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg, Alexander Palacios, and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Eastpak showed they’ve been doing their homework. This spring-summer 2010 collection of urban street wear and bags truly reflects the now in youth culture in Berlin and around the world. Continue reading “Eastpak Looks To The Streets for Inspiration and Models”
Berlin Fashion Week is only a few seasons old, and the industry there is still finding its global voice and international footing. Each year they seem to get better, but the first day of presentations for the Spring-Summer 2010 collections proved very disheartening for those of us hoping this will be the season where Berlin became relevant in the global fashion scene.
reportage by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg, Alexander Palacios, and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Berlin Fashion Week is only a few seasons old, and the industry there is still finding its global voice and international footing. Each year they seem to get better, but the first day of presentations for the Spring-Summer 2010 collections proved very disheartening for those of us hoping this will be the season where Berlin became relevant in the global fashion scene. The only coherent collection on the Berlin runway for Day One was by GANT, a US sportswear company (see the runway show video on their web site). Continue reading “Disheartening Day One for Berlin Fashion Week”
by Veronika Gombert
photos by Boris Marberg
German designer Michael Michalsky chose an unusual location to present his Fall/Winter 2009 collection for Berlin Fashion Week. The Zionskirche is an old church in serious need of renovation, and it perfectly set the stage for “Saints and Sinners.”
The impetus for this particular collection was a reaction by the designer to Pope Benedict XVI’s archaic stand on homosexuality. Priestly robes and The Church’s current ideas about sin were literally his afflatus, from which the new collection arose. Continue reading “Michalsky – “Saints and Sinners” Fall 2009 Collection”
