What began as a final project at the university was realized in ‘real life’ with a first “gym bag” and expanded into a bag manufacturer with its own workshop in Frankfurt. frisch Beutel has been producing bags, backpacks and accessories from the natural materials cork and leather since 2015. With an exciting mix of materials and a clean design. In Hessen. For the world.
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Melina Bucher has a passion for high-end handbags. And for animals. That’s why it was clear from the start that she would consistently avoid using animal materials for her designer label. Now the vegan visionary has gone one step further and launched her first plastic-free, recyclable model
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A dress made of ties? Goes. And looks great. And it’s great for the environment too. Sinah Schlemmer is committed to both – sustainability and style – and has been making statement pieces from duvets, towels, curtains, tablecloths and used clothing for her upcycling label Amaran Creative in the Westerwald since 2020
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Christine Purnell founded her Munich accessories label les loops under the motto ‘second loop – second life’. It was clear to her from the start that the focus should be not only on the design, but also on the choice of materials. Since 2021 she has therefore been producing her circular shopper bags from resource-saving materials in order to keep plastic waste, old carpets etc. in the cycle for longer.
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Germany imports over a million tons of coffee every year – the number of coffee sacks that have served their actual purpose after the beans have been transferred is correspondingly high. Instead of disposing of them, Roxana Diaz with her label Peru Natural is giving as many sacks as possible a new life as casual shopping bags with colorful prints.
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With her label of the same name, Christiane Strobel relies on timeless, high-quality designs that will become long-term companions. With her sophisticated blouses, pants, dresses and jackets – designed in Cologne, eco-fair and socially produced in Marrakech – she wants to democratize quality and make sustainable design accessible to more people.
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Alicia Linz wants to stop wasting raw leather. How it works? For the timeless, classic bags of her label ALICIA VICTORIA, she uses leather with natural “flaws”. Instead of sorting out this unique raw material, it is used consistently. Vegetable tanned, produced transparently and (hopefully at some point) declared a design classic.
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Giving something back to nature with sustainable and fair streetwear was the founding idea of the Swiss brand NIKIN, which plants a tree for every sold product. With well over a million trees, Nikin has made his contribution to the reforestation of the earth.
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Malin Bernreuther worked as a womenswear designer in the luxury segment for over a decade before she launched her high-end bag label Naditum. Her motivation? Personal curiosity, the conviction that the market lacked a sustainable brand that could keep up with the luxury segment and the expansion of women’s networks.
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Anna Bermes gained several years of experience as a design assistant for the Karl Lagerfeld brand in Frankfurt before she spontaneously decided to stop looking for the perfect business bag and found her own brand for luxury business bags. Welcome, WEITER UNITED.
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Actually, Ben Bracher wanted to found a fair fashion label. Instead of bringing another brand onto the market, the Munich-based maker has been running his online shop Fair Couture since 2016, with which he gives exciting bag and backpack brands more visibility.
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Nadine Schratzberger from Vienna has managed with Montreet (until the end of 2019: Nasch Sportswear) to develop a unisex jacket that not only meets the functional requirements of three sports, but is also at the forefront in terms of sustainability. The eye-catcher factor of your recyclable collections is provided by the Viennese artist BOICUT.
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