With a combination of elegance in form and simplicity in material, Hanne Ludwig-van Tricht creates a wonderful casualness and a feeling of freedom in everyday life with her label VAN TRICHT.
Continue readingZakeia // Couture upcycling from Cairo
Instead of focusing on cheap and fast production with low wages at the same time, Zakeia founder Sara Saad focuses on luxurious (sometimes already tailored!) deadstock materials from couture houses. Individual upcycling pieces are made from these fabric jewels in the company’s own workshop in Egypt (slowly, of course), which are launched every Saturday at 12 noon as limited drops.
Continue readingElemente Clemente – Slow fashion for a long life
In addition to the iconic design language, the Munich brand Elemente Clemente consistently relies on certified production facilities, a minimized CO2 footprint, organic or recycled materials and innovative dyeing methods such as plant and mineral dyeing. And that since 2002.
Continue readingGrenz/gang – inspired by nature and the alps
Values. That’s what it’s all about when you talk to the team at the Slow & Organic label Grenz/gang. Values must be rediscovered. And values have to be (again) redefined. The collections of the label founded in 2014, which are inspired by nature and the South Tyrolean mountains, express this with every piece of clothing.
Continue readingHelena Harfst – Fashion Made in Central Hesse
Cotton, hemp, linen, wool – designer Anna-Lisa Harfst works exclusively with natural materials for her “Made in Hessen” collection. Because her slow fashion label HELENA HARFST is about pure nature. And about design. The result? Handmade “carefree” clothing with folkloric influences from the region.
Continue readingVretena – closing the loop
From an initial feeling and the unconditional knowledge that the right time for change is always NOW, Vretena was founded in Frankfurt at the end of 2017. With the aim of connecting urbanity and nature through innovation and closing cycles. With their new – extended bio-based capsule collection – the label of the sisters Denica Nikolova and Nona Dokuzova is part of the closed loop pilot project.
Continue readingmake somebody happy – affordable fashion for every body
The term “family business” is to be taken literally at make somebody happy: three sisters who founded a sustainable fashion label into which the traditional family values of reuse and respectful use of resources flow. Her goal: to close the loop and make their wearers happy.
Continue readingFRiJDA JUNi – transparent and timeless
The materials that Claudia Jünemann uses for her timeless, puristic label FRiJDA JUNi are just as clean as the collection. Coupled with a transparent supply chain and regional production (designed in Munich – made in Bavaria), the fashion designer shows how contemporary sustainability works
Continue readingChristiane Strobel – constant clothing
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.
Continue readingNIKIN – TreeWear for a greener planet
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.
Continue readingThe Bad Seeds Company – made from hemp
Mother Barbara and daughter Sofia Geier design and manufacture Dungarees, denim jackets, jumpers, oversize shirts, shirt dresses as well as rucksacks, shoulder bags & Co. for their label Bad Seeds Italia in Neumarkt in South Tyrol. And from hemp.
Continue readingAFORA world – unisex from berlin
Christine Metz is not a blank slate in fashion. She is a trained clothing technician and fashion tailor, studied fashion design at AMD in Berlin and gained professional experience at Berlin brands such as Liebeskind and Lala Berlin. After 13 years in the industry, she founded the label she has always dreamed of: fair, sustainable, transparent and minimalist.
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