Who: Gabriele Frantzen, Accessory Designer
Where: Munich, Germany
Time for a break: Gabriele Frantzen at the cozy fireplace. At her arm she wears the ‘Watch-Candy’ from her new collection. Her styling tip: consciously over the blouse!
Her jewelry is available in New York, London and Berlin. And she’s also regularly …
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What: Henny’s Restaurant
Where: Hamburg, Germany
The Hamburger writer and organ builder Hans Henny Jahnn (1894 – 1959) is the eponym of the Hamburger hotspot ‘Henny’s’ on the Hans-Henny-Jahnn-Weg in Hamburg-Winterhude
Have you already been to Henny’s, asks my friend Franziska during one of my last trips to my old …
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What: Yastik by Rifat Özbek, Shop
Where: Istanbul, Turkey
Rıfat Özbek was born in Istanbul, studied architecture in London, then moved on to study fashion at Central St Martins. In 1985 he started his own fashion line ‘ÖZBEK’ based in London
In 2005, Turkish fashion designer Rifat Özbek was looking …
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Who: Accessories Designer Anya Hindmarch
Where: London
Lucy, the lovely shop assistant shows me how to wear the Tote bag. I am easily convinced. Just the price decelerates my excitement a bit
I admit: I am a bag freak, a manic collector, a hunter on the hunt.
Apparently I always …
What: Regine Sixts’ Ladies ‘Wiesn’
Where: Oktoberfest, Munich
1.300 ladies from all over Germany are eager to oblige
Wiesn Alarm: When rental car entrepreneur Regine Sixt invites to her traditional ‘Ladies-Wiesn’ on the first Monday after the opening weekend of the Oktoberfest the German ladies are eager to oblige. Not …
Read More→Who: Christian Awe – Artist
Where: Berlin Lichtenberg
Christian Awe’s paintings arise, while sprayed patterns are overlapped by lots of layers of acryl color, in order to expose them at some points afterwards again
Christian Awe dabbes his eyes with Aloe Vera: “Apparently this helps with sunburns”, he says, pointing …
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Who: Abigail Ahern, Interior Designer
Where: Maison et Objet, Paris
Typical space-staging by designer Abigail Ahern*
When I recently strolled through my fav interior exhibition ‘Maison et Objet’ in Paris I spotted a booth with an amazing interior collection, which I would love to introduce to you. Abigail Ahern is …
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What: Vogue Fashion Night Out
Where: Berlin
I really like her collection: Designer Dorothee Schumacher and me
When the magazine Vogue invites to ‘Vogue Fashion Night Out’, fashion enthusiasts from all over the place are streaming through the Republic to attend the event, which is celebrated in Berlin and Dusseldorf …
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Who: Fiona Bennett – Hat Designer
Where: Berlin
The 100 square meter showroom at the Potsdamer Straße is a white room that doesn’t distract from the hat creations in his design
What a remarkable, creative job I’m thinking upon entering Fiona Bennett’s hat shop at the Potsdamer Straße in Berlin …
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