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Claudia von Schacky likes to surround herself with beautiful things – even when working. The china “Perlrand” is from Nymphenburg

She is the specialist of fine leather- and fur fashion and made it to a “one-woman-show” within ten years of entrenching on the hard-earned fashion-market: Claudia von Schacky, designer and successful entrepreneur – also in other German-speaking countries – with three employees, a showroom in Munich and in New York and two collections per year. The native East-Westphalian, who did a classic tailoring training and absolved a fashion degree in Munich, subsequently working for Escada, Ralph Lauren and Rena Lange, wanted to do something of her own after 25 years: She created the perfectly fitting leatherpants made of stretching leather. Soon, her clients wanted more, which is why now the label Schacky and Jones also stands for trendy leather dresses and cool fur coats – with certified materials, emphasizes the designer. Since 2005, Claudia lives in Berlin with her husband Andreas Freiherr von Schacky.

The designer skillfully mixes old pieces with new ones. Many furniture and pictures are from auctions. I love Claudia’s cozy style

Fashion designer Claudia von Schacky in her livingroom

MyStylery: How does a chosen inhabitant of Munich end up in the middle of the capitals heart?
Claudia von Schacky: After more than 20 years in Munich I needed a change of scene. Berlin is so inspirational and full of creativity, it really fascinates me. There is permanently something new to discover: Restaurants, shops, exhibitions. I constantly meet new people. Berlin is simply a lot more open minded and more cosmopolitan than the straightforward and beautiful Munich.

Amaryllis in an antique glass vase

MS: In the fashion industry – especially in the international – Berlin and its Fashion-Week is often derided…
CvS: Unjustly! The first fair of the season takes place in Berlin and hence it is important, even though no orders are written here. Berlin gives more impetus than every other city. The only alternatives to Berlin are the abroad metropolises.
MS: Why did you establish yourself in the middle of Berlin and not in the west of the city?
CvS: There is nothing new in the west (laughs). Charlottenburg is like Schwabing. And this is what I had for all these years. I am totally excited about the modern architecture in Mitte, especially in the townhouses in Caroline-von-Humboldt-Weg. Our house was designed by the architect Bernd Albers. No townhouse looks like the other. Some have super modern facades; others stand more for the New Objectivity. There are convoluting-historicizing facades, which remind of the townhouses in London, Amsterdam or the ones on New York Upper West Side. An amazing, prizewinning ensemble, where we feel very comfortable.

The Townhouses in Caroline-von-Humboldt-Weg in Berlin Mitte …

… with different facade design. Award-winning architecture

MS: … and for architecture-lovers it is the obligatory program of sightseeing….
CvS: True, the tourists are dropped off in bus-caravans. But I don’t mind at all. Quite the contrary, I find it funny.

Claudia von Schacky loves porcelain of Nymphenburg, like this Irish Setter

MS: What mattered to you for the arrangement of the flat?
CvS: I’m trying to make things differently and always end up with the same color scheme. I like dark colors and the whole palette of muddy colors.

Furnishings and walls are decorated in warm mud tones. The painting above the sofa is from Karl-Friedrich Lessing

A chic mix: Baroque velvet cushions combined with simple ones from Ikea, which Claudia von Schacky embellished with handmade beading

MS: When it comes to your interior design, you didn’t really adapt to the cool, puristic capital-look.
CvS: I love it modern, but still classic and thus combine old with new. We collected a lot over the years and partly bought it at auctions. Our chairs in the dining room are Art Deco and above hangs a Murano-chandelier, which I could never part with.

The Sabel antelope comes from a hunt in Tanzania, the ancient Murano chandelier is a souvenir from Italy

Claudia von Schackys husband brought the zebra from Namibia

MS: You are surrounded by one or two exotics here, where for example is the zebra fur from?
CvS: My husband shot it in Namibia. This is also where the Sable antelope in the dining room is from. Andreas is forest manager and has a forestry near Berlin, where I gladly accompany him on weekends.
Best I like it out there, amid the nature, in a different world and breathe in deeply.  BvH

What an decorative eye-catcher: the Kudah is guarding the staircase

The poster was the invitation to an exhibition. The depicted skirt was sewn from all the skins of the collection

This drawing is the first one that Claudia Schacky bought at an auction

The modern chandelier is a break in style in the harmonious room design

The ancient China cabinet was also purchased in an auction …

… Japanese vases and figurines from the 18th century, brought from a trip to Osaka

“Sumo” by Helmut Newton (2000)

Also for the bedroom Claudia von Schacky chose her tried and tested color concept. The bedspread is made from fine cashmere, the kilims are antique with beautiful colors!

Chinese, colored ink drawings from the 19th century are hanging above the bed head

Lightreflections: The chandeliers in the hallway give a decorative light

Contact Claudia von Schacky:

www.schackyandjones.com

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Pure idyll: Since one year Claudia Weidung-Anders resides in Klostergut Besselich in Urbar near Koblenz with her showroom ‘Home & Dogs’ *

Do you know that feeling when you enter a shop thinking, wow, how beautiful, I wanna have it all! Such a burst of buying power came over me when visiting ‘Home & Dogs’ in the Klostergut Besselich, a noble manor near Koblenz in southern Germany. Lovingly arranged and decorated for Christmas, Claudia Weidung-Anders – wife of popstar Thomas Anders – presents her assortments. Here, two- and four-legged friends will find everything their hearts desire, from a dressing gown to the dog lead. A conversation amongst dog owners and interior fans with tea and biscuits (dog-shaped, of course).

Thomas and Claudia Anders with mongrel dog Summer on Klostergut Besselich. The popstar supportes his wife with her company ‘Home & Dogs’

Room fragrances and scented candles adjusted to the Christmas season

MyStylery: It smells lovely in here – and clearly not of dog food …
Claudia Weidung-Anders: Yes, right? We just unpacked the candles with Christmas scent. They provide a good feeling of space.

At ‘Home & Dogs’, the visitor awaits Christmas atmosphere

MS: Originally it was your business idea to prepare own dog food. Sounds like a pretty big endeavor…
CWA: True, it took a while until I found the right partners. But the suffering of my dog drove me on. Summer (dog’s name) had an intolerance to conventional dog food and thus stomach and digestive problems. Our food is made with a gently cooking method in a 100% foodquality and is free of gluten and grain. The varieties are very well appreciated, the dogs love the food.

Lets dogs’ hearts beat faster: Savory treats – gluten and wheat free – by ‘Pepper’s Choice’. Or how about baked liverwurst bones by ‘Omas Hundekekse’ (grandma’s dog biscuits)?

MS: Now your product range includes things for dog and owner. How did this idea about such combination come about?
CWA: Actually, my customers put me up to this. The dog’s mat should be compatible with the furnishing. The maritime Sylt- (German island) and modern country house looks are currently trendy and very popular. And I love to be at the fairs, tracing beautiful things. Much inspiration I get on our journeys. We travel a lot.

The ‘Home & Dogs’ dog basket series ‘Classic luxury’ is equipped with washable covers and matching ball and playing-bone of the same material

MS: Certainly one of the reasons why, in addition to a large selection of baskets, ‘Home & Dogs’ even offers a dog travelling bed.
CWA: Right. But even dog leads are an important issue, and I’ve been searching for matching items for a long time. Bling-bling with rhinestones is completely out of the question (laughs).

Here only the Advent decoration glitters: Christmas feeling for dogs and owners in the ‘Home & Dogs’ Showroom

MS: Summer is a mongrel dog, which you got from a Spanish pound. Which dog would you not want have?
CWA: I basically like all dogs. In fact, animals from the animal welfare are particularly close to my heart. Especially the mixes are often the most fantastic characters. I Love Weimaraner, they are so pretty, but motion and time-consuming. That has to be considered when a dog comes into the house. Dogs should be kept appropriately regarding their species.

The dog food is available in eight varieties with resealable lids and in three different packaging sizes. The bestsellers: ‘poultry with rice’ and ‘beef with potatoes’. Yummy!

MS: Absolutely. Apropos: ‘Kangaroo with pumpkin’ or ‘horse with carrots’ sound rather exotic: Has a two-legged ever tried ‘Home & Dogs’ dog food?
CWA (laughs): Yes, I myself. I gotta know what I’m selling.  BvH

Did you already get an Advent calendar for your doggies?

Claudia Weidung-Anders has adapted to the needs of both dog and owner. Whether round, square, with border or exit: The range of baskets and dog beds serve all sleeping-preferences

“Dog leads – for example by Cloud7 – should be practical and look good at the same time. The leather must be durable and soft in the hand.”

Nice items for the bathroom from ‘Amélie & Mélanie’

The mistress will find cozy homewear and pretty decoration. Help, what should I get?

… presented in a beautiful countrystyle-look

New to the assortment are the cashmere-collections from ‘Heartbreaker’ and ‘MAP Ibiza’ for the mistress. I go for the comfortable casual wear by ‘Cornelie Weiss’

I admit it, for my two four-legged friends Franz and Willi – a Labrador and a Parson Terrier – it’s always got be the best. That’s why I just belong here!

This cozy cushions would look great on my sofa

Tip:

On all Saturdays of Advent, the ‘Home & Dogs’ showroom has open from 11:00 – 17:00 o’clock.

Okay, I take the wooden dog-decoration, too

Contact:

Home & Dogs
Claudia Weidung-Anders
Klostergut Besselich
56182 Urbar, Germany

Open from Monday to Friday 9:00 – 13:30
Saturday and Sunday by appointment

Email:
info@home-and-dogs.com

From the dog lead to the basket – the range now includes more than 500 different products, which can also be ordered via the online shop

Bye bye, Klostergut Besselich! I’ll be back

Online-Shop:

www.home-and-dogs.com

More about Klostergut Besselich:

www.klostergut-besselich.de

Featured pic by Nikolaj Georgiew

Photo marked* by Klostergut Besselich

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Model Corinna in a piped leather top and stretch leather pants. Designer Claudia von Schacky (left) checks if everything is put into perspective

I can’t believe it – and don’t really want to, but summer is now coming to an end. There’s nothing we can do about it – we need to slowly adapt to the cooler season and thus mentally prepare for parkas and boots.

The photo-shoot over the rooftops of Berlin. What a cool location – unfortunately with grey clouds. Will they disappear?

Here the fashion designers are off better. At least conceptually, they are ahead the season occupationally. Whilst we now consider, in which piece we invest for the coming autumn, the creative fashion people think about the latest trends, which we then wear in the following year. Just now, the Munich fashion designer Claudia von Schacky has photographed her new spring collection in Germany’s capital. MyStylery was there, too, over the rooftops of Berlin, and shows you where the specialist sees the finest stretch leather in spring and summer 2016.

Stylist Odessa plucks a bit on the trouser leg, while Model Corinna gets into position wearing my absolute favorite Flared pants with matching, embroidered jacket

The – in my opinion – best news first: The so-called Flared cut remains. I looove the 70s look, and thus also the flared pants. And what looks nobler than razor-thin goatskin pants with flip? In her spring-summer collection 2016, Claudia von Schacky prefers casual cuts and oversized silhouettes. Perfect, because who wants to wear skintight clothes at warm temperatures.

At last the sun comes out. Perfect lighting conditions, which are immediately used by photographer Wiebke Bosse and her team

Who loves their dungarees this year, perhaps invests in bib-leather pants in one of the most promising Schacky colors: Moon, Ocean, Tabac and as a splash of color, a Cherry Red. And for the cool summer evening, fur expert Schacky offers feather-light summer-fur. Fluffy summer-fur. A breath of nothing that still warms. Yes, is that possible? BvH

Quite windy up here: Hold tight on everything, is the motto. And Model Corinna has to ‘think away’ her goosebumps

Spring Summer 2016 may come!

Selected parts from the Schacky collection Spring Summer 2016 for the shoot. Until everything is in the box, a whole day passes

Ops, better check twice: Luxury Designer Claudia von Schacky with Model Corinna and Stylist Odessa

Photo-shoot over the roofs of Berlin

Over the roofs of Berlin

Sexy in leather crop top: Thereto Corinna wears a tobacco-colored gilet, which is a reinterpretation of the classic trench coat. Available from November!

Contact:

www.schackyandjones.com

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MyStylery in the studio of fashion designer and TV presenter Thomas Rath – with prominent visitors who stopped by for a fitting of Rath‘s men’s collection.

Thomas Rath in his studio in Dusseldorf

When Thomas Rath talks about the stages of his career, the names of almost all large German fashion labels gush out of his mouth and it is hard for me to keep up the writing: as a trainee at Basler he learned the business from scratch, including cutting sequences, material storage and the making of collections.

On the wall the mood boards for the next summer collection

Then he worked for Uta Raasch as an assistant, followed by Jil Sander, Windsor and international brands such as Mulberry, Sascha Fontaine and Casey Madden. Rath put Riani upside down, doubled sales, and even designed the logo with the four R’s. He worked with Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer. None other than Michel Comte photographed his campaigns. Then the former Escada boss Wolfgang Ley was a knock at the door and Thomas Rath ended up in the luxury segment. Moscow, St. Petersburg, cashmere and sable. Escada began to go downhill, which gave Rath the idea to start his own label.

“My client determines herself how she wants to wear Thomas Rath. Sporty or elegant”

Loaded with the contacts that he had built up in 30 years in fashion industry. “Customers know what they can expect from me and get it”, Thomas Rath describes the trust of his clients. “My look was always classic with a certain twist: Shorts, tight jacket, Ludwig Reiter Shoes – done.”

“I know how my client lives and what kind of car she drives. She loves no surprises in fashion, but wants reliability. “

Even as a child Thomas Rath knew that he wanted to become a fashion designer. The son of a sausage manufacturer fortunately had a sympathetic family who let him do it. Since 2010, there is now the Thomas Rath brand. “And it is going very well”, says the native of Cologne, who does not seek to conceal his origin and the easy Rhenish accent.

Almost like home: A little comfort in the office is nice to have

At the same time, he started by a juror at Heidi Klum’s Top Model TV show. “A God’s providence, albeit an exhausting”, says Rath while laughing. Clearly the show would have given him a lot of fun and benefits of its notoriety. His camera presence however did not affect the company. But all the more it added to the stress factor: When Thomas filmed in Los Angeles for three months, the council team was flown to Hollywood. Eventually, collections can’t be created by their own. He came to understand that one is shouldn’t get bogged down. Good bye, top model.

On the wall of the meeting room framed silk foulards

Welcome to QVC. Indeed Raths TV abstinence did not last long. Since 2014, the likable sales-talent presents an eight-hour life broadcast twice a month on the Home Shopping channel from the US and sells the sportive second-line ‘THOM’. This requires commitment so that Rath has to work with his international team almost 24/7. Quality is his statement, which is why the creations of the first-line Thomas Rath Semi Couture is completely produced in Germany and Italy. However, he admits with a wink: “When the pot is full, we close it.”

The Rath office spans multiple floors

Since two years Rath makes men’s fashion, too. 45 pieces are included in the collection, jackets, vests, coats and trousers. The target group is the 35 to 50 year olds, who like the figure-accentuating cuts, but not Philipp Plein.
He is pleased with his customers, including prominent names like Desiree Nick, Frauke Ludowig or Katja Burkhard. The ladies love his label. And they pay for it – because Rath doesn’t like the VIP facilities for free: “I don’t sell a single piece anymore, just so that someone walks over the red carpet in a Rath dress.” And his 120 retailers that sell the fashion of Thomas Rath, think the same. “It’s the question of what you want: Die in beauty or make money.”

Small balcony with a view: How nice!

And then prominent visitors arrive for a fitting:
The band ,Vintage Vegas’ which is responsible for the music program at Thomas Rath’s show on Sunday evening. Giovanni Zarrella – known to many from his time with the band Bro’Sis – with his bandmates Inan Lima and Tom Marks. Giovanni, German-Italian singer and married to Brazilian model Jana Ina, had the idea of creating sort of a Rat Pack band for a long time. ‘Vintage Vegas’ stands for SWOP – Swing meets Pop. They already had 300,000 enthusiastic spectators during the last ‘Holiday on Ice’ tour. BvH

Giovanni Zarrella – former Bro’Sis singer – performes with his new band ‘Vintage Vegas’ at Thomas Rath’s show ‘Allez à la plage’ in Dusseldorf on Sunday

Inan – a Brazilian – is an accomplished pianist and worked as a producer and composer for artists from different music genres

“Giovanni, Inan and Tom embody exactly my target audience,” says Rath pleased: “Sport and nutrition-conscious, 35-50 year old high earners.”

Tom, born in Poland and living in Wiesbaden, has toured as a backing vocalist with Joe Cocker, Shakira and Herbert Grönemeyer. Thomas: “The pants fit perfectly!”

“A certain appeal can’t hurt,” Thomas Rath says about ‘Vintage Vegas’. “The boys, of course, also have the bodies for the slim-fitting suits.”

Sympathetic trio: Two years ago they founded the band ‘Vintage Vegas’: Giovanni Zarrella (left) with his bandmates Inan Lima and Tom Marks

Contact:
www.thomas-rath.com

www.vintagevegas.de

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Here everything is for sell, from the latest fashion collections of international Designers up to vintage furniture, Berber carpets and the good old long playing record

What a cool location, I thought as I recently strolled by “The Store”, Berlin’s newest concept store on the lower level of the private club Soho House in Mitte district. At the time, still in the phase of a pre-opening for members, “The Store” now attracts all male and female shopping victims and has an area of 2,800 square meters of high end fashion, beauty products, furniture, vinyl, home accessories and delicious dishes. This all-areas-of-life covering mix of products and services makes “The Store” – the look is more like a café than a shop – so unique.

Flowers forgotten? No problem, The Store offers amazing flower creations

The Store supports the local farmers, suppliers and producers. All products are sustainable and biodynamic…of course!

With a cold freshly made carrot vegetable juice I sit on a blue vintage velvet sofa and look at an art installation by Berlin artist Claudia Wieser, while I enjoy an avocado toast (of course this is all “organic”), watching busy freelancers in the rentable working spaces and listening to the sound of the playing record. In between, the new spring-summer collections by international designers such as Jil Sander, Simone Rocha, Tabitha Simmons, Alexander Wang or Balenciaga. For the little ones, the children’s corner offers cute knit sweaters, jackets, dresses and glittering ballerinas of the fashion brands Eagle and Elfie.

Chic in shell even for the little ones: Fashion for kids with the labels Elfie and Eagle

This is one of My Stylerys favorite places in Berlin!

Looking for a new hairstyling, make-up, manicure? The British beauty company Barber & Parlour offers a round-carefree service

Shop director Alex Eagle is responsible for this multifaceted mix, whose previous roles include working in public relations for Joseph and styling for Harper’s Bazaar: “We wanted to create a place where people could spend all day. A light, fresh and fun space where guests can shop, work, eat, drink and hang out. Like an open, shop-able private home for everyone to spend time and where everything is for sale from the candle burning, record playing to the sofa you sit on. The Stores aesthetic is paired back, simple luxury. Everything is made to last with a less is more approach consisting of cohesive building blocks for your wardrobe, home and life.”   BvH

MyStylery-Bargain-TIP: The Sale of the winter collection still runs.

Vintage sofa meets Berber carpet. I make myself comfortable on the blue velvet couch

Here every fashion victim could be fully dressed. The Store also offers the latest trend accessories

Contact:
The Store
Soho House Berlin
Torstraße1
10119 Berlin
www.thestore-berlin.com

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