When the phrase "glamorous fashion capital" is considered, the first places that would come to the minds of even the most devout trend followers, event attendees and fashionistas with press credentials alike are probably New York, Paris, Milan, maybe a little Miami and Beijing thrown in. There is some fresh fashion meat blooming in Fashion Week's recent addition to its list of runways and that's Berlin, Germany.
When Mercedes-Benz wasn't prepping for New York's ultra-chic, high status, movie star-infected Fashion Week, it teamed up with the German edition of Elle magazine to sponsor the modish convention. In terms of fashion, the once concealed-behind-a-wall city is quite the "paradox," according to the New York Times. Berlin's personal flair in fashion design is still maturing, but there is a lot of "creative energy" despite problems such as unemployment and debt, which is difficult to comprehend; is the money flowing towards re-decorating Berlin's condoned closet? At the same time, when Berlin does in fact establish its own fads, the economy might pick itself back up.
This maturing process was exhibited museum-style in a street market that featured 120 contemporary German designers. These pieces were certainly not inspired by vogue trends and you probably won't see much of that futuristic wear, the garments in which are meant to stay two dimensional in pencil illustration form and are absolutely ridiculous to wear out in public. That is not to say that these fine couture artists lack an idealistic mindset. The "shabby-chic aesthetic" that still lives on in Germany's garment industry was adopted in the Cold War, when the city's economy started struggling due to fleeting businesses and had to resort to subsidies.
www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/europe/21fashion.html
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