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fashion week favourite: michael sontag

By Marlene | Published: 9. July 2013
Michael Sontag's show couldn't have come at a better time than on the final day of Fashion Week. Although: show – that doesn't really do it justice. The presentation of his new collection felt more like a devotional. When the first model stepped into the light, the pace of the previous hectic four days instantly slowed down to zero. It was so quiet, you [...]

fashion week moment: malaika raiss

By Marlene | Published: 3. July 2013
If you're wondering what goes through my mind when I see a fashion show, sometimes it's as complicated as: Aaaaaahhhhh! Which was what I thought when I saw the serious earrings at Malaika Raiss yesterday, made by Sabrina Dehoff and rocked here by Katrin Thormann. The thought that you might not be able to wear them for more than five minutes only occured to [...]

fashion week detail: copper

By Marlene | Published: 22. January 2013
Once I've fallen in love with an idea, I can't help but see anything else. I've been fantasising about a copper lampshade lately. And when I saw the new Mongrels in Common collection I must've looked like a magpie in a jewellery store. Copper! More copper! The belt? The coat with the studded collar? How about everything. Although perhaps the most beautiful [...]

fashion week finale: vladimir karaleev

By Marlene | Published: 20. January 2013
Right now I'm exactly where I want to be after four days of fashion: on my couch, in my jogging bottoms, eating Rittersport and watching the football. So instead of the usual Sunday programme of "a week in fashion", I'm switching over to hibernation for the day. But I'll leave you with another one of my highlights. Fashion week saved its best for (almost) [...]