A Week for Berlin’s Fashion Elite? Not at all. These Berlin Fashion Week events are open to everyone, offering exciting insights into the latest textile trends and an opportunity to dance the night away. Under the motto “Unleashing Fashion Creativity – Connecting Cultures”, Fashion Park Lviv makes its debut in Germany, showcasing seven exceptional Ukrainian designers and their Fall/Winter 2025 collections. Organized by the West Ukrainian Fashion Industry Cluster (WUFIC) initiative, the event will feature brands like Starchak, Gushka and Marta Brown, inviting visitors to Torstraße 101 for inspiration, idea exchange and networking. Human Touch will also present its unique work, utilizing the “paintsewing” technique to highlight the human labor behind clothing production. Their “Human Touch Remedy” collection enhances vintage and second-hand pieces with special prints, which will be on display in Schöneberg for four days. For those seeking more than just visual impressions, the Metamorphosis talk series will explore themes of change. Mobility partner NIO Deutschland is hosting the Fashioncouncil talk series at NIO House, focusing on diversity, design and creativity in several engaging rounds. Additionally, the second edition of Black in Fashion kicks off on Friday (31.01). Six designers will showcase their work at the joint studio and showroom of Buki Akomolafeand Emeka.

Following the pop-up, a panel discussion will dive into the challenges Black creatives face in the fashion industry and explore mental health topics. The event will be moderated by Beatrace Angut Oola from Fashion Africa Now, and will wrap up with live DJ sets, free food and drinks. Meanwhile, Industrialkonzept on Karl-Marx-Allee is broadening the scope of Fashion Week by highlighting architecture, interiors and objects. Over three days, they will showcase special pieces, including The Broken Series by Gufram and Snarkitecture. The pop-up also features a unique listening room experience and complimentary drinks. And for those who’d rather swap the showroom and catwalk for the dance floor, Fashion Week’s festive closing awaits in Berlin Friedrichshain. Keyi Magazine will take over OXI on February 3rd, bringing fast beats and a stylish guest list, with Freddi K and others ensuring an unforgettable night. So, even if you can’t make it to the catwalk, you’ll still have plenty of reasons to celebrate during Berlin’s Fashion Week.

Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Anasteisha Danger, Denis Grigorev, Starchak, Philipp Gross, Gushka, Boris Marberg, Ben Moenks, Starchak

Torstraße 101, 10119 Berlin–Mitte; map
Fashion Park Lviv 31.01.2025 12–19h, 01.02.2025 13–19h

Goltzstraße 15, 10781 Berlin–Schöneberg; map
Human Touch Pop-up 30.01.–02.02.2025, Thur & Fri 12–19h, Sat & Sun 11–19h

NIO House, Kurfürstendamm 11, 10719 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Metamorphosis – dialogues about change 31.01.–03.02.2025

Showroom Buki Akomolafe & Emeka Mehringdamm 75, 10965 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Black in Fashion II Pop-Up 31.01.2025–01.02.2025 13–19h, event 01.02.2025 17–22h

Karl-Marx-Allee 85 10243 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Industrialkonzept Pop-up 30.01.2025–01.02.2025 12–20h

OXI Berlin Wiesenweg 1-4, 10365 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Keyi Magazine x Freddy K, 03.02.2025 17–5h

@fashion_park_lviv
@starchak_official
@gushka.wool
@martabrown.studio
@thehumantouch_clothing
@niodeutschland
@fashioncouncilgermany
@bukiakomolafe
@emeka_suits
@beatraceangutoola
@fashionafricanow
@industrialkonzept
@gufram
@snarkitecture
@keyimagazine
@oxi_club
@freddyk3614

If your New Year’s resolutions are giving way to January doldrums, allow us to brighten your month with some tips for food, fun and another shot at NYE. First up, a special trip to the cinema: 85-year-old DJ Vika from Warsaw will be attending Kant Kino in Charlottenburg tomorrow (17.01.2025) for a screening of the documentary in which she stars. Vika! – directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka, also in attendance – tells the story of how the former prison educator (real name: Wirginia Szmyt) shunned a quiet retirement to learn the art of DJing. Another culture highlight is at ChertLüdde in Schöneberg, where a retrospective exhibition celebrating the work of the Berlin artist Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt (1932–2024) runs until 22.02. Wolf-Rehfeldt, known for her carbon copies and typewriter works, was a key part of the postal art movement. There’s more art over at Haus Kunst Mitte, the Altbau-housed art space that’s actually in Moabit, where tomorrow (17.01) States of Uncertain Domesticities is opening. The multimedia “performative exhibition” explores themes of home and housing through works, interventions and performances from 44 international artists.

If your memories of New Year’s are already fading, then perhaps it’s time to embrace Lunar New Year, which this year is celebrated on 29.01. Food is usually the focus of this Asian holiday, so get your reservations sorted with a traditional Korean dinner of Tteokguk (rice cake soup) at Dotori, the anju bar (think Asian tapas) in Weißensee. The four-course New Year’s dinner will be served between 30.01 and 02.02. Our final recommendation is also culinary: the Olive Oil Dinner, a five-course meal on 08.02 hosted by Chelsea Turowsky Studio in Wedding. Highlighting olive oil from Honest Toil, a producer of cold-pressed oils from small Greek farms, the set menu will be accompanied by drinks by DJ and foodie Cate Gowers. You can book a place via Instagram or email and start filling out your February calendar…

Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Marjorie Brunet Plaza / Credit: Kathryn Cornelius; Kerstin Flake; Maria Ezcurra; ChertLüdde, Berlin and Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Berlin; Doroti; Cate Gowers & Chelsea Turowsky Studio; Yorck Kinos

Kant Kino, Kantstr.54, 10627 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Screening of Vika!, 17.01.2025 20h – tickets here.

ChertLüdde, Hauptstr.18, 10827 Berlin–Schöneberg; map
In the end something begins with us runs until 22.02.2025

Haus Kunst Mitte, Heidestr.54 10557 Berlin–Moabit; map 
States of Uncertain Domesticities, 18.01–15.03.2025

Dotori, Gustav-Adolf-Str.159, 13086 Berlin–Weißensee; map
New Year’s menu 30.01–02.02.2025 – book a table here

Olive Oil Dinner, 08.02.2025 19h30 at Chelsea Turowsky Studio – book via Instagram or email.

@chertluedde
@dotori_berlin
@chelseaturowsky_
@honest_toil
@hauskunstmitte