It’s that time of year: Berlin Fashion Week kicks off next week (05–10.09.2022) with more than just runway shows and VIP gatherings for the who’s who of fashion. The five-day program is filled with events on this year’s theme of “Fashion for Positive Impact: Regenerative Transformation”. Held throughout the city, 202030 The Berlin Fashion Summit will bring you to interesting venues like the Colosseum Theater in Prenzlauer Berg for a two-day live programme featuring over 50 international speakers, meet and greets, workshops, innovative exhibitions, panels and the open studio event Estethica Rooms – What lies ahead. For spontaneous showroom visits and pop-up hopping check out Studio2Retail, which features unique events, special promotions and secret sales in Berlin shops. The Faex showroom and pop-up is hosting evening gatherings and insider talks at the Heckmann Höfe in Mitte.
Curated by Christiane Arp, this year’s Berliner Salon features an alumni exhibition and various sustainable exhibitions from Fashion x Craft, UGG and Jean Gritsfeldt from Ukraine. Designers and manufacturers include Avenir, Julia Leifert, William Fan and Allude to name just a few. Meanwhile, head over to the Highsnobiety headquarters for the Berlin. Berlin 3. collection drop (07.09.2022) in collaboration with Tresor and the Neue Nationalgalerie plus capsule collections from Live From Earth and Kasia Kucharska. Finally, over at Bröhan Museum you’ll find Jewellery & Garment, an entire exhibition dedicated to jewelry and fashion which features avant-garde vintage pieces from private collections. It’s a packed program – check it out in full online.
Text: Alison Musch / Photos: Shauna Summers, Studio2Retail & Vladimir Karaleev
