Tags archives: lifestyle

Black & White @ Barbara Casasola

4. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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In her winter collection, Brazilian designer Barbara Casasola places everything on black and white, while staging them with rare, colorful elements. She has a modern and sophisticated, fancy and yet restrained style. Her creativity results in voluminous silhouettes that flatter the body of the wearer despite everything. In the collections, the...

Shopping in Rio

4. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Rio de Janeiro is a dream for all holidaymakers. The Brazilian metropolis offers stunning scenery and captures the imagination of uncountable visitors each year. It’s a cosmopolitan multicultural city which the traveler enters. Explore the legendary Sugar Loaf Mountain and Corcovado Mountain which tower above the skyscrapers. Visitors can relax...

Gowns and Cocktail Dresses by Carlos Miele

3. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Brazil is a colorful country, which is also reflected in the local fashion. Brazilian designer Carlos Miele adds the refreshing variety of colors in his collections and with that, he hits the bull's eye. He appeals to the modern woman, reinventing her over and over again. Sometimes, she is seductive,...

The Brazilian Look

3. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Powerful colors, lots of accessories and preferably a broad smile on the face – this is the Brazilian look. As the fifth largest country in the world and the largest country in Latin America, it has a determining influence on fashion which has been steadily developing since the 90s. The...

Alexandre Herchcovitch

2. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Young, talented and creative is what defines Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch. With his collections, he captures the audience regularly at runway shows. He creates collections where elegance is used for urban street wear and vice versa, in other words, where nonchalant elements add a more casual touch to refined pieces....

Brazilian Beach Fashion by Lenny Niemeyer

2. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Brazil is the place to go when it comes to swimwear and there’s no other designer who has influenced it more than Lenny Niemeyer. The designer moved from Sao Paulo to Rio, where she discovered her talent and began designing unique swimsuits. After over 10 years in the fashion industry,...

Meskita gone Royal

1. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Behind the Brazilian label Meskita  stands the eponymous designer Alessandra Meskita. Born and raised in Sao Paulo, she was already inspired by fashion at a tender age. Inspired by the artistic side of both her mother and her grandmother, she learnt a lot about designing when she was 15. With...

Sao Paulo Fashion Week

1. February 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Brazil represents a very colorful fashion where vibrant colors have the supremacy. Often, different colors are mixed together. The resulting look is full of passion and usually accompanied by many accessories. Brazilian fashion stands for an intentional overdose of glamour. The Brazilian world of design is colorful, versatile and extraordinary. Here...

How to prevent cold feet & hands?

28. January 2016
Beauty & Body
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Especially in the winter time, many people suffer from cold hands and feet. Women are affected by this problem even more. This is a result of our higher fat content in our bodies to protect the baby during pregnancy in case of malnutrition. Men on the other hand have much more muscles that are supplied with blood...

Color Run in Berlin

28. January 2016
Berlin, City Life, Lifestyle & More
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Some of you might have already joined the Color Run Berlin last year. The event is a must for all those who believe sports and fun belong together. This unique experience brings you and your friends even closer, tests your fitness and tops everything with colors. If you love running, you...

Berlin Craft Beer

24. January 2016
Art & Culture, Berlin, City Life, Lifestyle & More
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The term “craft beer” has been lately on everyone's lips. Of course Berlin won’t get around it as well. The definition of craft beer is broad because not the particularly strong beer, but mainly beer with unique selling points, produced in small breweries, is attributed to that term. In Berlin,...

New products by Vladimir Karaleev

24. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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At Vladimir Karaleev, all pieces are made by hand. Because of this, his collections are actually collections of high-quality unique pieces. None of the pieces resembles another completely. Haven’t heard of this designer before? Vladimir Karaleev moved from Bulgaria to Berlin to study fashion design. He then graduated from the...

Street Art in Berlin

23. January 2016
Art & Culture, Berlin, City Life, Lifestyle & More
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Graffiti simply belong to the streets of Berlin. Although they usually occur illegally, they affect the city's image more than anything else. And for many of its inhabitants, but also for tourists, they are indispensable. They’re one reason why visitors from around the world are so impressed by Berlin. Some...

Eccentric fashion by Bibi Bachtazde

23. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Bibi Bachtazde is the name of the fashion label of designer Anna Schäfer. This isn’t just a brand name, but rather a pseudonym. Bibi Bachtazde represents the lived femininity and emphasizes the many facets that the modern woman has to offer. The latest collection focuses on the two non-colors black...

Tulpen Design by Manuel Kirchner

23. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Known for gallant evening gowns for the red carpets of the world, the designer Manuel Kirchner expanded his range to casual fashion in 2010. The young couturier calls them "picture frames for the feminine silhouette". They do in fact emphasize the femininity of the wearer skillfully. With the label Tulpen...

Clubbing in Berlin

22. January 2016
Art & Culture, Berlin, City Life, Lifestyle & More
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Berlin’s clubbing scene has been booming since the 90s. At that time, the city was in the ascendant. The voids were occupied by freethinkers and hedonists. Houses were conquered, the music was reinvented, political statements roared loudly on the streets. Berlin shaped the German techno-culture significantly. Although the times of Love Parade,...

Brachmann Menswear by Jennifer Brachmar

22. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Menswear
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Berlin is where fashion trends are born. On the streets of the German capital as well as in the studios of the designers, tomorrow’s trends are bein made. One of the inventors is Jennifer Brachmann. Every year and season, the talented designer develops new designs for the fashionable man. The...

Hood Couture by Mvschi Kreuzberg

22. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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If you really want to get to know the real look of Berlin, then you won’t get around the streetwear label Mvschi Kreuzberg. The Kreuzberg-based label provokes wherever possible, playing with humorous prints that bring the swag from Kreuzberg to the world. This is how basic sportswear has received a...

Anna von Griesheim to present Evening Wear

21. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Anna Griesheim trained at a German couture house before she founded her eponymous label in Berlin in the 90es. What stands out is her glamorous view she has on the woman. Anna von Griesheim makes dresses for special occasions and therefore likes to play with feminine, flattering cuts. She especially uses...

Urban, Masculine & Individual @ IVANMAN

21. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Menswear
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The Berlin-based label Ivanman makes menswear true to the form! It has been acclaimed at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for its urban, trendy and individual fashion. Coolness is reinvented and shown in a humorous way. The crazy atmosphere of the German capital determines the identity of IVANMAN. The label plays...

Gym Sacks and other Accessories

21. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Many fashion trends evolve only in the streets of the cities. The true fashion news is created there, far from the major runways of the world. The vibrant city of Berlin has its own look reflecting the atmosphere of a multicultural city. The secret of this look lies in the...

Rianna + Nina

20. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Cabinet of Curiosities is the name of Rianna’s and Nina’s shop in the heart of Berlin Mitte. The two designers met each other at a trade fair where they soon discovered many similarities among themselves, including their love of vintage, colors and rare garments. Both are fascinated by vintage fashion...

City-Chic from Berlin by Michael Sontag

20. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Michael Sontag’s fashion creations must be seen as a whole collective work rather than stand-alone collections. He crosses boundaries and questions well-known definitions in order to establish clarity. Michael Sontag is synonymous with adventure and experimentation. This winter is particularly highlighted by silhouettes that are emphasized by outstanding cuts. Flowing fabrics...

Fashion Trends from Berlin

20. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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It’s worth taking a look at the streets of Berlin, because this is where the latest trends can be identified. Quite often, you’ll encounter dazzling personalities, but real trendsetters also colonize in areas like Mitte, Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Friedrichshain. Berlin isn’t only the German cultural capital, but also the hot...

Achtland conquers the Metropolises

19. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear
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Fashion brand Achtland has moved from Germany to England, but the label shouldn’t be missed in a Berlin fashion guide, since it was one of the most popular addresses in Berlin until last year. Achtland has now moved from the German fashion capital to the English one and now paints...

Kilian Kerner: Easy to Wear

19. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Kilian Kerner has his finger on the pulse of the time, proves that evening wear can be contemporary and casually calls his leisure fashion "easy-to-Wear". Yes, Kilian Kerner knows what to do with fashion and knows that not only the night, but even the day seeks for something distinct. He...

Revolutionary Fashion Eyewear by Ace & Tate

19. January 2016
Fashion & Style, Womenswear, Menswear
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Finding the right pair of glasses or sunglasses can sometimes be extremely exhausting. There are many factors, including frames, colors and prices which make you despair when looking for the perfect pair of glasses. For most spectacles wearers, they are the most important accessory as they’re also daily companions. The...
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