“If we surrendered to Earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Whether we like it or not, fashion creates stereotypes in our minds, a certain lifestyle we want to participate in. But fashion also has the power to break those patterns. People BERLIN plays with this mechanism and reverses it in many ways: While the fourth collection of the fashion brand based in the German capital is about to be launched, hardly anyone knows the faces behind the label.
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Tracing perception. In our ability to hear, see, smell, taste, and touch. In encountering the world through our senses, through streams of information flowing in and out of our consciousness. In mixing the natural world with the man-made in our minds.
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Louise Richardson’s fragile pieces beautifully amalgamate decay and rebirth and the circular existence of each material included in her artwork. Through her work, we are invited to question our view on beauty and on the meaning of everyday objects – discarded ones that we have no use for anymore.
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Anne Schwalbe and Ayumi Paul are two Berlin-based multidisciplinary artists whose work using hand-sewn textiles reflect their respective interest in the transformation of fabrics, of experiences. With distinct points of view, both women use their unique garments as methods of exploring seemingly duelling ideas: creation and mending, tangibility and ephemerality, timelessness and ageing.
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Clare opens our eyes to a rebirth of global grassroots activism in her uplifting read Rise & Resist: How to Change the World.
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As the old year draws to a close, winter’s hushed existence and the coinciding, barren nature tell their own tale of a seeming absence of life and a state of transition. For our latest fashion story, we collaborated with selected designers whose work comprises forms of conservation, ephemerality, nature-driven production methods and antique fabrics.
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IKKIVI is a unique and beautifully curated online destination for sustainable fashion design from India, and, in the words of its founder and curator Nivi Murthy, “a portal to take a deeper breathe, to be mindful of the little things, to engage in meaningful conversations, and to shop slowly”.
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Natural viniculture is a process that aims to tread lightly on the planet, showcasing the purity of its produce and allowing us to truly appreciate what is encountered. Wholesome, flavoursome and full of character, it’s as authentic as the land from which its grapes are harvested.
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“Once we have freed ourselves from the prejudice that we have to refer to concepts of external experience or to a priori categories of reason, we can turn our attention and curiosity wholly to that strange and unknown thing we call spirit.” — C. G. Jung
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For environmentalism to work, it can’t just be a lifestyle choice. It has to be civically engaged, intersectional, inclusive, and based on solutions (not shame).
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“Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life.” (Agnes Martin, Beauty Is the Mystery of Life, 1989)
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The dog days refer to the dog star, Sirius, and its position in the heavens. Historically, Greek and Roman astrologers referred to the dog days as a period that could bring fever and madness.
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Welcome to dreamland, where the tender knights reside.
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Ever since the 19th century, the sturdy cotton fabric has been in high demand and today, denim is the world’s most used textile.
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The quadrennial fashion event “State of Fashion” is currently on show in Arnhem, The Netherlands, and is Searching for the New Luxury.
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Rental service “Nightboutique” has become one of Berlin’s best-known secrets in the fashion scene.
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London — it’s a love that certainly runs deep, formed by years of living, of breathing, of being shaped and inspired by this gorgeous monster of a town.
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A love poem to Mother Earth, giver and sustainer of life.
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Sigrid McCarthy founded Intent Journal in Melbourne, Australia, in 2015. Her ground-breaking ethical fashion online publication clearly succeeds in bringing substance to style and is a real inspiration.
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