FASH 2019 / 16. August 2019

Ecehan Altikardes

1st Prize
European Fashion Award – FASH 2019
Category Students
Concept “Gender Punk” is the focus of Ecehan Altikardes’ fanciful collections. A mixture of the gender-neutral fashion of antiquity, the rebellious elements of punk, the neutrality of tomboyism and male elements such as a biker jacket. Facets of personality are visualized through contrasts such as faux leather and chiffon, soft draping and angular forms or a balancing act between sportswear and couture. Prints and eye-catching material processing should create a feeling of tension and drama.
Ecehan Altikardes grew up in Germany with a Turkish-Yugoslavian background. These two very different cultures were a challenge to open up, to find the own point of view and expression and a motivation to accept oneself in all its facets. His collections should not be a quiet whisper, but a cry against all that is stuck, a cry for individuality, otherness and androgyny as well as an expression of himself.
Collection

Jury statement Ecehan Altikarte’s designs are characterized by a strong emotional power full of fantasy and exuberant creativity. He shows courage to experiment, plays with silhouettes, materials and gender role models. All this promises a great potential for development.
Education 7th semester Bachelor, Hochschule Pforzheim (Pforzheim University – School of Design), Prof. Tamotsu Kondo
Prize 1,000 euros prize money, mentoring program, media work, material prizes for pattern design by Müller & Sohn.
Contact ecehan.altikardes@yahoo.com
Instagram: @e_a_arts
Download Web: www.FASH.Berlin/Ecehan_Altikardes_web.zip
Print: www.FASH.Berlin/Ecehan_Altikardes_print.zip

FASH 2019 / 15. August 2019

Katharina Heinze

1st Prize
European Fashion Award – FASH 2019
Category Bachelor
Concept Katharina Heinze does not want to impress through loud designs. Rather, it is the thoroughness and accuracy of the design that make up her fashion – here nothing should be left to chance. Fashion theory is an important basis for her. Role models are minimalists like Dieter Rams or Jil Sander.
When it comes to realisation, pattern designs, proportions and high-quality materials are important. Every piece of clothing should become something special and meaningful. Thus, stripes of almost 1000 metres in length were applied to a transparent fabric in the finest handwork on the theme of “curtains”, visualising the interplay between covering and concealing, light and shadow.
The title of her bachelor thesis “Now is not the time for crazy” is a quotation from Miuccia Prada and criticizes the strong adaptation in our society. Fashion and furniture have been created from the same materials and thus merge into a unity. The shape of the clothing can be changed by flexible side seams.
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Jury statement Katharina Heinze’s conceptual fashion is powerful, independent and highly aesthetic. Its show an imaginative play with classical elements. The technical and creative implementation is outstanding.
Education Universität der Künste Berlin – University of the Arts Berlin, Prof. Waldemar Kraus
Prize 2,000 euros prize money, mentoring program, media work, material prizes for pattern design by Müller & Sohn.
Contact kat.a.heinze@gmail.com
Instagram: @Katharina.Heinze
Download Web: www.FASH.Berlin/Katharina_Heinze_web.zip
Print: www.FASH.Berlin/Katharina_Heinze_print.zip

FASH 2019 / 14. August 2019

Elisa Paulina Herrmann

1st Prize
European Fashion Award – FASH 2019
Category Master
Concept At the heart of Elisa Paulina Herrmann’s unisex collections are classic handicraft techniques such as knitting, crocheting and embroidery as well as jacquard, plaits, plain knitting or ribs as a counter-concept to fast fashion. Each piece tells a story through initials.
She questions classical beauty, which loses its significance, while once ugly things come back as beautiful through reinterpretation.
All parts of her collections are unisex, as classical gender role models dissolve. “Everyone who wants to wear them and feels comfortable in my fashion should do so.” The collections consist of individual parts that can be combined as desired. Everything works with everything. Because her fashion should be wearable for everyone.
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Jury statement Elisa Paulina Herrmann’s fashion is based on clear concepts, which she implements in a very modern and playful way with high-quality workmanship. She has her medium yarn under control in all areas; she skilfully combines and varies various techniques.
With wit she breaks former rules and achieves a lightness that no longer shows elegance and status, but a very contemporary diversity and coolness. In all her experiments, her designs are always suitable for everyday use at a very high level. An extraordinarily mature and independent work!
Education Master: Accademia di Costume e Moda, Rom, „Creative Knitwear Design“
Prof. Sonia Veroni
Bachelor: Hochschule Pforzheim (Pforzheim University – School of Design), Prof. Sibylle Klose
Prize 2,000 euros prize money, mentoring program, media work, material prizes for pattern design by Müller & Sohn.
Contact elipah@web.de
Instagram: @elipah
Download Web: www.FASH.Berlin/Elisa_Paulina_Herrmann_web.zip
Print: www.FASH.Berlin/Elisa_Paulina_Herrmann_print.zip

FASH 2019 / 13. August 2019

Jakob Tillmann

1st Prize
European Fashion Award – FASH 2019
Special Award Fashion Photography
Concept For Jakob Tillmann, the future of fashion photography lies in creating a feeling with which the viewer can identify, instead of classic “perfect” fashion productions: “Natural poses in natural light and therefore a natural mood, or simply the natural and barely made-up model makes fashion accessible to people who are not part of this world”. Even in the age of Instagram and social media, the artistic expression of a picture, as well as the model as a person, are important to him – and so he put fashion in the limelight.
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Jury statement Elisa Paulina Herrmann’s fashion is based on clear concepts, which she implements in a very modern and playful way with high-quality workmanship. She has her medium yarn under control in all areas; she skillfully combines and varies various techniques.
With wit she breaks former rules and achieves a lightness that no longer shows elegance and status, but a very contemporary diversity and coolness. In all her experiments, her designs are always suitable for everyday use at a very high level. An extraordinarily mature and independent work!
Education Lette Verein Berlin
Frank Schumacher
Prize 1,000 euros prize money. Five works will be included in the collection Modebild of the Kunstbibliothek, which are printed in high quality by the Pixel Grain laboratory. Order from the Berlin Senate to photograph the editorial of the Berlin Showroom.
Contact mail@jakobtillmann.com
Instagram: @jakobtillmann.photo
Download Web: www.FASH.Berlin/Jakob_Tillmann_web.zip
Print: www.FASH.Berlin/Jakob_Tillmann_print.zip