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When women want to prove something to their male counterpieces - most of the time, it´s pretty inconvenient for the Lords of the creation. Allowedly, “What has to be proved to the man” sounds little bit like revolution, women´s libber stuff and fighting chickenbitches.
So, it feels very pleasant that the three ladies from Quod Erat Demonstrandum pour Homme, short: QED POUR HOMME, neither come up with wagging fingers nor with a new journal for female revolutionizers.

Julia Böge, Simona Gabrieli and Jasmin Moallim - the heads behind the Berlin-based label - rely on good clothing for great guys. Abstaining from big falderal, but focusing on clear shapes and a color palette that consists of non-colors such as white and black and some grey-tones the felicitous insertion of minimalistic-playful details is the only element of agitation in their collections.
For the QED POUR HOMME winter collection the trio was inspired by Kinetics. With pieces that invite to interact by giving the opportunity to make some fast and easy changes, contrasting square-edged shapes combined with round ones, through layering, cuttling and the play with volumes and patterns QED POUR HOMME proves that for completing the chain of evidence you don´t have to reinvent the wheel, that reduction can be a powerful element of creation and that men are sometimes well advised to listen to their female counterpieces.

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Pepper and Pistol is Silvia Hillmann and Katrin Wiens who both grew up in Germany but then traveled the world for jobs and carreer. The one to make her way into the field of fashion, the other, to go into graphic design. Meeting in New York, the two creatives managed to mesh-up their talents and knowledge for best and came up with their own label. Pepper and Pistol stands for custom prints, feminine cuts, playfulness mixed with sexyness and unique clothing with a twist of humour. I go for it and recommend it to those who also like Ostwald Helgason, Richard Sorger, KIND.
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Inspired mainly by art, dance and film Ostwald Helgason´s creations are eclectic, wearable pieces with a playful und colorful aesthetic.  Susanne Ostwald from Leipzig, Germany, and Ingvar Helgason from Reykjavik, Iceland - the designers of Ostwald Helgason - met while working in a London design studio. In 2007 the duo came up with the first collection and only one year later, the young label is well recognized and blessed with fantastic critiques for the spirit of their contemporary, feminine designs. I stumbled about Ostwald Helgason at Beck´s Fashion Experience 08 in Berlin and some of their dresses blew me away.  So, I am pretty happy to see, that Ostwald Helgason´s Autumn/Winter collection contains even more of these fairy dresses with that wonderful playful twist.

Finest glasses, cracking good staged - there´s nothing more i ask for.

Photos via Karen Walker

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In February, i was standing in front of the Talkingmeanstrouble Store in Berlin (Alte Schönhauser Strasse 39/40), completely overwhelmed by this leather dress that was presented in the illuminated shop window. And when i just came by on the label´s website, seeing the photo of a model wearing THE dress - it´s clear that i HAD to post it immediately. Isn´t it stunning?

Foto via Talkingmeanstrouble

Some print American Apparel T-Shirts with slogans and graphics and state to do a fashion label. Others print their hand-sewed T-Shirts and build a whole collection around.
And, if the collection comes successfully along like those from Ground-Zero - then we are dealing with serious fashion designers who show, that building a fashion label doesn´t mean that the work is done with some slogans and prints. Introducing a healthy portion of irony and fun, Ground-Zero ads some extra-sympathy points and for me, the T-Shirts shown above are my today´s favorites.

Photos via Ground-Zero and Blow