Posts tagged with 'Kostas Murkudis':

Clemens en August is a unique, touring concept store. The chic, minimalist collection is sold on tour twice a year in select contemporary art galleries and museums around the world. The roving retail company with a minimalist aesthetic has a travel calendar that reads like a famous rock band's tour stops, and features a roll call of the world's most avant-garde galleries and museums.  read more »

If you're looking for something offbeat but casual enough to lounge in, then progressive-minded designer Peter Wiesmann is your man. The emerging German talent has worked for Bless and participated in the 2007 edition of the Hyères Fashion & Photography Festival, but now turns his attention to his own line of menswear.
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With its autumn/winter and spring/summer collection cycles, fashion has always been fast-paced. And in recent years, retailers have been upping the ante by rearranging their store's offerings with increased frequency in order to keep customers engaged. The result has been an even speedier industry, in which only the most agile labels—typically the blue-chip brands—can compete. A growing number of designers, however, are beginning to question this headlong pace and its relevance to the way we live, instead promoting flexible, seasonless collections.  read more »

Last season, Kostas Murkudis integrated technology into his a/w '08 collection in such an elegant—and non-kitschy—manner that it quickly became one of our favorites. Now, the Berlin-based designer is tackling global climate change with equal panache: he's created a seasonless collection called "96 Dresses," wherein each versatile piece can be worn as a slip dress in the summer, or a first-layer garment in the winter.
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