V I A N Fashion "Pure Seduction"

V I A N Fashion * Drawings of the Collection "Pure Seduction"

Schon länger versuche ich für unser STYLE! IT! TAKES! - Projekt Kontakte zu Berliner Hochschulen und jungen Mode-Design-Student*innen aufzubauen. Nachdem sich erfreulicherweise mit der Mode-Designerin B. A. Jenna Hartmann und ihrem Transgender Fashion Label BAAL erstmals eine solche an unserer Veranstaltung beteiligt hat (bei STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 4 im Urban Spree zur Berlin Fashion Week im Januar 2014) und das auch ganz großartig bei unseren Gästen ankam, haben wir bei der vor der Tür stehenden STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 5 (am Samstag, den 12. Juli 2014 in der Panke in Berlin-Wedding) mit SCHRÜPPE McINTOSH und V I A N Fashion zwei weitere, sehr unterschiedliche Mode-Designerinnen aus Jenna's ehemaliger Klasse an der Mediadesign Hochschule dabei. Wir freuen uns sehr darüber, neben unseren bekannteren und erfolgreichen Labels wie Degenerotika (Berlin / Ljubljana), Yan Hats aus Argentinien oder Vilorija aus Paris auch jungen Designer*innen eine Plattform geben zu können, bei uns ihre Mode in einem relativ großen und dennoch ungewöhnlichen Rahmen bei den Berlin Fashion Week - Showroom Days präsentieren zu können. Nachdem es heute ein sehr schönes und herzliches Fitting mit der V I A N Designerin Vian Talab und Tänzerin EN Finsternis gab, möchte ich Euch nun ihr Label vorstellen.

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For quite some time I try to expand contacts for our STYLE! IT! TAKES! - project to Berlin colleges / universities and young fashion design students. After fortunately with fashion designer B. A. Jenna Hartmann and her Transgender Fashion Label BAAL for the first time such a student participated in our events (at STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 4 in Urban Spree for Berlin Fashion Week in January 2014) and our guests liked that very much, for STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 5 standing just around the corner (on Saturday, 12th of July 2014 in Panke club in Berlin-Wedding), with SCHRÜPPE McINTOSH and V I A N Fashion two further, very different fashion designers from Jenna's former class at the Mediadesign Hochschule are joining us now. We are happy very much to be able to provide a platform not only for our more known and successful labels like Degenerotika (Berlin / Ljubljana), Yan Hats from Argentina or Vilorija from Paris but also for young designers to present their fashion in a relatively big and nevertheless unusual setting at Berlin Fashion Week - Showroom Days. After there has been a very nice and cordially fitting today with V I A N designer Vian Talab and dancer EN Finsternis, I would like to introduce her label to you now.

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 2, Jumpsuit)
Photo Steven Luedtke * Model Lia Kemendi * Hair & Make-up Eavan Derbyshire

V I A N

V I A N ist ein junges Fashion Label aus Berlin, gegründet von Vian Talab. Der Stil des Labels zeichnet sich durch tragbares, extravagantes und modernes Design sowie Eleganz, klassisch-körpernahe Formen und raffinierte Schnittführung aus. Bei den Materialien und der Verarbeitung wird besonderer Wert auf Hochwertigkeit gelegt. Die Modelle betonen den weiblichen Körper und sind sowohl alltagstauglich als auch zu festlichen Anlässen tragbar, indem die Trägerin Selbstbewusstsein und Sinnlichkeit ausstrahlt.

V I A N is a young fashion label from Berlin, founded by Vian Talab. The label is characterised by extravagant, modern design, as well as elegant, classic body-hugging shapes with refined cut. Special value is placed on the materials and processing. The garments emphasize the female body and are suitable for everyday use as well as special occasions in which the wearer exudes self-confidence and sensuality.

The Appearance of Being 

V I A N Collection 2013

by Vian Talab

Photographer: Stefan Barth

Model: Fritzi Hebestadt

Make-up & Hair: Carolin Schöldgen

  

V I A N s "The Appearance of Being" ist aus einer Auseinandersetzung mit der 'Schwarzen Romantik' im Allgemeinen und dem Typus der 'Femme Fatale' im Besonderen hervorgegangen.
In dem folgenden kleinen Video erklärt die Mode-Designerin ihre Kollektion:

V I A N s "The Appearance of Being" arised out of an involvement with the 'Dark Romanticism' in general and the type of the 'Femme Fatale' in special.
In the following little video the fashion designer explains her collection:

V I A N "The Appearance of Being" on Video

Vian Talab über die "Schwarze Romantik" und ihre Kollektion "The Appearance of Being"
Vian Talab about "Dark Romanticism" and her collection "The Appearance of Being"

(Quelle / Source: Spykeheels.com)

Pure Seduction

V I A N Collection Sept. 2013

by Vian Talab

Die Abschluss-Arbeit von Designerin Vian Talab war "Pure Seduction", eine Kollektion, die an die vorherige anknüpfte und diese weiterentwickelte.

The graduation work of designer Vian Talab has been "Pure Seduction", a collection which took up the direction of the earlier one and extended it.

V I A N "Pure Seduction" on Catwalk

  

V I A N Collection PURE SEDUCTION @
Mediadesign Hochschule Graduate Show 2013 (Photos: KOWA)

Models Philomena Schmidt (left) & Lulu Louis (right) * Hair & Make-up Maggie B.

V I A N "Pure Seduction" Shooting

Mittlerweile gab es ein erstes Photo-Shooting, das die Kollektion jenseits von Hochschule und (Abschluss-) Catwalk präsentiert.

In the meantime there has been a first photo shooting presenting the collection beyond of college and (graduation-) catwalk.

V I A N Fashion 

Collection "Pure Seduction"

Photographer: Steven Luedtke

Model: Lia Kemendi

Hair & Make-up: Eavan Derbyshire

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 2, Jumpsuit)

 

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 4, Variante mit Shorts / Version with shorts)

 

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 5, Variante mit langem Rock / Version with long skirt)

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 3)

 V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 1, Kleid / Dress)

V I A N Pure Seduction (Outfit # 1, Kleid / Dress)

Für welches Outfit wir uns heute entschieden haben, wird natürlich noch nicht verraten. Und auch sonst dürfen wir gespannt sein, wie es aussehen wird, wenn unsere Tänzerin EN Finsternis in Form ihrer Performances etwas aus der Kollektion von V I A N tragen und präsentieren wird. Und es wird nicht die einzige Überraschung bleiben!!!

Of course, we won't reveal for which outfit we decided today. And in other ways as well we can be eager how it will look like, when our dancer EN Finsternis will wear and present something from the collection of V I A N in form of her performances. And it will not be the only surprise!!!

V I A N Fashion

Vian Talab

Mode-Designerin B. A. / Fashion Designer B. A.
Mediadesign Hochschule Berlin

www.facebook.com/pages/Vian-Talab-Fashion/623311554395511

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Ein ganz herzlicher Dank geht an Jenna Hartmann von BAAL Fashion für die liebe Vermittlung und an die SHOWROOM DAYS Berlin, die uns liebenswerterweise den großen Rahmen für unsere Veranstaltung zur Berlin Fashion Week ermöglichen.

... just like a love song in Spring! ♥

"Lebendig müssen die Märchen werden, lebendig und wirklich"

(Alexander von Zemlinsky – Der Traumgörge)

So many beautiful things happened in April that quite unusually I post a kind of mixed diary of some highlights here!

Wondergirls in Spring

To me it started having wonderful guests at my home for a little Spring-Party on 29th of March. We preferred to chat, eat salads & antipasti, drink & smoke, listening to nice music and dance instead of making pictures - keeping it calm like my beautiful fish - but two photographic memories are existing of that lovely night and sunny morning...

Recipe by Jenny for the Wondergirl-Cocktail we made with my self-made Woodruff syrup

"...it was like in a time capsule and suddenly appeared NINE O‘CLOCK hahahaha"

(comment of one of my lovely guests)

My Origasmi (a present by a very good friend) photographed by Thea

En vogue

Third of April, just on the day I picked up my new Degenerotika dress in Berlin-Friedrichshain at the designers' residence, we received the message that they have been published online by famous VOGUE Italia magazine! So definitely time to raise champagne glasses again... (^.^) ...

A new dawn

On Monday, 7th of April I was with Thea & Jasa from Degenerotika fashion label at the Laibach concert in the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. I already reported about that in a long review and photo story here. But even after all those "Late night tales" (Laibach's great merch guy Bojan Vrlič) in the backstage area and in the tour bus (see my post for this) the night has not been over. After that we met fashion designer Patrick Mohr in the morning street in front of a Döner, which had such a beautiful painting I just had to take a picture from...

Top! Painting of beautiful lesbians in a Döner

Abschied

April has also been a month of sad good-byes to closing bars and clubs in Berlin-Mitte. First has been the farewell of beloved King Kong Klub at Easter on 19th of April, where I have seen many great concerts by many great artists (first to come to my mind are Nora Below, Bloody Cartoon, Le Chocolat Noir, Popsimonova, Monozid, Nine Circles, Umrijeti za strojem...) and had many many nights of pleasure and fun with lovely barkeepers and guests... So sad the closing is, it has been a bombastic last night and we stayed till about the very very end when daylight was shining bright already... Many of the clubs DJs gave their last stand there and it has been also the birthday of our DJ Steve Morell (from the last STYLE! IT! TAKES! event). It was a great mix of people and it seemed, during the long night everybody came along to say bye, so audience has always been floating till the very very end... ... lots of people, lots of dance, nice flirts, many huge compliments for my Degenerotika dress, lots of drinks, big chaos, big big fun that night! ♥

(Club closing is...) NO FUN! (8 times) (^.^)

Me & Aurica keep a close watch and have lots of fun! ;-)
(selfie by Aurica)

Even @ King Kong Klub there's a time to leave... or not... ;-)

A gorgeous ending and still definitely big big tears for King Kong Klub... we will miss you!!!

Funny Easter

Easter Monday I spent with Laura (SCHEN). Beside sharing time in Prenzlauer Berg together, we were invited to eat in Moabit later and had a super funny evening with music and dance. Actually, it was so funny that I don't really feel allowed to post the pics of this evening... ;-)
So here only the serious ones! (^.^) ...

 

Laura trying to look serious... ;-)

Did I say only the serious ones? What? (^.^)

Modeling for BAAL       

Just the next day I've been modeling for a fashion video of Berlin transgender fashion label BAAL at Berlin-Alexanderplatz. It was big fun! Surprisingly I got an outfit with trousers, which was funny, because I nearly never wear trousers but about only skirts... and it was grey, though I nearly never wear grey... but interesting and I liked the shape of the top! So, after Näd Mika's gorgeous Cassandra video, this is already the second video published this year with me modeling / acting. You can watch the finished video in an extra post about BAAL's Start wearing plastic.
Here some screenshots. Later we had to sprinkle ourselves with champagne... ;-)

Dark, darker, Popsimonova

While some clubs are closing, others start new beginnings. Just around the corner of KingKongKlub the a bit forgotten ACUD club in Veteranenstraße has new plans and ideas. A beergarden, a gallery (Kunsthaus), a theatre and a cinema belong to this place, too. Here our great artist, Croatian Electro Diva Lana POPSIMONOVA, stopped for one Berlin night on her Europe Tour together with JESSICA 93 and DORCELSIUS on 24th of April. I wrote about her and this tour already lately. It was such a pleasure to meet and see her live again, all the concerts were great and many friends and nice people came around, so it was really full & fun even in the middle of the week. :-)

             

POPSIMONOVA loves it...                 very dark ♥

... and has the sexiest voice in electronic music! ♥

After a short visit at White Trash Fast Food's very last night in Prenzlauer Berg / Mitte (the next club which had to close there!!!), we did let the night end in 8mm Bar... and when we came out the sun... ok., we had that several times before! ;-)

All of the day, all of the night in Alt-Berlin's Mitte

Me wearing a pink outfit @ the RAMONES Museum

26th of April has been Mitte day again. First I went to the RAMONES Museum for meeting friends and a lecture by Tom Laimer-Read from Norwich / England, who wrote a just published punk novel called Needles & Pins. It was a very relaxed and nice atmosphere in the museum's café.

Later we went to say goodbye again - this time Berlin's maybe oldest bar, the legendary ALT BERLIN, had to close after 121 years in Münzstraße 23 at U Weinmeisterstraße. So sad. Gentrification crawls all through the district... :-( Brilliant German communist author, poet, playwright, theatre & film director Bertolt Brecht (* 1898 in Augsburg; † 1956 in Ost-Berlin) had it's own chair in this legendary place during the 1950's, drinking his beer there in the breaks of his work at Berliner Ensemble nearby.

Pics from Bierstube Alt Berlin's Facebook page

Alt-Berliner Legenden

Folgendes wurde 2008 anonym auf Yelp gepostet:
"Die Kneipe hieß im Volksmund bis zum Krieg zu den drei Ritzen, weil sie von drei Frauen geführt wurde und der Berliner Straßenstrich direkt vor der Haustür lag. Sie war mehr als doppelt so groß, links daneben der Laden gehörte dazu. Gekocht wurde über dem Laden in der Wohnung der Damen, es gab Tischdecken, man wollte etwas feiner sein. Eine der Damen lebte bis vor 5 Jahren noch. 1945 hat eine Luftmine über der Kreuzung die Eckhäuser gegenüber abgeräumt. Die Druckwelle hat die Fenster zerstört, das Lokal wurde ausgeplündert, das Rückbuffet geklaut.
Dann nahm sich die Unterweltgröße Fahrradmüller als alter Stammgast den Laden (er hatte mehrmals das 6-Tagerennen gewonnen). Zwei Armeespinde und einige Bretter wurden das neue Buffet, die Zapfanlage war noch da. Er war einer der ersten, die 45 wieder eine Kneipe führten, offensichtlich hatte er gut Kontakte zu den Russen. Zumal er auch einer der ersten war, die im zerbombten Berlin ein eigenes Cabrio fuhren. Wegen bewaffneter Raubüberfälle ging seine Kariere 1949 dann zu Ende. Heinz erzählte, er bekam die erste Todesstrafe der DDR.
Dann übernahm der Vater der Musikerklause in der Torstraße die Kneipe, wurde aber wegen Unregelmäßigkeiten finanzieller Art in die Klause versetzt. Die HO (DDR-Handelsorganisation) übernahm, Heinz war Wirt, Inge die Kellnerin. Viele Gäste gingen, wenn Inge kam oder umgekehrt - jeder hatte SEIN Publikum. Die Tänzerinnen vom Friedrichstadtpalast, die Leute vom Gorki oder BE (Berliner Ensemble), ach eigentlich alle, weil der Laden als einer der wenigen bis nach 2 Uhr aufhaben durfte. Brecht war Stammgast, hatte seinen eigenen Hocker vom BE mitgebracht. Dann haben Heinz und Inge geheiratet und den Laden 1982 von der HO abgekauft. Das Holz an den Wänden stammt zum Teil von Ihnen, zum Teil ist es alt. Hinter den Verkleidungen sind noch alte Wandmalereien aus der Zeit des Häuserbaus."

(http://www.yelp.de/biz/bierstube-alt-berlin-berlin-3)

 

Alt Berlin crew protesting. Yes, you belong here!!! ♥ Our barkeeper that night had been Berlin Burlesque dancer Tallulah Freeway

Of course both myself and our STYLE! IT! TAKES! project supported the protest campaign against the closing of ALT BERLIN, but, unfortunately, it was too late and there was nothing more to do against the sell-out by Hamburg Investor Harm Müller-Spreer... :-(

The closing reminded my of my very first blog post Berlin - Du bist so hässlich geworden about gentrification in Berlin (April 2012), which unfortunately even has it's sad prophetic sides...

So, like the great anarchist BAIZ bar ("Kein Bex, kein Latte, kein Bullshit" / "No Beck's beer, no latte macchiato, no bullshit") which recently also had to leave nearby Torstraße for similar reasons (BAIZ relocated at Schönhauser Allee 26 a), the ALT BERLIN crew is looking for a new place to go now, using the old interior... But: „Das schönste aller Dinge, ein schneller Schluck bei Heinz und Inge“ (The most beautiful of all things, a quick sip at Heinz und Inge (the long year runners of the bar))... so, yes, we had many!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

They got to close, but they want to come back at another place - stay tuned via their Facebook page!

Long past midnight, I finally went to notorious ESCHSCHLORAQUE nearby, where I met Laura, our DJ Steve Morell and some other friends again...

Return to daylight

April the 28th it was time for a walk around sunny Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte, staying in the Volkspark am Weinbergsweg and taking a rest at nice Max Fish beer garden with it's lovely pink Photoautomat.

Tu Wat!!!

On 1st of May me and some friends joined the revolutionary demonstration against war, crisis and capitalism in Berlin-Kreuzberg (I reported about that ahead of the demonstration in my pre-post La Beauté est dans la Rue). And it was a huge revolutionary May Day march this year, with 25.000 people attending!!! :-) At Zossener Straße somebody left a sign saying "Tu Wat" (Do something in Berlin dialect), which I had to photograph of course since it made me smile and gave the day an optimistic tone! :-) So, the next days I put & kept my red & black revolution flag on the balcony (it says: "Abolish class society - Revolution Now!"), as a sign of continued resistance in the daily life and in the neighborhood...

Apropos balcony: as a huge fan of city gardening I spent lots of time on the balcony, sowing new seeds for herbs, flowers and beans to make it green & blooming soon. Actually, many plants survived the mild winter or came back... and first things were blooming already... :-)

Blühender Schnittlauch & blühende Erdbeere * Blossoms of chives & strawberry

In the meantime of the last weeks I started with preparations for STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 5 during Berlin Fashion Week in July and prepared a lot of new posts for that! So stay tuned to not miss amazing news in the next days... Love & Kisses! ♥♥♥

Update, 27th of May:

... and I made it! STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 5 will be a summer dream of fashion, performances, arts & music and just like BERLIN FASHION WEEK in general move this year to Wedding!!! :-)

It will happen on Saturday, the 12th of July 2014 at the lovely venue PANKE, located in Gerichtsstraße 23, directly at the river Panke! We will even have a beautiful little garden there!!!

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