Is icy cool the new sexy? – The fact that Hamburg’s casual cool exerts magnetic attraction on an international scale has been common knowledge ever since the Beatles graced the Star Club with their guitar riffs. Understatement and good style, both are very much in evidence in the Hanseatic city to this day. Why else would The Guardian have named the St.Pauli district of Hamburg as one of the top five places to live in the world? J’N’C took a look around town between Reeperbahn and Blankenese.
What’s new?
“I think it’s very important to present oneself adequately as a label,” says Thomas Wirth, manager of Replay Germany, and talks to us about the balancing act between commerciality and uniqueness, the latest laserblasting technology and the new headquarters in the historical Düsseldorf Plange Mill. From flattened fabric to ecological denim – the most important international denim manufacturers on denim trends for 2013/14.
Plus: Bread & Butter, Premium, Panorama, The Brandery, Pitti Uomo, Modefabriek, Magic Las Vegas, Denim by Première Vision – A preview of the trade fair calendar for 2013.
Extras:
- “I love English television and the typical British humour.” A conversation with designer Peter Jensen.
- Tarpology. Daniel Freitag on just about two decades of the Freitag messenger bag.
- Batik revisited. A visit to designer Shabd Simon-Alexander in her Williamsburg loft.
How can the retail trade successfully prevail in the face of the internet and multi-store chains? First and foremost with passion – says Fredericke Winkler in ‘Fashion and Retail‘.
Street Style from London to Paris und retail from Belgrade to Mexico City.
Interested?
J'N'C Magazine 4/2012 is available in selected newsagents and from our online shop.
