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Carol Christian Poell is a name that echoes throughout the niche world of avant-garde fashion. Known for his uncompromising philosophy, innovative use of materials, and cult-favorite label, Poell has redefined what it means to be a fashion designer. His brand, often abbreviated as CCP clothing, has become synonymous with radical craftsmanship and wearable art. Unlike traditional designers, he does not follow seasonal calendars, fashion week schedules, or digital marketing trends. Instead, he works in near-total secrecy from his Milan studio, only unveiling his collections when he chooses.

Greatly influenced by the Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi genre, LEON EMANUEL BLANCK plays with seams and the human body, its’ interaction, and reaction with the material. Studying the interplay of the natural and unnatural.

Isaac Sellam created his namesake leatherwear label in 2002 disclosing products characterized by “endless modernity”. Research, innovation, technique, and experimentation are the focus of his collections, created with the best, softest and durable leather with the help of the best tanners. Isaac Sellam has always been fascinated by particularly high-quality leather and conjures up unique and avant-garde creations from it.

Rick Owens is an American fashion designer, well-known for avant-garde luxurious grunge fashion pieces. Owens’s career started in 1994, when he launched his first fashion-line, selling to one of the hippest retailer boutiques exclusively on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Before that, his career path did not dissolve so straight in the beginning. After he had dropped out of Otis College of Art and Design, he had taken a course in pattern cutting at Los Angeles’s Trade Technical College and had worked in the fashion industry, designing copies of designer clothing.

The label “Julius” was founded in Tokyo in 2001 by Tatsuro Horikawa as a means of presenting film projects, the Julius label eventually developed its clothing line in 2004. Nevertheless, the original art idea remained and is now reflected, for example, in dark colors. Using black and grey as the main components of every collection – symbols of madness and pain, respectively – the label centers around Horikawa’s love of art and architecture, which were integral to the brand’s initial formation as an art project. The oversized cuts of the clothes and accessories show a contemporary bohemian style.

Yohji Yamamoto was born in 1943 and graduated from law school in 1966. Right after he realized that being part of the ordinary society and a law career was not for him. Instead, he decided to support the family tailoring business of his widowed mother who was a dressmaker, and agreed under one condition: a fashion college degree which he completed in 1969 at Bunka Fashion College Tokyo, awarded with two fashion prices and a scholarship in Paris.

With a career spanning more than three decades, Ann Demeulemeester is one of the world’s most respected creative voices. The Ann Demeulemeester brand has come to represent an intelligent approach to fashion – rising above trends and instead offering a continually evolving system of dressing that is both deeply personal to the wearer and profoundly relevant to its context – thanks to its integrity and fierce independence.

D.HYGEN (formerly also known under the name Saddam Teissy) was established in Osaka in 2015 and started its brand in the 2016-17 AW Collection by two male designers (Information not made public). In addition to participating in exhibitions in Japan, the 2019 SS of D.Hygen also participated in the Paris men’s Collection. The leather products and tailored jackets are positioned as signature items of the brand, and the decadent and dignified work using the original developed material is highly evaluated in Japan and overseas. Based on the brand concept of “STRAINISM”, this item proposes addictive real clothes with a unique aesthetic sense that disassembles and reconstructs basic styles and sometimes turns negative images into beauty, with the theme of a product that gives a sense of tension and uplifting to the wearer as well as the creator himself. The development of new leather, the detailed and thorough tailoring technique by skilled craftsmen, and the hard and cold look of the original metal fittings made of iron also emphasize tensionism. D.Hygen – the clue is hidden in the proverb “HAI_-GEN” – of a human being controlled by string but turns the situation to his advantage by taking control of invisible strings of life.

Masnada creates collections as a result of an extensive study of shapes and the multiple identities they can become, combined with a profound love for experimentations and research. The results of these can be seen in the choice of materials and traditional methods for the collection. The exclusive fabrics, realized in natural fibers in the soft-hued colors of nature, create a timeless look and longevity of each garment. The pure Italian tailoring and craftsmanship is a choice throughout the entire collection with no compromises and also selected on the basis of ethical values in opposition to child exploitation and against any other form of irregularity.

The menswear label TOBIAS BIRK NIELSEN designs its pieces in Copenhagen. The designer and creator Tobias graduated from the Royal Danish Academy. He matured his experience as an assistant designer first in his hometown at Wood Wood and afterward moved to Barcelona where he completed his training in the atelier of the famous German designer Boris Bidjan Saberi.

Born in 1963 in Nagano Prefecture, Tomoaki Okaniwa graduated from Tokyo Zoukei University, Department of Fine arts majoring in Painting. Moving from the canvas to a desire for expression through garments and then establishing Caterpillar Produit in 1987.

Layer-0  is an Italian fashion brand, founded by designer Alessio Zero from Perugia, Italy. After studying the profession of a pattern maker and tailor, he decided to pursue his own vision of what a garment can be. As a result, Alessio founded the label Layer-0 and began to experiment with techniques ranging from the traditional handmade practices of garment construction to modern fabric treatments, crafting his own unique vision. The leather he uses is waxed, oiled, or treated in order to create a unique look and feel. Also, he works with materials such as horse or calf wool, linen, hemp, denim, and canvas. His work reflects the kind of craftsmanship, covetable limited edition pieces that have a vintage look while remaining modern.

Since 1896 Guido Guidi, Giovanni Rosellini, and Gino Ulivo established “ Conceria Guidi Rosellini” at Pescia in Tuscany. Here the art of leather tanning can be traced to the middle age when a guild of tanners and shoemakers existed since the XIV century.

Geoffrey B. Small is an American-born fashion designer celebrated for his uncompromising approach to ethics, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship. Working primarily out of Italy, Small has built a career that resists mass production in favor of meticulously handcrafted garments, often made from locally sourced, natural, and vintage fabrics.

Deepti Barth is an eclectic artisan and artist in the world of fashion. The brand utilizes unique and different materials like stone and glass. Each piece is crafted with artisanal pride German-Argentinian artist and designer Deepti Barth honed her skills as a designer at Carol Christian Poell’s studio in Milan, after graduating from London’s Central Saint Martins in 2005. In 2012, after working for CCP for seven years, Barth branched off to launch her own clothing and accessories line: Deepti.

After a decade consulting for a variety of technical sportswear brands including the revival of Nike’s once-dormant ACG line, Michaela Sachenbacher and Errolson Hugh deployed their cumulative knowledge in 2002 with the release of their label ACRONYM. Combining functional and intelligent design with boundary-pushing aesthetics, ACRONYM fosters an uncompromising sense of style that stretches the boundaries between fashion and technology.