A new start for Berlin Fashion Week

“Fashion has to change and the change starts in Berlin.” With that ambitious statement, Mandie Bienek of lobbying organisation Fashion Council Germany (FCG) kicked off the first post-Covid fashion week in the German capital on September 6. Besides ambition the statement also showcased activism, as although FCG represents the interests of the entire German fashion industry, there is something at stake for Berlin as a fashion city ever since its most important fashion trade fairs, Premium, Seek and Neonyt, left Berlin for Frankfurt a year ago.