HAND in HAND

... the last time I met Michaela Bürger in Paris, she was energetic and ambitous as ever before. She explained to me that in her opinion, co-branding is one of the best, and most successful ways for a young and independent designer to gradually move on.


Michaela continues to work for Maison Fabre, and she added a little knitwear-collection for Mühlbauer headwear to her range of activities.

Anne-Valérie Hash "Hand in Hand" Michaela Bürger

What's more, for spring 2011 she collaborated with ever so lovely Anne-Valérie Hash for a special knitwear collection called "Hand in Hand". I must say, Michaela never seems to rest ...

TUTTI I FIORI

... finally - and what feels like years after the end of Paris fashion week (really, the internet does change our perception of time - and absolutely so in the context of fashion journalism; in the print media I won't be able to use these images before next February, and then I'll probably have forgotten about them...) - my last little #austrianfashion report from Paris.


At the Première Classe tradeshow I visited Klaus Mühlbauer at his company's booth, and among all the renewed Mühlbauer classics that headwear-aficionados cherish so much, there were some softer, and very flowery (even though my first thought was "tutti frutti" - which would have given them a Brazilian touch), hat models.


I think someone told me (I've got my sources, you know...) that since Klaus didn't find a pattern that suited him, a custom-made flower arrangement was photographed for this collection.


And, since we're already talking about accessories here, wouldn't we just love to carry around next year's shopping in the flowery flowery bag ...

fabrics interseason spring 2010

façade detail at the Agentur V showroom

... ___fabrics interseason are present in Paris with two projects. On the one hand, they collaborated with Mühlbauer for a capsule collection of hats, which was exhibited at Première Classe tradeshow and in the showroom of Agentur V.

On the other hand, their spring 2010 collection has hit the fashion floor. Harmoniously going along with their couvre-chefs for Mühlbauer, and faithfully in line with their layered and casual silhouette.

Interesting: very self-confident logo prints on a bag they did, some kind of raw cotton/jute bag covered by a layer of transparent plastic. Eye-catching though the bag was, you couldn't help but wonder how long it would survive heavy use...

prêts pour Ascot !

... crise du commerce de luxe, stagnation de la mode &c... Mais, hélas, une petite manufacture de chapeaux résiste et subsiste, car Mühlbauer Hüte fait face à toutes les difficultés et ouvre une nouvelle boutique à Salbourg (bienvenus, les Japonais !). L'ouverture de la boutique se "célèbre" ce jeudi, le 23 avril à partir de 19 heures à l'adresse Universitätsplatz 11 à Salzbourg. A ne pas rater, car d'habitude c'est Mr Klaus Mühlbauer himself qui participe de façon fort amusante aux petits défilés qui sont réalisés lors de tels événements.

Eh ben, quoi dire sinon que je m'y rendrais absolument si je n'étais pas au Japon (toujours à la poursuite des créateurs autrichiens, bien entendu...)