Berlin

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Now that the fashion circus known as Berlin Fashion Week has come to an end for the season, we want to give you a head's up which German fashion designers to keep on eye on, who was front row at the best shows and, of course, what they wore. Check out all the exciting fashion buzz from Berlin... More»

Berlin’s fashion industry has a long and difficult history. Once the center of German fashion from the turn of the century throughout the roaring twenties, and a strong in ready-to-wear contender prior to WWII, most businesses were either disowned by the Nazis or destroyed by war. With the Berlin Wall splitting the city for decades after that, fashion week temporarily moved to other German cities, but never really had a big impact on the fashion world. Yet since the 90's, this has been changing - Berlin is making its comeback. More»

Yesterday I compared Berlin and new York neighborhoods. Differences outweighed similarities. But one thing Berliners and New Yorkers have in common is anger with the intruding tourists, developers and pioneers of cool who reshape their cities beyond recognition. More»

The more neighborhoods slip away, the harder people try to pin them down. In NYC people cling to a past that maybe never really existed in the face of a hazy, inferior future. And since New Yorkers insist on comparing other cities to their own, it's tempting to do the same with Berlin. More»

Soho House, the formerly bohemianish semi-private club, has expanded to Berlin, bringing "new cosmopolitan heights to the formerly bohemian town." The Soho House brand could have a lot to gain from the new outpost. But Berlin arguably has more to lose. More»

Bikram Yoga is so two years ago. Your dog isn't cute anymore. Juice Cleanses and Raw Diets are making you cranky as shit. Even Keith McNally seems stuck in the past. So what's a cosmopolitan type  to do?  Head to Berlin.

“There are times when you feel that a city is almost the center of the world. At the moment, it’s Berlin.” - Artistic Director Clive Gillinson compared Berlin in the '00s to London in the 60's and Paris in the '20s. More»