Inspiration for the Berlin Collection

I am extremely close to being finished a new collection that I have been working on since I got home from Germany- The Berlin Collection. My trip gave me so much inspiration, and as soon as I got home I started with a military, menswear, 1940's styled collection. I thought that while I finish off the last piece, I would share some of my inspiration. I will talk about it more in my post with the photos, but I based the collection mostly off of the resistance and rebels of World War Two, and the women who rebuilt Germany. I wanted to focus on the strong women that I learned so much about while I was there.

Marlene Dietrich, the ultimate menswear inspiration

A lot of my collection was inspired by the women who rebuilt Germany after the war, and the women who rebelled during the war

And some of my collection was just inspired by the every day woman. This skirt is quite similar to one that I made for my collection

Another of Marlene Dietrich- I wanted my collection to look a little bit military inspired, with lots of menswear

Lisa von Cramm gave me tons of inspiration as well. She had a pretty fascinating life, I would recommend checking her out if you are interested

I was also inspired by the Candian tv show X Company, which is based on a true story. All of the characters have a fantastic mix of military and menswear styled outfits as well as beautiful evening and day dresses. Aurora (a Jewish Candian spy) and Sabine (a German woman turned resistance) are my personal favourites. My jodphurs are inspired the most by Aurora.

I hope you enjoyed a little look into the inspiration for the collection! I can't wait to show you what I have been working on over the past weeks.

~K