02/04/2013
Designed and produced by:
BENU Berlin
Karen Jessen & Anna Bach
www.benu-berlin.com
Photography:
ETPTT | Martin Ueberschaer
ww.etptt-group.de
Concept, Design & Layout:
ETPTT | Philipp Eschwe
www.etptt-group.de
Graphics:
Hassan Torossian
www.super-crafts.com
Model:
Ellen E.
www.model-fabrik.com
MakeUp/Hair:
Bianca Bensch
© 2013 by BENU Berlin
all rights reserved.
180 t-shirts, 78 jeans and four leather sofas - sounds more like a living room filled with a lifetime supply of clothes than the ingredients of a stunning fashion collection. With their debut collection „8 Acts of Rebellion“ for their label Benu Berlin, Karen Jessen and Anna Bach propose a diagonal view on fashion. By creating expressive textures from decomposed and disused materials the designers reintegrate them into a cycle which otherwise would have been disrupted in the ever accelerating process of buying and throwing away. The two alumni of the International University of Art Esmod Berlin understand fashion as a process which is both transparent and interactive. Consequently, they opened their „living showroom“ in Berlin, the epicenter of revolutionary art and culture, where they welcome everybody to witness or take part in the creative process. „Make love not fashion.“