When a show leaves you both empowered and slightly destabilised, you know you’re witnessing pure Berlin magic. Robert Friedrichs’ label UNVAIN absolutely conquered Berlin Fashion Week with its sophomore runway collection, “SKINS,” staged inside the legendary, brutally unapologetic ICC Berlin. We are completely obsessed with this collection; it is posh, fucked-up, and deeply considered all at once, perfectly balancing raw-chic roughness with pure luxury.
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SKINS AT ICC BERLIN: UNVAIN Rules Berlin Fashion Week with Raw, Feral Luxury
Moving away from boring, traditional moodboards, each look was built outward from a single, poetic sentence describing an imagined character (reminiscent of the iconic British TV show Skins). The garments acted as a second skin—a protective, exposing layer between the soul and the world. Friedrichs brilliantly mixed heavy, structured parkas and deadstock leather jackets with delicate lace, sheer transparencies, and upcycled furs. The standout? The hard geometry of 18th-century Hussar lacing slices through beautifully aged fabrics, giving the clothes a ghostly sense of a past life.
UNVAIN doesn’t just preach sustainability; they bake it right into the architecture of the clothes through genius partnerships with ZEROW and Sellpy. Coupled with an immersive olfactory installation by fragrance house RYOKO that filled the brutalist halls, the event was a masterclass in modern, multisensory storytelling.
Our brilliant photographer Anna Nowalska-Duda went deep backstage to capture the intimate, raw energy of the models and characters before they hit the floor. Her backstage review perfectly bottles the tension between the collection’s severe edges and tender details, proving that UNVAIN is easily one of the most exciting, uncompromising forces in the city right now.
