Register for the Berlin/Toronto Opening event at Merkezi on April 20th at 19h here.

Video by Katja Hentschel, Music by Agnes Obel, Models: Nadine & Will @ Satory, Anna @ Izaio, David @ PS Models. Hair & Make-Up by Jana Oheimb-Rosta & Yeorg Kronnagel

The Designer Scouts are programming partners of this year’s Fashion Art Toronto Festival taking place from April 24-28, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. For it’s German focus we co-curated a fashion photography exhibition showcasing the work of 7 German designers: JULIAANDBEN, Moga E Mago, Sadak, Tata Christiane, Howitzweissbach, Lisa Shahno and Isabel Vollrath. We also produced a fashion film directed by Katja Hentschel with new designs by Augustin Teboul, Esther Perbandt, Von Bardonitz, Sadak and Moga E Mago that will be screened at the festival. With the support of the Goethe Institute Canada the designers Esther Perbandt and Von Bardonitz will fly to Toronto to have their first runway show in Canada. Learn more about the |FAT| Festival.

On April 20, 2012 we will host a satellite event here in Berlin with fashion presentions and fashion film screenings. More infos coming soon.

Designer Scouts recommends GIF. ME. BERLIN. – a photographic exhibition of animated GIFs presented by iHeartBerlin.de and smart-urban-stage.com featuring Berlin-based fashion photographers Katja Hentschel, Oliver Rath, Florian Kolmer and many more. More details here.

On Friday August 26, 2011, the Designer Scouts hosted the SKYY SWAP MARKET that took place at Stadtbad Oderberger for the third time. Many of our designers donated a few pieces from their collections to the market and the guests of the event were able to buy them or to swap them with their own vintage clothes. All proceeds of the evening were donated to the local HIV charity Berliner AIDS Hilfe e.V.

Labels Von Bardonitz, Manikó and Majaco

The participating labels were: Lala Berlin, Strenesse, C.Neeon, Michalsky, Vladimir Karaleev, JULIAANDBEN, Boessert/Schorn, von Bardonitz, Cheap Monday, Wood Wood, Monki, Weekday, Ansoho, Moga e Mago, Burkhard/Möllmann, Manikó, Majaco, Raphael Hauber, Aschoen, AVR, 25 Pieces, armedangels, Stina Mara, Carni.

photos by Nils Krüger

Tonight it’s time to swap! The SKYY SWAP MARKET hosted by DESIGNER SCOUTS is taking place at the Stadtbad Oderberger. Vintage pearls and brand new designer clothes will be swapped and purchased – and all of it for a good cause! The proceeds will be donated to the Berliner AIDS Hilfe e.V.!

To celebrate the release of the new collectors edition of SKYY Vodka the theme for this SKYY SWAP MARKET is New York, Miami & San Francisco. We have asked designers and labels to donate a few pieces from their collections in the typical style of each of these cities. The following labels will be available at the market:

Lala Berlin, Strenesse, C.Neeon, Michalsky, Vladimir Karaleev, JULIAANDBEN, Boessert/Schorn, von Bardonitz, Cheap Monday, Wood Wood, Monki, Weekday, Ansoho, Moga e Mago, Burkhard/Möllmann, Raphael Hauber, Aschoen, AVR, Manikó, Majaco, 25 Pieces, armedangels, UMASAN, Stina Mara, Carni

If there is one thing you need for Miami it is light pastel shorts. Burkhardt/Möllmann donated exactly that to the SKYY SWAP MARKET.

Bold shapes, neon colors, clear signs of 80s style which is still very strong in New York. Berlin-based designer Raphael Hauber picked these two shirts for the SKYY SWAP MARKET.

The skinny jeans of Cheap Monday will be available at the SKYY SWAP MARKET as well.

Experimental label AVR is based in Berlin but feels just like home in the artistic scene of New York. Read on to see the looks they have donated for the SKYY SWAP MARKET.

For Miami you need a nice big bag for an afternoon at beach. Strenesse has donated two of those to the SKYY SWAP MARKET.

Swedish cult label Weekday has picked a couple of styles that are quite suitable for San Francisco. Have a look and read on.

If one city can be called a carnivale of extreme characters it is New York. This is also the concept behind the Berlin-based accessorie label Carni which donated a couple of necklaces to the SKYY SWAP MARKET. Read on to see more.

Berlin-based label Ansoho has a very casual and light style. For the SKYY SWAP MARKET they donated some almost hippiesque dresses that are very San Francisco.