Denim Fashion District
See you in Milan on 5 & 6 June for the next edition of PV Denim Fashion District.
The Denim Fashion District concept
Launched in May 2022 during the first Berlin edition of the Denim Première Vision show, this creative space brings together the collections of some fifteen ready-to-wear and accessory brands with a special focus on the world of denim.
Upcycling labels, young designers, established brands and rising denim figures will meet for 2 days in a space specially designed for the occasion, where they will be introducing capsule collections created in partnership with the show’s exhibitors.
The first names of the 5th edition NEW!
FADE OUT LABEL, STRIPES OF-F ROAD, ANNA GALAGANENKO, SPOT JEANS, HEN’S TEETH, KSENIASCHNAIDER, VINTAGE AFROPICKS, MADSON, MANIFATTURA CECCARELLI.
Fade out Label
Founded by Andrea Bonfini, FADE OUT LABEL was born in Berlin in early 2015.
Unisex, zero waste and unique clothing with an oversized cut in deconstructed vintage denim and upcycled natural fabrics, this is what the FADE OUT LABEL collections are made of.
The brand develops and produces innovative, handcrafted quality clothing in its Berlin workshop, which, thanks to the use of recycled materials, becomes one-of-a-kind handmade pieces that are still reproducible but always different.
Stripes Of-f Road
Paola Verzini and her husband Michele founded the Stripes Of-f Road accessory brand in Verona, Italy in 2007. Instilled with a passion for tailoring and craftsmanship by her tailor parents, Paola still follows this sartorial philosophy in the production of the Stripes Of-r Road bag and accessory collections.
The brand works mainly to order and offers the possibility to personalize the design, from the inner and outer fabrics to the yarns and zips.
Passionate about the world of denim, the designer couple has for several years been pursuing upcycling with the use of high quality, durable and non-fading Italian denim fabrics.
Hen’s Teeth
Passionate about the arts in all their forms, from music to painting, Davide Biondi chose to make a career in denim, his second passion. Being a creator at heart, he founded Hen’s Teeth with the aim of designing a set of timeless pieces that would cover every need. The key idea behind his work was to be able to slip all your essentials into a single bag.
For his collections, which are rigorously crafted in Italy, he draws inspiration from what he considers “immortal icons” – garments with a history that transcends fashions and eras. Constantly on the lookout for new skills and ways to develop his brand without ever sacrificing its authenticity, Davide Biondi is keen to keep it confidential and as rare as a hen with teeth.
Anna Galaganenko
A rising star in the denim world, Anna Galaganenko started out as a mono brand for shirts. Today, her range has expanded but retains the same ambition: to be a brand rooted in the present, responding to the challenges of today’s world.
Very attached to her Milanese roots, Anna has her creations made in the North of Italy, in her studio or in the workshops where Dior, Etro or Balenciaga collections are also crafted. Like these great names, she uses carefully selected materials, whose high quality can be recognised at first touch. However, as a testament to the label’s commitment to sustainability, shirts and jeans samples are developed from used men’s clothing.
Just two years after its creation, in 2019, Anna Galaganenko took part in Paris Fashion Week and asserted its key pieces: garments enhanced with a kaleidoscope of fabric and denim snippets. The latest collections draw on this experimentation with textiles. Anna reinvents the material by giving a second life to her suppliers’ scraps: silk becomes patchwork, denim returns to its thread-like state and is transformed into a new piece. A beautiful example appears in the November 2023 Denim Première Vision campaign.
SPOT Jeans
SPOT Jeans is an emerging clothing brand with a focus on denim. It was founded by Marco Tiezzi, who honed his skills at Karl Lagerfeld, Tommy Hilfiger, Balmain and J.W. Anderson. He used his expertise to create a brand of high quality products, with a focus on sustainability. Originally designed for a mainly female audience, SPOT Jeans is now also broadening its horizons to male and genderless garments.
With a strong sensitivity towards environmental issues, SPOT Jeans relies exclusively on laundries specialised in the treatment of denim fabrics, using technologies and processes aimed at minimising water waste. These laundries use innovative practices, such as water recycling systems and optimised washing cycles. With a continuous search for innovation, a careful study of washings and impeccable details, the brand aims at offering clothes that reflect the personality and celebrate the beauty and diversity of the people who choose them.
SPOT Jeans is also committed to promoting Italian excellence, therefore using fine fabrics and high-quality materials, and working with prestigious Italian and European manufacturers. The brand only makes one exception to this rule, by collaborating with Kuroki, a Japanese denim mill.
KSENIASCHNAIDER
Founded in 2011 in Kyiv, Ukraine, KSENIASCHNAIDER is a synthesis of fashion design reasoning from Ksenia Schnaider and engineering logic from Anton Schnaider, a dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind the brand.
The singularity of KSENIASCHNAIDER is an innovative design approach and strong focus on sustainability. The brand’s DNA involves denim in all of its forms. Designers have been proven to be active players in the avant-garde denim niche created meme-jeans: asymmetrical jeans, cowboy jeans, denim fur jeans, etc. Their demi-denims were a global phenomenon, cherished by fashion aficionados worldwide.
Having an in-house production the brand is producing its garments locally in Kyiv, Ukraine. With one-third of their creations crafted from recycled fabrics, they annually repurpose up to 6 tons of used jeans, and 3 tons of fabric waste and leftowers. Each piece uniquely narrating the story of eco-conscious fashion and design-minus-design philosophy.
VINTAGE AFROPICKS
Vintage Afropicks is a project born in 2010, with the aim of opening a vintage shop that would go beyond the simple sale of vintage clothing. With a passion for fashion and subcultures, designer Tiziana Savino created a line of upcycling vests made from traditional Abruzzo blankets, a mini capsule of vintage kawaii-inspired garments using Japanese fabrics and a line of T-shirts hand-screened with ancient Japanese kamons. Each piece is a unique work of art, the result of the brand’s dedication to tradition and quality craftsmanship.