Alexandra Kiesel
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Alexandra Kiesel (born 1982) is a German fashion designer based in Berlin. She is known for her modular, colour focused approach to fashion design and for winning the 2011 Designer for Tomorrow by Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf award, which was presented during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin under the patronage of Marc Jacobs.
Early life and education
[edit]Kiesel was born near Leipzig, Germany. Before studying fashion design, she completed a tailor apprenticeship in Leipzig. She later studied fashion design at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, graduating in 2011.[1]
Career
[edit]Kiesel gained broader attention in 2011 when she won the Designer for Tomorrow by Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf award for her graduate collection, Baukasten Individualisten 12/6/24. The award was presented during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin, with Marc Jacobs serving as patron and jury chair. As part of the award programme, Kiesel received support for a solo presentation at the following Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. In January 2012, she presented her first runway collection in Berlin. Jacobs described the collection as colourful and wearable, while Frankfurter Rundschau reported that her first solo show at the Brandenburg Gate included around 30 outfits under the title Support your local heroes.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
With her collaboration Modni Konstruktor - Vom Bauen von Mode performance in St. Petersburg had place.[9]
Awards and recognition
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "KIESEL Designer Brand & Products". Not Just A Label. Retrieved 13 June 2026.[non-primary source needed][independent source needed]
- ↑ Exner, Maria (18 January 2012). "Fashion Week Berlin: Eine Frau mit Konzept". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Alexandra Kiesel Modemacherin". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Fashion Week Berlin: Klarer Baukasten-Sieg". Gala (in German). 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "T-shirt by Alexandra Kiesel as homage for Marc Jacobs". Fashion.at. 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Schmid, Eva Dorothée (19 January 2012). "Debüt lokaler Helden". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Berlin Fashion Week spring/summer 2012". British Vogue. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ LaCroix, Ann (10 March 2012). "Alexandra Kiesel – Designer for Tomorrow". ModaCycle (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Modni Konstruktor - Vom Bauen von Mode". Jan Vormann. Retrieved 13 June 2026.[independent source needed][non-primary source needed]