FASHION REVOLUTION
Germany

Ariane's main topics are dialogue, design and education. During several study and work times around the globe she experienced the interrelation of those work fields in practice. in She has a M.A. intercultural communications studies from European University Viadrina in Frankfurt Oder. Besides Fashion revolution she shares her expertise on sustainable fashion and the textile industry in different workshops settings and regularly as a guest lecturer for the program fairschnitt of the Femnet ev./ Clean Clothes Campaign and works for the foundation Hessnatur Stiftung. 

Nora has a background in media management and specialised in complex communication on social media platforms. After her BA studies she travelled to understand the complexity of textile industries in relation to cultural impacts and published her conclusions at her Blog TheStoryBehindTheLabel.com . As a PR and communication manager she is now counselling and campaigning start-ups and young labels in textile industry, circular economy and sharing-economies.

Max Gilgenmann (he/him) is a renown sustainability expert, advisor and facilitator with a focus on fashion and textiles. Together with Magdalena Schaffrin, he co-founded studio MM04, a leading Berlin-based strategy and communication consultancy that works with private and public sector clients to implement integrative sustainability impact. Max and Magdalena also co-created and co-directed the trade show hub NEONYT and are now the organisers of '202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit'. They are also co-founders of 'VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub', Germany's first hub for the journey towards a net positive fashion industry. Further more Max is a frequent speaker and moderator at events, and regularly serves as expert jury member for organisations like Fashion Council Germany, Hult Prize or Techtextil & Texprocess. He is acts as co-chairperson for the non-profit NGOs Fashion Revolution Germany e.V. and Drip by Drip e.V..

Lisa Reannan completed her degree in Contour Fashion and Fashion Design at De Montfort University in Leicester and went on to work in the Fashion Industry witnessing first hand the negative impact fast fashion has. 

Now working in communications, she believes that using social media is the most efficient way to create transparency and to communicate the importance of ethical practices and sustainability within the Fashion Industry. For Fashion Revolution Germany she is running the Facebook Page. In her personal life she uses her Blog to share her motivation and passion of living a more sustainable lifestyle.

Cherelle has a BETC Diploma Foundation in Art and Design at the Universitz for creative Arts in Canterbury and finished her Fashion Design with Business Studies Degree at the Brighton University. Today she works as a Visual Merchandiser at UNIQLO. In 2014 she was already engaged with the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin as their Administrative and Social Media Assistant. For Fashion Revolution she coordinates the German Facebook Page with content reach out and all events during the Fashion Revolution Week.

Mariángles is orginally from Argentina and runs together with her sister Paula tHERAPY Recycle & Exorcise, a sustainable & DIY fashion brand and project. With her degree in Communicational Sience she is specialized on Jornalism and company communication. Since 2014 she is supporting Fashion Revolution and takes care of the German Social Media content for Fashion Revolution. She is the one who is running the Instagram account for Fashion Revolution Germany, coordinating the team during the Fashion Revolution Weeks.

Hanna Sin’s working fields are fashion, graphics and accessory design where she connects minimalistic design with her passion for natural surfaces and materials. After her graduation as a designer for integrated fashion, Hanna Sin worked for several sustainable design brands. While working for „Re;code“ a South Korean redesign label, she found her interest for upcycling and redesign. Her projects are based on ecofriendly, sustainable and ethical design concepts. Besides running her own label „Hannasin“ for upcycling bags in Berlin, she is also part of the brand „Dzaino“ for handcrafted and locally produced bags.

Carina Bischof is part of the team behind the Upcycling Fashion Store. In 2010 they moved to Berlin with the aim of highlighting the concept of Upcycling. They started their own label „aluc“ and in 2011 they opened  their shop The Upcycling Fashion Store in the city centre. As activists in the field of upcycling fashion, the team has initiated important projects such as the internationally renowned blog upcycling-fashion.com, the popular monthly networking event named Strich&Faden Modestammtisch Berlin and The Upcycling Pool; a new efficient local second-hand textile sourcing system for fashion upcyclers.

Arianna Nicoletti is part of the team behind the Upcycling Fashion Store. In 2010 they moved to Berlin with the aim of highlighting the concept of Upcycling. They started their own label „aluc“ and in 2011 they opened  their shop The Upcycling Fashion Store in the city centre. As activists in the field of upcycling fashion, the team has initiated important projects such as the internationally renowned blog upcycling-fashion.com, the popular monthly networking event named Strich&Faden Modestammtisch Berlin and The Upcycling Pool; a new efficient local second-hand textile sourcing system for fashion upcyclers.

Hannah’s main motivation is to contribute to sustainable and fair developments. While studying and living in The Netherlands, Germany, Argentina and India Hannah pursued this interest by focusing on labour rights and on finding sustainable solutions, particularly in the textile industry. Her final paper was about the transformation of linear global supply chains into circular ones, by keeping "waste" as resources in circular flows. Since 2012 she is working for the Greenshowroom and the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin.

Design is her profession and passion. Throughout her career she has been involved in various sustainable fashion projects. Her skill set covers fashion design, illustration as well as graphics and producing creative prototypes. With her street style approach to design Johanna investigates function and plays with sporty details. She is head of design for a social business start-up based in and between Berlin and Bangladesh and also works for the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin and the Greenshowroom.

Before starting her upcycling label ‘ROHstoff’ Annett was working for major high street retailers in London where she noticed the vast amount of waste produced by the Fashion Industry.With ROHstoff she wants to set herself apart from the fast fashion clones with the original re-use of preluvd clothes & materials. Annett looks after the Facebook page for Fashion Revolution Day Germany and is in charge of organising major events for the campaign that highlight the processes involved in the creation of a garment and the impact of the wasteful ways of modern living.

Max Gilgenmann has lived, studied and worked in Bangladesh, Brazil, England, Germany and Hong Kong. He holds a degree in Fashion Design from Nottingham Trent University but mainly works as consultant and project manager concerned with questions of applied sustainability along global supply chains. Since 2010, he is responsible for the Technical Coordination and Sustainability Criteria of the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin and consults other trade fairs of Messe Frankfurt. Additionally he helps organising a range of events concerned with topics like design, communication, environment and traditional as well as mass manufacturing. He speaks about the reorganisation of global supply chains and runs a social business start-up based in and between Berlin and Bangladesh — where he currently spends most of his free time.

After finishing her fashion design studies in 2005 at the University of Arts Berlin, the designer founded her brand *magdalena schaffrin and developed under the credo eco-deluxe until 2011 a high-quality and timeless collection. In 2009 she co-founded the fashion fair Greenshowroom, which shows sustainable high-fashion during Fashion Week Berlin. On behalf of the Messe Frankfurt, she co-ordinates the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin, which is destined for urban and casual wear. Beside her work as organizer, she shares her expertise on sustainable fashion as a guest lecturer and she is regularly invited as a speaker for podium discussions and lectures.