Unrath & Strano

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The German based designer duo Klaus Unrath and Ivan Strano presented their new Unrath & Strano collection at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on 30 January 2008 in Berlin. The designers are wellknown for using exclusive material such as electronically printed fabrics, partly handsewn ready-to-wear and couture eveningwear for women.

Female Musketeer

This year's main theme is the modern film heroin and the contradictions she has to handle: she is sexy :: feisty, masculine :: feminine, strong :: weak ... but all the time she is futuristic and seductive.

fig.: In this piece made of futuristic-baroque wallpaper patterned fabric you will find again contradictions: a collar shirt :: a shirt with wider décolleté, a black mini dress :: slim pants, drapery on the shirt :: skinny dress. Calculate incalculability if you meet this woman!

Klaus Unrath studied at the Master School for Fashion in Munich with honours (1994). Before starting his own label he worked for an Haute Couture house in Germany, at Genny in Italy, and from 1995 on for Vivienne Westwood in London. Since 1997 Klaus Unrath had the overall responsibility for the design and development of the WESTWOOD RED LABEL Collection. By the end of 1999, he started with Ivan Strano the own label UNRATH & STRANO. From October 2001 to 2005 he has been lecturing at the University of Arts in Berlin.

Motorola Unrath & Strano work together with renowned labels such as Smart or Motorola. In 2005 the designers have designed the smart forfour “dressed by Unrath & Strano” and the Limitied Edition Motorola RAZR V3 designed by UNRATH & STRANO. Even 2008 they presented a new fashionable piece. “The cell phone has become more and more of an important fashion accessory. The limited special edition takes our personal style just that one step further,” Klaus Unrath On 30 January 2008 Klaus Unrath and Ivan Strano released the new Motorola cell phone MOTO U9 into the spotlight with a limited special designer-edition (of 250) of the ergonomic smoothy. The graphic animation seen on the external screen was specially developed for the cell phone’s display. The back is adorned with the fashion-duos logo and an individual serial number. Original Unrath & Strano wallpaper and specially designed screensaver are presented on the internal display.

fig.: She wears a strictly tailored suit. The trousers are made of classic pin-striped fabrics. As a contrast they are decorated with sportive bags.

The Italian Ivan Strano (born in Switzerland) started as ladies tailor in Basel and worked in the first years for theatres and opera houses in several European countries. In London (1997) he began to work for designers such as Clements Ribeiro and Markus Lupfer. In 1998 he joined the Couture Department at Vivienne Westwood.

Awards Unrath & Strano are the winner of several awards: >Winner of the APEX Award, USA (2006), >Winner of the PETRA FASHION AWARD, Leading German Fashion Magazine (2006), >Gala della Moda, Catania, Italy, Style Award for the Fall/Winter Collection 2007/08 (2007) ...