About starstyling

starstyling is a Berlin fashion label. Katja Schlegel and Kai Seifried founded it in 2000, and every print since then has been made by hand in the atelier on Wassertorstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Berlin is said to prefer black. We disagree. For over two decades we have put color on the city's gray pavements: foil prints that glitter, shift, reflect headlights or glow in the dark, embroidery, and pieces painted by hand. Minimal silhouettes, loud surfaces. Most of it is unisex, most of it runs from XS to 5XL, and a lot of it exists only a few times.

What we make

• Foil prints: glitter, holographic, mirror, reflective and glow-in-the-dark
• Silkscreen prints with water-based, non-toxic inks
• Hand-painted one-off pieces
• Embroidery
• Five lines: womenswear, menswear, kidswear, accessories and homewear

Sizes usually run from XS to 5XL. Almost everything is unisex. Many designs are made in small series, some as single pieces.

Where the name comes from

Two stylists, a lot of free time, and pizza from a delivery place called Star Pizza. Star plus styling. That is the whole story.

The atelier

starstyling atelier & shop, Wassertorstraße 62, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg. Open Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00 and Friday from 10:00 to 14:00. Prints, embroidery and hand painting all happen in these rooms, so if you come by you are standing in the production. Personal shopping appointments by email or phone.

How and where it is made

• All prints, embroidery and hand painting: Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Sewing: Poland and Portugal
• Fabrics carry at least one, usually several of: Oeko-Tex 100, REACH, GOTS, Vegan, Fair Trade
• Screen prints and hand paintings use water-based, non-toxic inks
• Our signature foils are plastic-based. We say so openly. The trade-off is longevity: customers tell us they still wear the pieces years later
• Short distances, production on demand, packaging materials reused where possible

Stocked and shown

Our first international stockist was colette in Paris. Over the years starstyling has also been carried by Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, Galeries Lafayette in Beijing, Topshop in London and WUT in Tokyo, among others. The clothes have appeared in music videos, theater productions, art exhibitions and dance performances. Today you find us at the Berlin atelier, at zämä in Zürich, at WUT destination in Tokyo and here in the online shop.

Facts

• Founded: 2000 in Berlin
• Founders: Katja Schlegel (design) and Kai Seifried (production)
• Atelier and shop: Wassertorstraße 62, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 10:00–16:00, Friday 10:00–14:00
• Techniques: foil print, silkscreen, hand painting, embroidery
• Sizes: mostly XS to 5XL, mostly unisex
• Made in: printed and embroidered in Berlin, sewn in Poland and Portugal
• Shipping: worldwide, free on orders over €150
• Contact: shop@starstyling.net, +49 172 621 68 67

Auf Deutsch

starstyling ist ein Berliner Modelabel, 2000 von Katja Schlegel und Kai Seifried gegründet. Alle Drucke, Stickereien und Handmalereien entstehen im Atelier in der Wassertorstraße 62 in Berlin-Kreuzberg, genäht wird in Polen und Portugal. Typisch sind Folienprints in Glitter, Holo, Reflective und Glow in the Dark, dazu Siebdruck mit wasserbasierten Farben und handbemalte Einzelstücke. Die Größen laufen meist von XS bis 5XL, fast alles ist unisex. Das Atelier ist Mo–Do von 10 bis 16 Uhr und Fr von 10 bis 14 Uhr geöffnet.