Christine Rohr

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Christine Rohr

Christine Rohr (born August 2, 1969 in Trofaiach ) is an Austrian milliner , textile and fashion designer.

Life

Christine Rohr was born as the second child of Rosa and Alfred Rohr in Trofaiach .

In 1991 she completed the milliner class at the Vienna Fashion School in Schloss Hetzendorf . In 1992 she passed the master craftsman's examination as a model modist and has since been the only master craftsman in her profession in Styria. From 1993 she worked as a freelance milliner in Trofaiach, Vienna and Graz. In 2004 she opened her own studio in Graz and in 2005 completed her Magistra artium studies in art education and textile art at the University of Art in Linz .

From 1996 to 2008 Christine Rohr also worked for various Austrian theater productions, including the Mörbisch Seefestspiele , for which she designed and made headgear and animal costumes for 13 productions. At the Lifeball in Vienna she was responsible for the headdress of the debutants and prominent ball-goers several times. In 2015 she exhibited her hat creations as one of eight international milliners as part of the Dubai World Cup , which is considered the most highly endowed horse race in the world.

In order to teach the youngsters the basics and techniques of this craft, in 2009 she founded the Christine Rohr Academy - School for model fashion and textile design in Graz. She also holds workshops in fashion schools, vocational schools and teacher training colleges. Internationally she taught at the International Millinery Forum in Wagga Wagga / Australia. As a lecturer at the WIFI's master school for women's clothing, Christine Rohr teaches textile and fashion design as well as fashion drawing and materials science.

Exhibitions

  • 2011: old hat and new fashion . Museum im Palais, Universalmuseum Joanneum (solo exhibition)
  • 2012: Special exhibition Well Protected. The story of the hat , Archduke Franz Ferdinand Museum in Artstetten Castle , Lower Austria
  • 2015: World Cup in Dubai
  • 2016–2017: Hats, Art and Fashion by Christine Rohr, special exhibition, German Hat Museum Lindenberg

Fashion shows

  • 2009: The Universum , Old University of Graz
  • 2011: Bouquet de Fleurs , St. Veiter Schloss Graz
  • 2013: The whole world is sky blue , museum in the Palais Universalmuseum Joanneum Graz
  • 2015: The Art of Fashion , Kunsthaus Graz

Purchases

  • Landesmuseum Joanneum 1992
  • Vienna Museum 2007, 2011
  • Universalmuseum Joanneum 2011
  • Universalmuseum Joanneum 2013 (* Donation Panther 2.0)

Awards

On April 24, 2013 she was awarded the Styrian coat of arms.

Functions

Until 2012 she was a functionary in the committee of the guild for clothing technology for eight years. As state and federal professional group spokeswoman for hat makers and millers, she helped shape the framework conditions for this trade.

She is the first president of the newly founded "International Federation of Milliners and Hatters" and was chairwoman of the fashion association "Masters 4 Fashion" until 2014.

literature

  • Erika Kudweis: Made-to-measure craft. A rendezvous of tradition and modernity , Verlag Holzhausen, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-85493-127-0 , pp. 71-74
  • Christine Rohr / Peter Koch: Old hat and new fashion - creations and interpretations by Christine Rohr , Verlag Peter Koch, Graz 2011, ISBN 978-3-200-02418-2

Web links

supporting documents

  1. Jump up your hat on horses . Kleine Zeitung , April 11, 2015, archived from the original on April 29, 2016 . ;.
  2. ↑ Small newspaper: When it comes to horses, your hat goes off . Kleine Zeitung , April 11, 2015, archived from the original on April 29, 2016 .;
  3. ↑ Communication from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wko.at
  4. ↑ Model modist training, Economic Development Institute of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce (WIFI)
  5. ↑ CHRISTINE ROHR ACADEMY - SCHOOL OF MILLINERY AND TEXTILE DESIGN, Graz, Austria . hatcourses.com/
  6. ↑ Master School for Women's Clothing, WIFI Styria
  7. ↑ Old hat and new fashion. Creations and interpretations by Christine Rohr. museum-joanneum.at. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ Austria Journal
  9. ↑ Austrian hat designer Christine Rohr successful at Dubai World Cup 2015 ( memento of the original from October 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wko.at
  10. ↑ Salon fashion show at the Museum at the Palais, June 29, 2013
  11. ^ "Hats off" for a milliner from Graz
personal data
SURNAME Rohr, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian haute couture milliner and fashion expert
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Trofaiach , Austria