Julia Starp

Julia Starp (born November 17, 1982 in Dithmarschen ) is a German fashion designer who particularly stands out for her creation of works made from sustainably produced materials.

Life

Julia Starp was born in Dithmarschen, lives and works in Hamburg . She is a graduate of the fashion design course, she is an alumna of the JAK Academy .

She has been working as a freelance fashion designer since 2007 and has been designing prêt-à-porter and haute couture collections on a regular basis since 2009, in addition to individual orders.

The materials she uses are fairly traded , certified according to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and come from organic farming . The production takes place within Europe.

Awards

• Julia Starp was awarded the Burda Young Desginer Prize in 2005.
• In April 2011, she received the award for the "Ecotainment for ecological and fair trade fashion" category at the Success for Future Award in Munich .

Collections

Her collections have been presented to the press, specialist audiences and onlookers mainly on show floors and trade fairs of the Berlin Fashion Week since 2011 :

Desire (spring / summer 2011)

Mirrored (autumn / winter 2011)

Polarlights (spring / summer 2012)

Moonshadow (autumn / winter 2013)

SHE (Spring / Summer 2013) - with Kiddy Citny

Blickwinkel (spring / summer 2014)

Since 2012, collections for the Ecorepublic brand of the Otto mail order company have been addressed to a wider audience. Wherever possible, material from the "Cotton Made in Africa Initiative" is used.

The Moonshape collection dressed the participants in the fifth season of Germany's Next Topmodel during their trip to New York in 2010 ; she worked with the second-placed participant in the sixth season, Rebecca Mir , for the Blickwinkel collection.

The "art couture" of the SHE collection , made from the painted canvases by the Berlin Wall artist Kiddy Citny , was a guest at the State Textile and Industry Museum in Augsburg's textile district in February 2013 .

Otto has been providing advertising posters that have not been used for upcycling since 2013 . In addition to being processed into haute couture in Blickwinkel , it is used to make bags. The unique items obtained in this way will be produced in small series in a workshop for disabled people from autumn 2013 .

Projects

Fairy Tale Heroes: The Storybook Project

In 2015 Julia Starp published a fairy tale book with classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen under the title "Fairy Tale Heroes: Das Märchenbuchprojekt" . Illustrated and freely interpreted by various photographers, models and celebrities ( Maike von Bremen , Uta Kargel , Chris Gebert , Wolfgang Bahro , Nina Bott , Natascha Ochsenknecht , Sarah Tkotsch and Charles Rettinghaus ).

The project was financed through crowdfunding . 100% of the profit from the sale of the book goes to the Association for Orphaned Parents and Siblings Hamburg eV

literature

• Kirsten Diekamp, ​​Werner Koch: Eco Fashion - Top Labels Discover Green Fashion , Stiebner, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8307-0868-1
• The Klar'sche Textil-Archiv GmbH (publisher): Yearbook of ECHTEN brands, July 2010 - July 2011. www.klartext.de
• Julia Starp: Fairy Tale Heroes: The Storybook Project, 2015. ISBN 978-1-5227-2341-7

Web links

• Official website
• Sewn on the edge . The time , 15/2011. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
• Julia Starp tailors clothes such as posters , Hamburger Abendblatt . Retrieved August 6, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hamburg's "green" avant-garde . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , July 10, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011.
2. ↑ Julia Starp fashion design . In: umwelthauptstadt.de , accessed on February 5, 2011.
3. ↑ Concrete environmental protection measures , umwelthauptstadt.de.
4. ↑ Press release: A glamorous evening for the blue planet . In: successforfuture.de , April 16, 2011. Accessed April 17, 2011.
5. ↑ Julia Starp - SS11 - Berlin ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2011 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. . In: modaCYCLE German edition , August 11, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011. 
6. ↑ JULIA STARP presents the new autumn / winter collection 2011–2012 . In: Presse Anzeiger , January 10, 2010. Accessed February 5, 2011.
7. ^ Julia Starp fashion show in Kosmos Berlin . In: hauptstadtstudio.com , July 11, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2011.
8. ↑ Julia Starp presents her collection POLARLIGHTS . In: fashiony.de , July 7, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2011.
9. ↑ '( Memento of the original from June 5, 2011 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. . In: Two For Fashion , May 13, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
10. ↑ Sustainable collection for OTTO Social Accountability International, accessed on July 13, 2013.
11. ↑ Art-Couture - Fashion Show at tim . augsburg.de . Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
12. ↑ Julia Starp brings OTTO posters to Berlin Fashion Week , Utopia.de/Blog, accessed on July 10, 2013.
13. ↑ Ulrike Abratis: Make new out of old - designer Julia Starp gives Otto advertising posters a second life . themenportal.de. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
14. ↑ Fairytale! Numerous ex-GZSZ stars support the charity project "Fairy Tale Heroes"! In: TVMovie. September 18, 2015, accessed April 30, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Julia Starp: Fairy Tale Heroes - the storybook project - Startnext - startnext.com. In: Startnext. Retrieved April 30, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Fairy Tale Heroes storybook project - Human Foundation. In: www.stiftung-mensch.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016 .