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Sterngasse 4 – What Karin Neuhold Would Wear

Karin Neuhold, founder of the Vienna based concept store Sterngasse 4, takes us through what it takes to follow one’s dreams and make them a reality. Sterngasse 4 combines high-end fashion labels with a careful selection of accessories, jewels, and even books.

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Copenhagen’s Most Intimate Fashion Treasure

Holly Golightly has been referred to as a little treasure in the centre of Copenhagen. This intimately elegant fashion store offers a selected range of international labels within a local selection of Scandinavian labels. Today we are interviewing the founders Marlene Bernth and Barbara Werner, who, as some have said, are so stylish as to have been seen riding their bikes on high heels.

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A Walk Into Park: Interview with Helmut Ruthner and Markus Strasser

Today we are giving you a little insight into Vienna’s design scene, by focusing on one of the leading fashion and design retailers of the city. Fashion, design and art come together under one roof to offer those lucky enough to step through Park’s doors a relaxed, select, and highly aesthetic environment.

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A Vintage Weekend, Vienna Style

Chatting at Cafe Bräunerhof

The festive season will make nostalgic fools out of most of us, and I reckon even cutting edge minimalists don’t stand a chance in Vienna. And why even resist when the old-world charm is presented with such elegance and proper Austrian poshness? Relax, take it in, and let the smell of fresh coffee, the sound of horses’ hooves on the cobbled streets, the sight of mink coats and hats at every corner — the most stylish of which undoubtedly from White Line Hotels’ Collaborator Mühlbauer Hutmanufaktur — not to mention the Christmas markets and a pre-dinner tipple of Glühwein at the renowned Café Bräunerhof, lull you into submission. Good job there was no snow or we would have become hysterical with pleasure and gratitude.

Glühwein at Bräunerhof

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Julian Hakes: Shoe Reinvention

Julian Hakes, now Creative Director at Hakes, was for more than ten years a London based bridge architect with most of his work scattered across the globe. This, however, was before the global economic crisis, which led to the collapse of all his projects in 2007. There was only one way out: reinvention.

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