Berlin, Germany (AHN) - British designer Vivienne Westwood and German fashion label Hugo Boss will be be presenting collections at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, from July 12 to July 15. Along with Westwood, Hugo Boss and some other international labels, five up-and-coming Berlin-based designers will be presenting their Spring/Summer 2008 collections at the event, which is Berlin's first official fashion week.Westwood, who until last year was a professor at Berlin fashion school UDK, will be showing her Anglomania collection. Hugo Boss will be showing his spring-summer 2008 collection for its Hugo Line.
Other international designers taking part in the event include Michalsky, Sisi Wasabi and Rudolph Dassler by Puma.
The five up-and-coming designers will be competing for the New Generation Award. The winning designer will also get the opportunity to have his or her collection for sale at some of Germany's leading department stores.
Berlin Fashion Week will take place on a custom-built stage before the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate, where the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
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