Comrade Couture

Trash bags, paper, shower curtains: these were the elements used for haute couture in East Berlin before the Wall fell. The underground scene was bursting in every street, fashion shows were set up in every basement, where punk bands strummed the few chords they knew, and people just got together to celebrate for no particular reason. Filmmaker Marco Wilms, who was a model back then, now goes b [...]

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