Stil in New York: Marcelina

Marcelina, model from Poland

BCBG jacket,
LF skirt,
Longchamp bag

Stil in New York: Hotaka

Hotaka, student from Tokyo

Stil in New York: Alex

Stil in New York: Polina

Polina, Senior Fashion Editor for Harper's Bazaar Russia

Calvin Klein coat,
J.Crew sweater,
rest is vintage

Stil in New York: Jodi Leesley

Jodi, stylist

Vintage poncho and sunglasses,
Opening ceremony shoes,
Deena & Ozzy hat

Stil in New York: Jeffrey

Jeffrey, hairstylist

Stil in New York: Angela Westwater & Michael Short

Angela Westwater & Michael Short, owner and creative director (repectively) of Sperone Westwater Gallery

On Angela:
Alexander McQueen suit,
Louboutin heels

On Michael:
Herr von Eden suit,
Tim Little shoes

Interview: Salon Sucré

Eric Muller in his pastry shop

This tiny shop at the end of Görlitzer Straße in Kreuzberg just might be the fulfillment of all your pastry-dreams. "Barcellos Salon Sucré" is a perhaps unlikely combination of pâtisserie and hair salon managed by Eric Muller and his wife Katia Barcello. Visiting them for an interview last week, I entered the shop just after it had opened its doors at 10am. Eric Muller served me a coffee with a croissant au creme d'amandes whose crispy sweetness literally melts in my mouth while I wait for him to get ready. Eric is a talkative man and we often get interrupted by customers, who all seem to have known him for years. The audience is mixed, from heart-warming pensioners who like to enjoy their second breakfast with a hot chocolate and a dainty pastry, French fellows ordering their daily Café au Lait, to American hipster dads carrying babies and grocery shopping bags. All the while, Eric and I talked about how he got to Kreuzberg, why he stayed, and what the secret of his dainty croissants is.

Stil in New York: Ekaterina Mukhina

Ekaterina Mukhina, Fashion Director of Russian Vogue

Alexander Terekhov coat,
Blumarine trousers,
Prada shoes,
Chanel bag

Stil in New York: Igor Dewe

I met Igor 2 years ago in Paris, and now, back in New York, I've bumped into him 4 times in 4 days in various places across the city, which we're both certain must mean something. The most recent run-in happened as I stepped off the subway in Brooklyn, finding him dancing alongside the band Crooks & Perverts. If you happen to see Igor dancing, please put some money in his hat.



/dario

Stil in New York: Terence Koh

At home: Svenja Specht

This is Svenja Specht, the renowned creative behind the label Reality Studio in her studio in Friedrichshain. When I started engaging in Berlin fashion, this was one of the first labels I discovered and instantly liked. Svenja lives one floor above her studio with Yoske, who I photographed as the first subject for the At Home series. I met with Svenja on 11/11, the Faschingsanfang (beginning of the carnival season) in Germany, which explains the Pfannkuchen pastry (aka "Berliner" outside of Berlin) on the table.

At home: Jen Gilpin and Maxime Ballesteros

I met Jen several years ago at the now-defunct Ideal Showroom. Back then she was still living and working in Canada, but since then she has made Berlin her permanent home and is now living with the very talented photographer Maxime Ballesteros, in a typical Berlin apartment furnished with granny lamps and armchairs found on the street. With her current label DTSM (which we already showed you during last fashion week), she creates beautifully structured clothing alongside her business partner Kyle Callanan.

Interview: Alicja Kwade

Alicja Kwade in ihrem Studio in Kreuzberg

Alicja Kwade hört jeden Morgen auf zu rauchen und fängt jeden Abend wieder damit an. Für das Interview in dieser Woche hat sich Antje Stahl auf etwas mehr als eine Zigarette mit der Künstlerin in ihrem Atelier in Kreuzberg getroffen. Dort ging es um die Frage, was eigentlich real und was nicht real ist. Denn Alicja ist Alice - und dann wieder Alicja. Sie schaut dabei zu, wie die Motten zum Licht fliegen und hört nie damit auf zu fragen, warum sie das eigentlich tun.

Our editor Antje Stahl met the artist Alicja Kwade in her studio in Kreuzberg to talk to her (in German) about what is real and what better is not.

Interview: Jeremy Shaw

Portrait: Trevor Good

For this week's interview our editor Antje Stahl is sitting down with artist Jeremy Shaw to talk about the connection between arts and drugs, the playfulness of neuroaesthetics and why in the end everything is nothing and then everything again.

Stil in Toronto: Julia

Assembly coat,
Karen Walker sunglasses,

Stil in Toronto: Lauren

Lauren, architect

Stil in Toronto: Erika

Erika, 20, server

Vintage coat, pants, and shoes,
Prada belt,
Marc by Marc Jacobs bag

Interview: Gregor Hildebrandt

Portrait: Trevor Good

Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel sat down with artist Gregor Hildebrandt to talk about his work, relation to music and the sacrification of art.

Gregor Hildebrandt is a German artist living and working in Berlin since 1999. He works with a multitude of materials, best known for his use of cassette and video tape for use as a material in paintings/collages. His work ranges from small intimate works on paper to canvas paintings to very large installations using cassette tape, records and granite. In almost every work is embedded a song to which the piece's title is generally derived. He is represented by Wentrup in Berlin and Almine Rech Gallery in Paris.

Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel is a french Berlin-based art critic, advisor to art collectors and an independent curator. Working with international young and established artists, she co-curated the show Art by Telephone in Paris during the Fiac, which will have a second edition during Miami Art Basel in December. She writes about the German contemporary art scene for french magazines, and is a permanent collaborator of Particules.

Stil in Toronto: Storm

Storm, photographer