Haderlump A/W 2026

If one show defined Berlin Fashion Week, it was Haderlump. With its new flagship store opening only weeks before, the label drew one of the city’s largest crowds and confirmed that Berlin now stands alongside the world’s fashion capitals. Designer Johann Ehrhardt presented a collection of sharp tailoring and sculpted silhouettes that captured the city’s confident energy. His inspiration came from an unexpected place: a moving box. While helping a friend relocate, Ehrhardt found himself at Leberstraße 65 in Schöneberg, the birthplace of Marlene Dietrich. That address became a spark for reflection on transformation, the same kind that once turned a Berlin cabaret performer into an international icon.

The show was staged at the Wintergarten Varieté, a theatre where Dietrich once learned her craft. Fittingly, Ehrhardt titled the collection Varius, Latin for varied, and filled the space with performance. Models shared the stage with actors, dancers and theatre staff, while John Carlsson played the piano. The mood felt cinematic yet grounded in craftsmanship. Red, blue and green appeared against a disciplined palette of black, brown and grey. Power suits, floor-length coats and high-waisted Marlene trousers reimagined Dietrich’s distinctive style. Draped leather vests and deconstructed collars softened the sharpness, while boxy knits introduced texture and warmth.

Haderlump continues to work exclusively with deadstock fabrics, a constraint that Ehrhardt describes as freeing rather than limiting. The result was a wardrobe that felt modern but timeless, local but global. Each look reflected the dual spirit of Berlin itself, at once experimental and elegant. In a fashion world often obsessed with elsewhere, Haderlump found new life in its own history, proving that innovation begins by revisiting what is already ours.