12.9.17
Berlin Edition: In Bloom with Julian
In Bloom with.. is a series dedicated to good people we have around us and our AW17 collection. This is the first part of the Berlin Edition, where we met the coolest people for a small convo about their city.
First
out is Julian
Daynov - @julian_daynov
Our
designer Emeli and the 5PREVIEW team got to meet Julian nearly
forever ago and were always happy to follow him on his trips from
fashion week to fashion week around the globe. After pretty long
layovers in New York, London, Copenhagen and Paris, already for years
now he calls Berlin his home, referring to it as the most exciting
place on the plane or even the new New York.
Done
with all the hopping through various other capitals, Julian has now
set his base in the former East part of Berlin and refuses to leave
at least for the next couple of years.
We
asked him to very briefly point out the spots in town he likes
hanging out at and literally, we felt we could fill a whole book with
them - here just a small selection of all the Berlin-secrets Julian
shared with us:
Age:
Forever
31
Occupation:
Fashion
Director
Your
favourite thing to do in Berlin a Sunday afternoon?
In
summer, i like going to the area of the former airport Tempelhof -
you can sit down read a magazine, tour around on your bike or
rollerblades and just chill in the green. The place is
incredible in summer and attracts a lot of the city's cool crowd.
Lovely is to also go to an open-air-cinema in the early evening, for
example in the Volkspark Friedrichshain or for a late-swim with
cocktails at Badeschiff.
On
a cold Sunday in wintertime, I love locking myself in the Helmut Newton Foundation or often go to this really beautifully restored town pool/spa
called Stadtbad Neuköln.
Favourite
restaurant, café or bar in Berlin at the moment. Why?
If I
have the time for a proper long breakfast, I go
to Benedict - they serve the most
tasty things you belly could possibly accommodate. Also lovely
is Betty'n Caty, but for quick thing
on my way to the office, i usually pick up something at Zeit für Brot - a small bakery beyond
all your diet roles or Daluma - the
home of healthy breakfast bowls and cold pressed juice.
For
a power lunch, I usually go to The Klub Kitchen - a cosy and super tasty spot
right in my area; to Beets & Roots for a take-away-dish or to Maloa for a feel-good poke bowl.
Dinners
I most often have at Cecconi's - to
me, the most outstanding Italian restaurant in town with incredible
atmosphere and gorgeous staff. I tend
to like Dudu a lot because the food
is awesome, the set is casual cool and all people working there are
so Berlin.
When
I am out on town with clients, i occasionally go to PaulySaal - an East-Berlin chick restaurant in
the sports hall of a former Jewish school. Great food and vibrant
surrounding.
Where
do you shop clothes, area or specific shop...?
As
someone working for fashion boutiques, i basically travel to see
every new amazing retail spot on the planet, but luckily, three of my
most favourite ones are in my city now:
I love
going to the ANDREAS MURKUDIS store, occupying the former printery of
an iconic Berlin newspaper. The space is incredible and hosts a great
mix of design, fine art, jewellery, fashion and beauty. It basically
showcases lots of my favourite brands and was the reason for
fashionistas to re-discover the coolness of West Berlin. When it
opened, the whole area was pretty much dead, but now it is the home
of the city's most forward art galleries, design agencies and brand
bureaus. Just recently, another awesome store opened right across -
the one of ODEEH: a must-see German brand rapidly
conquering a lot of catwalks, editorials and hearts.
Another
spot I love browsing through is The Store on ground floor of The Soho
House. Being literally 200 meters down from where I live, it paints a
very dangerous zone for my wallet, but also serves me my daily dose
of fashion-shots. It features the most bespoke brands of these days
(Balenciaga, Off-White, Vetements, J.W. Anderson), but also a lot of
fresh ones you only find in a small number of selected niche stores.
The whole set-up is amazing, the way they display all pieces is
fantastic and if you happen to be overwhelmed with what you see, you
can take a break and have coffee or some really tasty food. All in
one: my one-stop-shop.
The
Voo store in Kreuzberg is probably the place most of Berlin's
fashion-hungry visitors already consider a legitimate
sightseeing-attraction. Fairly justified, it is the most liked place
for hipster-homies and creatives, to shop understated and carefully
curated apparel and accessories by ACNE, Marni, Wood Wood, Jil
Sander, Raf Simons in a rather controversial, non-glamour and
non-retail-related area of the city.
In
general, love staying in my side of town, East Berlin, be it for
dining, going out or even shopping. The shops all along Torstrasse,
Alte Schönhauser Strasse and Münzstrasse will definitely make you
as visitor find a good catch.
Where
do you go for “people-watching” / just to hang out in Berlin?
If
often go to The Mauerpark on weekends - a green oasis just in the
heart of the city, which lately transformed into a sort of
Every-Sunday-Coachella-thing. This is where you can spot an uber
eclectic mix of various people and sub-cultures: from hipsters,
through street-style fanatics, punks up to fashion-wannabes, this is
everything your eyes crave for.
Strolling
up and down the Torstrasse and sitting down at St. Oberholz or
at Luiza in
Kreuzberg can be quite spectacular too and will
definitely being some eye-candy along.
Favourite
museum or art gallery in Berlin?
To me,
spaces displaying art are very special and nearly as important as the
art itself, so this is why I regularly stop by these ones, offering
all my art-loving-heart craves for:
Sammlung Boros only upon tour-booking in advance via their
homepage.
Also
worth a quick browse-through are the various new spaces in the
Auguststrasse.
