Julia & Ben: “Leave the Money in the Office”

JULIAANDBEN continue the tradition of unique, refined garments, which they produce through dying, destroying, soft washings, and color spraying.

In their autumn/fall 2010 collection, Julia and Ben have developed a new texture by rusting fabrics for days and even weeks!

The procedures employed by Julia and Ben are all hard to control but give each garment an individual look.

The color palette is rust and black, highlighted with accents of grey-terracotta tie dye and a shiny grayish rainbow fabric.

“Julia says: ‘I have no dreams.’ But sometimes she is a hunter.

Ben thinks: ‘Real dreams are secrets.’And sometimes he escapes.

But in the end, both want to get rid of the antagonism between ideal and reality that is created through dreaming.

Better travelling to Mexico than eating peyote cactus in your kitchen, right?”

So, leave the money in the office!

Photos Copyright JULIAANDBEN.

JULIAANDBEN, an Artful Balancing Act in Berlin

After meeting at the Esmond Fashion School in Berlin, designers Julia Heuse and Ben Klunker graduated in 2006, going on to form their own unique label, which artistically fuses opposite forces in men's fashion into a dynamic equilibrium of styles.

Conceived in the backroom of Ben’s Art Gallery, JULIAANDBEN combines what time has antiquated with something that time can only rejuvenate—menswear—in an all-new flagship store, JB-Space, which is located in Berlin’s art district, Mitte.

Aiming at a wearable, relaxed but chic men’s look, Julia and Ben achieve wholeness and symmetry in opposition, striking stylish harmony between classic and avantgarde, glamour and street, feminine and masculine.

Julia and Ben draw inspiration from everyday things that normally go unnoticed in life, such as a fleeting shadow on the ground, which conjures up conceptual shapes and feelings that later materialize in their collections.

Julia and Ben have entitled their 2009 s/s collection Beauty is My Boy; whereas, An Answer Becomes Slow and I Am Sad is the title of their 2009 a/w collection.

Beauty is My Boy
2009 s/s collection


An Answer Becomes Slow and I Am Sad
2009 a/w collection


Slide shows a/w & s/s 2009 collections, Copyright by JULIAANDBEN.
Photography by Henriette Bandulik.