MARKE
ABOUT THE BRAND
MARKE, founded by designer Mario Keine, delves into the human spirit as a dynamic and evolving construct. The collections create space for exploring diverse aesthetics, embracing hybridity, fluidity, and eclecticism. Drawing inspiration from art, culture, historical eras, folklore, and future possibilities, MARKE’s designs weave together past and present.
All images are available at the official Berlin Fashion Week MEDIA HUB.
What non-fashion related sources or experiences have influenced your current collection?
The collection was inspired by a feeling of helplessness when consuming the endless stream of information on social media, where context and knowledge loses weight and easily get forgotten in an ocean of superficial, fast consumed aesthetics and content. It reflects the sense that society is aestheticizes capitalism and moves backwards to an pre-Enlightment state – resisting progress, fading empathy with hate and discrimination overshadow human values. The collection contrasts strict, uniform silhouettes of corporate wear with historic-inspired materials and colors, exposing the tension between 'knowing' and 'believing', humanism and greed, enlightenment and exuberance, individuality and uniformity.