Serbian designer kicks off Berlin Fashion Week 2016

A Serbian designer opened on Tuesday Berlin fashion week 2016 with his latest mode for the coming autumn and winter in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg gate.

The biannual fashion event, hosted by Mercedes-Benz, is expected to attract 200,000 visitors including buyers, industry professionals and numerous fashion enthusiasts to the German capital until Jan. 22.

Sasa Kovacevic, a serbian-born fashion designer, opened the fashion week with his menswear label Sabak in a variety of prints and colors, which are not only influenced by urban culture, but also combines high-end sportswear with precise tailoring.

Under the motto "Great Britain", Austrian designer Lena Hoschek's autumn and winter collection showed a mixture of British, elegant and emphatically feminine style by applying tweed, fleece wool, rose patterns and knitting.

Anything but romantic, the Swedish brand Odeur however delivered a collection with a scent of simplicity and construction including fashionable and functional pieces both for women and men.

While nine designers will make their debut during this season of the fashion week, established designers such as Marcel Ostertag, Anja Gockel and Guido Maria Kretschmer will also return to the stage with their new collections.

In addition to the major presentations at the Brandenburg Gate, more smaller fairs for trade visitors will take place, showcasing trends from streetwear to eco-fashion across the city in the next four days.

For Berlin, the fashion industry has become an important economic factor in recent years. The fashion week brings the capital an additional sources of income of around 120 million euros (about 130.8 million U.S. dollars) per season, according to the figures from Berlin Fashion Week. Endit