A NIGHT AT SCHLACHTER 151 Words by Ann-Kathrin Riedl Berlin Art Week is never short of openings. But this one felt particularly close to home – quite literally. At Schlachter 151, the home of Fräulein, we opened RAW, the solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Julia Beliaeva, and invited friends, artists and collaborators to spend the evening with us. Glasses were filled with Stranger Wine and the alcohol-free wines of Kolonne Null, people moved between Julia’s works, old friends found each other and new conversations began. It was a night about art and womanhood, but also about the beginning of something we have been quietly working on for some time. Because that evening, surrounded by Julia’s work, we unveiled for the very first time the statue she created exclusively for the Fräulein Award. And suddenly, an idea became real.
Film Tip: KitKat – Kinks of Berlin Words by Lucy Mundahl Music shakes the walls. Bodies move through the darkness. Sweat, leather and flashing lights blur together as strangers meet on the dance floor. Behind the doors of Berlin’s KitKat Club, the rules of the outside world seem to loosen — but freedom here comes with rules of its own. For decades, KitKat has been surrounded by a mythology of sex, excess and radical self-expression. KitKat – Kinks of Berlin looks beyond that mythology. Instead of simply revealing what happens inside the club, the film follows the people who make up its world: their desires, their relationships, their contradictions, and the different ways they understand freedom. In this conversation, producer Cordula Kablitz-Post and author and playwright Susanne Heuer talk about how the film came together, the trust required to bring a camera into a space where cameras are normally forbidden, and the challenge of portraying KitKat without turning it into either a scandal or an idealized fantasy. They reflect on consent, sexuality, generational change, and why spaces that allow people to live outside the so-called “norm” may matter more than ever.
JA, QUA, BORIAS FASHION EDITORIAL Art Direction Marien Brandon Photography Giorgi Kolbaia Styling Natalie Galagan Hair Tatia Jgharkava Makeup Ana Tukhashvili Model Tamo Diasamidze, Nia Beria both at Natali Models
Pick Of The Week: La Bonne Brosse’s Bonne Brosse N.03 Words by Nicole Atieno The Bonne Brosse N.03 combines natural boar bristles with rounded nylon fibres for gentle, effortless detangling. Designed for sensitive scalps, it glides through knots without pulling while helping distribute natural oils from root to lengths.
The Artist Is Not Present Anymore – or is she? Words by Markus Boxler Markus Boxler on Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic between museum and stage: A double review
Seen by Fräulein: What caught our eye this week Words by Lucie Wernecke Too many headlines, too little time. That’s why "Seen by Fräulein" is our weekly edit of everything the Fräulein team has been talking about, obsessing over, or saving for later.
Fräulein Talents: Kianí Del Valle “It’s a balance that I really need Words by Marien Brandon A choreographer, director and performer, Del Valle’s practice resists fixed definitions, unfolding instead across bodies, texts and images. Born in Puerto Rico and shaped by years of movement between New York, Montreal and Europe, her work is informed by displacement, ancestry, and the body as a site of knowledge.
Behind the Façade: A Conversation About Vulnerability, Healing and Starting Over with ELIF Words by Helena Alge ELIF has never stayed in one place for long. Since entering the music industry at just 17, her sound has shifted with every chapter of her life, while her honesty has remained constant. She has spoken openly about becoming a young woman in the public eye, growing up in a deeply religious family, and the pressure of building a career in an industry that demands resilience. Now, after a longer break, she is back with new music.
A NIGHT AT SCHLACHTER 151 Words by Ann-Kathrin Riedl Berlin Art Week is never short of openings. But this one felt particularly close to home – quite literally. At Schlachter 151, the home of Fräulein, we opened RAW, the solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Julia Beliaeva, and invited friends, artists and collaborators to spend the evening with us. Glasses were filled with Stranger Wine and the alcohol-free wines of Kolonne Null, people moved between Julia’s works, old friends found each other and new conversations began. It was a night about art and womanhood, but also about the beginning of something we have been quietly working on for some time. Because that evening, surrounded by Julia’s work, we unveiled for the very first time the statue she created exclusively for the Fräulein Award. And suddenly, an idea became real.
Film Tip: KitKat – Kinks of Berlin Words by Lucy Mundahl Music shakes the walls. Bodies move through the darkness. Sweat, leather and flashing lights blur together as strangers meet on the dance floor. Behind the doors of Berlin’s KitKat Club, the rules of the outside world seem to loosen — but freedom here comes with rules of its own. For decades, KitKat has been surrounded by a mythology of sex, excess and radical self-expression. KitKat – Kinks of Berlin looks beyond that mythology. Instead of simply revealing what happens inside the club, the film follows the people who make up its world: their desires, their relationships, their contradictions, and the different ways they understand freedom. In this conversation, producer Cordula Kablitz-Post and author and playwright Susanne Heuer talk about how the film came together, the trust required to bring a camera into a space where cameras are normally forbidden, and the challenge of portraying KitKat without turning it into either a scandal or an idealized fantasy. They reflect on consent, sexuality, generational change, and why spaces that allow people to live outside the so-called “norm” may matter more than ever.
JA, QUA, BORIAS FASHION EDITORIAL Art Direction Marien Brandon Photography Giorgi Kolbaia Styling Natalie Galagan Hair Tatia Jgharkava Makeup Ana Tukhashvili Model Tamo Diasamidze, Nia Beria both at Natali Models
Pick Of The Week: La Bonne Brosse’s Bonne Brosse N.03 Words by Nicole Atieno The Bonne Brosse N.03 combines natural boar bristles with rounded nylon fibres for gentle, effortless detangling. Designed for sensitive scalps, it glides through knots without pulling while helping distribute natural oils from root to lengths.
The Artist Is Not Present Anymore – or is she? Words by Markus Boxler Markus Boxler on Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic between museum and stage: A double review
Seen by Fräulein: What caught our eye this week Words by Lucie Wernecke Too many headlines, too little time. That’s why "Seen by Fräulein" is our weekly edit of everything the Fräulein team has been talking about, obsessing over, or saving for later.
Fräulein Talents: Kianí Del Valle “It’s a balance that I really need Words by Marien Brandon A choreographer, director and performer, Del Valle’s practice resists fixed definitions, unfolding instead across bodies, texts and images. Born in Puerto Rico and shaped by years of movement between New York, Montreal and Europe, her work is informed by displacement, ancestry, and the body as a site of knowledge.
Behind the Façade: A Conversation About Vulnerability, Healing and Starting Over with ELIF Words by Helena Alge ELIF has never stayed in one place for long. Since entering the music industry at just 17, her sound has shifted with every chapter of her life, while her honesty has remained constant. She has spoken openly about becoming a young woman in the public eye, growing up in a deeply religious family, and the pressure of building a career in an industry that demands resilience. Now, after a longer break, she is back with new music.
