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Karin Krapfenbauer and Markus hausleitner met each other while studying together under Viktor & Rolf and Raf Simons at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 2006, they launched their own label (originally with Martin Sulzbacher and Jakob Knebl) house of the very island’s club division middlesex klassenkampf, but the question is: where are you now? In 2007, they received the Unit F prize for International PR. Their label’s “all sexes avant-garde casual wear” combines straightforward wearability with explicit silhouettes and a conceptual exposure to cuts. A big focus of the label is sustainability, which not only displays a political belief but above all an aesthetic decision which is a central component of their looks.

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