On Thursday evening, the Fashion Council Germany (FCG) invited around 50 selected guests to an exclusive fireside summer dinner at Manon - Brasserie Nouvelle. Located in the stylish ROOMERS Hotel on Steinplatz, the new restaurant by star restaurateur The Duc Ngo provided the setting for a personal exchange between designers, editors and industry representatives. In the atmospheric setting of this top-class restaurant, guests enjoyed selected French specialities accompanied by first-class drinks and engaged in stimulating conversation. The focus was on current developments in the German fashion industry, its increasing internationalisation and the strengthening of the Berlin fashion community.

For the first time, a Fireside Dinner was held in Berlin in the summer, providing the perfect opportunity to bring together key industry players in a relaxed atmosphere away from the official Berlin Fashion Week opening and to deepen the dialogue on relevant topics. The event provided additional impetus for networking and exchange within the German fashion scene. The evening was opened by Christiane Arp, Chairwoman of the Fashion Council Germany: ‘The German fashion scene is growing, naturally through creativity, but also through communication outside the Fashion Week calendar. Shared visions and active networks contribute to the community spirit.’ She was followed by chef The Duc Ngo and co-founder of the Gekko Group and ROOMERS Berlin, Micky Rosen.

Among the guests present were Carlo Bellmann (eBay), Esther Perbandt (designer), Estelle Adeline Trasoglu (Plaid-à-Porter), Fiona Bennett (designer), Herbert Hoffmann (Highsnobiety), Jacob Langemeyer and Rosa Marga Dahl (both SF1OG), Jale Richter and Michele Beil (both Richert Beil), Johann Erhardt (Haderlump Atelier Berlin), Johannes Böhl-Cronau (IOANNES), Manuel Almeida Vergara (Berliner Zeitung), Marcel Schlutt (KALTBLUT), Mario Keine (MARKE), Silvia Ihring (Welt) and Vladimir Karaleev (designer).

Since 2018, the FCG networking format ‘Fireside Chat’ has been taking place in various major cities throughout Germany, regularly bringing together the most important industry representatives for exchange.