Düsseldorf, January 26, 2023: On Thursday evening, the Fashion Council Germany, supported by Peek & Cloppenburg* Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Economic Development Agency, hosted a fireside chat as part of the Düsseldorf Fashion Days. The networking event took place in the Düsseldorf store of fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg and offered an intimate setting for networking, exchanging ideas, and developing new concepts.

In addition to Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf's new membership in the Fashion Council Germany in October 2022, the winter edition of the Düsseldorf Fashion Days was also celebrated. These events will take place from January 25th to February 1st, 2023, in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. For German and European buyers, these events are one of the most important dates of the year. With their numerous showrooms and trade fairs, they have made a name for themselves both nationally and internationally and have been expanded for several seasons to include an exciting program for end consumers.

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Since 2018, the Fashion Council Germany has regularly brought together decision-makers from across Germany and Europe with its networking format, the Firesidechats, to build networks and stimulate the exchange of ideas in an informal atmosphere. In addition to the board of the Fashion Council Germany, Birgit Berthold-Kremser (spokesperson for the international marketing board of the Peek & Cloppenburg Group Düsseldorf), and Theresa Winkels (Head of Economic Development Düsseldorf), the following guests were among those present: Andreas Rebbelmund (Managing Director of Breuninger Düsseldorf), Angelika Firnrohr (Managing Director of Fashion Net), Angelika Kammann (Founder and Designer of Societé Angelique), Ina Köhler (Program Manager of AMD Düsseldorf), Jeakyong Sim (Founder and Designer of Acceptance Letter Studio), Johnny Talbot (Co-Founder of Talbot Runhof), Mirjam Dietz (The Supreme Group), and Ljiljana Radlovic (Founder of Strike a Pose Festival).

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The hosts thus brought together a wide variety of players from the creative industries and demonstrated through the evening what successful cooperation between creativity, advocacy, journalism, business and politics looks like.