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Berlin's best vintage: finishing touches

From fin-de-siècle brooches and Art Deco earrings to leopard-print pumps and weaved leather handbags, these shops are the best of the best when it comes to vintage accessories.

Jan 25, 2012 by in Lifestyle

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Berlin's best vintage: original sin

Though some stock a normal range of vintage items, these shops specialise in original designs and big-name labels, from collectors’ kicks to haute couture.

Jan 25, 2012 by in Lifestyle (2 Comments)

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Berlin's best vintage: 1960s-1970s

Fringed suede, floral peasant dresses, GDR Olympic dancing skirts: from mod to détente, these shops will leave you feelin’ groovy and dressed for the revolution.

Jan 25, 2012 by in Lifestyle

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Berlin's best vintage: 1950s-1960s

Rev your engines, backcomb that beehive and head to one of these reservoirs of retro-cool and glamour. From 1950s baby doll dresses and petty coats to 1960s leather jackets there’s plenty to satisfy any modern-day Marlon or Marilyn.

Jan 25, 2012 by in Survival

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One-stop-shop baking

Want to make those Triassic-themed cookies for your paleontologist friend? Or maybe just good ol' fashioned German christmas cookies and cakes are your thing. CakeVille has everything you need to get baking.

Dec 19, 2011 by in Reviews

A bit of Halloween cheese

Man of Shadows sets itself up with the tried and true Halloween tricks, but who isn't looking for that on All Hallow's Eve? The Theatre of Shadows' production delivers the holiday's creepy and silly bite.

Oct 28, 2011 by in Stage

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Native Berliner and internationally recognised photographer Seidenstücker is known especially for one achievement: a sense of humour uncommon to photography. His first comprehensive retrospective includes over 200 photographs taken from 1925-1958.

Dec 23, 2011 by

The American artist, known for taking simple everyday objects from his environment and recreating them as beautiful larger-than life sculptures, will be showing a selection of small seminal sculptures, including a major new installation.

Nov 30, 2011 by

My Paris, Antoine de Galbert's collection since the late 1980s, shows a cross-section of rarely exhibited work by more than 40 contemporary Parisians, spanning everything from art brut to ethnographic headwear and taxidermy.

Nov 4, 2011 by

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Toast & Jam fashion show peek

In the midst of Fashion Week, Berlin's first ever vintage fair, Toast & Jam, rocked the best fashion of the decades on the catwalk. If you missed it, take a look here!

Jan 20, 2012 by in Lifestyle