"We're looking at a week that can't be described in one sentence" - with these words the presenter was right at the last show of the Frankfurt Fashion Week.

Designer Vladimir Arutti ended the week in the sweltering heat among plastic plants at the Fortuna Irgendwo club – a venue ironically boasting the label “an asylum for the mentally ill”.

Arutti's swimwear and the models climbing wet out of a mini-pool could not be properly examined from all corners of the club.

In the press lounge in the smoking area, the decoration blocked the field of vision, here you could see the backs of the models above all.

Also that the swimming trunks and bikinis were made of thermal lacquer and the colors should change depending on the temperature,

remained just a rumor for many.

The electric heaters in the club, which were turned to over 30 degrees for the magical color change, provided sauna flair.

Johanna Christian

Editor in the Society & Style department.

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But after the days that lay behind you, there was no protest, only resignation: Maybe it's better not to see anything.

On Saturday and Sunday, only the Neonyt trade fair and a few smaller events took place, which could not do much to answer the probably most frequently asked question of the last week - can Frankfurt Mode?

Let's put it this way: In theory, anyone can sing.

How good is another question then.

If you value your eyes, leave it at René Storck's show

The Frankfurt Fashion Week had started with a highlight.

Some already suspected that it would remain the only highlight.

Designer René Storck presented his Ressort 2023 collection in the trading floor of the stock exchange on the Sunday evening before last.

To the ethereal sounds of Hans Zimmer, the models walked through the financial labyrinth, framed by share prices and astonished looks.

The designs: classic and refined at the same time, high-quality and excellently processed fabrics.

They reminded us that fashion is not only an art, but also a craft that needs to be learned.

It was a coincidence that Balenciaga's creative director Demna Gvasalia showed his cruise collection on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange a few weeks ago - and for René Storck it was a sign that he had caught the zeitgeist.

There was no question of minimalism at the parallel events.

If you value your eyes, leave it at René Storck's show.

Admittedly, equally spectacular locations, the Iron Bridge and the Old Opera, were chosen for the other shows that Sunday.

However, one moved here in completely different fashion dimensions.

At the venerable opera, Irena Soprano showed off the glittering gowns of her Russian-Arab brand Sol Angelann.

Otherwise, women like Paris Hilton stagger their dresses down Hollywood's red carpets.

It remained unclear where the local creative scene was to be promoted in this case.

At the show by Samuel Gärtner, the disaster for some Frankfurters announced before the actual event: passers-by complained to the police about the closed Main Bridge.

They may not have been entirely aware that their well-being was being protected by closing the Iron Bridge.

With a view of the skyline and Doris Day's "Que Sera", Gärtner sent drag queens and former Germany's Next Top Model candidates over the Main Bridge in an endless loop.

On their bodies they wore brightly colored, cross-stitched rags in the 1960s style.

Gärtner's designs showed that not only talent decides who gets a platform at the Frankfurt Fashion Week, but sometimes also simply the marketing potential of a supposed design prodigy who calls himself the "Frankfurter Bub".

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What the week showed: far too many are involved here.

Who belongs to whom or what is organized by whom was still not clear on the fifth day.

The Frankfurt Fashion Lounge organized by entrepreneur Sevinc Yerli was the most prominent.

Anyone who googled "Frankfurt Fashion Week" received the website of their event complex as one of the first search results.

Tickets for almost all shows, costing up to 250 euros, could be bought in advance.

The audience was correspondingly colourful.

In other words: the Frankfurt chic crowd and those who still want to be part of it.