Wild Rose: the fashion demonstration

WILD ROSE is a fashion demonstration for the future of art, culture, and education in Berlin.

From October 1st to December 22nd, 2026, a collection of 40 outfits will be created in Berlin in collaboration with students and young creatives. Design, pattern development, bespoke tailoring, and selected couture techniques will be developed together under professional guidance.

On December 31st, 2026, the collection will be publicly presented at Berlin's Victory Column. There, the runway itself will become a demonstration: under the motto #uncuttable, WILD ROSE makes a statement against further cuts in education, art, and culture, and for a city that invests in its next creative generation.

WILD ROSE is aimed particularly at university students and pupils from fashion design, textile, apparel, and bespoke tailoring. Participation is free of charge. The created outfits can be used as personal reference and portfolio works; practical cooperation will be documented by Voices of Creation e.V. and can be certified and evaluated for submission to universities or schools.

Participate. Support. Become part of it.

University students and pupils, application and participation: sven@weareberlin.eu

Partners, supporters, and collaborations: verwaltung@weareberlin.eu

Why WILD ROSE?

"If we cut education and culture, we are not saving in the present; we are cutting our own future. I don't want to explain to young creatives what Berlin once was. I want to give them a stage where they can show what Berlin could be tomorrow." Sven Appelt, Initiator and Creative Director WILD ROSE

The rose deliberately represents the idea of resistance: beauty and attitude, vulnerability and strength, growth and change. WILD ROSE combines this idea with fashion, transforming a collection into a public stance.