In Talk: Borne by Elise Berger

Borne by Elise Berger SS 2011

March 21, 2011- We all have aberrant dreams as children.

Maybe we'd all end up as astronauts and race car drivers if we'd followed our initial imaginings, but some elect to make it a reality. For Christine Elise Kölnberger of Borne by Elise Berger, her beginnings are carved in the sidewalks at Daruperstrasse No.9 in Nottuln, North-West Germany, the location of her grandfather's workshop as a menswear tailor and where her admiration for design first flourished.

Her debut collection for SS 2011 season titled *Little Seres* ('beings' in Spanish), was designed with the idea that each piece has its own personality.

It's true, looking at the style names from the line-up you'd think it was an unfolding of a nobility procession with personas such as Richter, Baron, Koenig, Prinz, Fuerst, Graf, Kaiser, Adel, and Wagner in attendance.

Each item also comes with its distinct Geburtsband (birth band) bearing the Borne 'O,' which can be worn either as a bracelet or necklace, so it travels with the owner anywhere he or she goes.

Currently working on the release of her second collection *First Flight*, TribaSpace recently had the opportunity to catch up with Kölnberger...read full article

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