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Left: Cashmere-Shirt and Loop New Collection A/W 2014/15
malistic look, possessing a timeless elegance and beauty. Sustainability in fashion, comfort and chic, individuality and zeitgeist do not exclude each other.“Our slogan is ‘Like each other, live eco, love earth’, therefore our product names all stem from nature,”explains Christine Buss, who tenderly calls her brand“L.E.”. Light fabrics, flowing forms, softness and warmth – LUXURY ESSENTIALS looks and feels like a walk on a sunny summer meadow. The cardigan L.E. LILY is pale coloured like some of its flowery sisters, L.E. ROSY has no thorns but the softness of petals. Earth colours like slate, powder and a natural cashmere tone dominate the collection, but the scarf L.E. GLOW can, for example, also be bought in a bright orange, the L.E. Orange Sun.
A collection like nature itself LUXURY ESSENTIALS creates fair knitwear with a breeze of fashion
LUXURY ESSENTIALS has a phoenix as its brand logo, a symbol of rising and environmental rebirth.“We believe in every new day and the possibility to rethink our decisions to create a better world”, says fashion designer Christine Buss. www.luxuryessentials.de
As WIND flows softly around its bearer, flexible and ever changing, a WAVE embraces us in a loop. Not just natural phenomena, they are also names given to their knitwear by LUXURY ESSENTIALS. A family-owned business, LUXURY ESSENTIALS was founded in 2012 in Offenburg, the Black Forest in Southern Germany. TEXT: JESSICA HOLZHAUSEN | PHOTOS: LUXURY ESSENTIALS
L.E. WIND is the collection’s highlight, which can be worn as a cape, poncho or simple scarf; it’s an airy and light companion at home or in the city. L.E. WAVE is indeed a loop scarf that can be worn looped around the neck once or twice, just as waves wash over swimmers. The LUXURY ESSENTIALS collection is like a trip through nature. All their scarves, caps, ponchos and capes are made from the natural product of cashmere or a mix of cashmere and extra fine merino wool. All
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products are produced in Southern Germany– knitted, processed and washed in small enterprises across the region. The brand therefore guarantees that their products are free from chemicals. This is part of the idea behind LUXURY ESSENTIALS: to honour people’s work and experience, to treat products as they deserve to be treated and to preserve natural resources. Nonetheless, the designs made by fashion designer and founder Christine Buss have a sophisticated, cosmopolitan and mini-
Christine Buss, designer and founder LUXURY ESSENTIALS