A Paper by ClosedSummer 2020

Issue 8

On Running Towards The Sun

Illustration by Stefan Mosebach

Text by Laura Reinke

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For this issue, we broke with our principles. We know it’s important to always live in the present moment and enjoy it to the fullest. But we just couldn’t stop longing for the summer to arrive while making this issue and sometimes even wished it was possible to push a fast-forward button to May.

We looked at the sun and its ability to paint the sky in oh-so-many different colours. And we spoke to Berlin-based painter Johanna Dumet whose artworks are just as colourful and sunny. We wrote an ode to shade because too much sun isn’t for everyone.

Of course, travelling was a big topic: we escaped to Panama with actor Frederick Lau. We collected special shops that almost feel like mini-vacations. And we asked quite a lot of people to share their favourite beach. Please don’t torture yourself by reading the recommendations (from Italy to Turkey, from Denmark to Hawaii) unless it’s possible for you to book a trip immediately!

If you’re ready for take-off, we have some tips for packing your suit-case. Our designers let you know which colourful pieces you need while on holiday – and how to combine them.

And if you’re not ready for take-off just yet, we prepared a fun list with things to do while waiting for summer – from exhibitions to visit, movies to (re-)watch and books to read. Oh, and we also put together a summery playlist for you.

One topic is omnipresent for us and knows no seasons: sustainability. We’re always thinking of new ways to improve – and wanted to share the latest changes with you (for example, the paper you’re reading from is 100 % recycled!).

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How to wear colours this summer

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Summer Countdown and your summer playlist

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Playing with colourInterview with Johanna Dumet

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Best Beaches 18

Turn off the sunshine: an ode to shade

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Viva Panama, Viva con AguaInterview with Micha Fritz

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It may sound cheesy, but there’s no denying that the sky is one of nature’s most beautiful miracles. One look at it can change our mood, and it is able to take on every colour possible – as you can see with these images of the sky that we matched with outfits from our summer 2020 lookbook.

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Mango Orange and Camellia Pink!

For more timid people, orange is best in small doses, as an underpinning colour – e.g. wear an orange T-shirt under a sweatshirt in an earthier shade (such as our Golden Oak tone). If you are not as shy, it is great as a bold statement: Mango Orange is a lot of fun mixed with Camellia Pink and fresh white cotton linens.

The soft pink in our collection is subtle and looks very fresh with stone. The bold blue (Bluebird) is easy to combine and super-chic with ecru or white.

I think all rules should be broken, and colour should be experimented with. It can be a really great surprise when you put two totally random colours together by accident.

It would have to be something really bold, e.g. a scar-let or bright yellow piece. Something that looks great with a tan and bright red lipstick!

I am not the best person to ask … I always have totally unreasonable outfits as I get far too excited when I go on holiday and this is when I have time to experiment (but I usually have something mental for each day). When I travel for work it is easier: I always make sure I have at least two T-shirts in different colours and take one pair of blue jeans and one pair of black jeans.

Which colours are the most impor tant ones in fashion this summer?

How would you suggest people combine or style them?

Which colour is a good starting point for people who don’t usually like to wear colours?

Are there any rules regarding mixing colours that you would like to share – or revise?

Which colourful pieces should you pack for a summer holiday?

Any other tips on how to pack a suitcase?

A nice base of classic chino colours with a new sum-mery caramel shade is highlighted with a bold orange or pink this season. Super-light pastels are new as well for the height of summer. We’ll also see a lot of white. Everything is light …

The chino colours go very well with the bolder shades and washed-out denim. Pastels always work nicely with white. And I would combine the indigo colours with more blue – think navy and denim.

The new summery caramel colour is a good step to-wards a different look, moving away from the classics a little bit. You can easily combine one of the colour shades from the collection with this new basic colour – either one of the bold colours or the pastels.

Be careful when you mix colours. Give in to a certain kind of joy for more colours. Do it, but don’t overdo it.

I would always pack coloured shorts or indigo shorts. And light shirts in simple patterns or light chambrays – so-called resort shirts.

Pack a casual jacket that goes with everything else and is suitable for any occasion. Select colours you feel comfortable in. Prepare a base and add in some high-lights! Keep the weight of the fabrics light and easy … Cotton/linen blends are great. And casual shapes give you more freedom of movement.

Justine Glanfield , Closed womenswear designer, thinks that it ’s fun to experiment with colours.

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How to wear colours this summer

Manfred Wagner, Closed menswear designer, recom-mends to take it easy on the colours.

Everything comes back to life in summer. As the temperatures rise, the smell of sunscreen and the buzzing of mosquitoes return, it’s also time for bright colours again – in nature and in fashion. This year, for ex ample, we expect orange leather trousers, pink suits and bright blue accessories. We asked our designers Justine Glanfield and Manfred Wagner how best to combine the tones of the season – but also had an-other pressing question: What is the best way to pack your suitcase for your summer holidays?

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Read: Elena Ferrante’s best-selling novel “My Brilliant Friend” before booking your trip to Ischia. For those in the know, the rustic island is the antithesis to its glitzy neighbour Capri. This is where Italian families spend summer and where you’ll find charming towns and seaside restaurants where time stands still (fun fact: The Talented Mr Ripley was also filmed here). For a bit of old-school dolce vita, stay at the newly opened Mezzatorre Hotel, part of the Pellicano Hotels Group.

Re-Watch: Blue Crush, the 90s cult hit film set in Hawaii about no-fear surfer girls chasing the perfect wave. Learn some tips and tricks and book yourself into a surf camp this summer. We love Dreamsea Surf Camps for their breezy, beachside locations all over the world from Portugal and France to Nicaragua, Sri Lanka and Bali.

See: Book a trip to London and visit the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens. The annual architecture com-mission is an outdoor structure by some of the world’s greatest architects. The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami designed the current 2019 craggy structure described as a “hill made out of rocks”, rising up out of the landscape. While in London, check out the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, a blockbuster showcase of leading artists and Royal Academicians as well as new and emerging talent. It is, after all, the world’s largest open-submission exhibition. Or check out the exhibition “Fantastic Women. Surreal Worlds

from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo” in Frankfurt am Main’s Schirn Kunsthalle (until 14 May 2020).

Get inspired: By up-and-coming Australian artist Gabrielle Penfold, whose paintings of sun-drenched landscapes and summer table settings from Australia to Sicily convey a life and energy that will have you craving your own holiday in the sun. Her thick, broad use of paint and cut-out-style brushstrokes draw parallels with artists Tarsila do Amaral and Matisse, but make no mistake, this girl has a style and vibe of her very own. One to watch.

Follow: Travel photographer Lucy Laucht, who has made a name for herself with her ethereal travel snaps of summer that will not only make you feel flushed with wanderlust, but also inspire you to point and shoot. Keep a close eye on her Instagram account as she regularly hosts on-the-go photography lessons in sunny locations – such as her sell-out nomadic work - shops in Ischia and Menorca last year. Oh, and she’s also the co-founder of hat company TIO y TIA, whose styles are inspired by the American South-West and handmade by America’s oldest hat maker. One to pack for your summer travels.

Eat/Drink: Get a taste of the Balearic Islands by buying Emma Warren’s fun and comprehensive cookbook, Isla, with recipes from the islands of Majorca, Minorca,

Ibiza and Formentera and beyond to the villages, homes, beaches and hillsides of the Mediterranean. This is a culinary and lifestyle journey that will take you to coastlines and interiors of these historic islands with stories about the traditional recipes. Each chap-ter explores a different landscape – think mountains, the coast and villages – with stellar photography, too.

Sleep: At Casa Pueblo Tulum, the long-favoured hotel of the nomadic fashion set, has a new sister: welcome Casa Pueblo Boca Paila to Tulum’s beachside. With only 14 rooms, it feels more like a stylish friend’s house. With a backdrop of the Caribbean, a stripped-back, hand-plastered bar and a bold red and white chequered pool with retro striped sunbeds flanked by slouching palm trees, this is the hotel to be and be seen at.

Explore: Belgian-born but based in Morocco, Lrnce is part of the new wave of Marrakesh-based artists leading this already creative city into a new decade. Her sunny, wiggly-squiggly abstract paintings, ceramics, rugs and ready-to-wear designs will brighten up any space. Her designs have spilled into hotels such as Menorca Experimental, but book a trip to Mar-rakesh and visit her studio in the industrial zone for an inspiration overload and to pick up some one- of-a-kind pieces.

It’s time to prep for summer. Shed the layers, chill the drinks, brush upon sunshiny recipes, novels and films, and book into surf camps, beach-side hotels and island-hopping trips. Plus, there are outdoor exhibitions to put on your summer radar, paintings by up-and-coming artists to bright-en your walls, and designers and photographers to inspire your travels.

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01Sun, Arise! (An Invo cation, An Introduction)Phosphorescent

02SunriseNorah Jones

03Dear SummerMemphis Bleek, JAY-Z

04Lovely DayBill Withers

05PlacesThe Blaze

06 Barefoot In The Park(feat. ROSALÍA)James Blake, ROSALÍA

07eine nacht in manilaBilderbuch

08Urlaub in ItalienErobique

09ocean eyesBillie Eilish

10Beach BabyBon Iver

11 Texas SunKhruangbin & Leon Bridges

12sunshineatlas, Rook1e, Sky.High

13 Underwater LoveSmoke City

14Tag am MeerDie Fantastischen Vier

15 Loud Places (feat. Romy)Jamie xx

16Sonnendeck – Schallplattenspieler- Fassung [ekimas & proppe remix]PeterLicht

17WestbalkonMarc DePulse, Boe

18Under The Same SunBen Howard

19After Rain comes SunSolomun

20 Sommer, Sonne, Kaktus!Helge Schneider

CLOSED playlist:

summer in progress

Summer is what you make of it – even when it rains! And no matter whether you spend it in the park or by the sea, on the balcony or in Italy. Sit back, relax and enjoy our “summer in progress” playlist replete with sunny and cloudy songs. A Hamburg resident who’s used to making the most of every sunny hour compiled it especially for you …

Listen here: https://is.gd/summerinprogress

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The attic of the old villa is bright and smells of oil paint. The morning sun fills the three high-ceilinged rooms which serve as a studio for paint-er Johanna Dumet and her partner, artist Manuel Wroblewski. From the large, south-facing windows you can see the roofs and chimneys of Altschönhausen in north Berlin. French-born Dumet is one of the city’s up-and-coming young artists and has lived there for eight years. Self-taught, she never liked going to school. Now, she has been dubbed the new Frida Kahlo. Her paintings are known for their bright colours and they look more vibrant than summer dresses on a washing line. We talked to her at her studio about sun, childhood, fashion, unruliness and – of course – art.

Day or night?Day.

Sun or moon?Sun.

Your perfect day?A day without other people, except Manu. We would spend it working. Outside. On a beach. In summer. The sun would be shining. We might have a beer afterwards. Take a nap at lunchtime. Then work some more. After that we would go home. Cook a good meal. With dessert. Yes, something like that ...

So your painting, your work, is part of what makes you happy? Yes! Our days up here in the studio are quite similar to that really: we have light here all day long. That feels so good, doesn’t it? We work together, look at each other’s art, influence one another, help each other, drink coffee, take a nap at lunchtime if possible, work some more, then travel home together in the evening ...

It sounds like paradise! How long have you been doing that?We started renting this studio a year ago. It was a real stroke of luck! We can both work here, it’s a good fit for our art and we can display it well here. It’s not cheap. But even that has its advantages: we have to work hard to pull it off, and that’s a good kind of stress. The stu-dio motivates us. We’re very grateful to be able to live like this.

How did you meet?We each do a second job once a week: I’m a baker and Manu is a barista at a little restaurant called Weinerei.

We met there when I moved to Berlin seven years ago. We got talking and realised we were both artists. He told me about a sculpture – a cloud. And at the very same time, I was also reading all about clouds, learn-ing their names and painting them – it was incredible. We both grew up in the countryside too and love the natural world as well as the big city. It was all so easy and so wonderful. A perfect fit! Manu grew up in Eckernförde and I spent my childhood on the outskirts of a little village in France.

A picture-book rural childhood?Yes: we had goats, dogs, cats, hens, fish, geese ... to be self-sufficient. I spent the whole day outside with my brother. I was always dirty, made mud pies, collected butterflies and fungi in glass jars. I was so unruly and free. Painted trees and the sky and imagined running over clouds. I often played truant.

Didn’t you get into trouble?My mother never went to school: she grew up in the woods with eight siblings. She understood me and said: OK, then stay here today. She wanted me to be happy and trusted me. I learnt a lot in the natural world too. So many observations! I had the best childhood that someone like me could possibly have. Sometimes, the teachers would ring up and say: your daughter’s absent. I was born in 1991 – no idea whether that would still be possible today.

Did you do a lot of painting too?Yes: I knew even at the age of five that I wanted to be a painter. I was the queen of the flowers in a play and was allowed to paint the set – a castle – myself.

Ever since then, I wanted to be a painter. Most chil-dren stop painting at some point, maybe when they’re about 12, but I still enjoyed it. That’s why I wanted to move to a grammar school specialising in art when I was 14.

So you did want to go to school after all?You had to be very good to get a place there, so I tried really hard to get good grades. It worked!

Did you enjoy going there at least?Yes, but I still got into a lot of trouble. My head was covered with dreadlocks and I was as unruly as my hair. I was fired – suspended for two weeks. Time and time again, the teachers were really cross with me, but finally I did it: in the end, I had the best portfolio!

Once you had such a good portfolio, what did you do next?First, I went into fashion design rather than painting. I really loved fabrics, colours, patterns. My mother did a lot of sewing; my grandmother too. By the time I was six, I could use the sewing machine well. So I went to Marseilles and studied fashion design. I was 18, it was the first time I’d been on the underground, and I felt really small and really grown-up and free at the same time. It was very exciting – I didn’t spend much time at the academy though, of course.

Still free and unruly then?Yes, of course, even now. If someone tells me what I have to do but I don’t want to do it, they might as well bang their head against a brick wall. I get that from my mum. But I graduated with very good grades in Marseilles too.

Johanna Dumet has two ways of communicating: through fashion and through art. And they sometimes make a joint appearance, too. Her painting “Smart Pants” plays between the abstract and figurative, with the title meant somewhat tongue in cheek. Humour is always important to her, not least as she has so much fun painting.

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Johanna Dumet created beautiful collages for The Orange House collection – spot them in this HARD COPY issue, at Closed.com and on our shop windows!

Conie Vallese is our model and, moreover, she’s an artist. Conie was born in Buenos Aires and grew up amid her family’s art: her grandmother’s oil paint-ings inspired her just as her father’s experiments in sculpture and her mother’s interior design talent did. She lives in New York City and her paintings, drawings and sculptures are masterpieces in their own right.@conievallese

Find Johanna Dumet on Instagram:@johanna_dumet

Do you still design?Yes, I make my own clothes to this day. And you can see my love of textiles time and time again in my work: I designed a fabric with an animal pattern for the label Atelier Spritz, some of my oil paintings just show trou-sers, and my latest rugs are also very textile as far as the patterns go.

You’re sometimes compared with Frida Kahlo … Yes, I’ve heard that about 100 times already.

Sounds like you’re not too keen…Oh, I don’t know. I can’t see it myself. It’s probably just because of my thick eyebrows, the jewellery and the bright colours. Perhaps a lot of people just don’t know many female painters. Frida Kahlo is one of the few famous female painters, so people draw a comparison with her. That’s where the similarities end though: she comes from Mexico. I’m from France. She was a strong woman because she had to be. I have the privilege of

being a strong woman when I want to. She was married to that arse, Diego. I have a fantastic partner. I don’t have the same pain as her!

Your pictures are almost always bright and cheerful. Are you really like that, or are you actually the opposite and colour is a way of self-medicating?No, I’m like the pictures. Of course I’m black and white sometimes and can become melancholy … Sometimes, I try it out: using less colour, toning it all down, but it doesn’t work. I love colours so much and am always searching for new ones. I mix most of them myself and that alone makes me so happy! The other day, I started with orange, then came pink and they go together so well and … Then I just can’t stop! It’s like a game. Painting is like playing for me. I just enjoy it. And when someone comes into the studio here, looks at the pictures and smiles – enjoys them too – that makes me really happy.

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Annelies, The Makers Our favourite Dutch beach is De Verklikkerplaat in Renesse on the North Sea – because it is so nice and wide, with fine, very light-coloured sand. It’s quite unspoilt and only has a simple cabin. But it’s also very dangerous, as the water rises very fast at high tide. Beautiful and rough at the same time. And, by the way, please have a look at Ocean Initia tives (www.initiativesoceanes.org/en/program/about) – by collecting litter from beaches, lakes, rivers and seabeds all over the world, they help to keep our oceans cleaner. The Makers produces our suits in Morocco. The head office is in Breda in the Netherlands.

Jasmin Behr Fazeli, author My favourite beach is the Scala dei Turchi (Stair of the Turks) in Sicily, a stunning marl rock formation that is neighboured by two sandy beaches, so you get the best of both worlds. The actual steps are definitely best for sun worshippers as it’d be a little tricky getting a parasol into the marl. It’s also not a good place to forget your sunglasses as the white stone gets very bright in the sun. But it’s unique, very pretty and great fun to jump into the water from the steps. Also, it will definitely go down well with your Instagram followers. Make sure you go to A casa di Donatella afterwards for an amazing home-made dinner in Donatella’s front garden with a sea view.

Chloe Sachdev, authorMy favourite beach in my home town Sydney is called Wylie’s Baths: It’s not exactly a beach but an ocean bath – think a tidal ocean pool. Sydney is dotted with them, but Wylie’s is by far my favourite, thanks to its original and striking art deco architecture.

Johanna Dumet, artistI found paradise on a remote island in Denmark. The beach goes on for ten kilometres and you will meet more seals and seagulls than people. You can swim peacefully in the fresh Baltic Sea and lie naked on the black sand. This is my hideout in the summertime. I made a promise to keep the place safe and secret – it’s a treasure you will have to find by yourself!

Alberto Candiani, Candiani Denim I would recommend the beach Is Arutas on the island of Sardinia. The white coral beach is simply surreal – where the Mediterranean Sea beats any exotic desti-nation! Another beautiful beach is Vulcanello on the Aeolian island of Vulcano, close to Sicily: dark sand on an active volcano facing the most beautiful sun-set ever. I hope you’ll have the chance to visit these incredible places one day.Candiani is our Italian denim supplier.

Nurten Colak, Otto Ovabükü in the small town of Datça is a gorgeous beach, which is famous for cleanliness and calmness. It is the ideal place to escape from everyone and everything and take refuge in the bosom of the sea. The beach is as stony as it is famous … particularly good for those who love to swim. You could stay in one of the well-run family guesthouses nearby. Otto is our specialist for leather and lambskin in Istanbul.

Oda Albers, author North of Nyborg on Funen there is a small forest right by the sea – Teglværksskoven. Here you will always find shade under old beech trees – as well as looking out over the wide sea, on the horizon you can see the trains on the huge bridge that are heading towards Copenhagen. There is no kiosk and there are hardly any people ...

Vera, MundicorteI love the beach Castro de São. Paio – simply be-cause it is a beautiful beach that always makes me feel relaxed. And luckily, it’s pretty close to our office. Mundicorte is our production partner for blouses and shirts in Portugal.

Very few people would dispute that summer makes life a bit sweeter. Perhaps that’s because it’s perfectly acceptable to spend the whole day lying down, take several naps and have times where we aim for nothing more than a few extra freckles on our noses. Read on to find out the best places to do all of those things according to some of the contributors to this issue and a couple of our production partners, who have all shared their favourite beaches with us.

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Poor old shade, always undervalued, regularly seen as the sun’s ugly, dark twin. But people love an underdog and the time for shade has come, not least thanks to the climate crisis and its heatwaves. Isn’t there a silver lining in just about everything? Long loved by vampires, the Addams family and everyone us-ing sunscreen with an SPF of 50 or more, it got a bad rep from Hollywood noir and its long, dark shadows representing the underworld. Not to mention from people living in countries with six months of winter who cannot wait to feel some warm rays of sun hitting their pale winter skin. From people who don’t mind resembling lobsters after sunbathing for a whole day. And from people who are glued to their deckchair for days on end, who think that sunscreen is for wimps and that in a competition between human and sun, the human can somehow come out as the winner.

The shade-lovers, almost certainly the silent majority, are probably too vitamin D deficient to muster up the strength to shout its merits from the rooftops – or shady pergolas, for that matter. Although sun worshippers have always had the advan-tage of being able to take much better images for Instagram, doused in golden sunlight and visual warmth, and thus giving their cause more visibility, the era of the sun-lover’s gaze might slowly be coming to an end, one bushfire at a time. Airlines will need to find solutions to transporting Jacquemus-sized sunhats and beautiful parasols will soon become as widely available as umbrellas. High-rise cities such as Seoul, New York or Hong Kong (as well as clouds and trees, actually) are great allies for the sun-shy, making them a pretty good travel alternative for summer holidays.

Human beings’ relationship with the sun and shade has al-ways been complex: in one part of the world, it is seen as lux-urious to be as pale as possible while in the other part, espe-cially with the onset of affordable air travel, it can be seen as desirable to have a year-round tan. But as much as it can be lovely feeding your body with warmth and vitamin D after a winter filled with dark and rainy days, no one can deny the appeal of shade, without which the heat of the sun would be unbearable. Shade allows hot bodies to return to equilibrium. It is where blood circulation improves, where people can think and see clearly again. Basically, shade helps us be ourselves again and if that isn’t bloody marvellous I have no idea what is.

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Frederick Lau, Vanessa Fuentes, Nada Lottermann

What role does the cooperation with artists and celebrities play for you? Artists tend to constantly question things. Artists are like children – when they celebrate something, they tell it to one and all and in a universal language. We all know that our world is facing many problems and challenges. Why should we throw this fact in people’s faces and think that they’ll be sure to donate if we show them how well off they are and how badly others are doing? That’s not our style. We want to inspire and activate people to get involved in a meaningful way and in joyous spirit. That’s what Viva con Agua is about!

In which countries is Viva con Agua currently active? Along with Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya, Viva con Agua is also active in Nepal, India, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mozambique and South Africa.

What is special about your involvement on site? In all southern countries, Viva con Agua invariably cooperates with local partners who have many years of experience in the WASH field (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene). The biggest difference compared to many other NGOs is that Viva con Agua communicates and spurs people into action almost exclusively through the universal languages of art, music, culture and sports. As a result, Viva con Agua crews have cropped up in Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia and South Africa in the same way as they have in Switzerland, Austria or

California. This also changes the perspective that many people have of the African continent. Our communi-cation is focused on the cultural wealth and the people’s potential and not on any deficiencies, as is so often the case with many NGOs. In our experience, this speaks from the heart of young people in particular and depicts the reality of life much more than always showing the image of the “poor continent” (which is so very 80s). Africa is the future.

You’ve just moved from Hamburg to Los Angeles. What compelled you to leave St. Pauli? And what have you planned for Viva con Agua in California?

After 15 years of St. Pauli and Viva con Agua as it is now, it’s time for my wife and me to reinvent our-selves, to step out of our comfort zone. Viva con Agua is meanwhile relatively well known in the arts, music and sports world. We are invited to places everywhere, and in my experience this leads to a lazy approach to life and an end to making progress. We’re satisfied with the status quo and from my point of view that’s the boss enemy – because we’re committed to a world without thirst. 560 million people worldwide are still not accounted for in the equation, and the German language and culture are too limited here. We need a global language and culture to tackle a global concern.

What’s easier when the sun shines? Putting a smile in everything you do.

Founded in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Viva con Agua works with much enthusiasm and lightness of being towards enabling people worldwide to have access to clean drinking water. Viva con Agua collects donations to build wells or sanitary facilities – not through brochures and bank transfer forms, but through pop-up galleries, concerts, parties, returnable beaker campaigns at fest-ivals and such like. Commitment to social issues is combined with having fun, which gets through to youn-ger supporters, too, and sees an incredible amount of people swept along by the motion. Meanwhile, in addition to Viva con Agua crews in a number of countries, there is also “social” Viva con Agua mineral water and toilet paper (named Goldeimer, translated as “golden bucket”) – a large part of the proceeds go to water and sanitary projects.

The initiative emerged in 2005 with the German aid agency Welthungerhilfe when Benjamin Adrion, St. Pauli football player at the time, witnessed the problematic drinking water supplies in Cuba while staying at a training camp there. The first Viva con Agua project took place in Havana – and the St. Pauli foot ball club was among the first to lend its support. The fans of the club were soon to follow. Today Viva con Agua communicates through sports, art, music and culture and is backed by many celebrities from these sectors, who in turn make their fans aware of the initiative.

The German actor Frederick Lau (seen in “Night-life” and “4 Blocks”, amongst others) was recently on tour in Panama with the photographers Lottermann and Fuentes to produce a short film. The photos on these pages were also taken there – in Panama City, Portobelo und Riviera Pacifica, experiencing the Carib-bean heat, empty beaches and the strong Pacific winds. The film of the three Viva con Agua supporters artistically explores the topic “Water” and is aimed at raising awareness of the association and its work. Lottermann and Fuentes, who often take photos of people at events who hold up a sign with Viva con Agua’s slogan “Water is a human right”, currently finish the film. They plan to show it at film festivals, on social media and perhaps even in the cinema.

We asked Viva con Agua co-founder Micha Fritz a few questions – and learned, amongst other things, what motivated him to move away from St. Pauli.

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Hôtel Weekend, pop-up locationsHôtel Weekend is an online magazine “with a slow living mindset” which compiles information about bou- tique hotels, travel tips and slow travel diaries. Its Souvenir Shop also offers “an edited selection of va- cation wear, objects and apothecary made for the modern traveller” – everything from bikinis and sun-glasses to coconut milk bath salt and shell jewellery. In a fabulous twist, the store is not just online (hotel- weekend.com/souvenir-shop): it travels around the world itself. It appears as a temporary pop-up store in different guises and at various destinations – such as hotels like Coqui Coqui in Cobá, Mexico, or Soho House Barcelona. @hotelweekend___

Sandra Serraf, Paris Sandra Serraf’s store in Paris St. Germain sells women’s fashions (including a certain brand called Closed!) that are the epitome of an effortless and very French style. Recently, the Sandra Serraf Maison collection was added, a beautifully curated selection of handmade boho-style interior items and decora-tions. These charming finds from around the world in natural materials and subtle colours harmonise wonderfully – it’s almost like being at a very stylish holiday resort. @sandraserraf

Elizabeth & Prince, California Okay, this is a little unfair, because Elizabeth & Prince do have a bit of a head-start thanks to their locations in California, in Palm Springs, La Quinta and Palm Desert, where fashion and accessories are presented amongst giant cacti and eclectic interior design.The overall feel in is that of objects found on travels around the world. The owners, Analisa and Shawn Holoubek, moved here to the desert from New York City to realise their vision of selling urbane, stylish fashion that transcends the poolside look. We’re de-lighted that the shops’ offerings include choice items from our Closed collections. @elizabeth_and_prince

The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles If you’re in Los Angeles, you can’t not visit Josh Spen-cer’s incredible Last Bookstore – but be warned that you may find yourself spending days, if not weeks and even months browsing through this literary treas- ure-trove, which opened in 2005. Time travel is pos-sible here – the shop sells everything from second- hand books from the 60s and old CDs to new travel guides, graphic novels and so much more! There are over 250,000 books in stock, spread over two floors. Despite its vast size, cosy corners with reading chairs make the store seem inviting and intimate. @thelastbookstorela

Bon Voyage Interieur, Hamburg Although Bon Voyage Interieur is near the Closed headquarters in Hamburg, you will feel like you have been whisked away to southern Europe within sec-onds of entering the shop. Handmade ceramics from Capri sit side by side with outdoor furniture from Marseilles and scented candles from Paris – and pro-prietor Janina Krinke uses lots of sunny yellow, blue, stripes and rattan in the individual rooms within the store. Bon voyage indeed! @bonvoyageinterieur

Sois Blessed, Munich Sois Blessed in Munich is not just a stunning store with a bar, a corner for fresh flowers and fashion, interior and lifestyle products. It also has its own non- profit collection which supports Hope School in East London, South Africa – a primary school for dis-advantaged children. Sois Blessed works with the children to produce colourful patterns and drawings which are used for clothing made from Italian silk and for homewares such as lampshades, wallpaper or cushions. They look like vibrant holiday souvenirs – and all of the proceeds go to Hope School. @soisblessed

If your next long-distance trip is a long way off, visiting a special shop can sometimes feel like a mini-vacation. Read on to find a few stores that fit the bill.

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Editors and Content Andrea Becker, Jasmin Behr Fazeli, Gianna Johnke, Hjördis Pflughaupt, Laura Reinke

Art Direction/Graphics Jana Neff, Christina Gotz, Alina Jungclaus, Christina Müller

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Contributors in this Issue

Oda Albers, Maximilian Attila Bartsch, Dominik Augustin (Kult), Christiane Bördner (The Gaabs),

Wiebke Bredehorst (Ballsaal Artist Management), Rory Cooper (Kult), Johanna Dumet, Vanessa Fuentes,

Stefan Heinrichs (Industry Arts), Nada Lottermann, Dan May (one Represents), Paul McLean,

Stefan Mosebach, Anna Neugebauer, Chloe Sachdev, Vivien Solari (IMG), Paulo Spencer (Wilhelmina),

Conie Vallese (VIVA London)

Special Thanks to

Hülya Akin, Florian Bruns, Alberto Candiani, Nurten Colak, Viktoria Cordes, Nazan Dalgic, Micha Fritz,

Simon Giuliani, Glam PR, Justine Glanfield, Vivian Graubner-Müller, Pauline Joucla, Frederick Lau,

Lottermann and Fuentes, Annelies Luitwieler, Anne-Claire Mauvieux, Vera from Mundicorte, Olivia Romero,

Rosalina Silva, Manfred Wagner

Sustainability at Closed

2020 update

Sustainability report We have just published our first sustainability report ever, for anyone to download at Closed.com – to show you in detail what we are doing every day. The report introduces our most important suppliers in Italy, Portugal, Turkey and China. It shows the number of women in managerial roles (44, which represents 77 per cent of all managerial roles) – and the number of pictures produced in our photo studio per year (240,000!). And, of course, it tells you more about our eco-friendly denim line A BETTER BLUE and what else we are doing regarding sustainable fabrics and innovative techniques. Find it at Closed.com/about

Climate-neutral We have calculated the carbon emissions for our headquarters and will be offsetting them from now on by supporting climate projects. More than a quarter of the employees at our headquarters walk or cycle to work and we use green electricity – which is why our carbon footprint is pretty low, considering our indus-try and company size. But, of course, our goal is to minimise it even further! From now on, we will also offset the emissions caused by our business trips – and keep flights to a minimum, of course. In the next few years, we will also calculate and offset the carbon emissions of our shops and production facilities.

Shoes made in Italy From now on, every Closed shoe will be 100% made in Italy. As we use Italian leather for our shoes, we can keep the distances between our production partners short this way – plus, of course, we are big fans of Italian expertise when it comes to shoes (and denim, but that’s a different story …).

More organic cottonOur basic stretch denim, which is used for many of our women’s jeans – such as the iconic Pedal Pusher -, will be made of organic cotton from our autumn collection on. Our basic jersey and Oxford fabrics for men and women will also be made of organic cotton starting with the summer collection. The majority of men’s jeans in our summer collection are also made of organic cotton; many of them are washed and dyed using eco-friendly methods. The cultivation and processing methods used for organic cotton make it more eco-friendly than conventional cotton: a signifi-cant amount of water is saved compared to conven-tional cotton.

Recycled cashmereWe are starting to use recycled cashmere in our next winter collection for both women and men to conserve resources.

Recycled paperFor most of our printed material, we now use recycled paper, including for our HARD COPY magazine – which will be a carbon-neutral product from now on. Our new shopping bags are made of 60 per cent FSC-certified paper and 40 per cent recycled paper. Our online shop now offers an eco-packaging option (made of 100 per cent recycled material) and we are pleased that many of our customers already use it.

Big denim news We can’t tell you more just yet – but there is some exciting news on sustainable Closed denim which we will share very soon …

Sustainability has been one of our most important topics at Closed for a while now – actually, ever since day one. And it keeps us moving, every day, in every department. From design to production, from marketing to sales, we constantly think about one question: what can we do to make our clothes in an even more eco-friendly way – while staying true to our pure quality and effortless style? While this search never ends and we will stay on the move and keep on asking ourselves questions, we have found some of the answers. So here is a little update – our latest news regarding sustainability.

More information on sustainability atclosed.com/about

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