SOCIETY 384
The latest issue of SOCIETY features Türkiye and Indonesia, as well as the late politician Henry Kissinger, an interview with Olga Stefanishyna and interviews with the Ambassadors of Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Philippines, Slovakia and Thailand.
The latest issue of SOCIETY features Türkiye and Indonesia, as well as the late politician Henry Kissinger, an interview with Olga Stefanishyna and interviews with the Ambassadors of Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Philippines, Slovakia and Thailand.
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ATIL<br />
KUTOGLU<br />
Orient<br />
meets<br />
Occident<br />
100<br />
Star designer Atil Kutoglu, who<br />
is travelling between his ateliers<br />
and showrooms in Vienna<br />
and Istanbul, staged a fulminant<br />
fashion show recently. He hosted<br />
the event together with the Austrian<br />
Chancellor’s wife Katharina Nehammer<br />
at Palais Berg.<br />
The gala under the motto ‘Building<br />
Bridges’, where Kutoglu’s 2024<br />
spring-summer collection was presented,<br />
attracted 300 selected<br />
guests. The proceeds of the gala were<br />
donated to the Austrian Red Cross.<br />
Kutoglu and Nehammer already<br />
hosted a charity fashion show in the<br />
summer of 2023, with proceeds benefiting<br />
the earthquake victims in Türkiye<br />
and Syria.<br />
Mr. Kutoglu, after presenting your<br />
collection at fashion shows in New<br />
York and Paris, how do you feel about<br />
staging a big event in Vienna in cooperation<br />
with Katharina Nehammer?<br />
It is a great feeling to show my new<br />
collection in my favourite city and my<br />
home-base Vienna again. The charity<br />
aspect is very important for my<br />
dear friend Katharina Nehammer and<br />
me. It gives more depth and meaning<br />
to our activities. It’s a great feeling to<br />
help people in need through my profession.<br />
Being creative and pleasing<br />
people with new ideas in a sophisticated<br />
way is very rewarding to me.<br />
Mrs. Nehammer and I hope to collect<br />
even more donations for charities<br />
with future events under the motto<br />
‘Building Bridges’.<br />
Atil Kutoglu and Katharina Nehammer,<br />
wife of Chancellor Karl Nehammer<br />
(wearing Kutoglu designs)<br />
Did you do charity work before?<br />
I took part in many international<br />
charity events before. For example, I<br />
designed t-shirts for ‘Fashion targets<br />
breast cancer’ in New York, with proceeds<br />
going to breast cancer awareness<br />
and research. Ralph Lauren was<br />
also my fellow designer participating<br />
in this project. I also took part in<br />
many different charity organizations<br />
in Türkiye.<br />
Why did you choose Vienna as the<br />
home-base of your company?<br />
I came to Vienna for my university<br />
studies and fell in love with the city<br />
and its culture. Not only was I supported<br />
by the people around me<br />
when I began my career as a fashion<br />
designer, but I also made many deep<br />
friendships. I adore the various great<br />
museums and artists who have been<br />
part of the Austrian culture. It is very<br />
inspirational for me to work in such<br />
an environment. The relative short<br />
travel distance via plane to my hometown<br />
of Istanbul, where I spend half<br />
of every month, is also a benefit of<br />
Vienna, in comparison to other cities<br />
like New York or Paris.<br />
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