Equestrian meets luxury: Berlin label 032c shows its first standalone womenswear line
With "Stable", the fashion brand of Berlin magazine 032c moves into womenswear. Creative director Maria Koch combines equestrian elements with contemporary luxury fashion.
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The fashion label of Berlin magazine 032c presented its "Stable" collection for Spring/Summer 2027 at Paris Fashion Week. According to TextilWirtschaft, it is the brand's first standalone womenswear collection and marks its official entry into women's ready-to-wear. Creative director Maria Koch is responsible for it. The designs combine equestrian functionality with womenswear. Koch names painter Lotte Laserstein and philosopher Roland Barthes as references, as she told FashionUnited in an interview published on 12 October.
The link to horse riding is personal: Koch grew up in Göttingen, began riding at the age of five and was part of the Lower Saxony state dressage squad at 15 and 16. She later found her way into the techno scene through music. "Effort and pleasure were never opposites for me," she told FashionUnited. She added: "I think of collections more in chapters than in books." "Stable", she said, is one such chapter in the history of 032c.
For certain pieces the label works with specialists: the riding boots are made with De Niro, the gloves with Roeckl Sports, and Mykita has designed glasses specifically for riding. The collection is sold internationally through luxury retailers, with a particularly strong response in the United States, FashionUnited reported. 032c has also recently launched a "Pirate Radio Station" on YouTube.