Fashion by Monika Sommer
FASHION THAT DANCES - WITH YOU, ON YOU, FOR YOU.
I would like to invite you to get to know my previous collections, to browse through the fabrics I have personally selected and used and to get an impression of how I see and interpret fashion - be it in everyday life or in modern tango.
Get an impression of how individual, lively and variable (dance) clothing can be beyond black, red and sequins. Each piece, handmade and tailored to fit you perfectly, tells its own story together with you, flows and caresses you and puts the most important thing at the center: your feelings.
At the end of 2005, I got hooked on tango - a dance full of passion, history and emotion. In the beginning, it was all about cautiously getting to know each other. Like most of my friends, acquaintances and dance partners, I wore the same clothes to dance that I usually found most comfortable and practical in everyday life: jeans and a T-shirt, comfortable dresses suitable for everyday wear or a skirt with a sweater.
With time, experience and a wide variety of impressions from tango trips and workshops, my outfit changed to what I considered to be classic tango fashion: dresses cut close to the body, skirts with slits in black and red, occasionally complemented by glitter and sequins - so definitely a step forward, away from cozy everyday clothes, but still not there yet. I wore clothes that I could dance wonderfully in, but not clothes that danced with me.
With time and experience came confidence and self-confidence. This self-confidence led to the development of my own tango fashion - fashion that dances. Curved cuts, soft, flowing materials such as silk, viscose and synthetics and so many more colors than just black and red.
For a long time now, it's no longer just fashion for me; many women who want to dress femininely, individually and comfortably welcome the soft fits that are not only comfortable to wear and dance in, but also show off every figure to its best advantage.
After many requests, pants for men have also been available since fall 2015. Here, too, I attach great importance to the excellent quality of the fabrics - cool wool, wool, silk, linen, viscose or a mix of these. The cut can be classic or more unusual, with or without original accents.
Every piece of my fashion goes the long way from my head via my heart through my fingers. Every centimeter of fabric, every thread and every button is consciously selected and processed by me. Every top, every pair of trousers and every skirt is unique, designed with dance, elegance and femininity in mind. This creative freedom gives the wearer the opportunity to change her appearance again and again. A skirt can become a tunic, a top can become a skirt, but however it is worn, my fashion always remains: fashion that dances.
