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Weekly fashion videos: Berlin fashion week

(AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE)

Watch the highlights from Berlin fashion week, which wrapped up July 11.

Undisputed highlight of the event: the show of Boss Black, Hugo Boss's main label, which drew stars including Jessica Alba and Ewan McGregor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-qeh3ea_ds

Kaviar Gauche, one of the most established labels in Berlin, banked on silk and chiffon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kcmtFNlRj4

Lala Berlin's collection was called 'Kurt Cobain in Africa,' elements which mixed surprisingly well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IahofV_37-0

Another unexpected combination: Lena Hoschek presented 1950s-inspired pin-up looks with bondage elements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnqwMSOOtY

Dawid Tomaszewski presented a very accomplished collection of evening gowns that German fashion fans hope will 'glamorize' the country's red carpets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B02jmdnRP0I

Kilian Kerner managed to make sequins look new again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNdj9-Ky0rs

Mongrels in Common impressed with their precise tailoring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbaaV2ESilc

The collection presented by creative collective 30PaarHände ("30 pairs of hands") looked as coherent as if made by one person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uveWGy3YNFA

Patrick Mohr's bald and bearded (female!) models simultaneously shocked and amused the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8tiN0sIDyY

Starstyling is an equally eccentric label that went for a mix of geometry and tribal patterns this season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItw4_cu1iM

But the city can do conventional too. Case in point: Schumacher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUxqp7qpJQ

Berlin - like its big brother, London - predominantly serves international professionals as a talent-scouting platform, and there were a variety of young designer showcases to choose from:

For .HBC, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUDc35k-uA

For Designer for Tomorrow by Peek & Cloppenburg, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQJ50YP3z4

For Start your own Fashion Business, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FX9njajKWM

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