KAIGERHARDT FASHIONDESIGN FOR HUMANS K∆IGERH∆RDT

INTOTHEUNIVERSE

picture by Marco Krueger

model Alessandra Perdichizzi

hair and make up Silke Zeitz

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white woman with long brown hair sitting lazy on a chaair wairing black ancle boots with heels dressed in a dress which is dyed with shibori and bleached after. the floor is brownish and in the background there is a blue wall of photography paperroll.

A man wears a black dress in heavy knit with an insert scarf piec in black and whit knit with letters which says LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN. The man is a people of color and wears also sunglasses and black shoes with white shoelace.

HEAVY KNITTED SCARF DRESS

€440.00

A white man looks over his shoulder into the camera. He wears a cozy oversized white kitted pullover. The sleeves are knitted and felted and got some felted knit stripes woven into them. He also weras a pair of 3/4 trousers in hakama style. White shoes with black sole and black shoelaces.

COSY OVERSIZED PULLOVER

€350.00

A white man is wearing a blue desconstructed bomber jacket with two layers and wid é sleeves which are open under the arms and has black knitted cuffs. On the back of the jacket is a white screen print which says LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN. There is also a black and white knitted short trousers to see which says let the future be human. He waers white shoes with black shoelaces.

DECONSTRUCTED BOMBER JACKET

€350.00

Front view. Zoom in picture. Part of a weater in white and black. the sleeve and lower part of the Pullover is white. The cuffs of the sleeves and the upper part of the sweater is black. The man wears a white enemal ring on his right thumb.

TURTLE NECK LONG WHITE&BLACK

€190.00

Guy with short hair and beard lokking into the camera. Wearing a black kitted pullover with cut outs at the shoulders.

KNITTED SWEATER BLACK

€450.00

Back view. Zoom in picture. Man wearing turtleneck in white and black. In front of a white wall.

TURTLE NECK LONG BLACK&WHITE

€190.00

White man with blond hair wears a black shirt with white placed screen prints. It has two zipper at the chest and i half way open so you see a piece of the tattoo on his stomach. He also wears a black and white pair of 3/4 trousers in hakama style and black shoes with white shoelaces.

SHIRT WITH PLACED SCREEN PRINTS

€220.00

Paulius is wearing a white light sweater which has an all over print in small letters which says let the future be human. The sweater has long sleeves so that you only see the finger tips of the model. withe the sweater he wears a white long wide pair of trousers in hakama style made out of denim.

LIGHT LONGSLEEVE WITH ALL OVER PRINT

€180.00

Back view on a man wearing a top wich is strped with black elastic band around his stomach. The upper part of the top is white and grey striped and got black sreen print on it with the sentence: LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN. He wears also a black wide pair of trousers with placed white screen prints and black shoes with white shoelaces.

FRINGE TOP

€180.00

A zoom in piece of a bigger picture. Man wears a white and black draped t-shirt which is which is horizontally separated into black and white this give the shirt its special arrow look.

ARROW T-SHIRT BLACK&WHITE

€110.00

Zoom in picture of another picture. Man wears black t-shirt with raw edges. You see a bit of the beard and hair.

RAW T-SHIRT BLACK

€95.00

Man wears a white and black draped t-shirt which is which is horizontally separated into black and white this give the shirt its special arrow look. He also a wears black trousers and a white enemal ring at his right thumb.

ARROW T-SHIRT WHITE&BLACK

€110.00

An asian model wears a heavy, hug black wool coat with an asymetrical collar and a big knitted and felted art piec at the back of the coat. He also wears sunglasses, a black hat, a accessoires around his neck and white shoes with black soles and black shoelaces.

COSY COAT WITH FELTED BACKPIECE

€550.00

An asian guy wears a huge poncho with a big pocket in the front which is closed by a zipper. The white poncho is covered with a black all over letter print which says LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN. As accessoires he wears a big knitted hat and a knitted muff in black. Also he wears black shoes with white shoelaces.

ALL OVER PRINT PONCHO

€390.00

Leander is wearing a black sweater with huge sleeves with a white stripe on it. The pullover also had an integrated scarf piece which is kitted in black and white with letters which says LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN. At the end of the scarf piec of the sweater ar long fringes in white and black. He also wears a hat out of knitted black and white fabric, a white short and black shoes with white shoelaces. In the background of the picture is a zoom of the discribed sweater to see.

SWEATER WITH SCARF PIECE

€340.00

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press

Jóhann Jóhannsson & Víkingur Ólafsson

Video by Andreas Waldschütz & Lukas Rotter I Costume by K∆IGERH∆RDT 2020

LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN I KALTBLUT MAGAZINE

Editorial by Kaśka Jankiewicz 2019

BlackAndWhiteAreNotGrey I AVANTGARDE ONE

Editorial by Lukas Rotter 2017

put your lights on I KALTBLUT MAGAZINE

Editorial by Niklas van Schwarzdorn 2015

Haarvad Kleppe I ODDA-Magazine I Schmid & Gorges 2015

Frieder Sell I D.Machts Group - Hagen I Sascha Haubold

nominated for German Hairdressing Award 2017

LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN

LOOKBOOK 2019

BlackAndWhiteAreNotGrey

LOOKBOOK 2017

put your lights on

LOOKBOOK 2015

about

Ein Mann von seitlich hinten. Er trägt einen schwarzen Hut mit Krempe, ein schwarz-weißes Oberteil mit kurzen Ärmeln, eine weiße Short und schwarze Leder Boots. Er hat einen Bart und schaut zur Wand.

K∆IGERH∆RDT

Kai Gerhardt is a Berlin-based fashion and textile designer who primarily works with a black and white palette. The design of Gerhardt's garments is based on his own fabric creations which lend his collections a distinctive and unique touch. With his 2015 BA graduate collection put your lights on, Gerhardt focused on new weaving techniques; 2017 saw the launch of his first commercial collection black and white are not grey located at the junction of street style and the avant-garde; his 2019 MA graduate collection LET THE FUTURE BE HUMAN was informed by a concentration on innovative knitting technologies. Gerhardt’s approach to construction utilizes both classic tailoring and free draping to yield detailed and approachable pieces for a variety of wardrobes. His garments maintain a commitment to function while freeing themselves from aesthetic tradition.

Gerhardt studied fashion design at the University of the Arts Berlin and has worked under local designers Mads Dinesen and Muyao Zhang. In 2016, Gerhardt presented his fashion as part of Berlin Fashion Week. He was awarded the European Fashion Award FASH in 2015 and nominated for the 2017 German Design Award. Gerhardt’s collections have been reported on in Its, ODDA, and KALTBLUT magazines.