pages talks to Swiss, Berlin based menswear designer Julian Zigerli, about his acclaimed debut collection “Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice”. Featuring technically complex fabric manipulations, and relaxed, sporty looks, charismatic Zigerli is one to watch.

Hello Julian!

Congratulations on your collection, can you tell us a bit about it?

Thank you. Most of my inspiration for the collection came from hybrids paired with the hubris. It all started with the Labradoodle, an unbelievably cute creature, mixed together in a test tube with plenty of pink smoke. The combination of two or more things in the pursuit of bringing forth something new, something better, which we call hybrid. The over estimation of one’s own faculties or potential during the realisation of a goal, is what we call hubris.

It is basically a men’s collection trying to create a healthy, sporty, supernatural, half-god man. The hybrid thing is not only popping up in backpack jackets but also in the animal print combinations on extremely technical fabrics and I used the hubris to pair it all together, go crazy with it and give it the right mood.

You recently had a stint in New Zealand and Australia. I noticed some surf influences in your collection, was this inspired by your time down under? It definitely was, but it’s not just surf inspiration. I was looking at a lot of different sports like biking, fencing, water sports, volleyball, wrestling and one of my most favourite: fly-fishing. All those sporty Australians and new Zealanders, there was no way I couldn’t ignore that!