To understand why Berlin is becoming a top fashion destination on the fashion week tour you need to look no further than Basso & Brooke’s show. Simply put, some of the most outlandish pieces were on display during that fashion week and at the same time there’s a wonder why Basso & Brooke holds back this display during London fashion week. They have showed there several times and nothing has come close to the spectacle coming out of the photos of Berlin. A quick example is this fruit contraption. Simply wonderful.

I’m not one for teasers but I received an e-mail from our publisher today letting me know that we’ll have a photographer on the ground for Berlin fashion week. This is great news especially considering for the 3 to 4 days that is Berlin Fashion Week, German designers bring out some of the most interesting pieces out of all of the fashion week collections. It’s off the beaten path fashion weeks like this that give me hope that the next big designer may come from these events.

In any case, watch this space as photos from Berlin will come in at a fevered pace during this fashion week.

Fashion Week Berlin is currently going on right now and to all you Berliners out there that need a map as to the events: Here it is neatly rolled out for you:

SATURDAY, 26.01.2008
22:30 Beck’s Fashion Experience 2008
Kesselhaus in der KulturBrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36
SUNDAY, 27.01.2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
19:00 HUGO Fashion Show – offsite: Tempelhof Airport
MONDAY, 28.01.2008
14:00 – 20:30 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Postbahnhof, Straße der Pariser Kommune 3-10
14:00 Strenesse Blue
17:00 Karstadt New Generation Award
(mongrels in common, q.e.d., MIROÏKE, Pulver )
20:30 JOOP! Menswear – offsite: Olympiastadion
TUESDAY, 29.01.2008
13:00 – 21:00 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Postbahnhof, Straße der Pariser Kommune 3-10
13:00 Kunsthochschule Weissensee
15:00 Marcel Ostertag
17:00 Sinemus
19:00 macqua
21:00 Michalsky – offsite: Gemäldegalerie am Kulturforum
WEDNESDAY, 30.01.2008
13:00 – 22:00 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Postbahnhof, Straße der Pariser Kommune 3-10
13:00 30paarhaende
15:00 Heiress
18:00 Suzana Peric
20:30 Sisi Wasabi – offsite: Unter den Linden 26-30
22:00 Unrath & Strano
THURSDAY, 31.01.2008
13:00 – 21:30 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Postbahnhof, Straße der Pariser Kommune 3-10
13:00 Lac Et Mel
15:00 Intuitive
18:00 Susanne Wiebe
20:00 Zac Posen
SATURDAY, 02.02.2008
22:00 ideal Fashion Show
Café Moskau, Karl Marx-Allee 34

View Sisi Wasabi’s collection
All photos: MJ Kim/getty images (unless otherwise noted)