Dorothee Schumacher

Dorothee Schumacher – Exclusive fashion from Germany

In 1966, the designer Dorothee Schumacher was born in Düsseldorf. After training at the fashion house Peek & Cloppenburg, Schumacher moved to Italy, where she wanted to learn all the basics of producing high-quality fashion in a knitting factory. She used the knowledge that Schumacher gained during this time and founded the Dorothee Schumacher label together with her then husband Jörg Singhoff. Since then, the brand's headquarters have been in Mannheim.

The label's quick success

After founding her brand, Dorothee Schumacher began developing her first own fashion. Her first collection only included three T-shirts. Schumacher designed these as a kind of rebellion against the established business look, which is often viewed as boring and monotonous. For example, the designer used eye-catching jagged edges or satin ribbons in different colors on her shirts, laying the foundation for the style for which she is still so known and appreciated today: the combination of elegant fashion with very unusual and playful elements.

Dorothee Schumacher's new designs quickly became very well received in the fashion world. The label received more and more orders, so that in the mid-1990s it was able to expand its business, first to Italy, and then a little later to the whole world.

The establishment of Dorothee Schumacher in the fashion world

Today the Dorothee Schumacher label has 140 employees in 16 different countries around the world. Since the brand was founded, the label has scored points with its great attention to detail. Schumacher is convinced that the strength of every woman is her femininity and therefore tries to emphasize and highlight this femininity with every fashion piece. According to her own statement, she addresses the woman who is “smart and attractive at the same time”.

It was precisely this concept that brought Dorothee Schumacher to the top of the fashion world. Various stars such as Elle Macpherson, Jessica Alba, Anna Maria Mühle and Joy Denalane are among the brand's fans. Dorothee Schumacher is also one of the labels that helped with the design of the well-known Hollywood film “The Devil Wears Prada”.

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