Dorothee Schumacher US
Dorothee Schumacher was born in Dusseldorf and grew up in the German countryside. After gaining initial work experience with an Italian knitwear manufacturer and several stays in France, she founded her own label in 1989 with a T-shirt collection. A signature style of an extraordinary sense for colours, natural confidence, elegant friction and feminine sophistication was immediately visible in this first collection. After just three years, Dorothee Schumacher extended her collections by adding knitwear in 1991 and opening her own first showroom in Dusseldorf in 1994, followed by showrooms in Paris and Milan in the following years. In the same year, she successfully expanded to Italy. Her intuitive understanding of and respect for femininity is visible throughout her collections. Wardrobe thinking and wearability are at the core of her design.