Janis Reitmann is a Berlin-based fashion designer working across menswear, pattern making and creative direction. In 2026 he completed his B.A. in Fashion Design at HTW Berlin, where his graduate collection grew from concept and pattern development through to final execution. His practice is conceptual and research-led, drawing on myth, art and the body, and translating those ideas into garments that sit between clothing and sculpture. Across every project he leads the creative direction and design, moving fluidly between hand craft and digital tools such as Clo3D and Blender. He has assisted the internationally recognised artisanal menswear designer Deepti Barth, and has directed editorial productions for Monster Management, Nicotine and Kaltblut Magazine, built and led creative teams of up to ten, and co-organised a showroom of international designers at Paris Fashion Week. For enquiries and collaborations, get in touch via the contact above.
A body of work exploring garment construction through digital tools. Using Clo3D and Marvelous Designer for virtual pattern-making and true-to-life fabric simulation, alongside Blender for form, texture and rendering, these pieces are developed, fitted and visualised entirely in 3D before anything is cut. The digital space becomes a studio of its own, a place to test silhouette, drape and proportion. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
These archetypal images, half-man and half-beast, emerge from the depths of time during ritual, pagan and religious festivals that mark seasonal cycles, carnival or the eve of Easter. In this work I aimed to preserve the essence of that underlying idea through unconventional materials and cuts, while finding a contemporary approach. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
This project approached nightmares from a mythological perspective, centred on the Alb, a supernatural being in German folklore believed to sit on the chest of sleepers and bring intense nightmares. The work fuses clothing and sculptural art into a single language. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
Körper began with geometric forms and the act of translating them into two-dimensional patterns, a study of how flat geometry becomes volume on the body. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
Taking Gerhard Richter's notion of „Virtuosität der Unschärfe“, the virtuosity of blur, this project challenges conventional ideas of precision and clarity. It combines an artistic vision of the indistinct with the craftsmanship of precision tailoring. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
The myth of the Homunculus speaks to the human urge to create artificial life. Here it is translated into a design process where clothing rejects comfort and the body becomes a protest against its own will. The collection uses stiff materials, wires and restrictive cuts to give the garments a physical will of their own. Creative direction and design by Janis Reitmann.
