The fashion label was originally founded in 1983 by Antonias’s mother Elke on a farm in the beautiful Bavarian region Chiemgau. Surrounded by thread spools from childhood on, Antonia Zander knew at a very young age that fashion was her destiny. After her tailor’s apprenticeship, design studies in Berlin and stopovers in Japan, Spain and Italy, Antonia took the step into self-employment, at first working as set costume assistant and designing wedding dresses. In 2005, she dared to present the first collection under her own name on the PREMIUM fair in Berlin. Since then, she has been leading her enterprise in the tradition of working with Italian family-run knitting factories.
The fashion label gained in popularity in 2001 thanks to the iconic Triangolo Camoscio: a large multi-coloured triangular cashmere scarf. The it-piece with long, hand-pierced leather fringes is a bestseller which was and still is being copied allover the world! Hand-made sweaters of finest cashmere, unique caps and scarves and soft cashmere capes round off the collection - all made in Italy, of course.
Antonia Zander combines traditional tailoring with the Italian art of knitting to create modern, aesthetic and authentic products and she puts the main focus on best materials and workmanship down to the last detail. Her keen sense of materials, volume and colours gives the collections of Antiona Zander a particular, timeless and modern design. Her designs reflect a close interaction knitting and weaving techniques.
The collections are exclusively produced in Europe in small, family-run factories with particular attention to first-class quality and select materials, to fulfil the self-imposed high social and environmental standards.
It is the label’s philosophy to live fashion instead of only consuming it. „Mindful Luxury“ stands for finest knitwear and respect for nature, materials and humans.
Discover the luxurious collections by Antonia Zander, now available at the VOGUE CONCEPT STORE of OUTLETCITY METZINGEN.