On Friday afternoon the Boutique belongs to the conversation.Three 45-minute rounds with people who do the work: models, designers, brands.Questions from the room are welcome.
The talks run alongside the two premieres in the Cloud and the Palais.If you want both, plan the afternoon around the times below.
WhereBoutique — Marriott Munich City West, Landsberger Str. 156, 80687 Munich
The three rounds
In the order they run.Each round lasts 45 minutes.
- Friday16:00–16:45
Model, Hair & Make-up
How model work actually goes and what sits behind the looks: castings, agencies, the first job, hair and make-up.
On stage
- Vince VossHost
Model from Munich, on the Perfect Runway silver carpet at BMW Welt in 2024: he hosts this round from the inside.
- Hussein Salah
Master hairdresser, entrepreneur and coach: his own salon in Ravensburg with more than 20 staff, on international stages since 2019.
- Alessia Schäfer
Make-up artist from Munich, part of the MAF Make Up Artist Factory: the looks backstage this week are hers.
- Tony Eberhardt
Model from Mecklenburg: one of the last six on Germany's Next Topmodel 2026.
- Bella Davis
Seventeen years a model, from New York to London: she walks in the cast herself this week.
- Lea Götz
Model and dancer, over ten years in the business: from Adidas to Prada.
- Vince VossHost
- Friday17:00–17:45
Fashion
Fashion between craft and market. What a collection has to carry today, from the atelier to the shop floor.
On stage
- Bouya NdombasiHostMunich Fashion Week
Publisher of Munich Fashion Week and Basel Fashion Week, founder of the Munich agency b.seen.
- Aline Müller-SchadeThe Supreme Group
Managing director of munichfashion.company, eight trade fairs and some 4,000 brands a year: how retail reads a collection.
- Theo GrasslAMD
Dean of studies for fashion and design management at the AMD, creative director of this Fashion Week: brand strategy, trends, innovation.
- Pia BoltePia Bolte Couture
Couture designer from Munich, showing in New York, Paris and London — and with her own show in the programme.
- Kris TomassonNIO
Head of design at NIO, before that BMW i, Ford, Coca-Cola and Gulfstream: shaping things outside fashion, from a studio in Munich.
- Bouya NdombasiHostMunich Fashion Week
- Friday18:00–18:45
Branding
Getting seen without losing yourself: how a brand gets built, personally and inside a company.
On stage
- Christian VelbingerHostThe Royal Jungle
Has run The Royal Jungle, a happening for entrepreneurs, since 2015, and wrote The Art of Networking.
- Irene KilubiJOINT GENERATIONS
Business engineer and founder of JOINT GENERATIONS, has advised BMW, Siemens and Amazon: community across generations.
- Rene MoorenMarriott
General manager of the Munich Marriott Hotel City West: he opened the house in 2023, 27 years into his time at Marriott.
- Robert HranitzkyAdobe
Senior digital video evangelist at Adobe, motion designer in Munich: work for BMW, Audi and Apple.
- Arielle ElfenbeinArtware Studio
Digital director of this Fashion Week and founder of Artware.Studio: why the brand stays the moat in the age of AI.
- Christian VelbingerHostThe Royal Jungle
Entry
The talks are included in the Friday MUCFW.Pass.No extra ticket needed.The same pass opens the showroom and the market.
The runway shows in the Cloud and the Palais are not in the pass.Those have their own tickets.
Afterwards
The rooftop party starts at 18:00 on the Cloud, and from 21:30 the night carries on at 794 JIDAI.
Everyone on stage →The rooftop parties →The full programme →