RARE Times in Berlin: RARE Matter Art Exhibition, Fashion, New Spaces & Collective Adventures. By THERAPY team
From RARE MATTER and new fabric[actions] artworks to two new Berlin locations, creative encounters and a very RARE Christmas.
Things have been moving fast lately! New spaces, new collaborations, new faces, and plenty of reasons to celebrate independent creativity in Berlin.
What started as a collective and shared store for four independent designers in Friedrichshain is growing into a much bigger creative community. And while our collective RARE continues expanding across the city, we're also finding new ways to connect art, fashion, experimentation and collective action.
Here's what's happening — and why we're particularly excited about the coming weeks.
New art-fashion exhibition RARE MATTER: Is Fashion Art?
Is fashion art? It's a question we've already worken on before and a question probably all designers and creatives asked ourselves at some point, especially those of us who work somewhere between textiles, and moving between clothing, fashion, artistic experimentation and creative expression.
On Friday, November 13, we're taking this conversation beyond words with RARE MATTER – Art Exhibition, a group exhibition at our original RARE STORE & COLLECTIVE in Friedrichshain.
For this special occasion, the six designers who currently share the space are stepping outside their fashion labels to reveal another side of their creative practices.
Through textile installations, experimental objects, papercutting, printmaking and mixed-media artworks, we'll explore the territory where fashion meets art, and where materials take on unexpected meanings.
Participating artists and designers:
Kai Gerhardt — K∆IGERH∆RDT
Meri Luján — CHAIN CULT
Angie Aguirre — THERAPY Recycle and Exorcise / fabric[actions]
Andrea Bonfini — FADE OUT Label
Julie Bourgeois — Tata Christiane
Elise Rolot — Everyday Pieces
Each of us approaches fashion differently, but we share a curiosity for materials, experimentation and the possibilities of creating beyond established categories.
RARE MATTER is an invitation to discover the people, ideas and artistic practices behind the labels.
And, of course, we'll celebrate with music, drinks and the opportunity to meet all six artists in person.
RARE MATTER — Art Exhibition
Friday, November 13 | 17:00–22:00
RARE Friedrichshain
Kopernikusstraße 21, 10245 Berlin
Free entry
fabric[actions]: Matter of Disobedience — New Works by Angie Aguirre
"Not your regular kink". Artwork by Angie Aguirre - fabric[actions]. Dismantled corsets, screws and studs. Plastic, metal, cord, fabric, 2026
For RARE MATTER, Angie from THERAPY is presenting Matter of Disobedience, a series of new works created especially for this exhibition as part of my artistic practice, fabric[actions].
fabric[actions] grows from the same questions that have shaped her work with THERAPY Recycle and Exorcise for years: What do we do with what society discards? Who decides what has value? And how can textiles become tools for questioning the systems we live in?
This time, I'm moving beyond wearable pieces and working with street-found fabrics, rescued canvases and other materials, transforming these materials into abstract compositions.
"My relationship with discarded materials has always been political and personal. Growing up in Argentina, scarcity shaped the way I understood resources, creativity and necessity. Living in Europe, I encountered the opposite reality: an overwhelming abundance of materials, products and objects that are often discarded long before their useful lives are over.
That contradiction continues to inform my work. I'm excited to share these new works at RARE MATTER and to bring Fabric Actions into a dialogue with the artistic practices of the other designers in our collective."
With Matter of Disobedience, Angie's interest lies on exploring how textiles carry memory, identity and symbolic value, and how their transformation can challenge the roles assigned to them.
These pieces are not garments. They are material gestures, colours, forms, abstract compositions and acts of resistance and open questions about its original symbolisms and meanings.
They question the inequalities of a fashion system built around overproduction, waste and privilege, while opening space for alternative ways of looking at what we already have.
Part art, part protest. Part recycling, part exorcism.
RARE Goes West: Our New Pop-Up at Bikini Berlin
Open since October 10, 2026 — Until the end of February 2027
RARE POP-UP at Bikni Berin. Store main window, 1st floor of Bikini Berlin
RARE is growing, and one of our biggest adventures this season is our new RARE POP-UP store at Bikini Berlin, in the heart of City West.
Since October 10, 2026 we've brought together 25 independent designers in a shared space dedicated to creative fashion, design and alternative approaches to making.
It's an exciting new chapter for our collective, connecting more independent creative voices and introducing RARE to a wider audience.
The pop-up will remain open until the end of February 2027, so there's plenty of time to discover the different designers and their work.
And there's more coming!
RARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS — December 3, 2026
On December 3, we're celebrating with RARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a special pre-Christmas party at Bikini Berlin.
Expect a festive gathering with our creative community, special guest TAUKO Magazine, and plenty of RARE energy.
We're also bringing some extra generosity to the season: one gift each day for the first customer!
Forget conventional Christmas shopping. Come discover independent design, meet creative people and find something with a story behind it.
As if one new location wasn't enough, RARE has also opened a new permanent sister store at Bleibtreustraße 7, 10623, just around the corner from Savignyplatz in Berlin-Charlottenburg, so we call it RARE SAVIGNYPLATZ.
This new space brings together 15 permanent designers, including one Workshop area fully functional with the permanent offer of upcycling and sewing courses by Josefina Studio, plus four additional designers rotating through a dedicated pop-up area.
It's another opportunity to build connections between independent creatives while offering visitors an alternative to conventional fashion retail.
And because RARE is about more than shopping, the new space is also intended as a place for encounters, with live music acts, DJs, drinks and other surprises.
Different neighborhood, different energy, same collective spirit.
RARE Charlottenburg
Bleibtreustraße 7, 10623. Berlin Charlottenburg. Near Savignyplatz
ONE LAST NEWS! Last Friday, RARE Friday! 20% Off in Friedrichshain
Flyer 20% off FRIDAY AFFAIRE at RARE Friedrichshain. every last Friday of the month
Every last Friday of the month
Our original RARE Store in Friedrichshain remains the home of the six designers who started this adventure together.
And since October, we've introduced a new monthly tradition: 20% off on the last Friday of every month!
It's a chance to visit the original collective space, discover independent fashion and design, and support the creative community behind the store.
If you've been meaning to visit us, mark your calendar.
Watching RARE grow from our first shared space in Friedrichshain into a community spanning different Berlin neighborhoods has been an exciting experience.
What makes this project meaningful is not simply the number of designers or stores, but the possibility of building something together.
Independent fashion can be challenging, especially in a city where creative spaces and small businesses constantly face economic pressures. Sharing resources, visibility, ideas and physical spaces can create opportunities that would be much harder to achieve individually.
For us, this collective spirit is closely connected to the philosophy behind THERAPY Recycle and Exorcise: questioning established systems, finding value in what already exists and experimenting with alternative ways of producing and creating.
Whether through an exhibition, a shared retail space or an unexpected collaboration, RARE is becoming a place where these conversations can happen in real life.
