HISTORY SINCE 1984

SS 25 | DIE KUNDE

A tribute to our DNA - over 40 years of PRIVATSACHEN

Die Kunde SS25 is the result of a journey through the past 40 years of PRIVATSACHEN and is the essence and reflection of the DNA values of Cocon Commerz PRIVATSACHEN.

AW 24 | VORURTEILE - SEEING THINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE

SS 2024 | IN GOOD COMPANY - DIRECTORS CUT

staying different for 40 years since 1984

AW 23 | GOLDENE ZEITEN - Golden Ages

CHANGE FOR THE BETTER - IF NOTHING CHANGES NOTHING CHANGES

...The topic of the collection, GOLDEN AGE A/W 2023, symbolizes the hope all of us have for a change for the better... being ready for change... and staying positive in the face of difficult times...

... the GOLDEN AGE line is my textile narrative of designing instead of suppressing...... it is our task to find confident words and to create lasting beauty...

Connyie Rethmann

S/S 2023 - STILBLÜHTEXTIL BOTANICALS

The plants are guiding us to a brighter level of consciousness in alignment with nature and the truth who we are …. connecting to plants through our heart and textile soul,,,,,, we can perceive all energetic patterns that connect them to all of life....

S/S 2021 - Fairmentation - Greens that taste like love

follow us on an excursion into the textile culinary world of PRIVATSACHEN ... PRIVATSACHEN-dresses tell of the love with which they are made ... prepared without a recipe basis or formulaic and normcore ... hungry for the real thing ... new colours and cuts for your appetite for clothes ... clothes are also food for me and i am constantly working to improve my world of clothes for you ... clothes that you make and wear with a good feeling ... textile metamorphoses ... preserved favourite cuts ...

this collection will guide you comprehensively through the variety of fairmente/flavours we work with at PRIVATSACHEN ...

yesterday we were green, today we are evergreen - textile culinary journey to the childhood happiness of sensual experiences and tastes ...

CLOTHES THAT EXPRESS A LIFETIME ... you are what you eat.

A/W 2020 - Species Protection

natural textiles and other creatures - the collection ARTENSCHUTZ WINTER 2020 is dedicated to the theme of species richness and species diversity ... biodiversity of all creatures ... human animal plant ...

open your eyes for creation - because we are only a part of this whole ... nature does not need us but we need nature ...

think big act small but now is the motto of PRIVATSACHEN ...

s/s 2020 - PermaEcoture — Beautiful by nature

PermaEcoture – that‘s the name of our concept, which for 35 years has enabled us to create with passion and love PRIVATSACHEN garments of permanent, natural design and creation processes for women‘s clothing. We overcome conventional patterns of thinking and seek positive and creative solutions every day. The basic principle is an ecologically, economically and socially acceptable economy with all resources.

LEARN TO LEAVE! YOUR LUCK WITH OUR APPAREL SHOULD MAKE OVERTIME.

A/W 2019 - Elements of life

“As every flower wilts and youth gives way to age, so unfolds every phase, all the wisdom and virtue when it so does - and know that none lasts forever. With every call of life, the heart must be ready to part and start again, in courage and joy, surrendering to new, otherly liasons, as in the core of every beginning lives magic. Magic that protects us and helps us live.

We are to stride along spaces, joyously, clinging to none as thought it was home - the world soul does not seek to fetter and confine us; phase after phase it wants to elevate and expand us. Slumber grows threatening as soon as we, immersed in coziness, become used to a cycle in our lives - Only those ready to part, depart may rid themselves of paralyzing habits.

Perhaps, as the call of life in us finds no end, at the hour of our death we are still to be faced with novel spaces. walk on then, be off, be well!, oh sweet heart of ours.”

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), 1941

S/S 2019 - Silent spring

As in nature the balance is of absolute importance, the same way it is important to me to keep the balance between poetry and strenght and between form and space in my designs. But the most important is respect for mother nature herself.

A/W 18 - Waldwinter

This collection pays homage to the forest. The surface, colours and shapes are inspired by the mysterious universe of the forest. Walden.

S/S 18 - Collage Art – clothing portraits

Every day, I look for the very own of dressing. I collect, save and process all what I see and search for the link to this very special moment when all this blends into a new idea.

A/W 17 - ART TO DYE FOR

 Wear fashion and they remember the fashion – wear PRIVATSACHEN and they remember YOU

S/S 17 - Dress finesse

My dresses should say more about the wearer than the designer.

Know you`re wearing something truly special.

Quality over quantity...

A/W 16 - Ausziehen

Like a good respectable home my designs are garments for a lifetime.

I want to make clothes in which my customers live, clothes that go everywhere with them.

My clothes should be for taking home, my customers should never want to take them off.

S/S 16 - FASHION APOSTLE

Get the new ageless look with the new clothes in the summer collection 2016 FASHION APOSTLE.
Take the time to pick out what’s right for your body, taste and style – don’t just follow the trends.
Consciously enjoy your choice, and enjoy wearing what you choose. Curate your closet and know what you’re doing.
It’s never too late to realise just what a wonderful life you want to lead and the clothes you want to do it in.
Grow older in style in your own design. Confidently follow your style!

A/W 15 - PATTERNS OF CHILDHOOD

Time and again, I have a great longing for the deep blue towelling pyjamas that I wore as a child.

There are clothes that you never forget and that you just love...

Can I create... clothing full of emotion? Can I design my clothes for you in such a way that they generate profound emotions from the first encounter... that they sweep you off your feet when you wear them?

In my work on your clothes, I am reborn time and again... 

S/S 15 - Be outrageous – desire the impossible!

I measure you up – you get what you desire.
My clothes are not for everyone. My clothes are just for you.

A/W 14 - Hunger for clothing? Dinner is served!

Not only each single garment – the whole collection – follows EACH TIME A NEW distinct recipe of the textile cockayne...

Each time anew, I dismantle my previous designs into the nutrients elements of taste and fragments and dress them entirely new:

My garments have few but strong aromas. My garments are a matter of taste. My garments do not know any tradition. My garments are complicated simple. My garments are always freshly dressed.

S/S 14 - URBAN MIMIKRY

The cuts of my collection “Urban Mimikry” are not concerned about the dictatorship of fashion, they are meant for the space between the garment and the woman wearing it. They are meant for women who like to take up a lot of space - always on the lookout for the one special garment that recounts of the woman’s desire to express personality.

AW 2013 | „Copy and Paste“

I copy successful garments of my textile history of almost 30 years, using my rich experience in the field in the process.

My focus is on absolute wear-ability and the long-term effect of every single one of my outfits.

SS 2013 | about masses and measures

„when consumption becomes duty“

mountains of clothing in our wardrobes.….

mass production has become so excessive that it is far in excess…. from now on, meaning is only shared!

PRIVATSACHEN are clothes that you wear,,,, if you wear it!

AW 2012 | Erbgut

wash dry iron mend darn appreciate!

... don't ask what your dress can do for you,,,, ask what you can do for your dress...

SS 2012 | Ich passe!

AW 2011 | Girl in uniform

fashion is not limited to clothing,,, but encompasses the whole person.... fashion is me in relation to the community i want to belong to and the time i belong to...

SS 2011 | conviction

replacing monologuedresses with dialoguedresses

CONVINCING CLOTHES INSTEAD OF CLOTHES THAT PULL STRINGS

AW 2010 | Pupated - the red thread

I am us - you are me!

I never wanted to be a brand,,,,, just make clothes that fit you...

SS 2010 | Home-made core business

AW 2009 | Grobcouture- the golden craft

or the dangers of sewing and knitting

a crucial part of the value of each product is knowing where and by whom it was made – knowing there’s an individual behind each item!

with my work, I want to be the accomplice of the women who wear my designs in their designs for living

better than any sales pitch = put it on!

SS 2009 | DNA – die natürliche Aussteuer

25 YEARS OF PRIVATSACHEN

For 25 years, each of our garments (fabric cells) has been a self-contained, independent, fashion-independent product. It can communicate and fulfil various other helpful functions and can be used for years. It increases the wearer's energy metabolism and supports the respective metabolic needs in an attractive and sustainable way.

AW 2008 | Free Spirits = Free Enterprise

Our Winter 2008/9 collection "Free Spirits = Free Enterprise" is dedicated to the retail trade. We thank the caring heroes of the retail trade for their decent retail attitude:

PRIVATSACHEN are as individual as the people who deal with them, so the success of the collection lies in the hands of the individuals. People who follow their own vision with their retail activities. PRIVATSACHEN attracts cultural people. For them, clothing is also a question of attitude, reflecting their view of the world and their spirit of beauty. Pleated, dyed and quilted by hand, PRIVATSACHEN are as unique as their wearers:

High-culture clothes for women who don’t want to allow themselves to go cheap!

SS 2008 | Devining the goddress

Ancient goddesses from all cultures were the starting point for research into the Trinity. In times of religious wars and crises of faith, designer Connyie Rethmann asked herself what is sacred to her. She subjected her beliefs to a critical examination and realised that she had always followed her own intuition first and foremost. Democratic sizes, ecological production processes and materials, high-quality craftsmanship and limited editions are not a fad at cocon.commerz, but a matter of course for the textile industry.

AW 2007 | Musterhafte Lebensabschnittkleider

HELP ! I have nothing to wear...

or: how many dresses can a woman currently own?

Can a woman live with just one dress? and if so, in which textile relationship of 2?

The old dress has gone and the new one hasn't grown back yet...?

our clothes want to clothe/accompany unique women's lives again...

dressed by PRIVATSACHEN...

SS 2007 | Misswahlen – das kleid-ER-tragen

The results of the "Misswahlen" are dresses without compromise, perforated in numerous variations that allow the inside to shine out.

AW 2006 | Das Bindegewebe

SS 2006 | Kleiderstärke

AW 2005 | Kleiderinnenleben

20 years of PRIVATSACHEN...great women...great achievements...great feelings...

SS 2005 | ein Fühlungsvermögen

Swinging fabrics - allowing glances - providing security - making sales

Nature! Nature! Nature!

AW 2004 | Detaillen

Structures woven from knowledge, from experiences knitted textures

Nothing difficult, nothing complicated, easy to carry, easy to maintain: - a new generation of quilt presents itself in the upcoming winter preorder 2004/05. These are convincing in the collection with durability, new colors and materials. All models are carefully finished in Germany in hand dyeing and by washing effects, which makes each piece unique. All these precious fabrics are boldly combined with simple cotton elastic cuffs and large metal press buttons as a closure solution - Sensation of the clothing message.

Our clothes are ambassadors of security in XXL!

SS 2004 | Eintrachten & Zwietrachten

The dress as a textile homeland, the cuts borrowed from all people's homes: Ethnic loans flowed into the design of the pattern of the fabrics and in the lines. But also the self-imposed uniforms of the protest culture of 60 / 70s found entrance.

AW 2003 | Shadow play and silhouette

The emphasis of the collection lies in the fabric structures, the shadow plays more lively surfaces: classy wrinkles, felt and shrinkage effects. Shadow play and silhouette, decisiveness and romance, whichever priority you put is 'Privatsache'.

SS 2003 | revelations

clothes language

Our in-house fabric designs on the subject of 'language' are masterfully transferred to very sophisticated one-size cuts in the Summer Preorder 2003.

See and listen, learn the charming clothes language of these extraordinary collections.

AW 2002 | additives

nothing will become a luxury ...

restrained modesty cuts instead of overflowing glamour

SS 2002 | Heart patternmaker

I spy with my little eye something you don´t ...

who has style creates distance - inside matter of opinion, inside madness, outside wellness + being fed with love is what it isnot used to ... cut first steps ... because I spy something that you don`t

on average better!

AW 2001 | Matter of taste

what you see is not fashion, it is generally instinct led by taste ...

We dish up soft sweet silk-velvet, crisp, fresh silk-quilts, loose bitter silk-laces, sharp, fine silk-jerseys, casual, salty silk-cords

= for the day and evening meal for the friend of textile treats

SS 2001 | character laundry

not everyone has to like my clothes, not even many, but some have to like it a lot and they will never get lost in the shuffle.

2000 | side effects

I cut miracle robes of desire for you - from the look of the heart!

Cuts were created from the infinite nothing of a great passion.

Come with a beating heart to the cradle of textile pieces!

2000 | attractants

who do you want to dress: you or her / him ???

Woman moved cuts for individualists.

1999 | Dressings

Without DRESSING clothes are - well, just plain only blue yellow red green stuff! The right dressing however - whether mild, spicy, creamy liquid or CRISP - makes an attractive, UNIQUE healthy main meal textile out of fabric or cuts. Created with lots of passion, heart and understanding. INDIVIDUAL for you, dear customer, textiles with and for each other.

1998 | self-lines

The self determines the line of PRIVATSACHEN. We think, making clothes is not just creative work, but a necessity. The necessity to find a harmony between the inner self and the environment of the wearer. Our dresses are serious, because they have a soul. Always looking for Originality, poetry & aesthetics in shape and Colour, we give you the clothes, to like yourself.

1998 | Me time

Give your life simple outlines and you perceive what is really important:

Space + silence + nature + time = luxury

Simplicity as the noblest form of luxury. A plus to enjoy life with clothes by Cocon Commerz. We work for the magic of the clothing message.

1997 | We have wrinkles

From time immemorial there is the desire for eternal youth. But do you have to go under the surgeon's knife? We say NO! Better underline your personality and your natural charisma with our PRIVATSACHEN.

AW 1996 | Mimicry and Mimesis

The Lord has taken care of the flora and fauna - in addition to roaring and shouting for defense, there are all sorts of armor and spiked clothing, the men are defensive and Cocon Commerz takes care of the women. Because beauty has become a duty. The social function of clothing is getting stronger. An eye-catching dress can have a concealing effect, but an unobtrusive effect can be effective. Clothing veils (MIMESIS) the body and reveals (MIMICRY) the personality. Clothing by Cocon Commerz may warn or disguise. It quietly supports the charisma of the wearer.

SS 1996 | curvy individual

Great women at Cocon Commerz:

Show your TRUE SIZE through the classy materials and generous cuts.

1995 | Marlene Dietrich

anti-fashion….. woman moved….

what is good ,,,, does not get old…

Beauty became obligatory….

1994 | In layers: nature in the essence

the straight line is always the most complicated

no consumption, no dictation

small steps big cuts

1993 | A trip into the blue...

1992 | Looking for the wideness

You have the size for our dresses.

1991 | come clother

the dress is its own representative

the baby is my teacher

the customer is approaching ...

I can almost recognize her

and the clothes begin to whisper

1990 | dress-pagan linen-orphan

canvas inspired by gowns of danzig and essouira and praha

danzig is amber truss and milk carriage

danzig is thank you for your minuteness

danzig is a melancholic handicraft

I can not buy an umbrella in prague

in prague though gray czechs cry a lot

I feel the honest yes

essouira too much for my eye image archive full

essouira tame gecko sells patchouli

1989 | magic moment

Eastern contacts / Western businesses

Nivea, Quelle, Burda-Moden

1988 | artist linen

The birth of the fomorian

Fomorian is a well-dressed

Fomorian is a hermaphrodite

Fomorian is animal and human

Fomorian needs extra clothes

Fomorian wants to get to know each other

Fomorian eats time has itself

Fomorian lives

Different

1987 | Selbstentfaltung

In every single part of the collection is a piece of soul of the company Cocon Commerz. We work very private. Pieces of cloth for personalities. ffectionate handling of the finest materials and good craftsmanship produce extensive elegance and simplicity. Our clothes are retreat for body + soul.

1986 | pless too haan - Middle Ages, my courtly love

It attracts me to the Middle Ages, I wear the exaggerated Attraction mi-parti, it attracts me to that vain brazen I prefer the image of the dress, attractive dressed attractive

1985 | recycling

A tablecloth in the restaurant. A commodity. Strewn with stains, burn holes, scraps of food and wrinkles, it tells its story. All its wounds and marks of daily occupation with people have expression, testify character. To perceive the tablecloth: the beginning of a textile work of art!

The tablecloth, for Cocon Commerz an offer to creativity, imagination, experience. A welcome occasion for a expedition through the seemingly banal and profane, the hidden and consumed.

The tablecloth has lost its original meaning. It only supplies the material as a starting point for a trip into artistic ideas. Experiences and wishes, imagination and creativity, but also craftsmanship point the way!

1984 | garment intently applied

... I paint everything that does not resist, I fold everything that teaches me ... the colours ... the fabrics the shapes ... I hope the dreams, I collect, I pile up the wealth and practice the fantastic throw...

birth of the crash scarf