Berlin / Online
Berlin-based womenswear label — urban cashmere, signature scarves, and effortlessly cool knitwear. Founded by Leyla Piedayesh.
Best for Urban cashmere and cool knitwear
Knitwear of Germany
11 stores · curated ORBIS register
German knitwear reaches its buyers through Hamburg outfitters or through Berlin labels that dress different people for different winters. Ladage & Oelke works British-influenced menswear, shirts, knitwear, footwear as a family outfitter since 1845. Lala Berlin knits urban cashmere, signature scarves, effortlessly cool knitwear from Berlin. Heimat trades as Heimat Textil, a German knitwear label founded in 2016 by Christian Hofmann.
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German casual-wear since 1977, its look borrowed from the off-road expeditions the brand was tied to. Cologne in origin, now made and licensed through Seidensticker's CMLC division in Bielefeld, and sold in more than fifty countries.
Best for Casual jackets knitwear and weekend trousers
Camel Active traces its identity to 1977, when technical outfitting developed for participants in the Kamel Trophy off-road expedition became the basis for a menswear leisurewear line built around desert-boot and utility styling. The brand originated from Cologne, Germany, and expanded its range over the following decade, adding watches in 1986 and bags in 1989. Ownership changed in 2001, when the German shirt manufacturer Seidensticker, based in Bielefeld, acquired the Camel Active license and now operates it through its subsidiary CMLC GmbH. By 2017, reporting put the brand's footprint at more than 11,000 points of sale across over 50 countries, with annual sales cited around 600 million euros. Camel Active today functions as a wholesale and e-commerce casualwear brand rather than a single boutique.
Visit official site ↗wunderwerk
Hidden GemDüsseldorf / Online
The Düsseldorf label documents fibre composition and manufacturing details on individual product pages rather than relying on broad claims. Its current range covers denim, knitwear, tailoring and casual layers for women and men.
Best for Stylish eco-friendlier clothing — organic denim, chic accessories, GOTS-certified materials, fair labour pract
Visit official site ↗Karolinenviertel, Hamburg
Annette Rufeger is a designer boutique selling locally made women’s tailoring, coats, knitwear, and accessories.
Best for Hamburg-made womenswear, sharp shirts and practical coats
Visit official site ↗Ladage & Oelke
Hidden GemHamburg City Centre, Hamburg
A family-owned outfitter selling British-influenced menswear, shirts, knitwear, footwear, and accessories. The business has remained family-owned since 1845.
Best for British-influenced menswear, shirts, knitwear, and footwear from a family-owned outfitter since 1845
Visit official site ↗Germany
German knitwear label trading as Heimat Textil, founded in 2016 by Christian Hofmann, making sailor- and military-inspired sweaters - including heavy multi-ply 'U-Boat' crew knits - entirely in Germany.
Best for Nautical, Sweaters, Coats
A German knitwear label trading as 'Heimat' (Heimat Textil) makes sailor- and military-inspired sweaters, including heavy multi-ply 'U-Boat' crew knits modeled on WWII-era submariner sweaters, produced entirely in Germany. Stockists including The Armoury describe the label's design language as classic silhouettes reinterpreted with German manufacturing quality.
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German women's fashion label acquired in 2008 by Rabe Moden GmbH, whose roots go back to a 1920 knitwear factory founded by Albert Rabe in Hilter am Teutoburger Wald. Part of the RABE Fashion Group alongside RABE and RABE Denim, sold in around 2,300 cities across 38+ countries.
Best for Plus-size womenswear
Rabe Moden traces to 1920, when Albert Rabe founded a knit-fabric factory producing women's, men's and children's clothing. The company relocated in 1968 to its present headquarters in Hilter am Teutoburger Wald, near Osnabruck. In 2008, Rabe acquired the LeComte brand, building out the RABE Fashion Group, encompassing RABE, LCMT (LeComte) and RABE Denim. LeComte's collections are described as natural, feminine and sporty, distributed wholesale to retailers across roughly 2,300 cities in more than 38 countries.
Visit official site ↗Germany / Online
Marc Cain offers premium womenswear across knitwear, dresses, tailoring, shoes and accessories. The brand’s coordinated collections and consistent sizing support complete wardrobe purchases rather than isolated statement pieces.
Best for German premium womenswear
Visit official site ↗Germany
German knitwear and womenswear house founded in 1920 in St. Egidien, Saxony, by Albert Rabe. Relocated to Bad Rothenfelde in 1955, now headquartered in Hilter, selling comfort-focused women's fashion across roughly 480 shop locations in 38-plus countries.
Best for Extended-size German womenswear with mainstream polish
Rabe was founded in 1920 in St. Egidien, in Saxony, Germany, by Albert Rabe as a family-run knitwear factory originally producing garments for women, men and children. The company relocated in 1955 to Bad Rothenfelde, in Lower Saxony, and is today headquartered in nearby Hilter. Over the following decades the business narrowed its focus toward women's fashion specifically, building a reputation in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets for comfortable, well-made ready-to-wear rather than fast-changing trend pieces. Rabe has remained under family ownership through multiple generations since Albert Rabe's founding. The company now operates through a network described as covering roughly 249 shop-in-shop locations, 227 'soft shop' partner arrangements and nine of its own stores, spread across more than 38 countries, with turnover reported at around 104 million euros in the 2014-15 financial year. Rabe has also pursued sustainability certification, including the ZNU Standard for Sustainable Management, and has worked on production process improvements such as fine-knit manufacturing optimization highlighted in European retail trade coverage. The brand today trades under the Rabe Fashion Group and continues to position itself around comfort-oriented womenswear built on the company's century-old knitwear manufacturing base.
Germany / Online
Steffen Schraut offers polished womenswear through dresses, tailoring, knitwear and accessories at an accessible luxury level. The range favours feminine details and coordinated outfits over experimental silhouettes.
Best for Feminine German designer fashion
Visit official site ↗Germany
German women's fashion house — knitwear and relaxed silhouettes in trend-setting designs since 1980.
Best for Mediterranean fashion
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