INTERVENTION V: FASHION, SOUND, AND CULTURE MEET IN BERLIN
words by THORE DAMWERTH
As Berlin Fashion Week prepares to welcome the global creative sphere from January 30 to February 2, 2026, the city’s cultural moment peaks on February 2nd, when Reference Studios presents INTERVENTION V. Conceived and curated by Mumi Haiati, INTERVENTION has become one of the week’s most vital cultural nodes as a one‑day festival of runway shows, talks, and listening formats staged within the industrial expanse of Kraftwerk Berlin, where music, architecture, and fashion intersect.
all images by JOEY BANIA
This year, INTERVENTION opens with a landmark collaboration between Reference Studios and TEDxBerlin, bringing fashion and design into the platform’s globally recognized conversation series for the first time. Alongside the salon‑scale talks at GLOBUS, the runway program unfolds across Kraftwerk’s expansive floors with collections by BUZIGAHILL, Kenneth Ize, DAGGER, John Lawrence Sullivan, and GmbH. The sequencing highlights independent creative voices, global perspectives, and distinct formal languages, demonstrating Berlin’s commitment to amplifying design beyond the European capitals.
After February 2nd, the city itself becomes part of the festival through the Doofer Street Market, a four‑day experiential pop‑up curated by LIVE FROM EARTH. Where exhibition, performance, and gathering converge, the market extends INTERVENTION into public space, creating a unique encounter with contemporary cultural scenes. Sound, too, plays a key role: the Listening Lounge situates music as a parallel narrative to fashion, tracing the circulation of global movements through local Berlin networks.
For Berlin Fashion Week, INTERVENTION represents more than a showcase. It reshapes how fashion is experienced, bridging disciplines, geographies, and audiences. By foregrounding conversation, experimentation, and cross‑cultural exchange, it emphasizes the connective tissue of creativity – the spaces where fashion, music, and discourse meet.
