Düsseldorf, Fashionbusiness Award 2023 goes to German designer Annette Görtz, the best photos of the evening

Fashion / Düsseldorf, 31 January 2023

In Düsseldorf, designer Annette Görtz was honoured with the Fashion Business Award of Fashion Net Düsseldorf. The avant-garde label has been one of the best-known German brands for 30 years with sales locations all over the world. The prize was awarded for the 8th time and honours the merits of designers and fashion entrepreneurs for the state capital Düsseldorf.

See the best pictures of the festive evening.

Düsseldorf's Lord Mayor Dr Stephan Keller at the award ceremony on 29 January 2023 for the German avant-garde designer Annette Görtz.

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From left: Marc Freyberg, Düsseldorf's Lord Mayor Dr Stephan Keller, Aline Müller-Schade (Munich Fashion Company/ The Supreme Group), Annette Görtz, Angelika Firnrohr, CEO Fashion Net, Luca Bazzanella ©Andreas Endermann

Düsseldorf, 31 January 2023: In "The Paradise Now", Düsseldorf's cult location, designer Annette Görtz was honoured with the Modebusiness Award of Fashion Net Düsseldorf. The award was presented for the 8th time and during the festive award ceremony the top-class guests were welcomed by Lord Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller. An excerpt from the guest list: Christiane Arp, former editor-in-chief of German Vogue, fashion designer Thomas Rath and Evelyn Hammerström, fashion retailer of Jades Boutiques. Also spotted: Julius Brinkmann, Managing Director Bugatti, Andreas Rebbelmund and David Zimmermann, the two Managing Directors of Breuninger Düsseldorf, Angelika Firnrohr, CEO Fashion Net, Ulrike Kähler, Managing Director of the Igedo Company, Aline Müller-Schade - CEO at Munich Fashion Company GmbH and many more.

Dr. Michael J. Rauterkus and Annette Görtz

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Avant-garde and style

are the attributes that apply to the fashion of Annette Görtz, one of the best-known German designers and fashion entrepreneurs based in the Rhine metropolis. After more than 30 years, the designer from Gütersloh has passed on part of the responsibility to her son Maximilian Welsch in 2021. In Düsseldorf on Sunday 29 January, she was presented with the Mode Business Award for her influence on Germany's fashion industry. Under the motto "Next Generation", Lord Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller and Angelika Firnrohr, Managing Director of Fashion Net, welcomed around 160 top-class, national and international guests to the festive award ceremony in Düsseldorf's in-location "The Paradise Now"

The award, which was developed by the Fashion Net Düsseldorf association in 2015, honours fashion business innovators who have distinguished themselves through their commitment to the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. The laudatory speech was held by Christiane Arp, former editor-in-chief of VOGUE, chairwoman of the Fashion Council Germany and companion of Annette Görtz. For Düsseldorf's Lord Mayor Dr Stephan Keller, her commitment and enthusiasm for Düsseldorf as a location was decisive. Angelika Firnrohr, Managing Director of Fashion Net, added: "I am very pleased that fashion is still alive here in Düsseldorf and that many renowned players from the fashion and retail industry have come together to present the Fashion Business Award and give the award a worthy setting. The award is unique in Germany to date, as it not only honours renowned German designers, but also demonstrates the importance of Düsseldorf as a fashion location".

In 2021, Wunderwerk founder Heiko Wunder was the award winner, in 2020 designer Thomas Rath was honoured. Previous winners were Marc Cain in 2019, Breuninger in 2018, Steffen Schraut in 2017, Evelyn Hammerström in 2016 and Gerry Weber in 2015.

Annette Görtz brand is considered one of the most renowned German fashion brands. After graduating from the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld, the designer went into business for herself in 1984. Later, together with her husband Hans-Jörg Welsch, she built the brand into an international luxury label. Their joint son, 31-year-old Maximilian Welsch, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fashion in Antwerp and has known the company since childhood. The fashion company has agencies in Amsterdam, London, Zurich, Barcelona, New York and Sydney with hundreds of outlets. Düsseldorf is still their base, she says, as they are supported by the city of Düsseldorf. The company Annette Görtz runs its own retail store MILIAN on Königsallee, and sells international labels such as Dries van Noten, Issey Miyake, Jil Sander and Maison Margiela in addition to its own brand.

To the pictures of the evening

On 29 January 2023 German designer Annette Görtz was honoured with the Fashion Business Award of Fashion Net Düsseldorf

Held the laudatio: Christiane Arp, former editor-in-chief of VOGUE

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Annette Görtz, her son Maximilian Welsch and husband Hans-Jörg Welsch

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Aline Müller-Schade, Angelika Firnrohr, Annette Görtz, Hans-Jörg Welsch ©Andrea. Endermann

Angelika Firnrohr and Sarah Vieten ©Andreas Endermann

David Zimmermann, left, Andreas Rebbelmund, right, both CEOs Breuninger, Düsseldorf's luxury departmentstore ©Andreas Endermann

German Designer Thomas Rath (l.) with his husband Sandro Rath and Margitte Schweden-Heiderscheidt

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Luca and Svenja Simmons, Düsseldorf's society hairdressers and first choice when stars come to town

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