Wolfgang Joop

Wolfgang Joop

Infobox Fashion Designer


caption=Wolfgang Joop ca. 2003
name=Wolfgang Joop
nationality=German
birth_date=Birth date and age|1944|11|18|mf=y
birth_place=Potsdam, Germany
death_date=
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label_name=JOOP!
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awards=Fil d'or, 1983; Golden spinning wheel|

Wolfgang Joop (born November 18, 1944 in Potsdam) is an German fashion designer. He is the founder of the fashion and cosmetics company JOOP!.

Early life

After completing his Abitur at the Wilhelm-Gymnasium high school in Braunschweig, Joop began to study advertising psychology in Braunschweig at the insistence of his father. He was not interested in this course of study, and did not complete it. He next worked as a restaurateur and got involved in art. In 1968 he started formal studies of art, which he never completed.

Joop's career began in 1970, when he and his then wife Karin participated in fashion competition sponsored by the German magazine "Constance" and won the three top prizes. Following this success Joop became a fashion editor at the women's magazine "Neue Mode". He left this job in 1971 to work independently, among other things as a freelance journalist and designer.

Joop achieved international success in 1978, when he showed his first fur collection, which the "New York Times", among other publications, honored as "Prussian Designer."

JOOP!

In early 1982 Joop showed his first prêt-à-porter women's collection, followed by his first men's collection in 1985. Two years later, with the showing of his first perfume collection, he made his name a trademark, with capital letters to symbolize energy along with an exclamation mark. Clothes, shoes, jewelry, eyeglasses and perfume were immediately available under this mark. The "JOOP!" mark became available for licensing, and Joop's company no longer produced any of its own goods for sale.

In 1983, Joop was honored with the Fil d'or, a major design award. In 1984 he received the Golden spinning wheel from the European Silk Commission.

In 1985 Joop took a position as a guest lecturer in Design at the Berliner Hochschule der Künste. In 1987, that institution awarded him an honorary professorship. He later taught the seminar "Fur Fashion with Accessories."

Following German reunification, Joop was the first Western designer to work with the Meissener porcelain company, for which he designed a service.

Since 1997, Joop's products have been sold through Joop GmbH.

In 1998 Joop sold 95% of his JOOP! shares to an investor and in 2001 he sold the remaining 5%.

Two years before, in 1999 he established the label Wunderkind Art which had its international debut in September 2004 when Joop introduced his new Wunderkind collection in New York.

Other activities

Joop has diverse interests and is involved in many activities beyond fashion and design, including illustration. Over 100 of his works are on show at the Hamburger Museum für Kunst in Hamburg. Joop also collects art, particularly contemporary paintings and sculptures, as well as furniture.

Joop has written various books and many articles for newspapers and magazines, including "Der Spiegel", "Stern" and "Welt am Sonntag". His books include the gift book "Das kleine Herz" (2001), the cookbook "Hectic Cuisine" (2002), the autobiography "Stillstand des Flüchtigen" (2002) and the novel "Im Wolfspelz" (2003). He does not use a computer for his writing, instead preparing his manuscripts by hand.

Joop supports the "Dunkelziffer e.V." organization for sexually abused children, and the "Hamburg Leuchtfeuer" organization for people with AIDS.

Private Life

Joop married art student Karin Benatzky in 1970; the two are now divorced. He has two daughters: fashion and jewelry designer Henriette "Jette" Joop and Florentine Joop.

Joop, who labels himself as cosmopolitan, has a home in Monte Carlo and two villas in his hometown of Potsdam, where he has lived since 1998 after years living in Hamburg.

External links

* [http://www.joop.com/ Joop's former label "JOOP!"]
* [http://www.wunderkind.de/ Joop's current label "Wunderkind Art"]
* [http://www.fashion-forum.org/fashion-designers/wolfgang-joop.html Joop's Biography]


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