Berlin-based designer Nadine Aurin merges traditional craft with forward-thinking sustainability to create fashion collections that are not only visually striking but also socially responsible. While her name is Nadine Aurin-Liew, her label is known as Nadine Aurin, with a logo inspired by her favorite childhood book—the Auryn symbol from The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende.

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Nadine's career started in media, but her passion for fashion led her to pursue studies at the Kangan Fashion Institute in Melbourne, where she graduated as the top international student, and later, a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Here, her focus on sustainability and social justice took shape.

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Her work is rooted in the belief that fashion can drive meaningful change. Through techniques like knitting, weaving, natural dyeing, and creating bio-materials, Nadine’s designs balance aesthetics with ethical responsibility, encouraging mindful consumption.

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Among her achievements, Nadine's eyewear collection BARE FRAMES, made from sustainable cork, was a Top 10 finalist in the Specsavers Australia & New Zealand Young Innovator Design Competition.

 

More recently, her collection NUTZMENSCH—which highlights the often-overlooked realities of slaughterhouse workers—won the Best Sustainability Concept at Neo.Fashion 2024 during Berlin Fashion Week. The collection also introduced her innovative "VAUT" a leather alternative made from redwine which is 100% biodegradable and ethical. 
 

Nadine continues to bridge the gap between fashion and activism, using her designs to tell powerful human stories and challenge the status quo. She is participating at Fashion Positions 2024 at the Berlin Art Fair, showcasing Nutzmensch in a slaughterhouse-inspired setting to raise awareness about the inhumane conditions in the meat industry, both for humans and animals.

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Awards & Achievements: 
 

• PETA Vegan Award, Beste Vegane Newcomer-Kollektion 2024, Berlin / September 2024 

• Fashion Positions, Berlin / September  2024

• Neo Fashion Award, Best Sustainability Concept, Berlin / June 2024

• Certificate Of Award Outstanding International Student For Creative Industries 2019, Melbourne / 2019​

• Specsavers Young Innovator Design Competition, Melbourne / September 2019

• Outstanding Diploma Of Fashion Student Award 2018, Melbourne / 2018​