Who are we?

Domitila Barros

Domitila has a Master’s degree in Political and Social Sciences.

She is a Social ARTivist and accredited speaker of the Society of European Academies e.V. In 2000 she was awarded as a “Millennium Dreamer” by the UN & UNESCO and presented her proposals to the UN Commission in the USA .

She is a digital nomad and social entrepreneur. In 2017 she started her own Brand @sheisfromthejungle which is a social brand, centered around the economic integration of women. Ten percent of the profit of every piece sold go to the street-child project she grew up in.

She became aware about Greenwashing, what motivated her to create her own Brand and narrative. She has a very strong and constantly growing community in social media. As Germany’s first GREENFLUENCER she is very committed to empowering sustainable and fair brands.

Tays Köper-Kelemen

Tays holds an MA in French, Spanish and Marketing and is a trained fashion editor. She has professional experience in the fashion market since 14 years.

She completed her editorial traineeship at the online fashion magazine 1st blue and was responsible for the departments of menswear and accessories at the specialist fashion magazine TM.

Since 2011 she operates as a freelance journalist. She was constantly active as an author for trade magazines and pr inquiries. She also cared for seasonal photo shoots and campaigns of trade magazines and fashion wholesaler.

Together with Nina Elyas she founded the fashion platform Style & the gang @styleandthegang in 2018. In the course of her work she experienced that well thought-out and well-designed products are not products that are made quickly.

Nina Elyas

Nina has a diploma in fashion design.

After first working experiences as a designer, she decided to turn her back on fashion production.

She did her voluntary traineeship at the magazine TM and worked as a fashion journalist and fashion director for the international trend books Fashion Trends.

In 2011 she started working as editor in chief for the German Fashion Institute (Deutsches Mode-Institut DMI) – until 2014. Since 7 years she is a honorary lecturer for the AMD Akademie Mode and Design – she teaches fashion design/ trend forecasting.

Together with Tays Köper-Kelemen she founded the fashion platform Style & the gang @styleandthegang. Her greatest motivation is to report about relations between society, culture and fashion.