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Andreas Steiner

Andreas Steiner

South Tyrolean fashion designer and founder of RIER, a Paris-based luxury brand specializing in alpine-inspired heritage clothing and accessories.

Jul 12, 2026

37:47
Not at all.
37:48
And yeah, the brand started in 2019, and it was actually, I think, kind of a reaction of what was on the market and what I couldn't find and what I couldn't see.
37:58
And so I said, "Okay, what can I do that is different?" And since I grew up here in the mountains, there is always this kind of essentialism about it, so it's always a research of utility wear, but still having the aesthetics of the city.
38:14
So you travel, you go to the countryside, you come back to the city, you want to be dressed well, you go to a dinner directly, you meet someone in the airport.
38:21
So you need to be kind of dressed well, but not overdressed, so it's always this in-between space, actually.
38:28
And I kind of like the idea to build this in-between space that doesn't really exist.
38:33
So it's out of time, out of place, out of, uh, you can imagine it.
40:01
[laughs]

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