Where’s Wanda – Season 2
The second series of the black comedy ‘Where’s Wanda?’ is set to begin on Apple TV. The eight episodes will be released weekly until 9 December. Just as things are starting to settle down again for the Klatt family, their daughter Wanda (Lea Drinda) is apparently caught standing over a dead body. Carlotta (Heike Makatsch) and Dedo (Axel Stein) are determined to prove her innocence and find the real culprit. In doing so, they find themselves plunged into the criminal underworld of their tranquil suburb.
Costume designer Ute Paffendorf once again demonstrates just how much darkness lies behind the façade of everyday suburban life. Her costumes oscillate between middle-class normality and offbeat humour, giving each character a distinct profile.
Various costumes for the roles of Heike Makatsch, Kostja Ullmann and Palina Rojinski were created in the atelier of Theaterkunst: a two-piece ladies’ suit, a pair of trousers and a bodysuit, as well as a yellow ladies’ costume.
Starring, amongst others, Heike Makatsch, Axel Stein, Lea Drinda, Leo Simon, Nikeata Thompson, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Devid Striesow, Palina Rojinski and Kostja Ullmann; Production: UFA Fiction; Directors: Tobi Baumann, Christian Ditter; Costume design: Ute Paffendorf
Copyright: Apple TV
International Repair Day
17 October 2026 is ‘International Repair Day’… though for us, every day is really like that. Our costume house is full of costumes that have seen many film sets, locations and decades. The fact that they can still be worn today is down to a simple principle: we don’t throw anything away; we repair it.
A torn hem after a shoot? It gets sewn up.
A missing button on a 1890s uniform? It’s replaced – with a matching one, of course.
A bodice that’s already been worn in five leading roles? It gets new boning and goes on to its sixth role.
Behind all this lies craftsmanship that rarely takes centre stage: tailoring, textile care, restoration and the knowledge of how to preserve historical materials rather than replace them.
Our tailors and our costume department teams embody the very essence of sustainability: valuing, caring for and passing things on. Every costume we preserve is one that continues to tell the story of film history.
Renting rather than buying. Repairing rather than replacing. For over a century.
Copyright: Theaterkunst
Sweater „The Brutalist“
Costume designer Kate Forbes teamed up with knitwear designer Ilana Blumberg to reproduce the original knitwear from “The Brutalist”. The costume attracted a lot of attention after the film’s release, and both we and the costume designer received countless enquiries about where to buy the jumper worn by Adrian Brody.
A 300 limited edition reproduction of the renowned sweater is available to pre-order 3pm GMT 15th November 2025: https://www.brutalistsweater.com/
Facts // Reproduction of the vintage sweater, with small adjustments to the design including a deeper rib cuff and slightly longer sleeve length than the original. Original light warm grey. 100% pure new wool.
Copyright: Brutalist Sweater u0026amp; A24
Creation for baroque opera “Octavia”
We made costumes for the baroque opera ‘Octavia’ by Reinhard Keiser, which was performed by the Lautten Compagney at the Handel Festival in Halle/Saale from 7 to 9 June. For the two opera singers Frieda Jolande Barck and Georg Bochow of the ensemble, we made one costume piece each from pearls. The colleagues in our studio created a chain maille shirt from around 200 classic cream-white beads with a diameter of 3.5 cm. For the black bustier, 3,000 black, faceted jet beads were used, threaded onto jewellery wire using the net technique. Special attention had to be paid to the weight of the beads and the shape of both pieces.
Lene Schwind and Louis Vincent Platzer were responsible for the costume design of the opera ‘Octavia’.
Copyright stage photos: Anna Kolata
Rosenthal
ZDF is dedicating a ‘TV film of the week’ to its unforgotten quizmaster Hans Rosenthal (‘Dalli Dalli’) for his 100th birthday on 2 April 2025, which shows the entertainer from a previously largely unknown side: in the conflict between show business and his past as a Jewish person in Germany. The film is now available in the ZDF media library and will celebrate its TV premiere on 7 April.
Costume designer Christian Röhrs and Juliane Maier provide insights into the zeitgeist of the 1970s with flashbacks to Rosenthal’s past. Several tailor-made suits were made in our studio for Florian Lukas as Hans Rosenthal.
With Florian Lukas, Claude Albert Heinrich, Silke Bodenbender, among others; Director: Oliver Haffner; Production: if… Productions; Costume design: Christian Röhrs, Juliane Maier
Copyright: ZDF/Ella Knorz
Historic sportswear for 1. FC Bayern München
The football club 1. FC Bayern München is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. For a photo shoot in historical football clothing, we supplied Priesen shirts from 1900 as well as studded boots and caps from that time.
The two pairs of sports trousers worn by Thomas Müller and Aleksandar Pavlović in the photos were made in our studio for the occasion. The photo series appeared in FCB Magazine 51 and online.
Copyright: Fritz Beck / FCB-Magazin 51
Chantal im Märchenland
Chanti is bäck! After a seven-year break, Chantal returns to the big screen. As the problem pupil in “Fack ju Göhte”, she made a name for herself in three instalments. Now she is an influencer without followers and finds herself in a fairytale world through an ancient magic mirror. For the historical part of the film, costume designer Esther Walz borrowed a large number of costumes from the historical collection.
Costume designer Esther Walz also worked together with our atelier team to create eight historical renaissance-style dresses. She selected brocade in various colors, which was then transformed into the courtly outfits by our wardrobe mistress and three other custom tailors. In order to accurately reflect the era, the dresses hade to be reinforced with the proper supporting structures. In this case, the team constructed eight Spanish hoop dresses and the corresponding hip cushions. The dresses feature necklines adorned with lace and pearls, elaborate lacing and a peplum that is in keeping with the era. We can’t wait to see them in their full glory on the big screen.
Starring Jella Haase, Gizem Emre, Max von der Groeben, Jasmin Tabatabai, Elyas M’Barek, Maria Ehrich, among others; Production: Constantin Film; Director: Bora Dagtekin; Costume design: Esther Walz
Copyright: Constantin Film
Copyright: Theaterkunst
Commercial EDEKA
Superheroine and Viking! Costume designer Dorota Budna designed the perfect superheroine costume for the latest Edeka commercial and had it made by our tailors. Many individual parts made of different materials were assembled by hand in the Theaterkunst studio in order to be ready for the “Supermarket, Superheroes” image campaign. The Viking in the advert also comes from our collection. To the spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQ-NgS0JN4
Costume Designer: Dorota Budnar Production: Markenfilm
Copyright: EDEKA, Dorota Budna, Theaterkunst
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Cinema release for “The Tributes of Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”! For the prequel to the previous parts of the film series, costume designer Trish Summerville and her team rented a large number of costumes from our collection, such as a dressing gown and several dresses for Hunter Schafer and Fionnula Flanagan. The main characters’ red uniform jackets were made in our atelier for this production.
Among others Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Fionnula Flanagan; Production: Lionsgate, Color Force, Studio Babelsberg AG, Zweiundfünfzigste Babelsberg Film; Director: Francis Lawrence; Costume Design: Trish Summerville
Copyright: Leonine