TWO DESIGNERS / LIVING IN NEW YORK / TIRED OF FIVE MINUTE TRENDS / LONGING FOR INTEGRITY / WISHING FOR PURITY / LOOKING FOR THE FUSION OF MODERNITY AND TRADITION / MET IN 1995 / MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF COMBINED WORK EXPERIENCE / DECIDED TO START LUTZ & PATMOS IN SEPTEMBER 2000 GERMAN / GRADUATED FROM ESMOD IN PARIS IN FASHION DESIGN AND PATTERN MAKING / LIVED AND WORKED IN PARIS / TOKYO / SAN FRANCISCO / NEW YORK SINCE 1992 / CFDA MEMBER AMERICAN / GRADUATED FROM RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN APPAREL DESIGN / HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN NEW YORK SINCE 1991 / CFDA MEMBER FULL COLLECTION OF SWEATERS, KNITS AND ACCESSORIES / CASHMERE AND OTHER LUXURY FIBERS AND FABRICS / FROM COAT TO CARDIGAN / FROM DRESS TO PANT / FROM SWEATER TO T-SHIRT / NO FIVE MINUTE TRENDS / SIMPLE BUT SPECIAL / MODERN BUT COMFORTABLE / FAMILIAR BUT UNIQUE / FOR YEARS NOT SEASONS / DAY INTO NIGHT / WEEKDAY INTO WEEKEND / ALL CLIMATES / ALL YEAR. HIGHEST QUALITY YARNS AND FABRICS / TRADITION AND EXPERTISE / HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY. SUBTLE DETAILS / SIGNATURE DETAILS / KNITS CONSTRUCTED LIKE WOVENS / ERGONOMIC SIDESEAMS / ENGINEERED RIBS / REVERSIBLE / TWO-IN-ONE / LUXURIOUS / EFFORTLESS / TIMELESS. FALL 2008 COLLECTION / NEW MUSEUM / FEBRUARY 3, 2008 / PHOTOS SPRING 2008 COLLECTION / GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY / SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 / PHOTOS FALL 2007 COLLECTION / RALPH PUCCI GALLERY / FEBRUARY 8, 2007 / PHOTOS 2006 / TINA LUTZ AND MARCIA PATMOS ARE ELECTED AS NEW CFDA MEMBERS. 2005 / LUTZ & PATMOS IS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN FINALISTS FOR THE CFDA / VOGUE FASHION FUND AWARD. 2005 / 'SAMPLE' / FASHION BOOK BY PHAIDON / PRESENTS 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT EMERGING FASHION DESIGNERS / FEATURES LUTZ & PATMOS / CHOSEN BY TEN LEADING FASHION CRITICS. 2002 / TIME MAGAZINE 'COOLEST INVENTIONS OF 2002' FEATURES LUTZ & PATMOS' TEFLON COATED CASHMERE. 2002 / PRINT MAGAZINE ANNUAL DESIGN COMPETITION FEATURES LUTZ & PATMOS' FALL 2002 CATALOGUE. WEST ELM / FALL AND HOLIDAY 2008 / LUTZ & PATMOS INTRODUCES THEIR FIRST COLLECTION OF HOME FURNISHINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH WEST ELM / A COLLECTION OF THROWS AND PILLOWS / CHUNKY TEXTURED STITCHES, CABLES, AND BOBBLES / RIBBED AND FRINGED TRIMS / PILLOWS WITH CARDIGAN CLOSURE / CO-BRANDED ENGRAVED LOGO BUTTONS AND TRIMS / RICH FALL COLOR PALETTE WITH MIX OF CLASSIC SWEATER COLORS AND URBAN ACCENTS / SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT WEST ELM STORES AND ON WESTELM.COM. UNIQLO / SPRING 2007 / LUTZ & PATMOS IS THE FIRST NEW YORK DESIGN TEAM TO BE CHOSEN FOR UNIQLO'S DESIGNER INVITATION PROJECT / LUTZ & PATMOS CREATES A TEN PIECE LIMITED EDITION WOMEN'S COLLECTION FOR THE 700 STORE JAPANESE RETAIL CHAIN / THE COLLECTION IS INSPIRED BY CLASSIC AMERICAN SPORTS UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND PLAYING FIELDS / FEATURING ENGINEERED RIBS / LACE-UP DETAILS / POINTELLE MESH / HIDDEN LOGO INTARSIA DETAIL: LUTZ & PATMOS ♥ NY. UNIQLO / FALL 2007 / LUTZ & PATMOS IS CONSULTING FOR UNIQLO'S MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASIC CASHMERE PROGRAM. VW / VOLKSWAGEN HIRES LUTZ & PATMOS TO SUPPORT THE LAUNCH OF THEIR NEW CONVERTIBLE WITH SUNROOF MARKETED TO WOMEN / THE 'EOS' LAUNCHES IN SEPTEMBER 2006 / LUTZ & PATMOS DESIGNS TWO MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PIECES IN CASHMERE/WOOL FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER / ONE SIZE FITS ALL / PRACTICAL FOR DRIVING AND GLAMOROUS FOR STEPPING OUT OF THE CAR / FOR THE DRIVER: AN ORIGAMI CAPE CARDIGAN WITH ATTACHED SCARF THAT CAN BE WORN DOWN OR WRAP AROUND THE NECK / POCKET FOR CAR KEY / CAPE CAN BE FOLDED INTO POCKET / FOR TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BACK: A BLANKET CAPE WITH TWO FUNNEL NECKS / PROTECTING PASSENGERS FROM WIND / NECKS CAN BE PULLED OVER HEAD TO WEAR LIKE HOODS FOR EXTRA PROTECTION / BLANKET CONVERTS INTO ORIGAMI COAT WHEN WORN BY ONE PERSON / BLANKET CAN FOLD INTO ATTACHED POCKET AND BECOMES A PILLOW. COACH / SINCE FALL 2006 / REED KRAKOFF HIRES LUTZ & PATMOS TO DEVELOP A SWEATER LINE TO COINCIDE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW LEGACY COLLECTION / THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COACH HAS COLLABORATED WITH INDEPENDENT DESIGNERS / THE SWEATER COLLECTION CONSISTS OF HIGH END PIECES INCLUDING SIGNATURE COACH HARDWARE / TURNLOCK AND BUCKLES / LEATHER TRIMS / LEGACY STRIPES / SIGNATURE COACH PRINTS AND EMBROIDERIES / FROM COATS TO CARDIGANS / FROM KAFTANS TO PANTS / FROM SWEATERS TO T-SHIRTS. BING BANG / LUTZ & PATMOS COLLABORATES WITH ANNA SHEFFIELD FROM BING BANG ON SWEATER PINS AND BELTS FOR THEIR FALL 2007, PRE-SPRING 2008 AND SPRING 2008 COLLECTIONS. BILLYKIRK / LUTZ & PATMOS COLLABORATES WITH CHRIS AND KIRK BRAY FROM BILLYKIRK ON BELTS FOR THEIR SPRING 2008 COLLECTIONS / BILLYKIRK IS A BROTHER OWNED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY / KNOWN FOR THEIR HAND-CRAFTED LEATHER ACCESSORIES AND BAGS / THE BROTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP OF AMISH LEATHER MAKERS PRODUCING UNIQUELY UNDERSTATED DESIGNS SINCE 1999. ME & RO / LUTZ & PATMOS COLLABORATES WITH ME & RO TO DEVELOP A SIGNATURE ZIPPER PULL. 2004 / SAN FRANCISCO MOMA YVES BAHAR FUSE PROJECT / DESIGN SERIES 2 / FEATURES TEFLON COATED CASHMERE ZIP CARDIGAN. 2003 / COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM "DESIGN TRIENNIAL" / EXHIBITION STUDIES AND CELEBRATES CONTEMPORARY DESIGN IN THE UNITED STATES / SHOWCASES AMERICA'S 70 MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS / FEATURES FIVE STYLES FROM LUTZ & PATMOS. 2002 / COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM'S EXHIBITION "SKIN": SURFACE AND STRUCTURE IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN / FEATURES TEFLON COATED CASHMERE ZIP CARDIGAN / FOR THE COMBINATION OF TRADITION WITH TECHNOLOGY / FOR MAKING CASHMERE WATER REPELLANT WITHOUT CHANGING THE FEEL OF CASHMERE / FOR THE PACKAGING. 2002 / ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND "FORBIDDEN CITY" EXHIBITION FEATURES ONE OF A KIND DESIGNS BY TEN DIFFERENT CASHMERE DESIGNERS / OTHER DESIGNERS INCLUDE LUCIEN PELLAT-FINET / CLEMENTS RIBEIRO / QUEEN & BELLE / ETC. PLATFORM FOR DIFFERENT GUEST DESIGNERS EVERY SEASON / NO FASHION DESIGNERS / BUT CREATIVE THINKERS / FASHION INTERESTED PEOPLE / CREATING THEIR DREAM CASHMERE SWEATER / DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW / MERGING FASHION WITH ART AND DESIGN / COLLECTIBLE / LIMITED EDITION / BENEFITING VARIOUS CHARITIES / PRODUCED BY LUTZ & PATMOS. SPRING 2008 / RICHARD MEIER / WOMEN’S AND MEN’S ACHROMATIC CARDIGAN FALL 2007 / JULIANNE MOORE / EVERYDAY CARDIGAN SPRING 2007 / LIV TYLER / CAPE CARDIGAN FALL 2006 / L'WREN SCOTT / LADY BOLERO SPRING 2006 / CARINE ROITFELD / PULL TRAMP POUR FEMME ET HOMME FALL 2005 / SOFIA COPPOLA / SOFIA TUNIC SPRING 2005 / SHEILA METZNER / PIN-UP QUEEN TEE AND KATY KEENE DRESS FALL 2004 / FABIEN BARON / LONG SLEEVE AND SHORT SLEEVE T-SHIRT SPRING 2004 / JONATHAN ADLER / LIBERACE SWEATER FALL 2003 / CHRISTY TURLINGTON / LOTUS CAPE SPRING 2003 / INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE / CAMISOLE SUMMER 1978 FALL 2002 / SARAH MORRIS / METROCENTER SWEATSHIRT SPRING 2002 / YVES BEHAR / SAN FRANCISCO TEFLON TREATED WINDBREAKER IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES / IN AN EFFORT TO LESSEN OUR IMPACT ON THE EARTH CAUSED BY MASS PRODUCTION / LUTZ & PATMOS HAS SOURCED ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY YARNS AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES. ECOLOGICAL AND FAIR MADE PROGRAM IN URUGUAY / 100% ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WOOL AND ALPACA YARN FROM URUGUAY / URUGUAY IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL BREEDING OF SHEEP AND ALPACA / ANIMALS ARE CARED FOR IN NATURAL GRASSLANDS FREE FROM POLLUTING AGENTS / ANIMALS FEED ON NATIVE GRASSES / ANIMALS ARE NOT TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS, PESTICIDES OR HORMONES / NO CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS USED IN FIBER PRODUCTION PROCESS / MODERN COMBING TECHNOLOGY LEAVES NO TOXIC SOLVENT RESIDUES / AZO FREE DYE PROCESS LEAVES FIBERS FREE OF POTENTIAL CARCINOGENS / YARN IS KNIT WHERE SPUN TO ELIMINATE SHIPPING AND THE USE OF FUEL / SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMY / GARMENTS ARE HAND KNIT, HAND LOOMED OR CROCHETED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL ARTISANS. FEMALE ARTISAN COLLECTIVE IN BOLIVIA / MACRAME PROGRAM / ANCIENT TEXTILE CRAFT USING INTRICATE KNOTTING TECHNIQUES / IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT TRADITIONAL ARTISANS / IN AN EFFORT TO UTILIZE AND MODERNIZE TRADITIONAL CRAFT TECHNIQUES / IN AN EFFORT TO SOURCE PRODUCTION FACILITIES WITH SOUL / LUTZ & PATMOS IS WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF INDIGENOUS CRAFTSWOMEN IN BOLIVIA / ARTISAN WOMEN WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO FOSTER ARTISTIC TRADITIONS, CULTURAL VITALITY, IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING / ALLOWING WOMEN TO WORK AT HOME WHILE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN / HELPING WOMEN TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AND RAISING SELF ESTEEM / SUSTAINING TRADITIONAL CRAFT TECHNIQUES THROUGH PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE WITH MODERN PRODUCTION / COLLABORATION IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR CRAFTSPEOPLE IN A CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL MANNER / YARN SOURCED LOCALLY. LENY / SINCE FEBRUARY 2007 / LIMITED EDITION NEW YORK / FOR AL GORE'S CLIMATE PROJECT / LUTZ & PATMOS IS THE U.S. AMBASSADOR FOR THIS HIGH END TRADESHOW DURING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK / THE EVENT IS PROFITING AL GORE'S CHARITY 'THE CLIMATE PROJECT' AND TAKES PLACE AT THE INDUSTRIA STUDIO / 10% OF THE PARTICIPATING DESIGNER'S PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE CHARITY / MARC JACOBS / MISSONI / COSTUME NATIONAL / DIANE VON FURSTEMBERG / LIBERTINE / LOWE / NARS / AND MANY MORE / AND ALL PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF T-SHIRTS DESIGNED BY FASHION ICONS GO TO THE CHARITY AS WELL / KATE MOSS / GWYNETH PALTROW / JADE JAGGER / CHRISTY TURLINGTON / L'WREN SCOTT / CARINE ROITFELD / MARGHERTIA MISSONI / HELENA CHRISTENSEN / INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE + VINOODH MATADIN / VIVIENNE WESTWOOD AND MANY MORE. THEORY / 'GOING GREEN' EVENT JUNE 2007 / LUTZ & PATMOS IS ON THE HOST COMMITTEE OF THIS EVENT PROMOTING GREEN LIVING / THE EVENT INCLUDES A GREEN MARKET BOOTH PRESENTING LUTZ & PATMOS' ECOLOGICAL AND FREE TRADE PROGRAM IN URUGUAY / ROBERT KENNEDY IS THE GUEST SPEAKER. LUTZ & PATMOS HAS BEEN DEDICATING AT LEAST ONE STYLE PER SEASON TO A CHARITY / A MAJOR PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE IS DONATED TO NUMEROUS CHARITIES / SUCH AS: AL GORE'S 'THE CLIMATE PROJECT' / MOVEMENT TO EDUCATE AND CHALLENGE CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENTS INTO ACTION AGAINST THE GROWING CRISIS OF GLOBAL WARMING / WORKING TO BRING EDUCATION, COMMUNITY INFORMATION, RESEARCH AND CITIZEN ACTION PROGRAMS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY / TRAINING OF 1,000 LECTURERS WHO WILL PRESENT THE INFORMATION DELIVERED IN 'AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH' TO AUDIENCES ACROSS AMERICA. FREE ARTS / INSPIRING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT OF ABUSED, HOMELESS AND AT-RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES / TRANSFORMING THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION / PLANTING THE SEEDS OF HOPE / HEALING TO HELP CHILDREN BUILD SELF-ESTEEM / IMPROVING SOCIAL SKILLS / DEVELOPING TRUST WITH CARING ADULTS / EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN A POSITIVE WAY / THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND FREE ARTS IS SIMPLY THAT "ART HEALS!" CARE / EMPOWERING WOMEN TO CREATE LASTING SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY / WOMEN ARE AT THE HEART OF CARE'S COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS / IMPROVING BASIC EDUCATION / PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF HIV / INCREASING ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION / EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY / PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES. 7TH ON SALE / FIGHTING AGAINST HIV/AIDS / THROUGH WORLD'S LARGEST SAMPLE SALE OF DESIGNER ITEMS FOR WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN AND HOME / FUNDRAISING EVENT INITIATED BY THE CFDA-VOGUE INITIATIVE / BENEFITING THE NEW YORK CITY AIDS FUND. TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCE / HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX (TSC) / A DEVASTATING GENETIC DISORDER CAUSING TUMORS TO FORM ON VITAL ORGANS / PRIMARILY IN THE BRAIN, EYES, HEART, SKIN AND LUNGS / TSC IS LIKE HAVING EPILEPSY, AUTISM AND KIDNEY DISEASE ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE / 1 IN 6000 LIVE BIRTHS ARE AFFECTED. OPERATION SMILE / WORLDWIDE VOLUNTEER SURGEONS ARE REPAIRING CHILDHOOD FACIAL DEFORMITIES / BUILDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES / CREATING SMILES / CHANGING LIVES / HEALING HUMANITY. DIFFA / DESIGN INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION FIGHTING AIDS / LARGEST SUPPORTERS OF DIRECT CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS / PREVENTIVE EDUCATION FOR THOSE AT RISK / MERGING CARE AND COMMERCE / SUPPORTERS OF DIFFA COME FROM ALL FIELDS OF FINE DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE / FASHION DESIGN / INTERIOR DESIGN / PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN. PLANNED PARENTHOOD / OFFERS HIGH-QUALITY SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE / FAMILY PLANNING / GYNECOLOGICAL CARE / STI/STD TESTING AND TREATMENT / PREGNANCY TESTING AND ABORTION SERVICES. ROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION / NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION / IMPROVING SCHOOLS IN JAMAICA / ASSEMBLING RESOURCES FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT, AND FOREIGN DONORS / REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE / BUILDING SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES / INSTALLING COMPUTERS / IMPROVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES. ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY / A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND BRINGS DESIGN SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED