Wolfgang Joop has been doing some writing. The result: An intimate memoir about his childhood days in Potsdam, first jobs as an illustrator of pin-up girls and his early steps as a fashion designer when the term fashion design wasn’t even coined yet. Actually it’s more than a memoir. It’s a precise portrait of the 50s and 60s in Germany, and a case study in West and East German history.

Wolfgang Joop will have a guest stint in next week’s episode of Heidi Klum’s casting show Germany’s Next Topmodel. Full episode available on Thursday 14th 2019 on www.prosieben.de.

On December 21st Wolfgang Joop’s hometown celebrated the topping out ceremony of its first animal shelter. A dog lover himself the designer has supported the project from the very beginning and is the official patron. Learn more about the club on its website.

German art magazine ‘Monopol’ sat down with Wolfgang Joop to talk art and culture for the December issue.

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Arte TV is telling the story of the ‘Kunsthistorisches Museum’ in Vienna – from World War I until the 1980s. Wolfgang Joop has some guest stints alongside the tour guide of this episode: his dear friend and colleague Dame Vivienne Westwood.

You can watch the full episode here.

Wolfgang Joop will be hosting the next episode in Februar, including Botticelli’s masterpiece Venus.

Style Icon Award

On September 07th 2018 Wolfgang Joop will be honored at this year’s Vienna Awards.

The Art of Museums

From New York’s Guggenheim to Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie, this documentary miniseries narrows in on the art collections of today’s most prestigious museums. Wolfgang Joop, a renaissance man himself, visits the Uffizi in Florence to talk about his special topic: the paintings of the renaissance epoch.

Arte, 2018

8x 52 min