2011 - 2015 fashion and communication design

Design Department - Akademie für Mode und Design, Düsseldorf

2015 freelance styling and fashion consultancy for celebrity clients, brands and magazines

2017-2022 co-founder of the innovative and sustainable D2C social first fashion brand OH APRIL

Julia Zwingenberg started this selffunded brand with her former co-founder & influencer Carmen Kroll and build one of Germanys most successful social first fashionbrands. Designing all garments, sourcing production facilities, building the corporate identity and being creative director to photo shootings and social media for her brand. All styles were fair manufactured in Portugal by that time.

In addition to that, Julia built a team of 10 employees over the years and led her team successfully with special attention to female empowerment and great team work.

2019 speaker at OMR Hamburg - About influencer marketing and brandbuilding

2020 she designed two successful capsule collections with OH APRIL for Peek&Cloppenburg Düsseldorf. The collections were presented in the 5 biggest and best located Peek&Cloppenburg Düsseldorf Stores in Germany and Austria and in their onlineshop.

2020-2022 Co-Founder of the babybrand MAMUSHKA. Together with her former Co-Founder Carmen Kroll, Julia started this beautiful organic clothingline for babys and women made in northern Portugal. She designd the styles with attention to detail, fit and organic materials.

2021 Julia designed a successful Capsule Collection with OH APRIL for Breuninger as a part of ‚140 years Breuninger Special‘. This Collaboration was not only launched in the Breuninger onlineshop there was also a Pop Up located in the Breuninger store in Düsseldorf, Germany.

2024 successfully founded and launched her premium brand ZWINGENBERG with the first collection ETERNAL ATTITUDE (1). All styles are designed and sustainably tailored in Germany. The founders Julia and Florian Zwingenberg are deeply driven by the love and admiration for design, craftsmanship, architecture and the beauty of a conscious everyday life. The collections are defined by a rewritten definition of tailoring and elevated minimalism. ZWINGENBERG is not just a fashion statement; it's a reflection of your essence, an embodiment of the harmonious dance between contrasts, and a testament to the power of sustainable dressing.

2024 official member of the Fashion Council Germany

2024 showcasing ZWINGENBERG at Copenhagen Fashion Week 07.-09.08.2024 at CIFF COPENHAGEN curated by NEUDEUTSCH Collective

2024 showcasing ZWINGENBERG at Paris Fashion Week 23.-30.09.2024 Showroom and Pop Up

is a fashion and communication designer, fashion entrepreneur and stylist based in Cologne and Ibiza