We had the good fortune of connecting with Dietmar Kohl and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Dietmar, what’s the most important lesson your business/career has taught you?
Well the lesson was that all we worked so hard for could stop in a nanosecond and we have to start all over again !

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I Live to Love and i Love to Live ! that is the Feeling i want to get out into the wide open..started to create fabrics/Swimsuits and tshirts from my Photographs and gra[hic Work but Covid stopped it all pretty good ! the Lesson is dont give up start again !

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
would go into the Deserts and Mountains of California a Roundtrip starting in Joshua Tree / Pionieertown / Pappy & Harriet’s..the coastal areas Venice malibu up tp Big Sur Carmel and San Francisco Sausalito into Yosemite the Redwood Forests Mono Lake into the Sierra Nevada back to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Mt Whitney down the coast gain stop at the hearst castle ..

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
We can start with my parents they made it possible for me to go to graphic art school in Vienna /Austria thats where it all started the creative People of Fashion and everything that comes with it in Vienna that City yes deserves a shoutout ..to many mentors lovers and supporters to mention ! no i didnt make my Books yet or i would shout out for my Book of Roses and ..

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