trinitY, the second edition. IT´S CRAZY, IT´S MIND-BOGGLING - IT´S A COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTALLINE ALKALOID, C17H21NO4 , EXTRACTED FROM COCA LEAVES, SOMETIMES USED IN MEDICINE AS A LOCAL ANESTHETIC ESPECIALLY FOR THE EYES, NOSE OR THROAT AND WIDELY USED AS AN ILLICIT DRUG FOR ITS EUPHORIC AND STIMULATING EFFECTS - it´s cocaine 20 YEARS AGO FRANK SCHELLING, WHO WAS A CHEF AT THE TIME, FOUNDED A BOUTIQUE CALLED “RISIKO”. THE NAME MEANS “RISK”, WHICH IS WHAT HE THOUGHT OPENING HIS OWN BOUTIQUE WAS. MEANWHILE HE NOW HAS TWO STORES, ALMOST LIKE BLACK & WHITE - YING & YANG. TO- GETHER WITH HIS PROFESSIONAL STYLE TEAM OF ELVIRA SCHELLING AND MARC BECKE, THEY PROVIDE ADVICE TO CUSTOMERS, GIVE STYLEGUIDES AND PASS ON TRICKS AND TIPS AS HOW TO DRESS “DIFFERENTLY”. THEY LOVE THE SPEED AT WHICH FASHION TRAVELS. THEIR AMBITION IS TO BE FASTER, EARLIER AND MORE INNOVATIVE. THEY INDULGE IN THEIR BUSINESS WITH GREAT PLEASURE, CONSULTING THEIR CLIENTS, TEASING OUT THE “WOW” FACTOR, DEMONSTRATING THE JOY OF DRESSING DIFFERENTLY, OF FEELING DIFFERENT - SHOWING THAT DRESSING WITH A DIFFERENCE IS A LIFESTYLE. NOBODY SHOULD BE DICTATED BY FASHION - THEY ARE OF THE OPINION, THAT EACH INDI- VIDUAL HAS THE RIGHT TO UNDERLINE HIS PERSONALITY. IT´S SIMPLY AN AMAZINGLY BEAU- TIFUL FEELING: ELVIRA AND MARC PERCEIVE FASHION AS A FORM OF ART THAT EQUALIZES MEN AND WOMEN... TOGETHER WITH “RISIKO”, WE DECIDED TO GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF “NORMALITY”. ALL CREDIT TO ROLAND HESS, ARTDIRECTOR OF “COCAINE” - WHEN CATALOG KILLS YOUR MIND, COURAGESNESS BECOMES THE DRUG TO REINVENT ONESELF! so For noW, let “cocaine” take You aWaY, have Fun and Find YourselF ... Thomas KeTTner