Designer Atil Kutoglu Receives Silver Medal of Honor from the City of Vienna

Fashion designer Atil Kutoglu will be awarded the Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna. The award at the end of September is intended to honor his multifaceted work - as a fashion designer, costume designer for plays and theater, cultural mediator, and not least his commitment to charitable projects, such as in collaboration with the Red Cross, it was stated in the announcement on Tuesday. Additionally, the presentation of his new collection is upcoming.

Decoration of Honor Ceremony at Vienna City Hall

The ceremony is scheduled for September 29 in the City Senate meeting room of the City Hall. "Atil Kutoglu, as a fashion designer, creates a cultural bridge between Ottoman form repertoire and Western design understanding," Cultural Councillor Veronica Kaup-Hasler was quoted in a press release. As an "ambassador of our diverse and vibrant metropolis, he conveys Vienna's understanding of cosmopolitanism to international runways and sets impulses for dialogue, diversity, and solidarity".

Kutoglu: "Fashion for Me Never an End in Itself"

On October 1, the designer will present his Spring/Summer 2026 collection at the Hotel Le Meridien Vienna, accompanied by a charity initiative in favor of the Red Cross. "Fashion is never an end in itself for me, but always a means of understanding - between cultures, generations, social realities. With this collection, I want to make not only fabrics resonate but also hearts. That we are once again allowed to support the Red Cross gives the whole thing a soul," said Kutoglu.

Born in Istanbul, rooted in Vienna, Atil Kutoglu became an ambassador of Austrian fashion on international runways in the 1990s. His designs, inspired by oriental ornamentation and European tailoring, were also worn by stars like Naomi Campbell or Catherine Zeta-Jones. His career began in Vienna, supported by the then-mayor Helmut Zilk, while his wife, musical and TV icon Dagmar Koller, was his first prominent client. Kutoglu has received multiple awards - from the City of Munich's prize for young designers in the 1990s to fashion awards in Turkey, the USA, Germany, and Austria, up to the "Decoration of Honor of the Republic of Austria for Science and Art" in 2012. For ten years, he presented his collections at New York Fashion Week.

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