by | Capital: | € 40 million |
| Age: | 75 |
| Born: | 11/18/1944 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Wolfgang Joop was born in Potsdam on November 18, 1944, the son of Gerhard and Charlotte Joop. He spent his childhood at the Bornstedt Estate, which belonged to his grandfather and was located near the Sansssouci Palace.
The family left the plantation in 1954 and moved to Braunschweig. Joop graduated from high school in 1964 and then began to study advertising psychology. However, Joop broke it and turned to art education. After a while, he also completed his studies and began working as a recovery instead.
Wolfgang Joop married Karin Benatzky in 1970, who was studying art at the time. The couple took part in the fashion competition held by Constanze magazine. Joop received the first three prizes and started working as fashion editors for Hamburg Women’s Magazine “Neue Mode”.
The following years were spent as journalists and independent fashion designers. In 1978 he finally made an international breakthrough as a fashion designer by presenting his own fag collection. Through the New York Times, he received the title “Prussian Designer”.
Career highlights
Wolfgang Joop received a d’Or fil at Monte Carlo in 1983. In 1984 he was awarded the “Golden Roving” fashion prize by the City of Krefeld and the European Silk Commission. In 1995, the forum prize followed, which was received by Joop from the Textilwirtschaft trading magazine. The Bild newspaper respects German fashion designers with OSGAR media prizes in 2005. Bambi was attended in 2009 as a “special jury” and in 2011 Wolfgang Joop received the Men of the Year award from GQ magazine. In the same year, Joop also received the Regentbogen Award radio, which was given to him in the “Media Man” category. In 2012, the German Federal Republican designer award respected the “life achievement” of Joop, while the Vienna award in the field of fashion and lifestyle expanded this honor in 2018 as a “style icon”.
Famous quotes
– “The feeling of loneliness shows that you are unique.”
– “The man has discovered himself as a pleasure object and is no longer waiting for Mutti to attract him.”
– “The nice thing about fashion is that it wears out so quickly.”
Amazing facts
In 1985 Wolfgang Joop received a position as a lecturer to visit to design at the University of Berlin Art. Among other things, he took over the management of the “Fur Fashion With Accessories” seminar.
In addition, Joop was involved in various social institutions, such as Dunkelziffer EV, Suar Hamburg and German bone marrow donation files. He is also a protector and support for animal shelters in Potsdam.
Last but not least, Wolfgang Joop believes that the division becomes gay or straight makes no sense. In 2014 he told Bildzeitung that sexual orientation was absolutely irrelevant in modern times.
