About Tanja Klein
Designer and owner of the label kleinbasel, 1967
Together with my team, we design, develop, produce, distribute and sell our collections in our own store in Basel as well as in selected stores in Switzerland.
The idea of clothing and accessories made under fair social conditions
collections has been with me since the very beginning. As a clothing designer myself, I value careful handwork and it must be fairly remunerated. We offer a real alternative to mass production, the collections produced in small batches are less harmful to the environment and thus pave the way for awareness of local goods.
- 2023 new Webshop und new Website
- 2019 Closing Shop Bern
- 2019 Expansion of the online store kleinbasel.net. The clothing collection is also now available online.
- 2018 We are moving our design studio to Imbergässli 5 in Basel
- 2017 Various orders in the field of corporate fashion: Paul Ullrich AG Amt für Justizvollzug Bern Bardusch AG
- 2016 Opening kleinbasel by Tanja Klein Shop Bern
- 2016 Renovation and Reopening of the Flagship Store in Basel
- 2016 The label receives the addition “by Tanja Klein”
- 2015 EASE FashionShow at the flagship store in Basel
- 2015 Order Staff Clothing Landesmuseum Zurich
- 2015 Promo in Globus Basel
- 2014 kleinbasel Pop Up Store In Viadukt 21 in Zurich
- 2014 Redesign CI kleinbasel, new label ‘Limited Edition’, models available exclusively from kleinbasel
- 2014 Designs from the kleinbasel collection are included in the textile design collection of the Swiss National Museum
- 2012 competition winner for the design of the team clothing of the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)
- 2011 move into the new showroom / studio on the Solothurnerstrasse in Basel
- 2009 kleinbasel goes Grossbasel, relocation flagship store to Schneidergasse 24 in Basel
- 2008 Opening of kleinbasel shop at Bäckerstrasse 56 in Zurich
- 2007 profit competition, implementation of clothing concept for employees «James, living with service», ZH
- 2006 Opening of kleinbasel shop at Clarastrasse 11 in Basel + Winner of competition: clothing concept Scool Uniforms in Basel
- 2005-2006 Part-time foundation course, School of Design in Basel
- 2003 launch of the ‘kleinbasel’ bag collection
- 2002 Further education for fashion designer HFP in Zurich + Creation of collections for different clients
- 2001 Label foundation ‘kleinbasel’ with clothes collection
- 1994 Own shop with couture workshop in Basel
- 1989-1991 stay abroad in Los Angeles + New York
- 1986-1989 training as a seamstress