Team
It is only possible to reinvent a slow fashion label again and again without forgetting its roots, history and DNA with a great deal of dedication and passion.
Fashion with attitude is not just an idea, but also an entrepreneurial responsibility that I have taken on with great conviction from the very beginning.
This is only possible with a clear style direction and a versatile, committed team with a passion for fashion, craftsmanship and socially fair production. The kleinbasel by Tanja Klein team consists of 8 employees, including the sales assistants, the cleaning lady and the core team. Thank you all at this point!
Tanja Klein
Tanja Klein, founder, fashion designer, owner and managing director, interested and curious frequent traveler and networker. With her unwavering commitment to a fair textile world, she has been navigating kleinbasel in all weathers since 2001.
"The inspiration comes from the fabrics, one touch and it is clear to me which model we should create from it. Or colors and styles create a wonderful whole that needs to be brought to life. With my team, it's an incredible pleasure to create new looks and reinvent kleinbasel with its traditional DNA time and time again. I love exploring the world, discovering new things and incorporating my inspirations into the collections and my label."
Anja Oelhafen
Designerin, Leiterin Einkauf und Finanzen, informierte und unerschütterliche Mitdenkerin mit viel Engagement im Hintergrund, unterstützt sie schon seit etlichen Jahren die Macherin und das Label kleinbasel.
"Let’s say it freely: The wonderful is always beautiful; any miracle is beautiful, beautiful is really only the wonderful … "
Caroline Schäfer
Enthusiastic advisor in matters of style and quality, prudent supporter in styling: our dedicated flagship store manager and listener advises our customers and clients with great enthusiasm and joy and enjoys the beautiful and socially fair products from kleinbasel. She also ensures that everything runs smoothly internally in our store and online store and is highly committed to designing the store and shop windows.
"Show me your love" is my mantra! I am surrounded by beautiful things and am happy when I can do something good for my customers. Looking behind the scenes in the design studio inspires me time and time again."
Pilar Lerch
A trained clothing designer with a flair for styling, she enjoys giving advice and has worked at kleinbasel for many years. Pilar Lerch brings a lot of drive and energy to the team and the store, and customers appreciate her professional advice. With her hard-working hands, she also helps with the distribution of the kleinbasel collection to our partners and customers.
"It gives me great pleasure to advise our customers authentically and honestly and to actively inspire them to create new styles and looks."
Katrin Erhart
Trained teacher, passionate about the fashion world of “kleinbasel”, committed to advising customers, an important supporter at trade fairs and an interested, curious learner with enthusiasm and drive.
"Fashion conveys our inner self to the outside world and gives us a feeling of security and satisfaction. It is a reflection of ourselves."
Sofia Saillant, trainee
Our trainee Sofia Saillant has completed her apprenticeship as an EFZ clothing designer and is now doing an 80% design internship. She also supports us in the back office with sales and distribution.
Sofia brings a lot to the table from her training as an EFZ clothing designer: a sense of proportion, a feeling for good styling, sound knowledge of developing and therefore sewing a model and a great vision for herself.
Every year, we are delighted to give an interested young person the opportunity to support kleinbasel in design and sales. The transfer of knowledge from our professional team is enormous and helps a newly qualified clothing designer to make measurable progress. The internship position is flexible and modular between 60 – 100%. Applications for the next internship in August 2026 can be submitted from February 2026.