Team
It is only with great commitment and passion that it is possible to reinvent a slow fashion label over and over again, without ever forgetting its roots, story and DNA. This is possible only with clear Styling and a versatile dedicated team who shares the passion for fashion, handwork and social fair production. The kleinbasel by Tanja Klein team consists of over 10 employees including temporary salesperson in the shop and the cleaning service additonal to the core team. Thanks to them!

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.
"Morning coffe by my herb garden on my balcony is the perfect start to the day for me. I love exploring the World, discovering new things and incorporating my inspiration into my collections and brand."
Caroline Schäfer
Enthusiastic consultant when it comes to style, no-nonsense professional when it comes to quality, prudent supporter when it comes to styling: our good listener advises our customers and clients with great enthusiasm and pleasure and enjoys the beautiful and socially fair products from kleinbasel.
"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."


Anja Oelhafen
Designer, Head of Purchasing and Finance, informed and steadfast thinker with a lot of commitment in the background, she has been supporting the maker and the kleinbasel label for many years.
"Let’s say it freely: The wonderful is always beautiful; any miracle is beautiful, beautiful is really only the wonderful … "
André Breton
Ksenia Bucher
As a sales and administration employee, Ksenia is the busy bee in the store. She also works hard in our online store and makes our partner stores happy with the beautiful kleinbasel collections.
"Fashion is poetry, it is science, but above all it is passion."


Anja Bodenmann
A cutting technician and studio manager with a Valais dialect, a committed, prudent and cheerful model developer with a sense for the kleinbasel DNA and a knack for perfect proportions.
"I’m fascinated by how inspiration and innovation come together in construction to create a high-quality garment."
Internship in Design / Sales
Sabrina Gerigk, trained clothing designer EFZ and federally certified theater tailor, is currently doing an 80% internship with us.
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%.
