Heritage& Purpose
Rooted in three generations of women who challenged convention — from Olympic arenas to UNICEF missions — and transformed that legacy into a fashion house with a conscience.
A Legacy of Female Strength
Liselott Linsenhoff
Olympic Gold Medalist
The first woman in history to win individual Olympic gold in dressage. Her discipline, precision, and refusal to be diminished became the genetic code of this house.
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff
Champion & Humanitarian
Olympic champion and former Vice Chairwoman of UNICEF Germany. She bridged sporting excellence with a lifelong commitment to women's rights and children's welfare worldwide.
Liselott-Marie Linsenhoff
Founder, CEO & Artistic Director, HAUS LINSENHOFF
Raised between Germany and the South of France, Liselott-Marie Linsenhoff is a founding member of UNICEF NextGen Germany. Inspired by three generations of female leadership, humanitarian engagement, and equestrian heritage, she founded HAUS LINSENHOFF as an expression of three generations of female strength, craftsmanship, and purpose.
The Models
The Collection
Within the collection model, clients acquire garments connected to specific projects and initiatives aligned with the themes of each collection. Through these collaborations, the house supports causes focused on women's empowerment, education, protection, and social advocacy.
Bespoke Couture
Alongside the collections, Haus Linsenhoff creates bespoke pieces commissioned individually by clients. For each custom garment, 10%of the value is donated to the Linsenhoff Foundation — supporting women's and children's education, healthcare, protection, and opportunity.
“If you educate a woman, you educate a generation.”
Through couture and collection alike, the house turns fashion into a bridge between visibility, storytelling, and meaningful generational change.
Strong Fragility
“Strong Fragility” describes the duality at the core of the house — the coexistence of softness and strength within femininity. It challenges the historic misconception that fragility is synonymous with weakness, naming instead the immense strength required to endure, survive, and overcome inequality, violence, discrimination, and oppression.
Within the visual language of the house, this tension is expressed through the contrast of strong architectural tailoring and delicate organic elements such as flowers — symbols traditionally associated with femininity. “Strong Fragility” reframes vulnerability as a form of strength.
The Haus Method
Our couture pieces are custom-made and tailored to perfectly fit the individual body of every woman. You are actively involved in the design process and the selection of fabrics — a personalised, unforgettable experience built around you.
Measurements
We begin by taking your measurements, listening to your vision and preferences.
Toile Prototype
An initial prototype in toile is created to translate the design into form.
Fitting
We bring the toile to your chosen location for a fitting and further customisation.
Adjustments
A fitting of the final piece, where we incorporate every adjustment from your feedback.
Delivery Review
Upon delivery, we review the details together and make any final changes.
The work is realised by a carefully selected collective of independent artisans and couturiers in Paris — masters trained at Fendi, Atelier Emè, Schiaparelli, House of Worth, Chloé, and Rabanne, alongside emerging talents we mentor. A flexible, respectful collaboration; an independent, feminist form of Haute Couture.
France & Germany
The connection between the Linsenhoff family and France spans generations. The family originally descends from the Schindlings, founders of VDO — a company known for instruments for automobiles, aviation, and marine navigation. Adolf Schindling came from an old fishing family and served within the German marine forces; water, movement, and the sea were rooted in the family identity long before France became a second home.
Liselott Linsenhoff and her husband Fritz spent their summers in the South of France and on the Mediterranean; she eventually left Germany behind and made France her permanent home. Her daughter, Ann Kathrin, moved there with her, attended school in France, and later lived in Paris. For founder Liselott-Marie, France was always bound to childhood — Provence summers at her grandmother's home and yearly trips to Paris, its museums, bookstores, and exhibitions. Growing up between German precision and French cultural influence, she developed a fascination with couture and craftsmanship.
“France represented not only beauty and inspiration, but also a deep appreciation for savoir-faire, culture, and the preservation of artisanal craftsmanship.”
The Language of Color
The visual identity of the house is rooted in the founder's childhood home, Gestüt Schafhof — and in the historic black-and-yellow of the Frankfurter Turnierstall Schwarz-Gelb. The iconic yellow ceramic stable tiles of the estate became the foundation of the house's visual language.
Imperial Yellow
The yellow of HAUS LINSENHOFF is inspired by the iconic ceramic tiles of Gestüt Schafhof and the historic colors of the Frankfurter Turnierstall Schwarz-Gelb. Chosen shade represents visibility, energy, warmth, and presence. Historically, “Imperial Yellow” symbolized prestige, strength, and distinction — values traditionally reserved for structures of power. HAUS LINSENHOFF reinterprets this symbolism through a female perspective: not as dominance, but as confidence, resilience,and earned visibility.
“ The color reflects women who do not diminish themselves to enter a room, but illuminate it.”
Lamp Black
The black of HAUS LINSENHOFF is inspired by the historic depth of Lamp Black — one of the earliest blacks used in art, tailoring, ink, and architectural drawing. Traditionally created from the residue of flame and light, Lamp Black carries a quiet tension between softness and strength. The shade reflects precision, discipline, and timeless elegance while remaining deeply connected to craftsmanship shaped by the human hand. Tthe color serves as the grounding counterpart to the house’s luminous yellow, creating a balance between structure and radiance, restraint and visibility.
Together, the palette reflects the visual identity of HAUS LINSENHOFF: architectural yet emotional, disciplined yet expressive.
The Marks
The Figure
Inspired by Carpeaux's “The Four Parts of the World Holding the Celestial Sphere” (1872), in the Luxembourg Gardens. Reinterpreted through a contemporary female lens, the upward movement of the body evokes both burden and empowerment — resilience, artistic freedom, and transformation.
The Signature
The “HAUS” wordmark is based on the founder's own handwriting, created with paint strokes and rooted in her youth with graffiti and tagging culture. Raw and instinctive, it balances the monumentality of the figure with immediacy and individuality.
The Ribbon
The black-and-yellow ribbon is drawn from the front band of the historic jockey costume of Gestüt Asta — the origin of the colours. More than a graphic accent, it represents tradition, discipline, performance, and legacy.
Where It Goes
True empowerment is created through independence, opportunity, and protection. The Linsenhoff Foundation channels the house's impact into causes that let women and girls not only survive, but build sustainable futures for themselves and the generations that follow.
Women's Education
Supporting girls’ access to education in underserved communities — the founding principle behind every collection.
Healthcare & Protection
Providing legal aid and healthcare access for women in crisis through verified NGO partnerships.
Economic Empowerment
Supporting women’s access to work, independence, and opportunity — the foundations of sustainable futures.
The voices and courage of women have been, are, and will continue to be essential to the fight for human rights.
Appearances
Isabell Werth
Most successful Olympian in German history — Sportpresseball 2024
Carolin Schäfer
German Olympian — Sportpresseball 2024
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff
German Olympic champion and former vice head of UNICEF Germany
Lena Gercke
German top model, entrepreneur and television host at the LeGer Christmas Ball 2025
Awards
Courage Film Festival
Berlin — Winner
Because we even won the Courage Film Festival in Berlin with it.
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Whether you are drawn to a commission, a collaboration, or simply wish to learn more about the house — we would love to hear from you.