SHAROKINA

Behind the SHAROKINA label stands the fashion and product designer Sharokina Golpashin.

The daughter of a German mother and an Assyrian father studied fashion design at the University of Trier, Germany, with a semester abroad at the University of Art and Design in Basel, Switzerland. Here, in 2008, she focused on leatherworking for the first time and quickly discovered her passion for this material.

The almost limitless design options paired with the precious and sensual character fascinate and inspire her again and again.

From that point on, leather products became an integral part of her collections, and the idea of ​​her own leather goods label was born.
Sharokina gained valuable experiences at HUGO BOSS AG (menswear design and creative management), Modepioniere Berlin (manufacturing), and QVEST magazine (fashion and design editorial office), as well as during a guest semester in the field of gemstone and jewelry design at the University of Trier, location Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

After graduating in winter 2010, she decided to study for a master’s degree in product design at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and specialized in the development of genuine leather accessories.

Already during her studies, which she completed in summer 2015 with the Master of Arts, she officially established the label SHAROKINA. Since then, she puts a lot of passion and attention to detail into every step of the collection development.

SHAROKINA was awarded the Red Dot Award in 2020 and 2021 and received the prestigious Manufactum Staatspreis NRW, one of the most important prizes of its kind in Germany, in April 2021.