Press Comments

"Look back in Nostalgia"
Opening Night of the Musical Revue "BuntesRepublik" in the "Alten Schauspielhaus" (Stuttgart)


"... With her costumes Monika Seidl strikes the spirit of the Sixties. ..."
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, December 18, 2010

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"Colored Republic"
A pacy comedy about the 'Economic Wonderland Germany' in the "Alten Schauspielhaus" (Stuttgart)

"... The actors tear their unit-grey clothes off and present themselves in colorful, extravagant costumes. ..."
Esslinger Zeitung online, December 18, 2010

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"Costumes and Stories"

"... Monika Seidl has the feeling for the particular. ..."
MainSign, page 20, issue 4, September 2009

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 "From Cinderella to fantastic glamour dress"

"... The native American has a keen sense of outstanding designs. ..."
Offenbach Post, December 2008

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"... The costumes (Monika Seidl) are just amazing and wallow in a colour and form flush. ..."
Super Mittwoch, December 2008 ("BuntesRepublik", Grenzlandtheater Aachen 2008)
 

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"... as secretary Brigitte, who the costume designer Monika Seidl has chosen beside all her astonishing design ideas as projection screen for the hottest fashion trends. ..." Aachener Zeitung / Aachener Nachrichten, December 2008
("BuntesRepublik", Grenzlandtheater Aachen 2008)
 

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 "... That all bustles around and swings in harmonious and sleek clothing (costumes Monika Seidl) ..."
Grenz-Echo, December 2008 ("BuntesRepublik", Grenzlandtheater Aachen 2008)
 

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"I have always to start something new, ..."

"Costume designer with diplpma and urge for freedom ... Monika Seidl's costume studio in the Goethestraße works for stage, vaudeville, film and television ..." Offenbach Post, August 2007

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"... alternating emotions and continuous changing of Monika Seidl's resplendent historical costumes contribute to the confusion of the plot ..."  Offenbach Post, July 2005 ("Ritter vom Mirakel" (The Knight of Miracle), Heppenheim Festival 2005)

 

"... and in her voluminous giant skirt costume designer Monika-Seidl has sewed in an artful pulling construction. If needed, the hem is lifted and immediately the manhood is checkmate ..."
Darmstädter Echo, July 2005 ("Ritter vom Mirakel" (The Knight of Miracle), Heppenheim Festival 2005)

 

"Pictures in Motion"
"The dress fits the picture – thanks to fashion and costume designer Monika Seidl. ... " 
Frankfurter Rundschau, May 2005

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"She vests Al Capone with the right outfit"
"With her costumes and masks for theater, film, tv and advertising, designer Monika Seidl has her customers throughout Germany ... "
 Frankfurter Rundschau, January 2005

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"Monika Seidl gives actors the needed charisma when she lays out the measuring tape, designs and manufactures costumes for plays, opera and comedies. In her studio in Wehrheim, unique treasuries are created which are really hard to beat."  Frankfurter Rundschau, February 1999

 

"It is her style to mix up fashionable trends and cloth with the traditional theater and to interpret them historically. A wild, but felicitous mixture."  Magazin der Elisabethenbühne, edition 16/1995

 

"When Monika Seidl pulls out her sketchbooks, a world of phantasy is opened up. Whether seductive, mean or scheming - with her costumes, Monika Seidl expresses the character of a figure."  Frankfurter Neue Presse, February 1999

 

"The outfits as well are fantastic. In magnificent, luscious colors, the robes made of brocade, velvet and silk provoke the delight of the ladies in the parquet."   Frankfurter Neue Presse, December 1999