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"I came across Harald Gloeoeckler a few years ago&amp;amp;#8212;back when he was hawking his Pompoos (real name) clothing line on QVC in Europe&amp;amp;#8212;but I kind of forgot about him until just now, when I spotted his very, um, distinctive style in today&amp;#x27;s newswire photos from Berlin Fashion Week. Have you ever heard of Harald Gloeoeckler, the fairly renowned German fashion designer? Well, if not, you&amp;#x27;ll definitely want to check out our Harald Gloeoeckler crash course 101 after the jump. Harald Gloeoeckler (whose last name is also spelled Gl&amp;amp;#246;ckler, Gl&amp;amp;#246;&amp;amp;#246;ckler or Gloeckler) opened his first fashion boutique in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1987, where he sold jeans and shirts. In 1990, he founded Pomp&amp;amp;#246;&amp;amp;#246;s, the label he would later take to home shopping television networks under the name &amp;quot;Harald Gl&amp;amp;#246;&amp;amp;#246;ckler Pomp&amp;amp;#246;&amp;amp;#246;s Design Mode.&amp;quot; Check out one of his QVC segments here: And an interview with Gloeoeckler here: Seriously, he is for real. In fact, if, after watching those clips, Gloeoeckler seems familiar to you, that&amp;#x27;s probably because he inspired Sasha Baron Cohen&amp;#x27;s fashion-designing alter ego Br&amp;amp;#252;no. What&amp;#x27;s Gloeoeckler up to these days? Well, he just showed his latest collection&amp;amp;#8212;&amp;quot;Gloeoeckler presented by bonprix&amp;quot; at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin&amp;amp;#8212;to which he turned up to wearing a holographic jumpsuit underneath a floor-length white fur coat, his forehead sprinkled with crystals and his neck and fingers wrapped in rhinestones. Want to know more about Harald Gloeoeckler? Check out his homepage here. What do you think about Harald Gloeoeckler&amp;#x27;s over-the-top look? Would you buy clothes from this man? I kind of like it when designers really let their freak flags fly, but do you think Harald&amp;#x27;s look is too much? Sound off in the comments! PLUS... &amp;amp;#183; OMG! Here&amp;#x27;s a dress made from hundreds of surgical masks &amp;amp;#183; 4 OMG beautiful Halloween makeup ideas &amp;amp;#183; OMG Johnny Weir hits the runway at NJ fashion week Photo credit: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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