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Florian Schneider’s personally owned grey pinstripe suit, consisting of a jacket and two pairs of matching trousers. The jacket bears a “Schneidermeister W. Berhorst Düsseldorf” label to the interior and was customized by Schneider, who removed its conventional buttons and replaced them with amplifier-style control knobs, including on the front and cuffs. The jacket measures 19 inches across the chest and 29.5 inches from the back of the neck to the hem; the trousers have a 32-inch waist and 28-inch inseam. In overall excellent condition, with some light wear to the jacket material; one pair of trousers has some wear and loose threads around the waist and a missing button. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks.
Provenance: Julien’s Auctions, The Florian Schneider Collection, November 19, 2025, Lot 351.
Schneider co-founded Kraftwerk with Ralf Hütter in 1970 and remained a central member for nearly four decades. Working from the group’s Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf, Kraftwerk developed an electronic sound and carefully controlled visual identity that proved highly influential on subsequent electronic music and pop. Schneider’s experimentation with synthesized and electronically processed voices was particularly important to the group’s work, while albums including Autobahn, Radio-Activity, and Trans-Europe Express helped establish Kraftwerk’s international reputation.
