JULIA RUHNKE WAS BORN IN HAMBURG 1975, WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1996.

INTERNSHIPS IN INTERIOR DESIGN, PACKAGE DESIGN AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOLLOWED, WHILE SHE ATTENDED PROFESSIONAL PAINTING LESSONS. FROM 1997 TO 2000, SHE STUDIED FASHION DESIGN AT THE AKADEMIE FÜR MODEDESIGN (ACADEMY OF FASHION DESIGN) IN HAMBURG, WHICH INCLUDED A SIX-MONTHINTERNSHIP AT VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, LONDON.

RIGHT AFTER HER GRADUATION, JULIA RUHNKE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH HER OWN LABEL, "QUEEN FOR A DAY". IN SUMMER 2000, SHE LAUNCHED HER LABEL "QUEEN FOR A DAY" IN HAMBURG/GERMANY.

THE LABEL INCLUDED AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION CONSISTING OF CASHMERE, FUR VESTS, THE UNIQUE ARMY BAGS WITH SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS AS WELL AS A CASUAL LINE WITH SWEAT PANTS AND SWEATIES IN L.A. STYLE. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL START IN GERMANY, DISTRIBUTION WAS EXPANDED ABROAD. SHOWROOMS IN PARIS AND WORLD-WIDE SALES OF THE COLLECTION "QUEEN FOR A DAY" FOLLOWED.

SEVEN YEARS LATER, THE DESIGNER DECIDED TO INTRODUCE A CHANGE, THUS FULFILLING A LONG-NURTURED WISH OF HERS.

IN DECEMBER 2007, SHE OPENED THE FIRST SHOP OF HER OWN UNDER THE NAME "QUEEN FOR A DAY" IN HAMBURG.

SHE NOW SHIFTED HER ATTENTION FROM PRODUCTION TO RETAIL SALES AND DECIDED TO LET THE COLLECTION REST FOR THE TIME BEING IN ORDER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE NEW PROJECT.

UPON ENTERING THE SHOP, ONE IMMEDIATELY REALIZES THAT THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. THE DEVOTION TO DETAIL PERMEATES THE SHOP FROM ITS STYLING TO THE ABUNDANT RANGE OF PRODUCTS, WHICH JULIA RUHNKE COLLECTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH GREAT PASSION. SHE IS EVEN THE FIRST TO BRING MANY LABELS TO GERMANY AND INDEED FIRST OF ALL TO HAMBURG.

THE CONCEPT PROVED SUCCESSFUL AND ANOTHER SHOP OPENED IN HAMBURG/EPPENDORF IN SPRING 2009.