Mourning for the fashion designer
Guido Maria Kretschmer’s mother “follows father to heaven”
December 21, 2023, 9:51 p.m
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The fashion designer’s father died in August. Now Kretschmer has to cope with the loss of his mother. Just a few weeks ago he talked about her dementia and explained how he deals with it. He now says goodbye to Marianne as “the most tolerant person I knew, a free soul”.
The mother of fashion designer Guido Maria Kretschmer is dead. “A week ago today my beloved mother followed my father to heaven,” the 58-year-old wrote on Instagram alongside a black and white photo showing his mother. “My mother was the most tolerant person I knew, a free soul,” Kretschmer continued. She showed him love, kindness, appreciation and understanding throughout his life and never expected anything from him except that he be happy. “Thank you mom for always protecting me and loving me unconditionally! I miss you so much…”
Kretschmer recently spoke in an interview about his mother Marianne’s dementia and at the same time advocated sensitive treatment of affected people. “I believe that it could make it easier for the relatives of people with dementia if you play along with the gaps in their memory,” said the 58-year-old in an “Bild” interview on the occasion of the publication of his new book “19,521 Steps”.
“Great sadness” due to forgetting his mother
Kretschmer explained that he himself was “really able to get involved in it” and “even found it enriching if you could get out of the way of your own life for a moment.” “There is great sadness when you feel that you suddenly forget your own mother,” Kretschmer continued.
It wasn’t until August that Kretschmer had to cope with his father’s death. “Last week, my beloved father spread his wings and left us,” Kretschmer wrote on Instagram alongside a black and white photo that showed him with his father. “My father was full of love, good nature and warmth. He always showed me that everything is possible and that if you are decent and loving you can go through life very happily.” Kretschmer wrote that his father was full of love, good nature and warmth. “I’m going to miss you so much, Dad.”