Tanja Klein (*1967) is the fashion designer and label owner of the local shop «kleinbasel». Along with a team of 9 people, she designs, produces and sells her collections in her own shop here in Basel and other dedicated shops in Switzerland.
In 1994, not long after she came back from her gap years in the USA, she opened her own couture atelier in Basel. A couple of years later, she created the label «kleinbasel» and with it she launched her own collection. After furthering her education with a degree in Fashion Design and doing a foundation course at the School of Design in Basel. Located in Kleinbasel along the Clarastrasse, her first store opened in 2006. Following that, she won several design competitions and expanded her label to other Swiss cities.