Eight takeaways from Copenhagen Fashion Week

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The SS24 season of Copenhagen Fashion Week was the busiest edition yet, showing that the event continues to grow and become a serious rival to some of the biggest in the world. fashion capitals The Danish city is best known for its incubation of new talent, international crowds and lively street style, and this week was no different.

Nicklas Skovgaard was the breakout star

Instead of a traditional runway show, the 28-year-old designer held a one-on-one performance with former dancer Britt Liberg, who slipped on and off his designs one by one as she dove between the mannequins and wowed the front row. The clothes themselves combined styles and silhouettes from different eras: Victorian corsets and ruffles, flapper tassels and high-shine ’80s sequins, somehow coming together into one cohesive collection.

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Copenhagen celebrated Copenhagen

This season, Denmark’s creatives took an introspective turn, using the capital city itself as an influence for their collections. There was stine goya‘s Homecoming, which was set on the street where the designer lives, an area with so-called “Potato Row” terraces, with models coming out of different houses before sitting down to eat at a common table among neighbors.

Baum and Pferdgarten he also drew inspiration from the city, drawing on monuments, graffiti and the port to create his collection, while sakspotts‘ was inspired by Danish summers and took place in an area close to where the brand’s designers went to kindergarten together.

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Laid Back played a surprise show

The Danish electronic duo, formed in 1979 and who came to embody the sound of the ’80s, performed during SunflowerThe show of day two. The synth-pop sounds of “White Horse” and “Sunshine Reggae” became the runway playlist, which featured blazers with matching shorts, leather jackets and jean ensembles.

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Danish menswear is on the rise

Although brands like wood wood, nordic projects and Samsøe Samsøe have been contributing to the Copenhagen menswear scene for years, this edition of fashion week saw the biggest deal yet.

The most outstanding shows were Sunflower, lattimier and rolf ekrothwhile tennis brand palms is claiming its position as Denmark’s answer to American sports-influenced brands like rowing jackets and Aime Leon Dore.

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Brands Got Innovative With Fabric

Copenhagen hosts the world’s most sustainable fashion week and requires its designers to meet a number of standards to be included on the calendar. One of these areas is the intelligent choice of materials, in which at least 50 percent of each collection is made from certified fabrics, new generation sustainable materials, upcycling/recycling or dead material.

This has encouraged brands to experiment with sustainable materials this season. Ganni she used Oleatex, a fabric produced from the waste streams of olive oil production, for a dress, while Stine Goya made quilted bags out of apple leather.

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Barbiecore is not dead yet

Greta Gerwig may have caused a shortage of pink paint while building the set BarbieBut the availability of pink fabric to designers seems endless, with the trend for fuchsia, magenta and bubblegum still dominating the runways.

In Stine Goya, he starred in tailoring and knitwear; at Saks Potts, there were pink bikinis and tube dresses; and in Paulina in Russianit was used for gathered blouses and skirts.

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Scandinavian street style is changing

Copenhagen’s distinctive street style, shaped by the likes of Ganni and cecilie bahnsen – has played no small part in drawing worldwide attention to the city’s fashion week, and the term “Scandi style” in general. But where it used to rely on puff sleeves, bold prints and “timeless” wardrobe, the sidewalk look this year has gotten edgier, dark-influenced and avant-garde, perhaps due to the rise of new-generation designers.

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Shows your underwear

While sheer clothing has been ubiquitous on the runways for a few seasons, the Copenhagen designers decided to ditch the layers and go straight for bras and underwear.

A Roege Hove she paired her slinky knitwear with briefs, Opera Sport paired a pair with a puffer jacket, while Saks Potts paired the undergarment with a loose-fit shirt and utility belt. Bras also occupied a central place, with the garment and helmstedt sending ruffled and beaded triangle bikinis down the runway.