CIFF news and archive

CIFF unveils ‘discovery’ theme for 30-year anniversary show

The Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) has announced the dates of its 60th Edition show to be February 1 to 3, as it comes into its 30th Anniversary year. Located at the city’s Bellacenter, the Danish trade event is also set to present a “refreshed and renewed commitment to redefining the modern trade show”, the organisation said in a...

Nov 17, 2022

Fairs

CIFF appoints new director ahead of August show

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) has appointed Anna Sofie Dolva as its new director. Dolva joins CIFF from yet-to-be-launched tech-beauty brand Luluab, where she has served as chief commercial officer since June 2021. Earlier in her career, she spent five years at beauty giant L'Oréal, most recently serving as business unit director...

Aug 3, 2022

Fairs

JOOR Renews Partnership With CIFF for Fully Hybrid SS23 Trade Show in Copenhagen

JOOR, the world’s leading digital wholesale management ecosystem, and Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF), the longest-running fashion trade fair in northern Europe, have renewed their exclusive partnership for the SS23 selling season. In under 30 years, CIFF has grown from regional trade fair to international fashion hub and showcase...

Aug 2, 2022

Fairs

Danish trade fair CIFF confirmed to go ahead physically next month

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) will go ahead in person from February 2 to 4 following fears it may be cancelled due to the pandemic. “We have just had the fabulous news that there are no longer any restrictions in place to hinder CIFF,” organisers of the event announced. “We are incredibly grateful that we can all be here together...

Jan 14, 2022

Business

Joor to host 14 international fashion events

Wholesale management site Joor has announced it will be the exclusive digital host of 14 international fashion events through the Joor Passport platform. The program powers digital showrooms, events and trade shows, with Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) being the first event on its roster this year, taking place on August 9. In...

Aug 5, 2021

Fairs

Joor announces new partnerships for the summer 2021 season

For the first time, global wholesale platform Joor is partnering with Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) as well as the UK Department for International trade via its Joor Passport service. As part of its partnership with renowned Copenhagen trade show CIFF, Joor will support the virtual element of the event, the company announced in a...

May 19, 2021

Fashion Featured

Copenhagen Fashion Week to be digital-only this February

Organisers of Copenhagen Fashion Week have confirmed that due to the development of Covid-19 and recent restrictions, the upcoming edition in February will take place as planned but will be run digitally, and not as a hybrid format as hoped. In December, Copenhagen Fashion Week confirmed that the event would take place from February 2-5 and that...

Jan 5, 2021

FairsFeatured

CIFF steps away from traditional trade show format

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) has confirmed that the fashion industry isn’t ready for a traditional trade show in August due to the coronavirus pandemic and has decided instead to launch a new format, ‘Elevated Order Days’ to be held on the same days, from August 9-12. In a statement, CIFF said: “The Danish Health Authorities...

Jul 7, 2020

Fairs

CIFF to launch new digital platform in partnership with Traede

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair is one of the few trade fairs that has not been cancelled due to the coronavirus, with its next edition taking place from August 9 to 12. The organizers have recently announced the launch of their new digital platform CIFF Digital in partnership with online fashion sales platform Traede. From SS21 onwards,...

Jul 1, 2020

Fashion Featured

Will digital showrooms save fashion's wholesale brands?

Back in January, the Copenhagen trade show CIFF introduced its first digital showroom. The initiative received little fanfare at the time, but as the unfolding pandemic crisis has halted the global fashion industry’s events, the concept of the digital showroom may just about save the season. In partnership with online showroom Ordre, CIFF...

Apr 29, 2020

Fashion Featured

Copenhagen Fashion Week scheduled to still go ahead in August

The organisers of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) have announced that its SS21 edition is still scheduled to go ahead between 4 and 7 August despite ongoing uncertainty over how long the Covid-19 pandemic will last. The news comes as scores of events both inside and outside of the fashion industry continue to be postponed or altogether cancelled...

Apr 2, 2020

FairsFeatured

CIFF expands sportswear and launches C+ for sustainable innovations

Copenhagen - For two weeks a year, Copenhagen is dominated with fashion. Last week, the Danish capital, which remains high on the list of fashionable cities in the eyes of the industry, was once again flooded with buyers, sales representatives, influencers and everything in between as a result of the concurrently running Copenhagen Fashion Week...

Feb 6, 2020