CPHFW news and archive

Copenhagen Fashion Week sets dates for AW24 season

Weeks after wrapping up its jam-packed spring/summer 2024 season, Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has already set its dates for the autumn/winter 2024 period. The Scandinavian organisation has scheduled its upcoming event to take place between January 29 and February 2, 2024, with applications to join the schedule now beginning to open. Those...

Fashion

Copenhagen SS24: color, print and pattern

Copenhagen Fashion Week is becoming bigger and more impressive every year. This time around there was a large contingent of international press and buyers in attendance in Denmark for the ss24 shows, held between August 7 and August 11, 2023. In living color Bright color in head-to-toe coordinated looks resonated during CHFW ss24. Wood Wood:...

Fashion Featured

CPHFW: Women-led brands making a mark on the Scandinavian market and beyond

A very rainy and windy Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) wrapped up last week. However, despite the lousy weather conditions, press, buyers and influencers alike turned up in droves to witness the spring/summer 24 collections of some of Scandinavia’s most sought-after designers. Category expansions and high-profile collaborations defined many of...

BusinessFeatured

Fashion week gets personal: Copenhagen drives home the emerging designer movement

Emerging designers are a vital part of the industry, with those falling under this umbrella often deemed to be at the height of innovation, producing collections that transcend fashion norms and are sometimes considered ahead of their time. However, while the industry claims that its foundations are built on the minds of such individuals, rising...

BusinessFeatured

CPHFW: Levi’s and Marimekko talk the challenges of adopting sustainable innovation

Simultaneous to the rising demand for circular and sustainable production solutions is the growing pressure on fashion brands to react to such significant changes. This topic was one of many discussed as part of the Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) Talk Series, in cooperation with Vogue Business, with one particular event centred around ‘...

Fashion Featured

CPHFW: Paolina Russo draws on folkloric fantasies and sports codes for SS24

“Our collections are an intertwining of our escapist teenage fantasies and the spirit of nostalgic references from our upbringing,” said Alex Russo – one half of the team behind Paolina Russo – in a press interview prior to the brand’s show during Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW). The duo, which is completed by Lucile Guilmard, were selected as...

Fashion Featured

Drest teams up with Copenhagen Fashion Week

Luxury styling mobile game Drest has teamed up with Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) to spotlight Nordic brands and designers showcasing at the bi-annual event. The collaboration features a series of in-game challenges on Drest highlighting brands and designers taking part in CPHFW, which runs from August 7 to 11, including Ganni, Stine Goya, and...

Fashion Featured

31 Brands join schedule for Copenhagen Fashion Week SS24

The lineup for Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) SS24 has been unveiled, with 31 brands set to take to the event after being approved via the organisation’s strict screening process against 18 Minimum Standards. As part of the fashion week, set to take place between August 7 and 11, a range of new designers will take part in the CPHFW NewTalent...

Fashion |Interview Featured

CPHFW Talent: Latimmier delivers a new take on the catwalk format for AW23

For autumn/winter 2023, CPHFW Talent recipient and emerging Finnish brand Latimmier delivered a new take on the traditional catwalk format during Copenhagen Fashion Week, with founder and creative director Ervin Latimer acting as a compere for the show. Latimer, who founded the brand in 2021, started the show by delivering an emotional speech...

Fashion Featured

Copenhagen Fashion Week hits 35 out of 37 sustainability targets

Copenhagen Fashion Week has shared a status update on the third and final year of its first-ever sustainability strategy, first announced in January 2020 to offer a radical new approach to make real change within the fashion industry, as it continues to hold itself accountable and maintain transparency. In a statement, Copenhagen Fashion Week...

Fashion Featured

Copenhagen Fashion Week unveils AW23 line-up shaped by sustainable requirements

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has announced that the brand line-up for its autumn/winter 2023 showcase will mark the first season where all participating brands must meet 18 minimum sustainability standards to be part of the official schedule. The event, which takes place from January 31 to February 3, 2023, features 29 brands including...

Fashion

Ganni presents t-shirt made from textile waste during CPHFW

Danish affordable luxury brand GANNI is launching a t-shirt made from breakthrough fabric innovation InfinnaTM as part of their Spring Summer 2023 collection presented during CPHFW, continuing their commitment to work with new fabric innovations. Ganni, courtesy of the brand GANNI is working with Finnish circular fashion technology group...