Copenhagen Fashion Week news and archive

CPHFW to host Paris Fashion Week showroom for Nordic brands

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) will be bringing a selection of its Danish and Nordic brands to the French capital for a showroom to be held during Paris Fashion Week SS25. The move comes as part of Copenhagen’s efforts to support the economic growth of such names, providing them with an opportunity to educate themselves on the fashion industry...

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CPHFW SS25: Master students Royal Danish Academy present collections

The second school that participated in the August 2024 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) was the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, which presented its graduating master students. The 2024 graduating class of the fashion, clothing and textile master programme at the Danish institute presented their graduate collections which, according...

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SS25 trends: The key accessories from Copenhagen Fashion Week

From August 5 to August 9, Copenhagen Fashion Week unveiled the Spring/Summer 2025 collections from Scandinavian and international designers. FashionUnited recaps the most striking accessories. The bandana Worn on the head, around the neck, or on the wrist, the pointed bandana brightened a myriad of Danish shows this season. From left to right:...

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Copenhagen Fashion Week SS25 key trends

Very often dubbed the “fifth fashion week” after New York, London, Paris and Milan, Copenhagen Fashion Week SS25 ran from Monday, August 5 to Friday, August 9, 2024 with 28 shows, 12 presentations and 84 events. As always, sustainability was a major theme. Designers continued to focus on eco-friendly materials, ethical production practices, and...

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SS25: Copenhagen Fashion Week between creativity, inclusion and commerce

Berlin Fashion Week may be keen to become the next London of fashion – a place that fosters and produces young creative talent – but Copenhagen also wants to have its say, and rightly so. Copenhagen Fashion Week has long since emerged from the shadow of the established Fashion Weeks and is also forging ahead with a role model function, as...

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Sporty coquette, teeny shorts and braided bows: Trends on the street of Copenhagen

Copenhagen Fashion Week is currently underway. The Danish event has become synonymous for the slew of trendy front rowers that, in increasing numbers, descend on the city for each season. The group is rife with ‘it’ girls that have helped define the fashion week as an industry staple in the way of street style, bringing forth what is currently...

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Copenhagen Fashion Week appoints new Chief Operating Officer

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has promoted Isabella Rose to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), reports WWD. Rose joined CPHFW in July 2020 as Digital Strategist, according to her LinkedIn profile. In September of the same year, she was promoted to Head of Digital and Communications. Since May 2022, she has held the title of...

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Models allowed to Denmark for Copenhagen Fashion Week without a work permit

A new rule of exemption has been introduced to allow overseas models to enter Denmark for Copenhagen Fashion Week without a work permit, meaning that casting agents and brands can book international models for their upcoming spring/summer 2025 showcases. For many years, models from non-Schengen countries, have not been allowed to enter Denmark...

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Berlin Fashion Week follows Copenhagen's example, introduces sustainability requirements

Berlin Fashion Week (BFW) and Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) are jointly committed to a sustainable future of fashion weeks. In Berlin, the Sustainability Requirements developed in Copenhagen will apply in the future, BFW organiser Fashion Council Germany announced Thursday. With the partnership and the associated commitment to the minimum...

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Copenhagen Fashion Week announces spring/summer 2025 lineup

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has confirmed that 46 brands and institutions will make up the spring/summer 2025 event, which takes place from August 5 to 9. Brands on the schedule include returning brands such as A. Roege Hove, (Di)vision, Jade Cropper, Latimmier, Stine Goya, Rabens Saloner, Remain, and Sak Potts, alongside emerging designers...

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Sinéad O’Dwyer wins Zalando Visionary Award 2024

Irish fashion designer Sinéad O’Dwyer, known for challenging body diversity and inclusivity in her collections, has been named the winner of the Zalando Visionary Award. The award celebrates “the makers of the future,” by placing a spotlight on designers and brands with a visionary approach to creating positive social impact, driving innovation...

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CPHFW releases first sustainability requirements revisions - what does this mean for participating brands?

In 2020, as the first fashion week, Copenhagen Fashion Week developed its own sustainability requirements in collaboration with Danish consultancies Rambøll and In Futurum and the Danish industry association Dansk Fashion and Textile. Since then, participating brands have been selected based on a carefully weighted point system, which considers...