LONDON — Martin Asbjørn, the creative director of the Danish label Remain, is parting ways with the business. “After much thought, Remain Birger Christensen and I have made the difficult decision to part ways due to differing perspectives on the brand’s future design direction. I truly appreciate the experiences we’ve had together and am excited … Read more
MILAN — “The mission with Stem is really to reduce waste in fashion and to open people’s eyes to the production process,” said the brand’s founder and textile designer Sarah Brunnhuber. As for her own eyes, they were teary as she tuned in a video call on Thursday evening, right after learning she won the annual Wessel … Read more
PARIS — After a decade as the breakout brand of Copenhagen Fashion Week, Ganni is decamping to Paris. The move is meant to position the Danish brand in the center of the busiest week on the fashion month calendar and ready the company for its next stage of growth. The move to Paris follows the … Read more
Copenhagen’s biggest fashion event is known for its Earth-conscious agenda. A model walks the runway for Bonnetje during Copenhagen Fashion Week. Photo: James Cochrane It was the first fashion week to enforce sustainability requirements for brands showing on its schedule, spanning everything from the use of smart material to their production and labour practices, so … Read more
COPENHAGEN — Who thought the day would come that the Danes would tire of the blazer? At the spring 2025 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week, designers looked beyond a sharp tailored shoulder and beige color palettes — although a few remained for those who can’t let go of matching their morning beverages with their wardrobes. … Read more
COPENHAGEN — Copenhagen Fashion Week has built a reputation as the fifth fashion capital — the sustainable one — but even it isn’t immune from brand closures and the luxury slowdown. The country’s oldest clothing brand Brandtex from 1935 folded this year and was then quickly rescued by Godske Group A/S. Two other major Danish … Read more
MILAN — Mobile phone in hand, Aeron’s managing director Gábor Fodor tuned in for a video call earlier this week directly from Budapest’s Andrássy Avenue shopping street, offering a glimpse of the city’s historic area that the brand has zeroed in on to open its first flagship. The contemporary Hungarian label, which is part of the Vanguards Group’s portfolio … Read more
Had I not visited the brand’s showroom the day before, I would not have known about its focus on natural Danish materials and mono-fibres, the latter a crucial help when it comes to circularity (multi-fibre textiles are much more difficult to recycle) but not on the to-do lists of a brand – yet. ‘Conscious living’: … Read more
LONDON — It was out with the beige for the most part at the fall 2024 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week and in with the cool of cowboys, sex and uniforms. Remain’s new creative director Martin Asbjørn presented his first runway show, which didn’t shy away from cinched waistlines, embroidered sheer fabrics and knee-high boots. … Read more
COPENHAGEN — Where does the conversation go after sustainability? It was feared that the fall 2024 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week, which ran from Monday through Thursday, would have nothing left to say other than just green talk. But the Danes proved quite otherwise with a jam-packed schedule that touched on community and the inner … Read more
