High quality, High quality – and QUALITY!
To say Copenhagen Vogue SS 2024 Week was a feast for the eyes could be a gross understatement – it was a knockout spectacle. Modern, intuitive and above all, FUN!
Town of Copenhagen with its olde-worlde cobbled streets and canals, quaint harbour and picture-perfect structure buzzed with the thrill that solely Vogue Week brings twice a 12 months, with the world’s eyes fastened firmly on town for per week.
This occasion is quick changing into one in all our agency favourites and for excellent cause. We’ve develop into accustomed to the extraordinary high quality and inventiveness of this Scandinavian bi-annual trend calendar spotlight with its unrelenting degree of sophistication and class season on season. Some normal to uphold! And certainly CPHFW did simply that, and extra.
Fabulous surprises stored coming as we watched in awe: the avant-garde effortlessly mingled with the basic on the runway, with simple Scandi practicality and wearability at all times prioritised. And there was an excellent measure of bikinis within the Nordic rain too! The joy, the vibe, the anticipation! By Day 4 it was arduous to select just some favourites.
The Legends – and the Future Classics
A whopping 31 manufacturers strutted their stuff, the week kicked off with an impressed knitwear vary by A. Roege Hove and suitably completed on Day 4 with globally sought-after legend Ganni.
In between we noticed jaw-dropping sophistication in collections by stalwarts Saks Potts, Stay, Marimekko, Stine Goya, Wooden Wooden, Henrik Vibskov and Baum & Pferdgarten. Newbies like Rolf Ekroth and Nicklas Skovgaard as a part of the vastly thrilling CPHFW Newtalent initiative additionally correctly knocked our socks off with their respective floral and theatrical choices.
As for Tendencies
Color was king, as was patterning. From demure pastels at Baum & Pferdgarten and Stay to surprising pops of saturated color – sizzling pink, vibrant turquoise, neon tangerine and poison inexperienced – at Saks Potts, Stine Goya and Henrik Vibskov, the color palette sizzled with these scorching sizzling summer time shades! Blue got here in lots of hues, and was evidently the color of alternative this season. Stalwart Finnish model Marimekko was but once more the undisputed purveyor of iconic Scandi material shapes and patterns, and types like Paolina and Baum & Pferdgarten additionally introduced impressed floor patterning.
Sit again and revel in our hand-picked collection of the perfect of the reveals – copious portions of magnificence, creativity and innovation vying for consideration! However who’s complaining?
Standout Manufacturers
SAKS POTTS
Scrumptious pops of candy-coloured satin items that one can completely think about taking delight of place in any summer time wardrobe (particularly in a single’s trip check-in baggage) have been populating Saks Potts’ new season assortment, proven in an unique seaside promenade setting. Already a favorite of the likes of Kylie Jenner and Lily Rose Depp, it’s simple to see why this model has reached feverish heights of recognition. Take for instance the cobalt sea-folly blue chiffon costume with its ruched waistline, or the peerlessly tailor-made metallic silver foil trench, or the right true blue slouchy boyfriend prime … these are social gathering items to covet and revel in wherever they could take one, whether or not that’s residence or away, whether or not you’re off to your native seafood restaurant or on an idyllic cruise, you’re more likely to really feel elegant, horny and particular in these. And that’s why this assortment is spot-on and precisely what all of us dream about – an unique and escapist wardrobe that brings pure pleasure!
Watch Saks Potts’ Present right here:
MARIMEKKO
This legendary Finnish model that we’ve come to adore for its impressed Scandi prints and daring colors, is 60 years previous this 12 months! Marimekko has been identified for its inclusive and numerous method to trend, with items designed to flatter and match most physique styles and sizes. This assortment with its uber-bold and cheery florals, its maxi tunics with their flattering V-necks and scrumptious color blocking mixtures reaffirms that Marimekko is a common success story – and a model that by no means ceases to encourage, at all times effortlessly managing to stability romantic class with subtle practicality.
Watch Marimekko’s present right here:
BAUM & PFERDGARTEN
Designers Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave of Baum & Pferdgarten went all out celebrating their beloved metropolis of Copenhagen with this SS 2024 assortment. And certainly one can image the shimmering Danish sea when casting your eye over their clear sequinned maxi costume, the tactile silver skirt and cheeky sailor’s cap, whereas fashions traversed the traditional cobbled avenue runway. It’s undoubtedly a ‘metropolis’ assortment, streetwise and concrete, with gingham cardigans and pea coats, simple striped shirts and many denim, all anchored in strappy black Mary Janes and comfortable socks. And one can simply think about how these items will take you from the workplace straight into the Copenhagen nightlife, with just a few minor tweaks.
Watch Baum & Pferdgarten’s present right here:
STINE GOYA
Designer Stine Goya known as her SS 2024 assortment ‘Homecoming’ and mentioned, “SS24 is pushed by the pursuit for ‘residence’ and the numerous aspects of what meaning to totally different individuals and communities world wide.” This assortment does conjure up photos of neighbours pitching as much as an area avenue social gathering celebration! Sculptural and sensual, every bit celebrates individuality, from the clear nude sheath to the daring sizzling pink go well with and beautiful, unique floral-printed ensembles.
Watch Stine Goya’s present right here:
GANNI
Ganni’s signature animal prints and double denim have been nonetheless going robust on this assortment, however their SS 2024 providing additionally infused two new collaborations (New Steadiness and Ace & Tate) into the combination, which added to the standard Ganni silhouette. Easy layering, just like the off-the-shoulder pink cardi and plaid miniskirt worn over a printed maxi skirt and lengthy sleeved prime, mirrored the ‘previous’ Ganni’s barely quirky, street-smart flavour and informal New Steadiness trainers added one other degree of blasé practicality to a variety that boasted lots gorgeous tailoring and attire, some with a 40s classic really feel to them. As ever, the selection of fashions mirrored the corporate’s ethos of inclusivity of physique form.
Watch Ganni’s present right here:
HENRIK VIBSKOV
The theme of ‘boxing’ (the gathering was known as ‘Unboxing Walz Tutuorial’) reverberated via Henrik Vibskov’s SS 2024 assortment, depicted within the padded ankle straps on footwear, the lacing of the corsetry and ‘armour’, and double boxing gloves that have been reworked into hats. As ever, this was an eccentric assortment from the stables of this St Martin’s graduate, whose use of color and sample is at all times to be gawked at. A way of the medieval was additionally current within the head items and geometric patterning of the ensembles. Plaid items rubbed shoulders with unique avian intarsia knits and jacquard co-ords. It definitely is a relatively eclectic and playful assemblage of varied parts, however one factor is for certain, it really works a deal with!
Watch Henrik Vibskov’s present right here:
As For TRENDS …
Tailoring Meets Lounging
Right here’s the place good, relaxed and quirky tailoring meets the consolation issue, and boy oh boy, are these items covetable! Some are tremendous tactile, just like the fring-ey smooth Lovechild 1979 ensemble, others are smooth and sculptural, just like the pointy-hemmed caramel tailor-made go well with at Stay or the slate gray asymmetrical ensemble at Wooden Wooden. A standout piece is the camel trench coat-cape at Mark Kenley Domingo Tan.
True Blue
If one needed to single out one shade, it was blue that was designers’ color of alternative for Spring/ Summer time 2024 and was to be seen in shades that ranged from palest sky blue to inky indigo, denim and turquoise. Denim was seen in all its guises – from deepest midnight blue at Ganni to ‘conventional’ true blue’ at Rotate and Stay.
Earn your Stripes
Stripes have by no means been a stranger to Scandinavian trend, and this season was no exception. Stripes have been to be seen throughout many colourways and in lots of collections.
Going to the Ball?
Many designers couldn’t resist together with a sculptural robe into their collections, lots of which have been floor-sweeping and dreamy, ranging in material from clear organza to smooth satin, damask and lace.