7 trends from Copenhagen Fashion Week autumn/winter 2024: shades of Barbie pink, big bags, gloves, knits, fun accessories and more
- Copenhagen Fashion Week autumn/winter 2024 showed trends for the coming year – including a revival of Barbie pink, seen in both pastel and bold shades
- Other trends spotted include waistlines hitting extreme highs and lows, bulky totes and clutches, leather and faux fur and alt accessories – think safety pins
Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) is not your mother’s fashion showcase.
The five-day event, held in late January, not only spotlights new talent but has a focus on responsible business and sustainability – factors that, over the years, have helped it cultivate a tight-knit yet growing community and, with it, a sense of kinship and optimism.
“To many people, our industry looks like a bubble of glossy dreams far away from reality,” said CPHFW chief executive Cecilie Thorsmark in her opening remarks. “Sometimes it is. And we simply cannot ignore this privilege. It comes with an obligation. To speak up, and to act.”
On the catwalk, Earth-conscious brand Skall Studio, founded by sisters Julie and Marie Skall, showed a timeless collection of slouchy knits, embroidered blouses and unisex outerwear designed with Scandinavia’s harsh winters in mind.
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.
