Copenhagen Fashion Week

Anne Sofie Madsen’s Spring / Summer 2013 collection swept down the runway on a wave of striking sci-fi details and a sultry nod to the much-desired sports luxe trend. Sheer bodycon dresses that transformed torsos into a snarling monstrous face threatening to take a bite out of the wearer’s stomach. Three-dimensional appliqués brought the skeleton to the forefront made a bold statement as it waltzed down the runway in pure white.

Moonspoon Saloon is a fashion-mad creative commune made up of artists from the worlds of photography, styling, art and design. Their abnormal world of inspiration consists of surreal baby dolls, miserable clowns, supernatural being and sweet wrapper colours… but the Moonspoon Saloon Spring / Summer 2013 collection was a lot more ready-to-wear than you would expect.

Jean//Phillip, founded in Copenhagen in 2007, took to the runway on day two of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Presented at one of the world’s best restaurants, Nimb, the Jean//Phillip Spring / Summer 2013 collection was the definition of minimalism.

Designer David Andersen debuted his namesake collection in 2007, since then he has made a name for himself as a leader in edgy and urban apparel. David Andersen’s Spring / Summer 2013 collection hit the runway at Copenhagen Fashion Week and set the tone for the season to come.

In 2009 Danish designer Barbara i Gongini was named one of ten-up-and-coming designers who presented a sustainable collection fro Bright Green Fashion – an inspiring collaborative project which strives for greater environmental and social responsibility within fashion production. While Gongini’s environmental concerns have stayed in place since the projects, there’s no trace of a day-glo hippy in her ultra-stylish collections.

Presented at Copenhagen Fashion week ‘La Parade Merveilleuse’ was the name of Stine Goya’s Spring / Summer 2013 collection. And, here was a collection that stringently adhered to the Goya brand philosophy, carefully treading the line between the fantastical and the wearable.

Odeur’s Spring / Summer 2013 collection kicked off with white-on-white… on white. The collection, shown for the first time at Copenhagen Fashion Week, embodied the spirit of Odeur with clean whites and crisp lines. Designed by Petter Hollström and Gorjan Lauseger, the Spring / Summer 2013 line made use of sheer fabrics, block-colour panelling and cutout silhouettes.

A hot favourite at Copenhagen Fashion Week, the Spring / Summer 2012 collection from prize-winning Norwegian designer Veronica B. Vallenes focused on feminine silhouettes that are soft, simple and wearable. Extremely modern, her ready-to-wear pieces feature delicious hues such as duck egg blues, peaches, lavenders and crisp whites; the pastel tones complimented perfectly by the clean lines and simple shapes Veronica makes. The Denmark-based designer has a history in costume design yet prefers her collections to have more of a contemporary, edgy twist. Her delicate pieces include oversized jackets, silky, impeccably made t-shirts, seductive drapes and perhaps as a slight twist at the end of the show, some mysterious all black pieces which have more of a structured vibe.

Henrik Vibskov’s previous collections have been described as outré, and his latest Spring / Summer 2012 collection doesn’t disappoint.

The crafty creativity of Moonspoon Saloon has taken one giant step for mankind and another giant leap for fashion as they showcased their Fall / Winter 2011 collection at the Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Danish fashion designer, Ivan Grundahl has always been the go-to designer for dramatic shapes and edgy silhouettes. His clothes are easily wearable and work effortlessly when integrated into every-day wardrobe.

A bright palette and bold colour-blocking define Scandinavian designer Henrik Vibskov’s vibrant collections.