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Pressefoto: Mads Nørgaard Copenhagen

The true Mariniére

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:3. maj 2017

The true Mariniére appeared at the seaside of France, in the late 1850’s. Surfacing as a naval wardrobe, that later on appeared on local fishermen, yachtsmen and others enjoying the seaside-life - while wearing a shirt covered in stripes. It has been seen on the well-known artist Pablo Picasso and the french fashion designer Coco Chanel, who also introduced the classic striped shirt to women’s fashion in 1917, by taking inspiration from the fishermen at the very same seaside of France. And by that, the true Mariniére became a solid part of the fashion scene.

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MEN WRAPPED IN FUR

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:29. december 2016

Men have been wrapped in fur for ages and are now once again. Since the border between X and Y have been erased in the scene of fashion, fur is no longer related to gender. In fact fur, as a garment or material for clothing, has a long history and mankind have worn this beautiful and warm material for millennials, with no affiliation to gender. It is known to be the oldest material used for clothing and can be dated back to the times of some of our oldest ancestors - The Neanderthals from the Pleistocene in the stone age, millennials ago.

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From Baum und Pferdgarten SS17 collection - Photo: www.copenhagenfashionweek.com

The Pyjamas

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:2. december 2016

With relations to casual evening wear, sweet dreams and bedtime storries, the pyjamas, which used to belong to the private and intime part of life, often held inside the walls of the bedroom and the secret and most intimate part of every woman’s wardrobe, for centuries, appeared on the fashion scene and then on the streets. Conquering it’s former glory and taking us back to where it all began.

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BARBARA I GONGINI – COLLECTION 8 & 25

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:1. september 2016

Setting the scene in a dark climbing hall on the small Refshale Island, where big shipping containers, a net for climbers where placed close to the roof, and a guitarist playing a solo on top of these containers, BARBARA I GONGINI, showed her male collection 8 & female collection 25. True to her signature, the danish designer, with roots from the far north located Faroe Islands, set a dark, seductive and avant-garde scene, with inspiration from these islands, where sunlight pierces the rugged sky and a low haze rolls over the dewy landscape, ends up with the black color in the end.

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HENRIK VIBSKOV SS17 Collection – SALAMI – THE KITCHEN OF THE NONEXISTENT

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:31. august 2016

In the meatpacking district of Copenhagen, heavyweight butchers operated the factory of Henrik Vibskov’s:“Salami - The Kitchen of The Non Existent”, making salami, in the same district, that housed the cattle fair and butcheries, years ago. Setting the scene for Henrik Vibskov’s presentation of the SS17 Collection, during this Copenhagen Fashion Week. Where meat was the core of the show and the question of living in a time where experts are in fond of vegetarians and meat soon can become a story to tell we our grandchildren about. In a structure standing 20 meters long, with large piles of salami hanging from big meat hooks and heavyweight butchers making and moving them from the butchers table to a meat hook or form one to another. With models walking along side, large piles of salamis and butchers, Henrik Vibskov showed his SS17 collection, “Salami - The Kitchen of The Non Existent”.

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Copenhagen Fashion Week

HAN KJØBENHAVN SS17

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:22. august 2016

HAN KJØBENHAVN showed the SS17 collection, with a story taking it’s beginning, with four full grown men, wearing hoods, which used to be connected with executioners from the past, entering the squared catwalk and then sit down, to drive the slapping-hand installation, placed in the center.

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Mads Nørgaard Copenhagen – Til Modeuge i Andeby!

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:31. juli 2016

Mode eller modeuger er i flere sammenhægn blevet kombineret med andre formål, universer og kultur kategorier som; musik, teater, kunst, velgørenhed, Fair Trade, økologi, hjemløse (som hos Resteröds) og nu også tegneserier. Klassisk og velkendt dansk mode, inkl. dansk modeskaber (samme klassiske og velkendte kategori)er blevet foreviget i det klassiske Anders And &co. blad – med titlen: Modeuge i Andeby.

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Asger Juel Larsen AW16 – Born Worn

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:31. juli 2016

The storyteller of danish fashion, with a mindset in the opposed direction of the utopian (the dystypian red.), Asger Juel Larsen, known for his post-apocalyptic universe, where rules, means rules-breakers, is telling a new story. Presented by a show, where a more commercial line took place and a lot of his former signature, from his earlier years was represented. Set in the glamourish frame of the The Palm Court at Hotel D’Angleterre, Asger Juel Larsen opened the show with a crescendo, performed by Simon and Rasmus Littauer, placed in the center of the almost labyrinthic runway.

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Nicholas Nybro AW16 – SQ2

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:31. juli 2016

Once upon a time, a fairytale began and The Snow Queen, was once again told in words and then in Couture. With the beginning taken form in his last collection, the SQ1, part 1 of his two cohesive collections, inspired from the first part of H.C.Andersens tale The Snow Queen, and danish farming idyll from old danish Morten Korch movies, showed during the previous Copenhagen Fashion Week. This time Nicholas Nybro presented the second and final part of the of two cohesive collections, without the inspiration of old Morten Korch movies and with The Snow Queen as the main character, telling the story from the beginning to the end.

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Han Kjøbenhavn AW16 – The Teddy Legion

Post author:Sandra Schjødt
Post published:29. juli 2016

With a show lead by a giant teddybear, connected, literally by heart, to an installation, that proved to be essential for teddy and the show, the danish designers Jannik Wikkelsø Davidsen and Tim Faith Hancock, founders, owners and designers of Han Kjøbenhavn, showed their AW16 collection, during this Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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