Copenhagen Fashion Week Winter 2025: Sustainability and Innovation in Focus
Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has established itself as the new starting point of the international fashion season, surpassing New York and drawing global attention to the Danish capital. Held from January 27 to 31, the Winter 2025 edition reinforced the city's commitment to sustainability, showcasing inventive and functional fashion that goes beyond fleeting trends.
Pan-Scandinavianism and sustainability as protagonists
Even without heavyweight names like Ganni (now showing in Paris) and following the closure of iconic local brands, the week featured 27 labels that showcased a cohesive vision: pieces with reduced environmental impact and more accessible prices compared to the runways of Milan and Paris.
The event, which once exclusively celebrated Danish design, now expands its scope with a pan-Scandinavian approach, highlighting brands such as:
> 66 North (Iceland)
> Filippa K and Cmmn Swdn (Sweden), with the latter delivering one of the most striking shows of the week by reinterpreting menswear tailoring with fluid, universal silhouettes.
Highlights of the week
- Baum und Pferdgarten: A dupla Rikke Baumgarten e Helle Hestehave trouxe a artista Lulu Kaalund para uma colaboração emocional, embalada por "With Every Heartbeat", de Robyn. A coleção, intitulada Heartbeats, explorou cores e estilos guiados pelo coração, não pela razão.
- Anne Sofie Madsen: Com passagens por Alexander McQueen e John Galliano, Madsen equilibrou rigor e suavidade com vestidos assimétricos e transparentes, combinados com coturnos robustos e blazers desconstruídos.
- Stel, de Astrid Andersen: Estreou com uma coleção de peças atemporais que dialogam entre a alfaiataria clássica e o streetwear, defendendo a ideia de complementar, e não substituir, o guarda-roupa.
- Nicklas Skovgaard: Ex-colaborador da Ganni, impressionou com o uso de tecidos inesperados em formas orgânicas.
- Stine Goya: Levou sua estética romântica ao Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, em Aalborg, ampliando o olhar sobre a Dinamarca além da capital.
- Han Kjøbenhavn: Realizou um desfile aberto para 3 mil pessoas, destacando silhuetas geométricas imponentes.
- Alis: Ícone do skate dinamarquês, relançou-se com o designer Tobias Birk Nielsen, trazendo uma nova visão criativa para a marca de quase 30 anos.
New talents and the commitment to the future
The CPHFW NEWTALENT program, created in 2022 to promote young brands, highlighted Bonnetje, by the duo Anna Myntekær and Yoko Maja Hansen, who transform discarded men's suits and shirts into sensual women's pieces with a touch of workwear.
Under the leadership of Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO of the event since 2018, CPHFW has become a reference in sustainable fashion. The success is such that, starting this year, the British Fashion Council will adopt similar criteria for its NewGen program during London Fashion Week.
The legacy of Copenhagen
The winter 2025 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week proved that it is possible to reconcile innovation, style, and environmental responsibility, redefining the role of fashion in the contemporary world. The event reaffirms that the future of the industry lies in smart sustainability, creative collaboration, and the ability to look beyond the traditional boundaries of the industry.