Posts Tagged ‘copenhagen fashion week’

How I survived Copenhagen Fashion Week


Posted: 25th April 2012 by wordhack1 in Events
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The current issue of Swedish fashion magazine Plaza Kvinna  contains my firsthand account of Copenhagen Fashion Week, which took place in February.  For those of you who don’t read Swedish, here are the first two paragraphs: “Fashion Week Syndrome is a form of mental illness. Symptoms include jealousy, exhilaration, despair, delight, hysteria and excessive vanity. A [...]

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Dangerous styles from David Andersen


Posted: 2nd February 2012 by wordhack1 in Danish, Events
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To the tune of a remixed version of “Upside Down,” played loud enough to make my teeth rattle, dangerous David Andersen showed some sleek, sexy  looks with plenty of leather in his A/W collection on Day One of Copenhagen Fashion Week.   Altough most of the outfits were in different shades of black and gray, there was [...]

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Backstage at the Henrik Vibskov show


Posted: 2nd February 2012 by wordhack1 in Danish, Trade Fairs, Uncategorized
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Last night I got a chance to go backstage and snap some photos during the staging of Danish designer Henrik Vibskov’s “Shrink Wrap Spectacular” Autumn/Winter 2012 show in Copenhagen.   The models were nervous but happy, Mr. Vibskov, taking a sip from an aluminum can of Carlsberg beer now and then,  seemed cool as a cucumber.  This [...]

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Go wild at Scandinavian fashion events


Posted: 1st January 2012 by wordhack1 in Events
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There will be plenty of opportunities to rack up  frequent flyer miles during the next two months, if you want to check out all the trends up here near the Polar Circle. As usual, scheduled fashion weeks in the Nordic region overlap in terms of dates. Wouldn’t it be nice if the  fashion weeks in Stockholm, Copenhagen, [...]

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Fashion calendar for Fall 2011

Summer in Scandinavia is brief as a sneeze. Achoo! Before you have time to recover from your pollen allergy it is time to deport your flip-flops and swim suits to the bottom drawer in your closet. August means the start of another round of fashion weeks, fairs and festivals. Danish collections will hit the runways [...]

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Scandinavian fashion calendar Spring 2011


Posted: 17th December 2010 by wordhack1 in Trade Fairs
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Stylists, designers and clothing companies are already busy finalizing collections for the next round of fashion weeks during late winter/early spring..

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Dates to write on your calendar

The next Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Berns Salonger will take place January 31 – February 2, 2011.

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IVANA Helsinki makes splash in Copenhagen


Posted: 25th August 2010 by wordhack1 in Finnish
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Before the runway show of IVANA Helsinki started during Copenhagen Fashion Week, a film was shown in which a sad-eyed young model strolled about a granite shoreline in various cute outfits looking longingly at the ocean. This fit with the theme of the Finnish brand’s S/S 2011 collection, called “Where the Fuck is my Sailor.”

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Feminine elegance from Veronica B Vallenes

Norwegian design talent Veronica B. Vallenes presented an elegant and feminine collection, accented by heavy gold jewelery, in her S/S colllection shown during the Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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Outlook positive from rainy Copenhagen


Posted: 17th August 2010 by wordhack1 in Business news, Trade Fairs
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The arrangers of the three-day fashion fair in Copenhagen, the largest event of its kind in Northern Europe, say that the fair attracted heavy media coverage and that business is looking up.

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