Know more about Copenhagen Fashion Week

Posted by: admin Posted date: January 29, 2012 In: Events, Fashion Weeks | comment : 0

Every February and August, Copenhagen is host to Northern Europe’s largest fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Week. On the catwalks are a growing number of new and known Danish talents with a preview of their upcoming collections. And at the five trade fairs, CPH Vision, Terminal-2, Gallery, Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) and CIFFKIDS, you will find an additional 1,100 exhibitors representing a total of more than 2,300 international brand name collections.

Danish fashion is known for its unique angle on design, innovation and aesthetics. With a more modern approach to femininity and functionality, expressed in fresh silhouettes, a focus on details and incomparable quality. These are only some of the reasons why more than 60,000 buyers, designers and global press attend Copenhagen Fashion Week twice a year.

Of course, the other main attraction is Copenhagen itself. It’s a cosy, metropolitan city located by the waterfront, and features an interesting array of design venues, architecture, cultural events, cafés, bars and nightlife.

Official show venue at City Hall

New York has one. Paris has one. London has one. Now Copenhagen has one. In fashion week in August 2006, Copenhagen Fashion Week and the Mayor of Copenhagen inaugurated City Hall as the official show space for Copenhagen Fashion Week. City Hall, the old and impressive architectural gem from 1905, is located in the heart of Copenhagen and is setting the stage for Scandinavian fashion during the two annual fashion weeks.

The official show space at City Hall offers designers a fixed professional package including the stage, lighting, technicians, chair, backstage area and at a fair rate. Thereby also enabling new and up-and-coming designers to show their collections. The official show space and CFW are also available to international designers interested in showing in Copenhagen.

The opening of City Hall was also the manifestation of an official co-operation between Copenhagen Fashion Week and the City of Copenhagen. The Mayor has seen the great potential of Copenhagen Fashion Week, which has now developed into the largest fashion event in Northern Europe.