Copenhagen Fashion Week

Highlights from Copenhagen Fashion Week SS25 – From the biggest trends to the most covetable collections, we round up the new season (by Amy de Klerk )

lthough the Danish capital is always vibrant, thanks to its famous colourful houses and beautiful scenery, the city gets even brighter when Copenhagen Fashion Week rolls around.

This season, for spring/summer 2025, the schedule boasted plenty of both established and up-and-coming Scandi brands who presented their latest designs on the international stage. But what consistently sets CPHFW apart from its counterparts is its focus on sustainability, and the organisation’s effort to make substantial changes to the way the event is executed, alongside working to inspire and encourage the industry at large to take steps towards becoming greener.

Below, we bring you the highlights from the spring/summer catwalks, from the likes of Remain, The Garment, Skall Studio, Baum und Pferdgarten, and more.

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Rotate – “Thora and I have worked with Pandora for a really long time as influencers,” Jeanette Madsen told me ahead of the show about her and co-founder Thora Valdimarsdottir’s relationship with the brand. They chose big hoops and bracelets from the collection, and also had Rotate’s trademark 3D flower turned into a bracelet and an embellished belt, which was worn across the collection. Meanwhile, the skirt that was worn by Garn featured fringed diamanté made from 2000 of Pandora’s tennis bracelets.

The Garment – “I wanted to create the person not the trend,” designer Charlotte Eskildsen said of her SS25 collection, which was inspired by the craft of the Thorvaldsens Museum, the first contemporary art museum in Denmark. Marrying classic sophistication with a modern sensibility, the collection featured intricately detailed lace and lingerie fabrics sourced from flea markets in France, while there were also delicate, ethereal chiffons, beautiful knitwear and a very elegant take on tailoring.

Skall Studio -To celebrate 10 years of Skall Studio, the label showed a collection which was a tribute to the signature silhouettes of the brand, its clean lines and its feminine aesthetic. The also designers took inspiration from British designer Loulou de la Falaise. “[She was] a true bohemian with an avant garde yet feminine style that appears in the collection in terms of delicate colours, print and a meeting between the ultra-feminine and masculine.”

Sinead O’Dwyer – Irish designer Sinead O’Dwyer showed on the Copenhagen Fashion Week schedule for the very first time, having won the Zalando Visionary Award for 2024. Her collection, entitled ‘Everything Opens To Touch’, saw her reimagine some of her signature designs – this included her shibari-inspired harnesses with new short sleeves, micro-culottes with slanted rara ruffles and signature fitted shirts in new materials. There was also plenty of bright blue denim, shown in pleated skirts and mini dresses.

A. Roege Hove – “For this collection, I was inspired by framing the female body, working on the principles of iterations – starting from the strict lines of the rib to a messier, almost disturbed line caused by the body,” said designer Amalie Røge Hove of her SS25 collection, which she showed in a brewery in the Meatpacking District. In the show notes, she explained that she wanted to let the textile speak for itself: “Pieces that change completely on the body”.

Remain – “For this collection, I found the mood through the concept of dressing the modern heroine,” creative director Martin Asbjørn told us after the show. “What does it mean to take ‘superhero’ silhouettes and transplant them into the contemporary woman’s wardrobe. I was drawn to the seemingly contrasting fashion eras of the Eighties and Nineties, and I found inspiration in their shared affinity for ‘power dressing’: their power to shape and expose the female body in its purest form. In the 1980s it was through extreme colours and oversized tailoring, next to the decade’s obsession with fitness culture, forming an ideal silhouette. But in the 1990s, style moved away from eccentricity and towards a minimalism and elegant dressing, highlighting a more sculptured physique.”

Operasport – For spring/summer 2025, Operasport’s founders, Awa Malina Stelter and Stephanie Gundelach, were inspired by Exillion Garden, what they describe as a hidden gem north of Copenhagen. “This private garden is a testament to the harmonious blend of nature’s beauty and architectural elegance, and it serves as the muse for our latest designs.”

The architecture in the garden is known for the formal, precise lines of the Italian Renaissance and French Baroque, and this is what was reflected in the collection, along with a beautiful colour palette that mimicked the garden. We saw mars red, duberry, blue, white, black and parsnip.

Baum und Pferdgarten – “The inspiration for the collection comes from the summer of 2024, where sports are definitely dominating the scene, first the European Cup and now the Olympics in Paris,” Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave shared with us. “People are leaving their offices to follow the games, and this vibrant energy is what encapsulates the collection. We love how sports unite people and nations which made it evident to do a collaboration with the iconic Copenhagen Football Club B.93 and have the show at Østerbro Stadium.”

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