Copenhagen Fashion Week AW25: Day 1 Recap
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Event: Copenhagen Fashion Week AW25
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First published: 28th January 2025 at 11:00 AM GMT.
Welcome to the AW25 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week. This is Day 1’s recap from the Swanky Magazine Team!
Welcome to the AW25 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Each day we will recap the day’s events, showcases, and runways. Copenhagen Fashion Week will keep its global audience updated across its social channels on the show and presentation schedule each day, along with our coverage daily here at Swanky Magazine.
Day one of AW25 Copenhagen Fashion Week commenced on Monday, kicking off with a highly curated schedule of some of the biggest brands in Nordic fashion. Following the pre-opening dinner, the season's first talk, 'Fashion Pathways: Exploring Creative Careers', was held at the Polestar Space, leading into the Opening Reception to officially welcome the AW25 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week. OpéraSport officially opened the show and presentation schedule and Stel closed the day. With a focus on emerging voices alongside established leaders, the day promised an exciting start to the week ahead.
Opening Day AW25 Street Style
Copenhagen Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2025 kicked off with an impressive display of street style, showcasing the innovative spirit and bold fashion choices that the Danish capital is known for. The opening day saw an array of fashion enthusiasts, influencers, and industry insiders bringing their A-game to the streets.
The Full Show and Presentation Schedule: As it Happened on Day 1
14:00 - 14:30 CET OpéraSport
15:00 - 15:30 CET Forza Collective
16:00 - 16:30 CET Birrot
17:00 - 17:30 CET Bonnetje *
18:00 - 18:30 CET Alectra Rothschild / Masculina *
19:00 - 19:30 CET Stel
* CPHFW NEWTALENT
OpéraSport Runway
Bridging the Parisian way of integrating classic and contemporary styles with the sporty edge of Copenhagen, OpéraSport is ensuring relevance and timelessness throughout. Elegant yet sporty, luxurious yet affordable, sustainable yet sexy. A responsible mindset reflects the production to only cover recycled or organic fabrics and a production volume that continuously reflects the demand; To create and produce responsible and relevant clothing without compromising design and aesthetics.
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Forza Collection
Juxtapositions, the collection draws inspiration from an ongoing interplay between structure and softness. Kristoffer Kongshaug has explored the 20's period and fused these themes and techniques with a 90's minimalistic touch that aligns with Forza Collective's vision.
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Birrot
Existing at the intersection of Copenhagen and Seoul, Birrot fuses two distinct identities to create a brand built on duality. Founded in 2018, Fall-Winter 2025 marks the fourteenth collection for Birrot – but its first presented in a show format. After almost seven years spent refining and honing the brand, this season is an opportunity to elevate the offering while further exploring the cultural contrasts that have come to define Birrot.
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Bonnetje
The Bonnetje Autumn/Winter 2025 show during Copenhagen Fashion Week, addresses the current desire for work-life balance due to the increasing lack thereof. “Doublages” deals with ideals of performing both in the private and professional arena as the gap between the two diminishes
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Alectra Rothschild / Masculina
The collection seeks to visualize the emotional landscapes of wanting autonomy over ones body. But more so it explores the vastness of the traumatized body. The scars and bruises from mental and physical abuse that we as trans people face daily. The dresses are shredded and falling off the body showing that we are constantly battling the world around us for just existing. The custom latex are full of the blood that gushes from our wounds. We want vengeance. The coats are strong and protective from the world but also serves as anonymity - as assassins we Will get an eye for an eye. The color story of the collection explores the ideas of guns.. silver, gun metal, black.
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Stel
Following its successful launch in 2024, the fashion and lifestyle womenswear brand STEL returns to Copenhagen Fashion Week with its inaugural on-schedule show. Founder and Creative Director Astrid Andersen presented COLLECTION 03 at the Danish architecture studio BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group's HQ.
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Welcome to the AW25 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week. Each day we will recap the day’s events, showcases, and runways. Copenhagen Fashion Week will keep its global audience updated across its social channels on the show and presentation schedule each day, along with our coverage daily here at Swanky Magazine.
Day two of AW25 Copenhagen Fashion Week commenced on Tuesday, kicking off with the CIFF Fashion Fair Breakfast, who will share the key takeaways from this year's trade show. Event highlights of the day include the Tekla breakfast, the Sophie Brahe Showroom opening and much more.