Adieu, Anne Birkkjær Bitsch
During the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week held August 11-15, the first day saw the catwalk show from The Danish Design School, showcasing its seven MA fashion students and a selection of work from its eight Bachelor graduates.
ARTS THREAD takes a look at the collections and shawcases both runway images and the prepared styled shots of the designers.
Anne Birkkjær Bitsch’s collection Adieu is based on her personal interpretation of an old French film. Anne worked with different textiles experiments, colours and silhouettes to express the essence of the deeper layers and meanings in the story. Sober colours, smocking effects, exaggerated and intricate sleeve heads and dramatic roll collars create a strong mood.
Dreamt for lightyears in the belly of a mountain, Lisa Frederika Åslund
Lisa Frederika Åslund’s collection was inspired by a dream and is entitled Dreamt for lightyears in the belly of a mountain. Neutral pale grey and sand tones mix with transparent plastic, guipure lace trims and obvious zips. Ruffles and pleats are unexpected and dramatic.
The Fall of Virtue, Caroline Wilckenschildt Fossum
The Fall of Virtue by Caroline Wilckenschildt Fossum is inspired by the traditional female weaknesses, as seen by Christianity and how they could be seen as virtues. Caroline has interpreted this theme into eight characters and outfits. Black pleated collars become veils, a cape of fur pelts sits atop a figure-skimming iridescent dress.
Piece by Piece, Trine Elmkvist
Trine Elmkvist’s collection Piece by Piece is designed to ‘challenge the ways in which knitting is used in the process of creating clothing.’ Trine continues, ‘The principles of collage are the underlying theme of the project’. Pastel colours are used in oversized textures that are reminiscent of patchwork blankets, designed into short sexy mini dresses.
I like to remember things my own way, Annakarin Lundgren
Annakarin Lundgren’s collection, called I like to remember things my own way, is based around a specific mood and feeling of a film that does not yet exist. Working in the abstract, Annakarin is now working on a short film about the collection around a script that follows from a series of words. An exert reads ‘peaceful, deserted, dry, art deco, slow, cubism, futurism and Russian constructivist art movements, architecture….’ The collection revolves around ivory, sand and neutral tones, incorporating layered strips, dye effects and unpredictable ruffles.
Mutasious, Mette Maegaad Kristiansen
Mutasious by Mette Maegaad Kristiansen is based on the beauty of imperfection. Mette says, ‘I wanted to combine these two contradictory universes of perfection and imperfection in order to create a collaboration that on first impressions should be experienced as desirable and only at second glance reveal that there might be a darker side to it.’ In scarlet and black, the collection featured strong silhouettes of short cocktail dresses.
Rites of Passage, Yasamin Zafar Mohtashemi
Yasamin Zafar Mohtashemi’s collection is inspired by the Iban Indians of Borneo’s rainforests and their spirit world and rites of passage in a land of mysterious Gods, legendary heroes, omens delivered by birds, dreams and customs, rituals and taboos. The collection mixes naive block prints, laddered knits and tufted shrugs in a concise palette of black, white and sand.
Bachelor collections, The Danish Design School
The eight Bachelor collections were shown first and included work from Nadja Düring Friis, Sandra Møller Svendsen, Mia Shil Aaland Kirkegaard, Tine Winther Rysgaard, Nhallely Gustafsson, Stefan Autzen, Marie Franciska Hjermov and Sascha Mai Poulsen.
The Worms at Heaven's Gate, Tine Winther Rysgaard
Image credits: all images courtesy of Copenhagen Fashion Week
Copenhagen Fashion Week
The Danish Design School
Anne Birkkjær Bitsch: anne_bitsch@hotmail.com
Lisa Frederika Åslund: lisaaslund@gmail.com
Caroline Wilckenschildt Fossum: wilkenshildt@gmail.com
Annakarin Lundgren: aklundgren@hotmail.com
Mette Maegaad Kristiansen: mette_kristiansen@hotmail.com
Yasamin Zafar Mohtashemi: yasamin.zafar@gmail.com
Tine Winther Rysgaard: tirys@student.dkds.dk
