About Us

Copenhagen Fashion Week is the leading Nordic biannual fashion week. Each season, esteemed industry leaders attend four days of showcases and events alongside the two trade shows CIFF and Revolver.
Who Are We?
Copenhagen Fashion Week is the leading Nordic biannual fashion week held in January/February and August. Each season, esteemed industry leaders attend four days of showcases and events alongside the two trade shows CIFF and Revolver.
Sustainability is the core focus area for Copenhagen Fashion Week. Copenhagen Fashion Week strives towards making substantial changes to the way the event is executed, and works to inspire and encourage the industry to take steps towards becoming more sustainable. Read more about our focus on sustainability here.
"Sustainability is the core tenet to our vision of Copenhagen Fashion Week as a forward thinking representation of Nordic talent to our global community," - Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO Copenhagen Fashion Week
What Is Our Strategy?
In 2017, Copenhagen Fashion Week went through a strategic process with the participation of key stakeholders in the fashion industry. The aim of the strategy was to strengthen Copenhagen as the epicentre of Nordic fashion and to establish Copenhagen Fashion Week as the leading fashion week in the Nordics. In 2019, Copenhagen Fashion Week became the only fashion week in Scandinavia and will keep striving towards maintaining and develop Copenhagen Fashion Week — to continue being the strongest platform possible for Nordic fashion brands to thrive.
In 2018, Copenhagen Fashion Week got a new management which brought about a highly intensified focus on sustainability. Newly appointed CEO Cecilie Thorsmark established a sustainability advisory board of industry professionals and welcomed onboard knowledge partner In Futurum to help shape the sustainable development of Copenhagen Fashion Week.
In January 2020, Copenhagen Fashion Week launched an ambitious sustainability strategy which you can access below.
How Are We Funded?
Copenhagen Fashion Week is a non-profit organisation run on 15% public funding and 85% commercial partnerships, with the Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs as our main contributor.
Copenhagen Fashion Week is a subsidiary to the foundation Design Society alongside Danish Design Centre, INDEX: Design to Improve Life and Global Fashion Agenda. You can read more about Design Society here.
The commercial partnerships Copenhagen Fashion Week takes part in are based on a shared vision of sustainability and innovation, and are set in place to ensure the best possible experience for participating brands, press and buyers. All commercial posts are marked with a mandatory disclaimer of sponsored content, in accordance with Danish law, and is created in line with Copenhagen Fashion Week’s ethical charter.
If you are interested in exploring commercial partnership opportunities please contact: info@copenhagenfashionweek.com
Copenhagen Fashion Week Team
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Cecilie Thorsmark
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- CEO
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Isabella Rose Davey
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- Head of Digital & Communications
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Josefine Cramer
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- Head of Global Partnerships & Special Projects
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Marie Brøbech
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- Director of Production & Brand Relations
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Gizem Arici
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- Head of Sustainability
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Dora Tamas
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- Graphic Designer & Digital Content Coordinator
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Emilie Løcke Jepsen Korsbjerg
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- Project Coordinator
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Evelina Danielsson Valladares
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- Sustainability Coordinator
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Alice Warre
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- Communications Assistant
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Zvetlana Ibarra Gonzalez
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- Project & Event Production Assistant
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Yevheniia Marchuk
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- Communications Assistant
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
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Ella Edman
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- Communications Assistant
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- Copenhagen Fashion Week
Executive Board
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Thomas Klausen
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- CEO
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- Danish Fashion & Textile
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Cecilie Ingdal
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Elle Denmark
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Niels Eskildsen
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- Founder & CEO
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- Designers Remix
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Charlotte Egelund
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- CEO
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- Fashion Society
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Jens Obel Jørgensen
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- Owner & CEO
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- DK Company Group
Advisory Board
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Carla Buzasi
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- President & CEO
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- WGSN
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Baptiste Carriere-Pradal
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- Chair
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- Technical Secretariat of the Apparel EU Product Environmental Footprint project & Sustainable Apparel Coalition
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Kate Heiny
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- Director Sustainability
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- Zalando
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Amelia Hoy
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- Activist & Actor
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- Nordic Fashion Directory
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Dio Kurazawa
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- Founding partner of The Bear Scouts & Advisor for CFS
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- The Bear Scouts
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Federica Marchionni
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- CEO
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- Global Fashion Agenda
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Janet Mensink
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- Executive Director
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- SLCP
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Amy Powney
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- Creative Director
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- Mother of Pearl
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Clare Press
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- Founder
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- Wardrobe Crisis
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Nicolaj Reffstrup
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- Founder
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- Ganni
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Liesl Truscott
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- Corporate Benchmarking Director
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- Textile Exchange
Show Committee
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Julie Gilhart
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- CDO & President
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- Tomorrow Ltd. & Tomorrow Projects
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Ida Petersson
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- Buying Director
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- Browns
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Gro Curtis
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- Fashion Director
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- V Magazine & V Man
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Allyson Shiffman
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- Print Editor
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- Vogue Scandinavia
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Mahoro Seward
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- Fashion Features Editor
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- i-D Magazine
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Laird Borrelli-Persson
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- Archive Editor
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- Vogue
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Dio Kurazawa
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- Founding partner of The Bear Scouts & Advisor for CFS
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- The Bear Scouts
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Pernille Teisbæk
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- Content Creator
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- Independent
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Robin Douglas Westling
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- Stylist & Fashion Consultant
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- Freelance
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Jonas William Abbots
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- Styling Editor
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- Dossier
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Moussa Mchangama
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- Co founder
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- Infuturum
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Mona M. Ali
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- Diversity and Inclusion Editor
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- Vogue Scandinavia
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Barbara Maj Husted Werner
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- Owner
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- Holly Golightly
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Carla Christine Aagaard-Strube
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Fashion Forum
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As Øland
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- Creative Director
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- Dansk Fashion & Textile
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Josephine Aarkrogh
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- Creative Director
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- Elle Denmark
Fashion Forum
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Carla Christine Aagaard-Strube
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Fashion Forum
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Sofie Ringtved Jensen
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- Editor
- Company
- Fashion Forum
Copenhagen Fashion Week creative partners
WGSN and Copenhagen Fashion Week have entered into a media partnership in order to leverage their respective strengths by disseminating knowledge about responsible business practices with the industry. The partnership traverses substantial editorial investment into Copenhagen Fashion Week coverage.
Youtube and Copenhagen Fashion Week partnered to support the digital growth and global reach of all brands on the official show schedule. This unique partnership uplifted Copenhagen Fashion Week's digitalization by livestreaming all the fashion show's on YouTube, this being the first partnership of this kind for YouTube.
Creative Denmark has partnered with Copenhagen Fashion Week through an investment in various media campaigns as well as the Copenhagen Fashion Week hospitality program.
In futurum is Knowledge Partner of Copenhagen Fashion Week, informing our sustainability strategy.
DM&T is a long-term collaborator, foremost informing our 2023 Sustainability Requirements.
Lifestyle and Design Cluster partnered with Copenhagen Fashion Week as part of the government-funded project Grøn Genstart, utilsing the 2023 Sustainability Requirement’s framework to further 50 SMEs sustainability efforts.
Copenhagen International Fashion Fair is the first partner who will adapt and implement the 2023 Sustainability Requirements for their 1000+ exhibitors as of AW23.
The Norwegian Fashion Hub and Oslo Fushion Festival are our first Nordic partners to adapt and implement the 2023 Sustainability Requirements for their members and brands.
The Swedish Fashion Council and Copenhagen Fashion Week Copenhagen Fashion Week have partnered to strengthen and further develop their joint dedication to the incubation and growth of emerging designer talent. This partnership will align Copenhagen Fashion Week with the Swedish Fashion Council’s ambitious talent program, furthering both organisations’ dedication to supporting young designers across the Nordics.