Copenhagen Fashion Week Announces AW26 Recipients of CPHFW NEWTALENT
Copenhagen Fashion Week is delighted to announce the line up for the AW26 edition of CPHFW NEWTALENT.
For AW26, CPHFW NEWTALENT presented by Pandora will welcome Stem to the scheme, joining Bonnetje and Anne Sofie Madsen. As part of the January edition, Studio Constance, Sson, and Taus will be awarded the One To Watch recognition, and will introduce their forthcoming collection through a combination of show and presentation formats.
CPHFW NEWTALENT continues to welcome its dedicated and valued headline partner Pandora, and the scheme’s patrons CIFF and Pandora.
Furthermore, the dedicated CPHFW NEWTALENT showroom will provide global industry leaders with an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the exceptional brands participating in the scheme.
“CPHFW NEWTALENT is a vital pillar for Copenhagen Fashion Week, supporting key Nordic visionary talent at a critical juncture in their growth. CPHFW NEWTALENT aims to support these directional new voices across mentoring, showcasing and financial support: a three-tiered structure to guide their own evolution from flourishing creatives into reputable businesses.” - Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO Copenhagen Fashion Week
Continuing with a strong line up and the introduction of new voices of the scheme, CPHFW NEWTALENT continues to be a globally leading platform spotlighting the next generation of Nordic talent.
See the collections at the CPHFW NEWTALENT showroom
During the AW26 season, CPHFW NEWTALENT will host a showroom at CIFF, introducing the Nordic and international press and buyer community to a selection of leading emerging designers of the Nordics.
International Industry Leaders supporting emerging talent
Each of the brands admitted to CPHFW NEWTALENT will be provided sessions with globally leading mentors and advisers from the Nordics.
Mentors include:
- Bruce Pask, Senior Director, Men’s Fashion, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus
- Clara Cornet, Fashion and Beauty Strategic Partnerships, Instagram
- Ida Petersson, Co-Founder, Good Eggs
- Mahoro Seward, Fashion & Style Editor, British Vogue
- Vikram Menon, Director, Fashionex Limited
Vital partnerships providing support to the program
Copenhagen Fashion Week is proud to receive funding support for CPHFW NEWTALENT from a concise pool of industry leaders, recognising the value they place in uplifting the Nordic creative industry.
Pandora
Pandora is Headline partner and Patron of CPHFW NEWTALENT. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Pandora is the world’s largest jewelry brand. Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and contemporary jewellery.
CIFF
CIFF is partner and patron of CPHFW NEWTALENT. Over the past decade CIFF has become a major bi-annual destination for the international fashion industry. In 2023 it announced its merger with equally renowned trade show Revolver.
ALPHA
ALPHA is a talent incubator empowering the best-emerging talents and graduates from the Nordic countries. ALPHA and Copenhagen Fashion Week have teamed up to promote and support the best of Nordic talent through both platforms.
Special Advisor Ane Lynge-Jorlén
Ane Lynge-Jorlén supports and contributes to CPHFW NEWTALENT as Special Advisor to the Copenhagen Fashion Week team. Ane Lynge-Jorlén plays an active role in advising on new emerging brands for CPHFW NEWTALENT, and provides consultancy.
Fashion in Helsinki
Copenhagen Fashion Week is delighted to share Fashion in Helsinki as a Knowledge Partner of CPHFW NEWTALENT, supporting emerging talents in Finnish fashion.
Show Advisors
inter.agncy
inter.agncy was founded by Johanne Jacobsen and Kristian Kirk in 2021. The agency is built on a model suited for long-term collaborations and all-embracing solutions. With a client network spanning from institutions to the up-and-coming generation, inter.agncy facilitates platforms that breed connections and bridge spheres. The agency works with a holistic approach and provides end-to-end services, taking care of every step from idea to finalisation in-house.
Transition
Transition is a consultancy that advises and facilitates processes within sustainability, ESG and circular economy. They work interdisciplinary by connecting technical calculations and strategy with design thinking and anthropological insights – because people must realise the transition. Their team consists of business developers, designers, anthropologists, and engineers. Their professional profiles are broadly composed to provide the best foundation for innovative problem solving.
Service Partner
Dansk Fashion & Textile (DM&T)
DM&T provides industry-specific and personal advice in HR law, trade law, CSR, technology and the environment, exports, customs and international trade, digital challenges and trends. Their most important task is to create value and optimal conditions for their member companies and thus for the entire fashion and textile industry. For this reason, they are also driven by a vision that clearly indicates that they want to be the industry's own and preferred knowledge centre, the industry's ambassador and alliance developer.
About the brands
Stem
Launched in September 2021 by weaver and textile designer Sarah Brunnhuber, Stem is an innovative zero-waste production brand for woven garments. Its weaving, cutting, and sewing system eliminates garment production waste and creates a visual language that tells a production story. With its experimental approach to zero-waste garments, Stem bridges craft and industry, aiming to disrupt the current cycle of overproduction and overconsumption. Stem’s philosophy is: Produce better, produce less – buy better, buy less.
Stem was enrolled to CPHFW NEWTALENT in November 2025 and will showcase on the official schedule as an active part of CPHFW NEWTALENT for AW26, SS27 and AW27.
Anne Sofie Madsen
Without any ambition to tell stories nor seek novelty, Anne Sofie Madsen is made to be worn by women who do not dress to seduce, but who dress to empower themselves through a wardrobe that goes beyond seasonality, themes, or dress codes. Instead, Anne Sofie Madsen becomes part of the agenda, by emphasising a sustainable praxis that empowers the wearer through a couturier craft and hand. Anne Sofie Madsen utilises the designer’s technique of combining traditional, craftsmanship with alternative materials and new, experimental technologies. Each piece stands on its own and together as a collection. Anne Sofie Madsen appreciates and acknowledges time-honoured virtues such as patience and respect for the savoir-faire of each garment and returns to fashion with a maturity that seeks a conscious and responsible balance between a viable method of production and a sustainable praxis on body as in mind.
Anne Sofie Madsen was enrolled to CPHFW NEWTALENT in May 2025 and will showcase on the official schedule as an active part of CPHFW NEWTALENT for SS26, AW26 and SS27.
Bonnetje
Bonnetje, a Copenhagen-based brand, specializes in cutting up old suits and reassembling the pieces into new silhouettes. By reusing defunct materials, Bonnetje contribute to the search for fashion beyond the current throwaway society. Their focus extends to past, present, and future sustainable practices. Bonnetje does not aim to pioneer a brand new style but offers their perspective on the emerging movement of circularity within fashion. Collaboration with contemporary peers and across generations is essential to the brand's approach. Rather than discarding yesterday’s fashion, they aim to preserve it for today and reintroduce it into circulation. In refashioning existing suit items, Bonnetje literally turns certain parts inside-out, honoring the meticulous tailoring by exposing hidden details such as seams, pockets, and lining. Additionally, they incorporate feminine silhouettes into classic masculine forms, blurring the lines between inclusion and exclusion within clothing.
Bonnetje was enrolled to CPHFW NEWTALENT in November 2024 and will showcase on the official schedule as an active part of CPHFW NEWTALENT for AW25, SS26 and AW26.
Studio Constance
Studio Constance is a Swedish brand, redefining how fashion goods and clothing are produced and consumed. As an ode to modern women, they strive to introduce a concept of feral luxury - an idea free from conformism - and provide quality garments designed to be reused, recycled, and resold. Feral women are their heroines. A feral woman is, first and foremost, herself. She is full of contradictions, free to change her mind, yet unwavering in her values. Studio Constance is a movement toward meaningful luxury. With a clear identity, compelling founder story, and scalable sustainability, it’s poised to become an ode to the modern woman – bold, sophisticated, and culturally resonant.
Studio Constance was awarded the One To Watch recognition slot for the AW26 season and will present their collection in show format during the January 2026 edition.
Sson
Sson is a Stockholm-based fashion brand, founded in 2024, reimagining discarded garments and materials into conceptual ready-to-wear collections that merge sustainability with contemporary culture. Led by creative Director and co-founder Yulia Kjellsson, the brand reconstructs second-hand textiles into contemporary silhouettes, that balance masculine tailoring with romantic draping, infused with elements of streetwear. Each collection grows from a conceptual narrative, exploring questions of identity, culture and time. Rooted in circularity, Sson is committed to pioneering a future fashion model that is both ethical and environmentally responsible, while never losing sight of fashion’s essence: creativity, storytelling, and innovation.
Sson was awarded the One To Watch recognition slot for the AW26 season and will present their collection in presentation format during the January 2026 edition.
Taus
Founded in 2024 by Freyja Taus and Juho Lehiö, Taus is a Copenhagen-based ready-to-wear and demi-couture studio rooted in craftsmanship and slowness. The brand reimagines historical influences through a contemporary lens, exploring questions of identity, class, and the evolving role of clothing in modern society.Working mostly with upcycling and deadstock textiles, Taus approaches fashion as dialogue between the past and present, body and object, maker and wearer. Each piece is created with intention, designed to be lived in, repaired, and passed on, embracing clothing not as novelty but as continuity.
Taus was awarded the One To Watch recognition slot for the SS26 & AW26 seasons and will present their collection in show format during the January 2026 edition.
About CPHFW NEWTALENT
CPHFW NEWTALENT is a talent support scheme for Nordic emerging brands with less than five years in business. Established by Copenhagen Fashion Week to nurture, develop, and promote emerging Nordic talent on a global scale, the scheme creates new opportunities for three to four emerging designers per season via monetary support, mentorships, partnership offerings, professional advisors, onboarding to the official Copenhagen Fashion Week show and presentation schedule, event participation, showroom activations, alumni network, and extensive PR through Copenhagen Fashion Week's international community and channels.
CPHFW NEWTALENT One To Watch is a recognition spotlight granted to a designer or brand with an exceptional creative vision. Alongside extensive communication by Copenhagen Fashion Week, the brands are offered a free slot on the official show & presentation schedule for showcasing their collection as a presentation or an installation during fashion week.
