CPHFW Creative Hub Presents Shiringa by Collective Fashion Justice
For SS26, CPHFW Creative Hub hosts Collective Fashion Justice for a screening of their award-winning short film Shiringa: Fashion Regenerating Amazonia, and a panel on bio-material innovation in fashion.
Come explore an exhibition from Collective Fashion Justice featuring Scandinavian and international designers using shiringa bio-leather made by Indigenous Amazonian people from regeneratively collected tree sap. This event will also include a screening of CFJ’s award-winning short film Shiringa about the material’s creation, and a panel discussion from fashion industry leaders — including Marimekko’s creative director Rebekka Bay and Vogue Italia’s Giorgia Feroldi — about the adoption of bio-material solutions. Featured designers to be announced soon.
The CPHFW Creative Hub is a vibrant space for discovering innovation in fashion through immersive installations and interactive experiences. Taking place on August 6–7, the Hub will feature daytime programming including talks, screenings, workshops, and thoughtfully designed spaces to explore, learn from, and be inspired by. Come connect with leading voices shaping the future of fashion and culture, a celebration of creativity, community, and what’s next for the industry.
About Collective Fashion Justice:
Collective Fashion Justice is a charity dedicated to creating a total ethics fashion system that values the life of people, our fellow animals and the planet ahead of profit. The organisation produces novel research, and creative campaigns towards this goal, consulting with the industry and working towards legislative reform.
Moderator:
Giorgia Feroldi, Fashion Writer & Editor
After a diploma in Art & Design from the London College of Contemporary Arts and a BA in Fashion Art Direction from Polimoda, Giorgia turned to writing as a way to engage with fashion as a social and cultural system. Giorgia is currently developing an independent curatorial practice that bridges critical writing with experimental sound research, alongside contributing fashion reviews and opinion pieces with bylines in Vogue Italia, Vogue Runway, and other publications.
Panelists:
Rebekka Bay, Chief Creative Director, Marimekko
Rebekka Bay is the Chief Creative Director at Finnish lifestyle brand Marimekko. Prior to joining Marimekko, Rebekka was Global Creative Director for Uniqlo’s Global Innovation Center in New York, Head of Product at Everlane splitting her time between New York and San Francisco, before that EVP Creative Director at GAP New York. Rebekka gained global recognition in her role as Creative Director for COS during the first 5 years. Besides her role at Marimekko, Rebekka is co-founder of underwear brand Maalouf, investor and member of the board at menswear brand Berner Kuhl and part of the advisory board at Cecilie Bahnsen. Rebekka is a reoccurring jury member at the Wessel & Vett Fashion Prize and Arts Thread.
Sine Christiane Gerstenberg, Writer & Consultant
Sine Christiane Gerstenberg is a Danish writer, editor, and creative consultant known for her nuanced storytelling and cross-disciplinary approach to culture, fashion, and society. With a background in literature and journalism, she works across editorial, concept development, and strategic communication for leading Scandinavian brands and media. Her work bridges sharp editorial thinking with emotional resonance, always grounded in a deep understanding of audience and tone.
Emma Hakansson, Founding Director of Collective Fashion Justice
Emma Hakansson is the founder and director of charity Collective Fashion Justice, as well as the producer-director of the SHIRINGA short film. Through working as a model and creative director in the fashion industry, Hakansson became clear she could not continue to work in fashion unless to transform the industry to better protect people, animals and the planet. Today, her organisation consults with international fashion councils and brands to improve policy, while producing research and lobbying for legislative reform towards strong fashion ethics and sustainability. She is also the author of the award-winning book, Total Ethics Fashion, and has lectured internationally at leading fashion schools on the subject.
