CPHFW Official Talk Program: Cultures of Fashion – Cross-pollination of Fashion, Art and Music
Our SS26 talk series with Vogue Business as media partner make up a vital element of the official schedule each season, representing an opportunity to dig deeper into wider issues facing fashion.
Copenhagen Fashion Week will bring the SS26 talk program to a live audience, with a dedicated talk being held each day in the Copenhagen Fashion Week Talk hub hosted in Verpan, right in the center of the city.
Attendance to the talk program is open to the public and will be on a first come first served basis and will include a 30-minute panel talk followed by a 15-minute Q&A. The talk will activate the global network of Copenhagen Fashion Week, inviting industry leaders from a variety of organisations and practices to speak across the topics at hand.
Furthermore, Copenhagen Fashion Week is excited to announce Vogue Business as an official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.
About Verner Panton:
Verpan – for Verner Panton – is a design company working closely with Verner Panton Design to preserve, reissue and recontextualise the Danish architect and designer’s radiant body of work.
Born in 1926, Verner Panton came to represent a new direction and energy in Danish design history – deeply original, daringly experimental – for close to five decades. Creating visually distinctive furniture, lighting and objects as well as immersive interiors, his spirit and work remains radically ahead of the curve. Concerned with the future and our capacity to imagine it, his vast output is full of vibrant and playful pieces with a social character, made to be enjoyed, for pleasure.
Cultures of Fashion – Cross-pollination of Fashion, Art and Music
An exploration of the role of fashion within the wider cultural economy.
Cultural exchanges between fashion and other creative fields can fuel original collaborations with mutual benefits. Fashion is key to the visual identity of musicians who, in turn, can help increase brand awareness. Visual artists increasingly work with fashion with exciting offerings. But how does the cross-over of fields work? What are the creative strategies behind the exchange? What happens to the idea of authenticity when the commercial and fine art meet?
To explore the topic, moderator Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Director at ALPHA, brings together Sofie Winther, Artist & Designer, Puer Parasitus, Silas Adler, Creative Director, other circle, and Chris Pedersen, radio host, ‘Popsmart’ DR.
Moderator:
Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Director, ALPHA
Ane Lynge-Jorlén is the director of ALPHA, an organisation that empowers emerging Nordic fashion designers internationally. Lynge-Jorlén is special advisor on fashion talents for Copenhagen Fashion Week. She holds a PhD in Fashion Studies from University of the Arts London, and she has published her research internationally, including Fashion Stylists (Bloomsbury 2020) and Niche Fashion Magazines (Bloomsbury 2017) and she has curated several exhibitions on contemporary, experimental fashion across, and beyond, the Nordics, most recently Social Fabric at EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Beautiful Repair. Mending in Art and Fashion at Copenhagen Contemporary.
Panelists:
Chris Pedersen, Radio Host, ‘Popsmart’ DR
Chris Pedersen is a Danish culture journalist and radio host. His writings have been featured in most major Danish magazines and papers, and he is now working at the Danish National Broadcaster hosting the podcast "Popsmart" about pop culture.
Silas Adler, Creative Director, other circle
Silas Adler was born in Denmark and his mixed heritage and early exposure to different cultures sparked a deep curiosity that has guided him throughout his life. Three defining experiences have shaped how he sees the world and approaches his work. The first was discovering hip-hop — albums like Home Invasion by Ice-T, Enter the 36 Chambers by Wu-Tang Clan, and Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg, all which had a profound impact on him. The second was hearing skateboard wheels outside his home, leading him to a local crew and to an identity that revolved around skateboarding. The third was becoming a father, which shifted his perspective from inward-looking to outward-focused. The curiosity and fearlessness he sees in his children continue to inspire his life and work.
Sofie Winther, Artist & Designer, Puer Parasitus
Puer Parasitus, founded in 2021 by artist Sofie Winther (b.1991), is a project at the crossroads of fashion and sculpture, emerging from an intuitive, three-dimensional approach to textile materials and recycled objects. It challenges conventional boundaries by deconstructing and reconstructing everyday items into immersive works that question consumption, empowerment and the roles of gender and power in society.
