CPHFW Official Talk Program: Fashion as a Vehicle for Change
The official SS27 Talk Program, supported by Mercedes Benz, is a vital part of the Copenhagen Fashion Week schedule, exploring the ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of fashion.
Copenhagen Fashion Week will bring the SS27 Talk Program to a live audience, with a dedicated session taking place each day at the Copenhagen Fashion Week Talk Hub, hosted in the Mercedes-Benz Showroom in the heart of the city.
The Talk Program is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Each session will feature a 30-minute panel discussion followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Drawing on Copenhagen Fashion Week’s global network, the program will bring together industry leaders from across a range of organisations and disciplines to share insights and perspectives on the topics shaping fashion today.
Fashion as a vehicle for change
How makers, activists, and journalists are transforming one of the world's most powerful industries — and what it will take to go further.
To explore the topic, Moderator Naima Yasin, Head of Secretariat at SAGA, brings together Daphne Chouliaraki Milner, Features Director at Atmos, Emma Håkansson, Founding Director of Collective Fashion Justice, Bubu Ogisi, Founder & Creative Director of IAMISIGO and Veronica D'Souza, Artist, Founder and Sustainability Leader.
Moderator:
Naima Yasin — Head of Secretariat at SAGA
Naima Yasin is a host, moderator and conversation-maker who creates inclusive forums that spark meaningful change. As Head of Secretariat at SAGA, she focuses on democracy, youth engagement and social justice, creating spaces where overlooked voices are heard and complex questions are explored with rigour and care. Across festivals, cultural institutions, media and civil society, Naima guides audiences from passive observers to active participants, leaving them with fresh perspectives long after the conversation ends.
Panelists:
Daphne Chouliaraki Milner — Features Director at Atmos
Daphne Chouliaraki Milner is a London-based writer and editor. She is Features Director at Atmos, a nonprofit publication exploring the intersection of climate and culture, where she oversees editorial content across print and digital platforms. Previously, she was a reporter at The Business of Fashion, covering independent designers and emerging creative talent. Her work has appeared in The Business of Fashion, Vogue Business, The Financial Times, i-D, Dazed, AnOther, System, GQ and other leading publications.
Emma Håkansson — Founding Director of Collective Fashion Justice
Emma Håkansson is the Founding Director of Collective Fashion Justice, a charity working to create a fashion system that protects people, animals and the planet ahead of profit. Through research, creative projects and industry consulting, CFJ helps brands, retailers and fashion councils improve their policies and material sourcing strategies. The organisation has supported major global fashion weeks to ban wildlife materials and worked with companies including Kering and GANNI. Emma is also the author of Total Ethics Fashion and an award-winning film director focused on stories of responsible fashion.
Bubu Ogisi — Founder & Creative Director of IAMISIGO
Bubu Ogisi is the Founder and Creative Director of IAMISIGO, a contemporary wearable art practice based in Lagos, Nairobi and Accra. Using fashion and textiles to tell stories, IAMISIGO treats the human body as a canvas for memory, movement and meaning. Working closely with artisans and communities across Africa, the brand transforms heritage textile techniques and unconventional materials into sculptural garments and installations. Rooted in research and craftsmanship, its work combines ancestral knowledge, experimental approaches and recycled materials to explore the intersections of identity, environment and material culture.
Veronica D'Souza — Artist, Founder, Sustainability Leader
Veronica D'Souza is an award-winning social entrepreneur, advisor, speaker and artist working at the intersection of fashion, design, technology and systems change. She is the founder of CARCEL, the internationally acclaimed fashion label creating dignified employment and living wages for women in prison in Peru and Thailand. Over the past 15 years, she has built ventures, advised organisations and led conversations on sustainability, inclusion and new economic models. Veronica serves on the boards of the Danish Design Council and The Soulfuls, co-curated the official symposium for 3 Days of Design, and hosts the podcasts AI & Os and What Shapes Us. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Business of Fashion, Forbes and The Wall Street Journal.
