Copenhagen Fashion Week

Copenhagen Fashion Week is held twice a year in Copenhagen.[1] Copenhagen Fashion Week consists of a market week with 3 big fairs: CIFF at Bella Center, Revolver at Øksnehallen and Gallery that connects showrooms in the city of Copenhagen[2] and a diverse range of fashion shows at City Hall and the Royal Academy of Music.

Copenhagen Fashion Week also offers a programme open to all, for consumers, citizens and tourists. This open part of the week, Copenhagen Fashion Festival, is developed in collaboration between Wonderful Copenhagen, Copenhagen City Centre and Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Today, the event takes place in February and August, and is the Nordic region's largest fashion event with more than 1,600 exhibitors and 2,800 branded collections[3] in addition to 40-45 runway shows on the official show schedule. More than 50.000 professionals from the fashion industry visit the three fairs.

Copenhagen Fashion Week is organised by the three fairs and the company Copenhagen Fashion Week, which aims to promote Danish fashion on international markets. Among the fashion houses that stand out in Copenhagen Fashion Week are Ivan Grundahl, Bruuns Bazaar, Wood Wood, Dagmar of Sweden, By Malene Birger, Henrik Vibskov, Baum und Pferdgarten and Day Birger et Mikkelsen.

Gallery [4] show scene has managed to present 150 shows such as Stine Goya, Cheap Monday, Henrik Vibskov and Vivienne Westwood to show her Anglomania collection,[2] making Copenhagen an internationally acclaimed Fashion Week.

Nordic Style Magazine (nordicstylemag.com) is an online magazine which focuses on design in the Nordic countries and heavily reports on Copenhagen Fashion Week every season.

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