Copenhagen Fashion Week took place this week. It again demonstrated why Copenhagen applies as a melting pot for creative precursors. The designers focus on playful patterns, left well -known clichés and combined accessories that balance between nostalgia and urban convenience. Experimental layering caused surprising silhouettes, while striking details, such as striking collars, gave the looks their own character.
An overview of the best street style trends from Copenhagen.
101 Dalmatians
Dots, as if they came directly from the fashion universe of 101 Dalmatians, were one of the most striking patterns on the street during Copenhagen Fashion Week. Inspired by the classic black-and-white look, the dot pattern here frees itself definitively from childish associations and Cruella de Vil drama. The pattern presents itself stylish, mature and creative.
Whether it is a transparent skirt with fine dot pattern over a simple slip dress, on a chocolate brown satin skirt in combination with an oversized blazer, or as a large print on a cream -colored two -part set: the dot pattern was used in Copenhagen in various ways. The looks were supplemented with accessories such as bandanas, crocheted hats, retro sunglasses and structured leather bags.
Bandanas
Where the dots gave a playful lightness to the outfits, Bandanas granted the looks a touch of boho romanticism, a pinch of pirate flair and a touch of city poetry. For spring/summer 2026, the Bandanas in Copenhagen grew into a style -determining accessory, sometimes nostalgic, sometimes modernly interpreted.
Combined with silk tops, playful blouses or simple knitted clothing, they not only protected against the sun, but finished any outfit, minimalist or maximalistic, with refinement. Especially models with vintage prints, graphic patterns or delicate side were striking.
Stratification
Copenhagen Fashion Week also showed itself in styling silhouettes, especially when wearing skirts, very experimental. Layers became a fashion statement. Skirts over pants, tulle over denim, mini over maxi, and all with surprising convenience. The looks played with volume, transparency and structure and showed new ways to fully reinterpret classic items of clothing.
Whether it is a pleated tulerok over jeans, a striped silk skirt over raw denim or an embroidered lace skirt about airy cotton layers: layering became an art form here.
Striking collars
While many looks from Copenhagen Fashion Week revolved around smooth substances and summer lightness, some ensembles stood out due to a conscious break. Coats with striking collars, so -called ‘Funnel Necks’, became a dominant element. Instead of just serving as protection against the weather, the high collars were central to the styling and determined the silhouettes.
Whether it was a sporting interpretation in a cream -colored anorak with wrinkled collar, which in combination with a pattered layered skirt looked almost sculptural, or in dark, structured denim with a hefty standing collar and a short cut, the collar made the jacket a statement. Even in oversized models with minimalist colors, the upright collars played a central role and took them back on the trend of the dots for SS26.
Babies
The most valuable accessory of the season in Copenhagen was without a doubt not an expensive designer bag or striking sunglasses. It was something that is not for sale: the love of a mother. At the same time, it was impressive evidence that women can handle several things at the same time.
While one of the designers of the duo behind the Rave Review brand during the final applause of their SS26 show skillfully balanced a baby on her hip, the mothers on the street in Copenhagen presented how they integrate their children with a casual style in their outfit: a contemporary interpretation of ‘Mama-chic’.
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