SS24 CPHFW Talk Series – Leading the Future: Role of the emerging designer

Our SS24 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.

The talk activates the global network of Copenhagen Fashion Week, inviting industry leaders from a variety of organizations 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.

Topic: Leading the Future: The role of the emerging designer
To explore: Within a constantly shifting climate, what have emerging designers come to represent and symbolise to the global fashion industry?

 

Moderator:

Lakeisha Goedluck, Freelance Writer

Lakeisha Goedluck is a freelance writer from London who specialises in fashion and has written for a number of publications including Dazed Magazine, Vogue Scandinavia and Hero Magazine.

 

Panelists:

Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Director, Alpha

Alpha is helmed by Ane Lynge-Jorlén. Since becoming director in 2019, Ane has made significant changes in terms of the overall creative direction, selection process and she has secured partnerships with Browns Fashion, Bottega Veneta, Trussardi, MM6 Margiela, Magasin and CIFF, alongside collaboration with Nordic museums and funding from The Danish Arts Foundation, The Nordic Culture Foundation and The National Bank of Denmark. Ane holds a PhD in Fashion Studies and she has been a lecturer of Fashion Studies at University of Arts London, Parsons Paris and Lund University and has published books and research articles on fashion internationally. She was previously editor of Vestoj and a fashion critic for the Danish broadsheet Weekendavisen. Ane has curated exhibitions on contemporary fashion across in Scandinavia, and she is a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Fashion Studies. Ane is Deputy Chairwoman of Textilskolen (DK) and is a member of the Copenhagen Fashion Week show committee and is Special Advisor to Copenhagen Fashion Week’s CPHFW NEWTALENT Scheme. In 2020, Ane received an Elle Style Award for her work with Alpha.

Cengiz Güdücu, Founder, Cengiz Güdücu

Designer and Multi-artist Cengiz Güdücü established his namesake brand from a basement in Copenhagen in 2022, after graduating from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design in 2021. Born and raised in the Sydhavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Designer and Multi-Artist Cengiz Güdücü draws inspiration from his adolescent surroundings and his Kurdish heritage.

Elisabet Stamm, Founder, Stamm

Stamm was founded and launched in 2022 by the Danish designer Elisabet Stamm. Stamm is a Scandinavian brand with an international outlook. The brand was announced as winner of the ZSA Zalando Sustainability Award upon showing its debut FW23 runways show during Copenhagen Fashion Week. Elisabet describes her approach to the creations as ‘truck poetry’. With a globetrotter family background, bright personality and a dreamy, visionary mind - Stamm's main characteristic is the dualism that can be found in different forms, such as strong vs sensitive, high fashion with a low-key approach, truck vs couture, calm vs dynamic. Diverse meetings, conversations are key to the brand, which is why ‘exchange’ has become an extension to the brand name.