Copenhagen Fashion Week Podcast

SS25 CPHFW Talk Series – The importance of cross-pollinating in the creative industries for the future of fashion

The SS25 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 will activate 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 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:

In order to drive crucial growth in the creative industries, what lessons and opportunities can emerge from collaborations between different industries across music, fashion, food, sport and art?

As constant shifts in the creative industry sees more fluid models, more obstacles but also more opportunities arise across the landscape, is collaboration in the creative fields the most impactful path for industries to take? How can knowledge sharing, curated activations and support schemes foster exciting new ideas and models to cultivate an impactful and inspiring creative future?

Moderator:

Ayamé, Content Creator, Presenter & Podcast Host

Ayamé is a content creator, presenter, and podcast host with a global following of 4 million. Known for her viral TikTok videos and hilarious skits, Ayamé has a highly-engaged audience across all platforms. She has collaborated with major brands such as Netflix, Warner Brothers, Sky TV, Spotify, and many more.

In 2023, Ayamé launched her podcast ‘In Ayamé We Trust,’ which quickly rose to success with over 400k listeners in its first season.

In 2024 Ayamé hosted the Red Carpet for the Ivor Awards with Amazon Music and the UK premiere of Mad Max. In June, Ayamé was cast in Audible’s global digital campaign alongside creator Brittany Broski.

Panelists:

Rosa Lois Balle Yahiya, Founder & Head of Secretariat at Another Life and Model

Rosa Lois Balle Yahiya is the founder and Head of Secretariat at the award-winning non-profit association Another Life, which works with representation, mental health, discrimination and work environment in Danish music and cultural life. Another Life does reports, workshops, consultations, festivals and other activities to share knowledge and push for a more equal cultural sector and society. Since 2022 Rosa Lois has been working as a model signed at the Swedish agency Fiiri.

Kristian Kirk, Creative Director and Curator

Kristian Kirk (b.1993) is the co-founder and creative director of creative studio inter.agcy and exhibition space inter.pblc. Kristian started his work in art, fashion, music, and production in New York and is now based in Copenhagen. He has also been a part of the Copenhagen Fashion Week Show Committee and has been working closely with CPHFW on the NEWTALENT platform and with the talent. In the Danish fashion industry Kristian is known for multiple runway shows and production for brands such as Masculina, Jade Cropper and P.L.N.

David Zilber, Chef, Food Scientist, New York Times Bestselling Author

David Zilber is a Canadian chef, food scientist, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Noma Guide to Fermentation. Over the past 20 years he’s worked in some of the world’s top kitchens–most notably serving as the director of the Fermentation Lab at Restaurant Noma, where he employed microbes to transform familiar foods into bold new ingredients. He continues to cook, write, and rot from his adopted home of Copenhagen, Denmark.

SS25 CPHFW Talk Series – What Does Personal Style Mean in the Nordics?⁠

The SS25 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 will activate 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 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:

An investigation of how individual style and philosophies of dress have shaped an understanding of what this can signal in the Nordics and to a global stage.

A region once known for its uniform sense of fashion has become one of the world’s greatest exporters of groundbreaking, unique styles. In the past few decades, a storm of innovations in design, literature, and technology have radically reshaped the pillars of Nordic dress. How have the exceptionally stylish people of the Nordics challenged what the term ‘personal style’ means within their own countries and worldwide? What caused this break from tradition (and from janteloven)? And after the rise of Nordic signatures like airy minimalism, pattern-clashing maximalism, and nature-forward utilitarianism, who should we look towards to dictate what might come next?

Moderator:

Ruby Redstone, Fashion Historian

Ruby Redstone is a fashion historian and contemporary fashion writer. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and New York Magazine, and she created a column on the history of runway fashion for an audience of over two million readers on the now- shuttered style-and-culture website Man Repeller. She holds an MA in Fashion History from the Courtauld Institute of Art and an MA in the History of Art from the University of Saint Andrews. Her monthly newsletter, Old Fashioned, examines the intersection of fashion history, contemporary fashion design, and personal style.

Panelists:

Sally Javadi, Content Creator, Psychology Major

Sally Javadi is an Iranian born Danish woman, holding a major in psychology. Sally's career has led her to be a full time content creator after starting her instagram account @sallyssneakers in 2019. With a sneaker collection surpassing 350 pairs, Sally is a certified sneaker head whose enigmatic content has seen her grow a global community.

Laird Borrelli-Persson, Senior Archive Editor, Vogue

Laird Borrelli-Persson is the Senior Archive Editor at Vogue.com. She studied at Boston College and Oxford University before getting her masters at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is the author of Fashion Illustration Now, Fashion Illustration Next, Net Mode: Web Fashion Now, Fashion Drawings by Fashion Designers, Bags: A Lexicon of Style, which she coauthored with Valerie Steele, and Marimekko: The Art of Printmaking.

Richard Ntege, Fashion Stylist & Jewellery Designer

Renowned for his sophisticated and visionary styling, Richard Ntege has made a significant impact on the Scandinavian fashion world. As the bridge between Rolf Ekroth and Puma, he styled two remarkable seasons of their show. Richard has collaborated with brands like Très Bien, Nike, and Puma, and designed exclusive collections for Aplace and Stiksen. His award-winning work continues to define and elevate contemporary fashion.

Nicklas Skovgaard, Founder, Nicklas Skovgaard

Nicklas Skovgaard founded their eponymous brand that is a considered a luxury womenswear brand, with a strong elocution intending to delight through unexpected parallels. Founded in 2020, the Copenhagen-based brand aims to explore the relationship textiles can hold in expressing narrative through the marriage of unexpected material and classical form. Constructing two collections a year, each body of work for Nicklas Skovgaard builds upon the last, acting with an evolutionary purpose and building an ever-evolving vocabulary. Orchestrating theses classical and strange symphonies within his eponymous textiles and recognisable design, Nicklas Skovgaard is a brand cultivated on the edge of romanticism and realism.

SS25 CPHFW Talk Series – Unpacking the Sustainability Requirements

The SS25 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 will activate 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 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:

A discussion about fashion week’s role in accelerating change in the industry and how the Sustainability Requirements framework enables a shared vision and language.

Launching the Sustainability Requirements framework in 2020, Copenhagen Fashion Week was the first fashion week to review sustainability efforts and implement minimum standards for the brands showcasing at CPHFW. Since Copenhagen Fashion Week have joint forces with Norwegian Fashion Hub, Oslo Runway and Berlin Fashion Week, to align their efforts in accelerate the industry’s sustainability actions across their respective fashion markets.

In March 2024 Copenhagen Fashion Week launched revisions of the Sustainability Requirements based on industry developments and learnings from the past years as well as close observations and mapping of the EU policy landscape. While the industry and legislative efforts have seen progress, hear from panelists how the Sustainability Requirements continue to support industry change and how the framework creates a shared vision and language for industry peers and brands alike!

Moderator:

Emily Chan, Senior Sustainability & Features Editor, British Vogue

Emily Chan is the Senior Sustainability & Features Editor at British Vogue and covers all things related to sustainability in fashion and beyond, from the designers pushing for change to the climate activists we should be paying attention to.

Panelists:

Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO, Copenhagen Fashion Week

Following Thorsmark’s appointment as CEO of Copenhagen Fashion Week in 2018 came her announcement to transition the event into a pioneering industry platform and organisation with the capacity to further the industry’s sustainability potential. In January 2020, Thorsmark launched the ambitious three-year action plan “Reinventing Copenhagen Fashion Week” presenting an innovative system of minimum sustainability requirements for all brands on the official show schedule. The system successfully came into effect in 2023, making Copenhagen Fashion Week the first and only fashion week worldwide to introduce a mandatory set of sustainability requirements. In 2022, Thorsmark was inaugurated into The BoF 500, the definitive professional index of the people shaping the $2.4 trillion fashion industry. Marked in the Catalyst category, the accolade recognised Thorsmark’s role in evolving Copenhagen Fashion Week from a regional event into a global leader of sustainability within fashion. Copenhagen Fashion Week has furthermore been highlighted as a frontrunner in its field by international publications such as the New York Times, Forbes, the Guardian and Vogue Business. Parallel to her role at Copenhagen FashionWeek, Thorsmark is the Deputy Chair of the European FashionAlliance, a membership-based alliance founded in 2022 with the aim to drive change within the global fashion industry. Prior to joining Copenhagen Fashion Week, Thorsmark held the position of Global Fashion Agenda’s Communication Director for two years, following a six-year tenure at the Danish Fashion Institute.

Frederik Larsen, Co-founder, In futurum

Frederik Larsen (PhD) is the co-founder of In futurum, a change agency. Frederik acts as an adviser to companies, organisations and institutions on ecology and climate justice. He works to create paths to thriving futures by engaging with actors across the political, economic, and cultural sector through queer and anti-racist practices. He publishes research on fashion, circular economy, and thrift, and has developed the CFW sustainability framework together with the Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Scott Lipinski, CEO, Fashion Council Germany / Chairman, European Fashion Alliance

Scott Lipinski, CEO at Fashion Council Germany (FCG), engages himself as a representative of fashion "Made & Designed in Germany". He aims to establish German fashion as a cultural and economic asset and to generate more recognition and attention for the industry, both politically and culturally. As one of the founders of the European Fashion Alliance (EFA), he is committed to establishing an international network within the fashion industry. The 29 member organisations of the association represent more than 10,000 companies in the fashion sector from all over Europe.

Marie Busck, Chief Sustainability Officer, Dansk Fashion & Textile

Marie Busck is a sustainability leader with 20 years of experience from leading roles in human rights institutions and international consumer-facing businesses. She has extensive experience across the sustainability agenda and in driving organisational change. In her current role she is responsible for driving the sustainability and public affairs work at Dansk Fashion & Textile (DM&T) with the ambition to mobilise the Danish fashion and textile industry to become leading in a sustainability and circularity.

Sanna-Kaisa Niikko, CMO, Marimekko

Chief Marketing Officer Sanna-Kaisa Niikko has a long career at Marimekko. Before her current position, she served as Global Creative Brand Marketing Director leading Marimekko’s visual communications, social media and community engagement, public relations and brand collaborations. She originally joined Marimekko in 2005 and has held numerous positions in Marimekko’s marketing and sales organisations both in Finland and internationally. Sanna-Kaisa Niikko is also a Member of the Board of Finnish Textile and Fashion.

 

SS25 CPHFW Talk Series – What is a magazine today?

The SS25 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 will activate 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 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:

The role of a magazine has entered into a state of flux, with the purpose, medium and output being analysed, provoked and subverted into different formats, focusses and desires. How has the role of the magazine changed so far, what is its potential and what opportunities has it unlocked for its future responsibility?

Moderator: 

Lucy Maguire, Senior Trends Editor, Vogue Business

Lucy Maguire is senior trends editor at Vogue Business. Alongside her focus on fashion consumer trends, digital strategies, and youth culture, Lucy leads the Vogue Business Next-Gen Edit, spotlighting emerging brands and startups across the fashion and beauty industries. She has previously worked with the Vogue Global Network, Suzy Menkes and British Vogue.

Panelists:

Olya Kuryshchuk, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, 1 Granary

Olya Kuryshchuk is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of 1 Granary, a leading global fashion education platform and creative network. With a focus on fashion design, 1 Granary uses its print, digital content, events, recruitment and brand development program to drive positive change in the fashion industry and provide practical resources for the next generation of creative minds. Through the unique designer network built through 1 Granary, Olya is one of the industry’s leading experts in talent acquisition and development, scouting design talent and building holistic brand strategy, ranging from design and production to communication and marketing.

Tina Wetshi, Co-founder, Colèchi

Tina Wetshi is a co-founder at Colèchi, a research agency based in London with a mission to humanise fashion. Colèchi launched Clean Fashion in 2020 and grew the campaign into three initiatives to educate and reimagine the supply chain through community and collaboration. Clean Fashion includes an annual summit, print journal and research in action through our knit club YKWU.

Steff Yotka, Director of Content, Ssense

Steff Yotka is an editor, fashion critic, and reporter. Currently, she holds the position of Director of Content at SSENSE, where the leads SSENSE's editorial, social, and newsletter storytelling with an international team of writers, editors, videographers and content creators. Previously, she was reported on fashion news, wrote features, and reviewed fashion shows for Vogue, and advised on Vogue Runway's special projects IRL and online. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Business of Fashion, i-D, Harper's Bazaar, and more.

Navi Ahluwalia, Fashion Editor, Hypebae

Navi Ahluwalia is a writer, trend reporter and editor at Hypebae. She's passionate about covering diversity and inclusion within fashion, using her platform to share stories of creatives from different backgrounds and abilities. A regular attendee at fashion weeks across Europe, she's become a prominent voice within the emerging fashion and trend space.

SS25 CPHFW Talk Series – Creating spaces for expansion: the power of community

The SS25 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 will activate 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 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:

For a truly equitable fashion industry that can remain relevant in the future, community is essential in facilitating authentic connections and collaborations. By cultivating spaces for support, underrepresented voices, creators, and artists can not only begin to thrive, but also further the potential of inspiration, innovation, and cross-pollination across multiple industries.

 

Moderator:

Amelia Hoy, Actor & Activist

Amelia Hoy is an American-Danish actor who works passionately to promote representation, while developing Scandinavian performing arts and fashion narratives through expansion and inclusivity.

Panelists:

Claudia Cifu, Stylist & Creative Brand Consultant

Claudia Cifu is a Creative Brand Consultant and Stylist with over 20 years of experience in the apparel, fashion, and media. She built her career in New York by working for companies such as Madewell (J.Crew) and Anthropologie and publications such as Interview and The Fader Magazine. Since 2019, she has been based in her native Finland, focusing on expanding her work as a diversity and inclusivity consultant in media, advertising, and fashion. Claudia is a Co-founder of S2 magazine, an independent online publication dedicated to fashion, art, and culture, created and documented by and of ethnic and sexual minorities in Finland.

Dio Kurazawa, Co-founder, The Bear Scouts

Dio Kurazawa, a leading force against fashion waste, strives to reduce excess stock and promote responsible innovation throughout apparel, accessories and home goods production. As co-founder of The Bear Scouts, Dio aids manufacturers, brands, retailers in their adoption of responsible practices, dedicating extensive time to research and innovation within the supply chain.

Selma Kaci, Creative

Selma Kaci Sebbagh is a multifaceted content creator, creative director and passionate fashion enthusiast. She is French, raised in Paris with a Arabic heritage, and lived for three years in Copenhagen. Selma has made a name for herself in the fashion industry by merging functionality with style, and advocating for multiple causes through her platforms to her community.

George Gorg, Model & Actor

George Gorg is a trans model. She has advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and engaged in humanitarian work since the start of her career. George strives for unity, fostering loving connections and understanding between communities.

 

CPHFW x Pandora Talk – Leading with Compassion

The AW24 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 will activate 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 official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Madeline Fass, Senior Market Editor, Vogue

Panelists:

Jocelyn Corona, Model

Hailing from the vibrant land of Guadalajara, Mexico, model Jocelyn Corona is the new face for Pandora's brand campaign. When she's not in front of the camera, she embraces her love for traveling, photography, seeing art, clothing design, and exploring different cultures. Beyond the fashion world, Jocelyn dedicates her time to working with organizations to support women and children back in her home country and inspiring others to celebrate their own unique beauty.

Ruxandra Olariu, VP of Innovation, Modern Classics & Services, Pandora

Ruxandra Olariu is the VP of Innovation, Modern Classics collections & Services at Pandora where she focuses on driving brand desirability through consumer-centric product & services innovation. Previous to Pandora she led P&G's Hair Care brands in various local and global roles. Throughout her career, she has acted as a strong change agent with trust and collaboration being at the cornerstones of her professional ethos.

Thora Valdimars & Jeanette Madsen, Creative Directors, Rotate

Rotate is the lovechild of Creative Directors Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimarsdottir. The creative duo met while working as fashion editors before partnering with Birger Christensen on founding the Rotate brand. Thora Valdimarsdottir has a background in fashion management from the University of Arts in London which spawned a career in casting direction in the UK before venturing on to become fashion editor and freelance stylist in her hometown of Copenhagen. Jeanette Madsen has a background as a model agent before coming on board as fashion editor at a local magazine. Jeanette later went freelance to work as a digital creative and stylist alongside the launch of rotate.

Veronica D'Souza, Advisor & Serial Entrepreneur

Veronica D’Souza is an award-winning social entrepreneur, designer, speaker and independent advisor. She co-founded CARCEL, a fashion label set-up to create fair employment and education for incarcerated women in Thailand and Peru and Ruby Cup, a menstrual cup company focusing on tackling period poverty for girls in East Africa. Through her independent consultancy GEIST AGENCY she advises global clients on impact and brand narratives. Veronica sits in the Jury of Design to Improve Life Index Award, and is a board member of The Danish Design Council.

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CPHFW x GANNI – The Power and Purpose of the Next Generation

The AW24 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 Power and Purpose of the Next Generation: A CPHFW NEWTALENT x Ganni talk celebrates the impact and importance of supporting the emerging creative landscape, the role collaboration must play in the future of fashion and how innovation in design is opening new opportunities of expression.

The talk will activate 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 official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Nicole DeMarco, Editor

Panelists:

Ditte Reffstrup, Creative Director, GANNI

Ditte Reffstrup, born in 1977, has been the Creative Director of GANNI since 2007, leading the fashion brand alongside her husband, Nicolaj Reffstrup. With a background in fashion, she initially worked as a buyer for various specialty stores. Based in Copenhagen, Ditte resides with her husband and three children.

Amalie Røge Hove, Designer

With a Master’s Degree in Textile Design from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and years of experience as a knitwear designer for brands including Cecilie Bahnsen and Mark Tan, founder Amalie Røge Hove started A. Roege Hove in 2019—bringing her own vision of knitwear to life, which has been evolving and developing ever since. In 2023 A. Roege Hove was awarded the Karl Lagerfield Award for Innovation at the 2023 International Woolmark Prize- one of the oldest and most respected global awards for emerging talents. Defined by an experimenting and intuitive way of working with traditional knitwear techniques, the brand challenges our perception of shape and pushes our expectations of the materials and their behavior. In 2021 A. Roege Hove won The Wessel & Vett Prize, Scandinavia’s most prestigious and independent award for fashion design. Since then, the brand presented innovative collections during Copenhagen Fashion Week, reviewed by Vogue Runway and supported & featured in Vogue UK, Vogue France, Vogue USA, New York Times, Dazed, Business of Fashion, AnOther Magazine and Vogue Business amongst others.

Sarah Brunnhuber, Weaver, Textile Designer & Founder, Stem

Sarah Brunnhuber is a Copenhagen-based weaver, textile designer and founder of Stem (a zero-waste fashion production system). Her passion is to develop solutions for waste through sustainable textile systems, to spread knowledge and appreciation for the processes and craft behind our garments, and encourage others to engage with more conscious consumption.

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AW24 CPHFW Talk Series – Innovations in the Supply Chain

The AW24 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 will activate 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 official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Emily Chan, Senior Sustainability & Features Editor, British Vogue

Emily Chan is the Senior Sustainability & Features Editor at British Vogue and covers all things related to sustainability in fashion and beyond, from the designers pushing for change to the climate activists we should be paying attention to.

Panelists:

Dio Kurazawa, Co-founder, The Bear Scouts

As co-founder of The Bear Scouts, Dio aids manufacturers, brands, retailers in their adoption of responsible practices, dedicating extensive time to research and innovation within the supply chain. With a profound passion and lifelong experience in fashion, Dio advocates for the responsible production of all products. Maybe add: Dio's also serves as advisor to organizations; Copenhagen Fashion Week, Institute of Digital Fashion, Unspun, GANNI and Charter Member of Grammy Award Winning Artist Miguel’s Schedule One Concepts World.

Komal Singh, Color and Materials Design Expert, Polestar

Driven by good design and cutting edge technology Komal Singh is a Color and Materials Design Expert at Polestar. Together with the team of designers and engineers Komal works towards creating a distinct visual identity for all Polestar cars using sustainable materials. Inspired by the fashion industry, working with forward-thinking companies, and ground breaking materials, Komal believes in making innovation accessible through pure and progressive Scandinavian design. Coming from the National Institute of Design with a bachelors in Design, Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts, Komal shifted focus to the automotive industry in 2016 working as a designer at Volvo Cars. Officially becoming an employee in May 2021 she has been behind the scenes at Polestar since 2017 where she was closely involved in Polestar 2, Polestar 4 as well as the Polestar Precept and Polestar Electric Roadster Concept.

Maria Estrada, Global Director, Nativa

Maria Estrada has worked in the positioning and development of the Nativa™ brand, from overseeing the creation of compelling farm level storytelling to working directly with final brands on long-term collaborations. Before joining Chargeurs in 2019, Maria was an academic director, an entrepreneur in the fashion business, and also worked for global organizations, based in Uruguay (her home country) and in the UK, including Christie’s in London.

Aleks Gosiewski, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Keels Lab

Aleksandra Gosiewski is the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Keel Labs, a biomaterials company expanding the potential of the ocean with Kelsun™, a seaweed-based yarn with the highest bio content in the market. Early on in her fashion career, Aleks noticed a common disconnect between brands’ sustainability commitments and implementing them into their business practices. As a systems thinker with a background in economics, Aleks is now bridging that gap by ensuring the responsible sourcing of seaweed and driving R&D operations to scale the production of Kelsun™. In 2022, Aleks was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30, a testament to her passion for transforming the traditional supply chain by creating a greener future for the textile industry.

Beth Esponnette, Co-founder, Board Chair, CPO, Unspun & Creative Director, Vega

Beth is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Unspun. When she started in fashion out of college, she quickly felt that she was fueling an industry that was turning precious resources into trash. She wanted to invent a more sustainable and circular way to create fashion and believed that the industry needed a radical shift towards on-demand and additive manufacturing. While studying her masters at Stanford University, Beth founded Unspun and brought in a talented team of co-founders to build the future of fashion.

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AW24 CPHFW Talk Series – Menswear In The Nordics

The AW24 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 will activate 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 official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Alec Leach, Author

Alec Leach is an author and strategist in the sustainable fashion space. As a sustainability driven defensor Alec’s work has been published in publications such as GQ, Harper’s Bazars, Dazed, Bof, i-D and The Guardian. With a deep background in the fashion Industry Alec used to be the Digital Fashion Editor at Highsnobiety.

Panelists:

Alan Blond, Co-founder, Sunflower

Having spearheaded production and design for close to two decades for various brands, Alan Blond co-founded Sunflower in 2018, channeling expertise into a commitment to quality and sustainability in every aspect of the brand's vision.

Frederik Berner Kuhl, Founder & Creative Director, Berner Kühl

Frederik Berner Kühl is the designer and founder of his eponymous brand Berner Kühl. Informed by a past in production before moving on to design and a Master’s degree from Polimoda in Firenze, Frederik is striving to convey his vision in ultimate materiality.The brand showcased their first runway collection during CPHFWSS22 and are now stocked in select stores around the world.

Jonathan Hirschfeld, CEO & Co-Founder, EYTYS

With a background in investment banking Hirschfeld co-founded EYTYS together with Max Schiller in 2013. It all started with a desire to break boundaries in footwear design that later grew to also include a range of baggy jeans (2017), followed by a full ready-to-wear collection launched at Paris Fashion Week in 2019.

Silas Adler, Co-founder & Creative Director, Soulland

Silas Adler is a professional skateboarder who is the Creative Director, designer and founder of the Danish skate and lifestyle brand Soulland.

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AW24 CPHFW Talk Series – The Challenges of Working in the Creative Industry

The AW24 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 will activate 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 official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Lucy Maguire, Senior Trends Editor, Vogue Business

Lucy Maguire is senior trends editor at Vogue Business. Alongside her focus on fashion consumer trends, digital strategies and youth culture, Lucy leads the Vogue Business Next-Gen Edit, spotlighting emerging brands and startups across the fashion and beauty industries. She has previously worked with the Vogue Global Network, Suzy Menkes and British Vogue.

Panelists:

Ana Andjelic, Global Chief Brand Officer, Esprit

Ana Andjelic is a brand executive, author of “The Business of Aspiration” and one of Forbes’s The World’s Most Influential CMOs. Ana specializes in building brand-driven modern businesses. Most recently, she led the rebrand of Banana Republic and is now the Chief Brand Officer at ESPRIT. Ana earned her doctorate in sociology and is a widely read columnist, speaker and advisor.

Aram Ostadian-Binai, Founder & CEO, The Soulfuls

Aram Ostadian-Binai is a Copenhagen based social entrepreneur, DEI advocate and branding consultant. She is the Founder and CEO of an award-winning platform The Soulfuls, on a mission to close the opportunity gap for all women. Aram is also winner of Voice Of The Year 2022, and sits as jury member both at Danish Diversity Award and Copenhagen Fashion Week Show Committee.

Daniel Peters, Founder, Fashion Minority Report

Daniel Peters founded The (Fashion) Minority Report exists to create equality within the fashion industry and creative sector for diverse professionals. Peters, a Peckham native, also sits on the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee at the British Fashion Council, and the Fashion Retail Academy, helping to bring about systemic change relating to inclusion and diversity in the sector.

Robin Douglas, Creative Director, Swedish Fashion Council

Robin Douglas is the Creative Director of Swedish Fashion Council. SFC is an industry organisation that aims to guide the fashion industry into the future, establishing Sweden as the global leader of the industry’s new era. Through SFC’s thought leadership, initiatives and the work with SFC [Incubator], SFC is one of the key players accelerating the transformation of the global fashion industry. Douglas has played a key role in the organization’s dedicated work towards a more diverse and equal fashion industry in Sweden.

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