Copenhagen Fashion Week Podcast

Changing the Mohair Industry with Johan Wirfält & Filippa K | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Filippa K is on a mission of mindful consumption, and an important step is resource efficiency. They’ve championed the first ever Responsible Mohair Standard, enabling them to support suppliers and improve the future of the industry.

Host: Johan Wirfält

Johan Wirfält is a journalist and publisher living in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2013, he has been the director of talks, debates and film programming at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, the largest cultural institution in Scandinavia. He has previously held positions as opinion editor at the Swedish Television and the newspaper Expressen, and was the co-founder and editor in chief of Rodeo, a Swedish magazine on fashion, style and culture. In 2018, he and photographer Kristian Bengtsson published the book Fagerhult – bilder av Sverige, a photographic essay on life in the Swedish countryside.

Jodi Everding, Fabric, Trim and Sustainability Manager, Filippa K

With over fifteen years of fabric research and development experience within large US and global retail brands, Jodi brought her expertise to Filippa K in 2016. Inspired by the mission of driving a movement of mindful consumption, she enjoys using this as a daily framework and being able to dedicate her time and focus to fabrics and products in a meaningful, conscious way.

Jodi is responsible for the fabric supply chain, working closely with the mills to ensure they share Filippa K's vision. She also collaborates with the design team to source fabrics, ensuring that the fibres and materials used are as sustainable as possible.

Originally from the US, Jodi moved to Stockholm six years ago and now calls the city home. In her spare time she finds creative expression through making ceramics and jewellery, cooking, and hunting for vintage clothing gems.

Doreen Chiang, Buying Manager for Jersey and Knits, Filippa KA Singapore-native, Doreen has lived in Sweden for the past three decades. She started her career in Singapore at an American textile agency, working with international clients and visiting factories across the Far East. She has since gained 33 years of experience in the textile industry, having joined Filippa K in 1997. She was drawn by the company’s vision of simplicity and the long-lasting mindset towards fashion.

Doreen has extensive knowledge in the supply chain, from material to garment in all product categories. She specialises in jersey and knits and is currently the Buying Manager for these areas at Filippa K. As such, she is responsible for the complete supply chain from buying the material to the finished product of the garment. Passionate about sustainability, she loves working with products that are designed to last in both quality and style.

In her spare time Doreen enjoys cooking, fitness, and playing mahjong with friends. She’s also taken up gardening as a new-found hobby in the past year.

 

The Journey of Rotate with Anne Christine Persson, Mads Nørgaard, Jeanette Madsen, and Thora Valdimars | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Anne Christine Persson, journalist and brand consultant, and Mads Nørgaard, fashion designer, discuss the Journey of Rotate with Creative Directors Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimarsdottir

Host: Anne Christine Persson

Anne Christine Persson, journalist and brand consultant, and Mads Nørgaard, fashion designer. Jointly, they have edited and written a book on Danish fashion, Dansk Modeleksikon, and they also host and produce the fashion podcast Afklædt.

Rotate is a brand from Birger Christensen by creative directors Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimarsdottir. Rotate Birger Christensen was created in 2018 by the stylist and influencers Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimarsdottir in partnership with the Copenhagen concept store Birger Christensen. As a response to the creative directors’ musings over the gaps in their own closets, the brand focuses on bold and vibrant party wear that doubles as stables in the everyday wardrobe. Since its founding, the brand has become synonymous with covetable evening wear, big sleeves, and daring hemlines, and is currently available in more than 40 countries in leading retailers such as Net-a-Porter, Selfridges, Browns, Nordstrom, and MyTheresa.

 

 

Teaching Fashion Design with Ane Lynge-Jorlén with Tuomas Laitine | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Ane Lynge-Jorlén discusses teaching fashion design with Tuomas Laitinen, Fashion Director of Ssaw Magazine and Associate Director of Fashion Design at Parsons Paris

How are future fashion designers best supported in their formative school years? What cultural differences shape Nordic, British and French fashion schools and their educational methods? In this talk Ane Lynge-Jorlén meets Tuomas Laitinen, Finnish-born stylist, creative consultant, Fashion Director of SSAW Magazine and Associate Director of Fashion Design at Parsons Paris. With a degree from Central Saint Martins in London and a teaching career in Aalto University in Helsinki and now at Parsons Paris, Tuomas will share his insights on the various approaches to teaching, and how to best support talents so that they will succeed in the fashion industry after graduation.

Discussing the Lack of Ethnic Diversity and How to Create Inclusivity with Amelia Hoy and Robin Douglas Westling | Copenhagen Fashion Week

As part of the talk series exploring anti racist practices in the Scandinavian fashion industry, Amelia Hoy discusses the lack of ethnic diversity and how to create inclusivity in the Scandinavian fashion industry with Robin Douglas Westling.

Robin Douglas Westling started working at the Swedish Fashion Council in June 2020 to lead the important work of a pilot study about "Racism, social sustainability and the lack of ethnic diversity within the Swedish fashion industry" that will be released in early 2021. Combined with the role at SFC, Westling works as a freelance stylist and consultant for several acclaimed fashion brands, designers and magazines. Westling is a true visionary bringing equality in the Fashion Industry to the forefront.

Creating Inclusive Platforms and New narratives with Amelia Hoy and Ervin Latimer | Copenhagen Fashion Week

As part of the talk series exploring anti racist practices in the Scandinavian fashion industry, Amelia Hoy discusses creating inclusive platforms and new narratives with Ervin Latimer, Fashion designer & writer.

Call for Action and Creating Initiatives In and Across Scandinavia with Amelia Hoy and Nicole Kavander | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Amelia Hoy hosts her talk series with Nicole Kavander, discussing anti racist practices in the Scandinavian fashion industry

As part of the talk series exploring anti racist practices in the Scandinavian fashion industry, Amelia Hoy discusses creating initiatives in and across Scandinavia with Nicole Kavander, co-founder of All of us.

Nicole Kavander: Business director, Podcaster and Co-founder of All of us, a network that champions diversity and inclusion in the creative industries in Sweden.

American Danish actor Amelia Hoy graduated from the acclaimed conservation the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2015, and now works internationally. She is currently starring in the Antarctic drama series The Head. Amelia has hosted content for Copenhagen Fashion Week and Copenhagen Fashion Summit for several years, alongside interviewing talent, press, and international fashion professionals.

 

The Role of Fashion Week with Vanessa Friedman, Cecilie Thorsmark, and Caroline Rush | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Having implemented an ambitious sustainability action plan in 2018 to be implemented across all brands by 2023, Copenhagen Fashion Week has been leading the charge with utilising their role as an international voice in fashion as a channel to implement positive change.

Known as one of the big four, London Fashion Week is renowned for fostering some of the most exciting global talent through its organisation, the British Fashion Council and its initiatives such as on Positive Fashion introduced to support and incubate designer businesses.

With a talk conducted by the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times, Vanessa Friedman, Cecilie Thorsmark CEO of Copenhagen Fashion Week and Caroline Rush, CEO of British Fashion Council will discuss how they are building organisational models with new purpose and ambition in light of climate crisis and economic distress.

 

Digital Activism in Fashion with Ceval Omar and Amelia Hoy | Copenhagen Fashion Week

A conversation with Ceval Omar about digital activism in fashion practices. We discuss the importance of representation within the Scandinavian fashion industry, and how platforms can and should be used to elevate diverse voices. 

As a mainstay on the Copenhagen Fashion Week schedule each season, for SS22 Amelia will be hosting a talk on the subject of digital activism in fashion, where she will discuss with Ceval Omar - the Norwegian-Somali activist and model - the importance of representation within the Nordic fashion industry, and how platforms can and should be used to elevate diverse voices. 

Amelia is a part of the Nordic Fashion Directory, alongside Robin Douglas Westling, Nicole Kavander, Rebecca Thandi Norman, and Ervin Latimer. Together they will be launching the Nordic Fashion Directory for BIPOC fashion Professionals in the Nordic region this August.

Their mission is to provide an accessible platform and index for BIPOC fashion creatives in the Nordic region across different categories - from designers to marketing professionals, photographers, and many more. They aim to make it easy for brands and organisations to hire BIPOC fashion creatives by creating a visible, supportive, anti-racist community. The Nordic Fashion Directory will be launched on Instagram and will be their main platform to further support and promote diversity in fashion.

Vice Versa - Clare Press | Copenhagen Fashion Week

Founder of the Wardrobe Crisis podcast, Clare Press discusses the importance of conscious living and how the industry should focus more on setting sustainable goals within fashion weeks.