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Copenhagen Fashion Week Diary: Isoken & Ivie At #CPHFW24
Inside Copenhagen Fashion Week FW24
Copenhagen Fashion Week has quietly earned its reputation as the unofficial starting gun for fashion month and this season marked our very first time experiencing it in real life.
From the moment we arrived (extremely underdressed for the cold!),we loved how much it felt like a different kind of fashion week. Intimate and refreshingly unpretentious.
With its smaller scale and easy rhythm, #CPHFW24 encourages serendipity. You run into the same faces over coffee, at shows, and again over dinner and conversations pick up right where they left off. We enjoyed a fashion week that rewards curiosity: about sustainability, emerging talent, and wearable innovation.
What we loved the most was the sense of openness. People were generous with their time, their stories and their recommendations. By the end of the week, Copenhagen felt like a place we’d definitely return to. We now understand why people fall in love with the city, season after season.
Arrival & Prep
We landed in Copenhagen late and checked into our hotel, buzzing with anticipation. After a quick check-in, we went straight into wind-down mode: unpacking, ordering room service (gnocchi, croquettes, and a glass of Syrah) and laying out the looks for the whirlwind ahead. We had a list of talks, appointments, shows and events to balance with some much-needed content creation, but for now, it was all about rest and recalibration.
Tuesday 30 January
Morning: Rolf Ekroth
We started fashion week strong with Finnish label Rolf Ekroth’s FW24 collection. I wore a pink sweater, a burgundy Dzynbabe aso-oke fringe skirt I am OBSESSED with, my Symbols of Authority Bonoselulu leopard earrings and a red coat. My sister was in a green leather Rabanne x H&M coat, a Bottega pouch and Gucci boots.
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Set in a low-lit venue that was reminiscent of Nordic melancholy, Rolf’s collection Dear Night, leaned into Finnish nostalgia. Think reimagined ski suits, quilted goalie-style shorts, hand-knit balaclavas and padded bags inspired by childhood couches. It was utilitarian meets emotional memory. A cold-weather daydream stitched together with warmth and winter sports iconography.
I loved the quietly maximalist textures: velvet jackets with couch-button details, boiled wool and leg warmers that could have walked straight out of a 1980s Olympic living room. Also outside Rolf, Ivie ran into content creator Noorie Ana (and we seriously fan-girl-ed).
Afternoon: VAIN
We headed to the VAIN AW24 show and afterparty later that evening, held in partnership with Helsinki’s BELOW0 label. The energy was younger, louder, moodier. The collection riffed on fashion’s eternal hustle and the absurdity of the rat race. The mood? Meta, raw, and wildly self-aware. Deadstock fabrics and dystopian tailoring met exaggerated suiting and gritty clubwear. A true love letter to Helsinki’s beautiful rawness.
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Evening: J.Lindeberg
We started off at the CPHFW creators hub and popped by the super-cute Pandora in-store cocktails & canapes event, then wrapped the night at J.Lindeberg‘s ‘Clubhouse’ show. The venue was buzzing with Y2K throwbacks: ski-meets-golf silhouettes, leather bombers, glitch prints and spliced tailoring that merged alpine functionality with dancefloor confidence. It felt nostalgic and forward at once. A standout: a high-shine black biker set paired with a fuzzy scarf and exaggerated snow goggles. Skiwear as your nightlife uniform? Sign me up.
Wednesday 31 January
Morning: OpéraSPORT
Day two opened with OpéraSPORT arguably a favourite of the season, and I was smitten. It’s a celebration ofcontrasts, gracefully merging the grandeur of the Opéra venue bathed in warm light and echoing the romance of the baroque-meets-sport concept.
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They delivered a sharp contrast of soft silhouettes and technical fabrics. My favourite moment? A green knit with deconstructed white detailing.
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Afternoon: Vogue Business Talks + Showroom Visits
We squeezed in a stop at the Vogue Business Nordic menswear talk at Polestar Space. Lots of notes on design minimalism and anti-hype authenticity. Then we checked out the NEWTALENT showroom where young Nordic designers showed off dreamy textures and quietly bold tailoring. Some real gems in recycled wool, crushed velvet and artful draping. We ended up wandering about for a bit after and had a really long, lovely lunch with some new fashion friends afterwards.
Thursday 1 February
Exploring, Catching Up, GANNI Cafe
We finally had a slower morning. I skipped the hotel breakfast and dragged my sister out for coffee and breakfast. We also stopped by the CPHFW x GANNI exhibition talk, The Power and Purpose of the Next Generation, hosted at Nikolaj Kunsthal. Moderated by editor Nicole DeMarco, the conversation brought together Ditte Reffstrup of GANNI, designer Amalie Røge Hove and textile designer Sarah Brunnhuber of Stem to discuss the importance of nurturing emerging talent, collaboration as a driving force in fashion’s future and how innovation in design and materials is creating new modes of expression.
Thoughtful and forward-looking, it was a reminder of why Copenhagen continues to lead meaningful conversations beyond the runway. We also ran into Nigerian fashion icon herself Omoyemi Akerele. A lovely surprise.
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We stopped by ILLUM for some light shopping (Ivie got the cutest Coperni bag and I got a Le Labo refill) and then caught up on emails before heading back to get ready for the final show.
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Evening: ROTATE
ROTATE’s FW24 collection closed the week on a cinematic note. Set against a deep red backdrop and glittering chandeliers, the show was a tribute to 1950s drama. Sequins, scarf gowns, and faux-fur coats gave way to sculptural separates and unexpected textures. A standout? The post-show afterparty with Belvedere was a vibe-heavy finale to an unforgettable week.
We couldn’t stay too long as we were already super tired, but we left on a high. Copenhagen may be small, but it knows how to do fashion with scale, soul and serious style.
