Working with textile is double-sided, on one side you have the look and feel, the other side is extremely technical – to be able to take the best possible decisions in the process it is important to have the highest level of knowledge around the product. — We create high-quality products that help architects to shape architectural spaces, designers and furniture manufacturer to produce and craft furniture, and consumers to bring tactility and colour into their private homes. We ensure that we are visionary by constantly exploring and challenging the capabilities of textiles and developing prod ..read more

Recipe for men was founded in 2002 by guys that had a penchant for skiing and an active lifestyle. Olympian Jesper Rönnbäck, a professional mogul-skier and Swedish free ski pioneer, became friends with his business partners, Jesper Matsch and Mikael Snabb, through a mutual love of sports during college. — Although not a typical topic of conversation, the idea of men’s skincare came up out of necessity, he explains. Skiing in the mountain areas of northern Sweden can be extremely hard on your skin, especially during the long winters when the air is freezing cold and really dry. Actually, the sa ..read more

Sweden’s biggest export in terms of high-end fashion showed their SS20 Men’s collection at Maison de la Radio, the headquarters of Radio France, located near the Eiffel tower in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. A light venue with big windows, covered by a beige wall-to-wall carpet which created a nice light in the light hall of the radio headquarter. The new collection was a divine development from its previous (AW19) show where the outdoor and utility references were in focus. From my eye, this is a much more concrete aesthetic and the collection was well-thought and well looking. — I was i ..read more

Karl-Oskar Olsen founded Wood Wood 17 years ago, the day after he got his master in design from The Royal Design School in Copenhagen. — We started as a multibranded store and after a couple of seasons, we decided to create our own label that was an attempt to create a reflection of all the brands we had in our store, he says. Since we started we’ve done an additional 90 collaborations with some of the biggest brands in the world. Wood Wood is about quality, creativity, and attitude and we strive to implement that DNA in everything we get involved in. Throughout the years, English music and su ..read more

Thomas Refdahl and Kasper Høj Rasmussen have known each other since they were 3. They even went to kindergarten together back in Skælskør, a small town of 6.000 people, an hour outside of Copenhagen and have stayed friends for 32 years. Refdahl earned a masters degree in Finance & Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School and then started his banking career, selling currency products to American clients. After that, he worked in the media industry, starting a media agency with two university friends, which he ran for 3 years until 2014. Kasper ”grew up” within the fashion indust ..read more

For Spring Summer ’20, CMMN SWDN’s Emma and Saif Bakir look to their own ancestry of Swedish and Iraqi heritage; as a brand, a family and as individuals. Their unique brand DNA, born of their Middle Eastern and Scandinavian descent takes on new meaning as the couple appreciate the importance of perpetuating tradition like never before with the imminent arrival of their first child. — The collection focuses on our brand identity, but also our own personal, as designers, with Saif’s Arabic origin and my own Swedish, says Emma Bakir. We grow older and now expect our first child and for the first ..read more

Copenhagen Fashion Week announces SS20 show schedule Three intense days from 9 AM to 7 PM is to be expected in the Danish capital beginning of August for the next edition of Northern Europe’s leading fashion week. The schedule includes the leading Danish brands as well as Swedish, Norwegian, and German with 32 shows and presentations all in all. Back in the calendar are Henrik Vibskov (after a few seasons showing in Paris) and Soulland, while the new names include Samsøe & Samsøe (after a few seasons showing off schedule), Malkit Singh’s [New Line Halo] new brand 7 Days and Swedish Hope ..read more

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The collection is designed to cover all the elements that give people the confidence and security to deal with the uncontrollable forces of nature — the landscape and the everchanging weather conditions. The pieces are multipurpose, unisex and well-made, crafted from technical fabrics and pure merino wools with incredible capabilities. How come that you joined Peak Performance for this collab? — It was a lot thanks to personal reasons and my great interest in outdoor and outdoor activities. When they approached me I felt it would be great to work creatively and explore those outdoor experience ..read more