Sorry for the wait & COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK?

As I was browsing upon net-a-porter last night, Linus sent me a message asking what I was up too. Of course I just quickly replied "browsing clothes,you?" and went back to staring at the luscious clothes available for sale. "CFW, making a post about it." he tells me. I'm clueless, Cruise Fashion Week? Crazy Fashion Week? Columbus Fashion Week? Absolutely clueless. "Copenhagen Fashion Week" he tells me.

Ok, please tell me I'm not the only one who has ever heard of Copenhagen Fashion Week? 

I speedily go back onto my internet browser and cross out my dreams. "Copenhagen Fashion Week"... I type into google. First result, *CLICK*. Oh the glory! CFW, yet another fashion week to drool over! Now Linus has finished the post, so here it is!

I'm also really sorry for the long wait. Lana's Superstar ended and we were orginally not going to start posting until we get them. BUT; we really need to post so I'll just add in the writers banners after. &This is totally off topic but, celebration time!!! We're nominated for a Classique Award! That'll be going in my achievement booklet, no doubt! We're up against some tough competition like Editorialized though, the best will win though. Go over now to cast your vote if you like. :)

CFW TAKEOVER - DAY 1!

Hello fashionable fellows. Yesterday was the grand opening day of Copenhagen Fashion Week, a fashion festival above many others, where many talented designers of Scandinavia presented their S/S 2012 collections to the media, the people & lastly the fashion-world. I will here on TTT take over this entire week. Post daily reviews as each day has passed with the best collections from the different days. So here we go, it's time for a Danish fashion takeover!

At the first day of Copenhagen Fashion Week the schedule was full of designer-goods. Danish designer Anne Sofie Madsen got the honor to open up the entire week, something which was just right. Her collection was nude, primitive, native-inspired, but with the eternal contrasts of Scandinavian simpleness & clean-cuts. The make up was simple & feminine, but at the same time quite rough, which strengthened the primitive & native feeling about the clothing.

Ann Sofie Madsen Outfits

The main-fabrics which Anne Sofie used was sheer tulle's, cotton, leather & chiffon. I think this move of choosing so many different fabrics and put them into one was a smart idea. It gave deepness & personality to the otherwise quite bland colors & anonymous make-up. The accessories & details in the garments also did this, but in the form of shaping instead. Take the anklets for example. It doesn't only pull together the face with the outfit, but also ads personality & more creativity to the look.

Anne Sofie Madsen Outfit

Another very interesting thing about this collection was the shoes, or should I say no-shoes. The models were strutting down the catwalk in nothing but sheer socks. Something I've never seen before on the runway, to be true. However, I loved it! It's so simple, but so right.

Anne Sofie Madsen Outfits

Anne Sofie Madsen's collection was definitely one of my two favourite collections of the day. The third greatest collection in my opinion was Trash-Couture's, which was second to present their collection. They also sticked to the nude theme, but in a more dreamy & magical way. The creations reminded about swans & ancient tales of forest-elves. However, this idea was very clearly contrasted with royal touches from the rococo-era. An interesting mix, I'd say.

Trash-Couture Outfits

The color-scheme was based on nude tones, as said above, with heavy whites as a key-factor. This collection's different tones was however more grey & green than the nude ones in Anne Sofie Madsen's collection. Trash-Couture's collection thereby seemed more trashy, to be exact. In an interesting & still dreamy ballet-way.

Trash-Couture Outfits

Somehow this collection also reminded of the movie Black Swan. As said above there were heavy influences of magical tales & swans, quite dreamy, but in the middle of it all these black outfits which was quite opposing to the start came dancing down the runway. Interesting contrasts, I'd say, even if it's got such a heavy influence by a movie & ballet-show.

Trash-Couture Outfits

The further you came into the collection, the darker it became. Starting off as a white royal forest-elf, ending as a magical, evil crow. Even if the theme itself may sound a bit childish & overrated, I think it worked really great in this. This was certainly the most fun collection of the day, you didn't have one second of boredom watching these creative outfits in chiffon, lace & feathers.

The next highlight of the day was no one less than Nina Robenhagen. This talented Dane presented a small, but fantastically well executed collection with influences from the 60's Scandinavia mixed with the current Scandinavian culture & but also ancient tales. It was a very nice mix of different decades in the history of Scandinavia, thereby it felt both nostalgic as well as very present & modern, which is a sign of today's Scandinavian design.

Nina Robenhagen Outfits

The color-palette was mixed with grey tones, dirty orange ads, nude colors, blues & much white. The variation went great with the many fabrics used. Once again chiffon was seen on the runway, as well as lace & cotton. These three was very commonly seen at today's shows. Another fabric Nina used was silk, which worked surprisingly well with the rest!

Nina Robenhagen Outfit

Looking at the outfits put together, you can see that the hats was a main-garment in this collection. The make up stayed simple to make room for what was above it; silk-hats in green, pink flower-bombs & white floral veils. Just admiring the hat was in this case a pleasure in itself! Working in layers Nina achieved very interesting shapes for the head, in some cases also bringing help from the models' hairs.

Nina Robenhagen Outfits

The outfits was also very layer-focused, a trend which has stayed for years now. However, it doesn't seem less modern because of that. Rather the opposite! The clothes of Nina Robenhagen gave new life to many different old trends. Florals, retro, layered, maxi-dresses, bridal couture.. Every idea being re-invented made this my second favourite collection of the first day of Copenhagen Fashion Week.

How about you? What's your opinion of the featured collections? Do you agree or disagree? Did you have any other favorites of the first day than the one posted? Comment below! If you'd like to see the whole collections & the designers works which wasn't presented in the post, click here.

All pictures used are from Copenhagen Fashion Week's Website.

Linus