Copenhagen Fashion Week has always been as much about the vibes as about the clothes. Tell a fashion person that you’re visiting the capital of Scandi style for fashion week, and they’ll reply with some variation of the following sentence: “Copenhagen is just so nice.” I got some variation of this at least four times before my departing flight from New York.
It's not just a platitude. In Copenhagen, designers understand that good clothes should have a life beyond the fashion week calendar. A large portion of the designers, like crowd-favorite Saks Potts and international juggernaut Ganni, are women-led–and it shows in the elegant functionality of their pieces. And this season, designers seemed to weave the feel-good attitude they’re known for off the runways, right into their collections. The biggest fall 2024 trends were proof that designers considered the actual feel of their clothes on the body, just as much as the way they'll look from afar.
