Munthe's Brancusi Expedition

by Lotus Ladegaard

Naya Munthe hardly needs any introduction anymore, she is a staple at Copenhagen Fashion Week and each season her show is one of the crowd favorites. Munthe continues to challenge and develop her play on Athleisure with a twist much to the excitement of her loyal followers and fashion editors alike.

Munthe designs for women with versatile desire and needs, and thus she always aim for her looks to be easily transferred from daytime to evening. For SS20, Naja Munthe found her inspiration in the colorful and graphic universe and work of Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncusi, who made his career in Paris, France in the earlies 1900s, and thus models walked an intricate runway with graphic and colorful sculptures. Her inspiration was also easy to spot in a busy yet intriguing color palette that featured subtle neutral tones mixed with splashes of colors, checks and busy bold prints. The silhouettes were layered and slouchy yet very feminine which overall gave a very hip feel.

Munthe’s SS20 collection featured everything you need in a wardrobe from dresses to suiting and everything in between you did not know you wanted before seeing them. It is hard to point out the stand-out piece since most of her pieces were delightful and intriguing.

Pieces like the blue shirtdress styled with a lighter shade of shirt on top and the delicate pink suiting with a blue checkered shirt with pink buttons felt playful and fresh. The dark blue checkered two-piece with crop-top and skirt paired with a pair of navy-blue pants with golden checks and a black blazer along with brown suiting with a draped easy-to-wear blouse felt young and hip and very contemporary.

Munthe continued her play on dresses and thus presented several looks with flowy long dresses. Some were layered with other pieces while others stood alone. As always, the Munthe dresses had a bit of vintage feel while remaining contemporary and with an Athleisure twist to them.

A Jigsaw of Scandi-Excellence with Designers' Nest

by Lotus Ladegaard

Designers’ Nest has been around since 2005. founded by Jan Busch Clausen. Today, the prestigious award is run by Ane Lynge-Jorlen and is supported by The Danish Arts Foundation, The Nordic Culture Fund, Tuborgfondet, Beckett-Fonden and the City of Copenhagen. Designer’s Nest showcases the best fashion graduates from the Nordic design schools. Each year 10 finalists are selected to show a capsule collection, and the winner is announced at Copenhagen Fashion Week. This year, an Exhibition prize was also awarded to five students who will be showcased in the outside vitrines in front of the Design Museum in Copenhagen.

Every year, the Designer’s Nest show offers a lot of originality, creativity, and craftsmanship. This year, however, the entire show was a little more subdued. Although it did not lack in craftsmanship it lacked a little in the wow factor (which is not entirely a bad thing).

This year’s winner of the Designers’ Nest Award was Milka Seppänen from Aalto University in Finland, who showcases a capsule collection of menswear with intricate details, fabric manipulation, leftover, and recycled materials and exquisite tailoring, knitting, and crochet. Drawing on inspiration from prior decades, Milka Seppänen showed a collection that paid homage to Finnish subcultures of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. The Exhibition winners went to Amina Saada from Aalto University with her wearable sculptures. Courtney Makins with sugar-based eco-friendly wearable art and Frederik Möller’s collection, both from the Swedish School of Textiles. Ishara Jayathilake from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and her new take on Sri Lankan dresses. And last, but not least Oliver Opperman from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and his use of dead stock fabrics made a significant play for the attention of the crowd.

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