Best of Copenhagen Fashion Week: Rabens Saloner, Rotate, Caro Editions, and More

From August 5– 9, Copenhagen Fashion Week debuted Spring/Summer 2025 collections from an array of leading fashion houses—including Rabens Saloner, Rotate, Caro Editions, Forza Collective, and OpéraSport, among others. Dedicated to emerging voices alongside established designers, the activation was an exciting week to represent the fashion industry in one of its budding capitals. Over the course of the five days, in addition to runway show, guests were immersed in additional programming and events, such as public conversations with industry leaders, showroom showcases of featured designers, dinners celebrating the community, and more.

Copenhagen Fashion Week

Established in 2006, Copenhagen Fashion Week has become the biggest fashion week in Northern Europe, showcasing biannually in January and August. Today, the foundation is run by CEO Cecilie Thorsmark, and it is funded by industry contributions and commercial partnerships, with Zalando as the main contributor. Established as the fifth global fashion week to welcome international press, buyers, and industry leaders to a multi-day showcase of shows, events, and presentations, the activation immerses the fashion industry in exposure and excitement.

OpéraSport Debuted SS25 Collection as Runway Opener

OpéraSport opened Copenhagen Fashion Week with its new Spring/Summer 2025 collection with over 80 looks. Designed by the brand’s founders, Stephanie Gundelach and Awa Malina, the new line took inspiration from one of Copenhagen’s enchanting hidden gems—the Exillion Garden. For the new collection, reflected elements from this heritage were infused into the designs, from the precise lines of Italian Renaissance to the French Baroque areas in the garden. The silhouettes ranged in a delightful mix of feminine elegance and practical fits that created a strong versatility of day to night looks. The fabrics used throughout the looks stayed true to the brands values by exclusively using recycled or organic fabrics. 

Conversation on the Power of Community

The first industry conversation was held by moderator Amelia Hoy at the Polestar space, supported by Vogue Business with panelist Claudia Cifu, Dio Kurazawa, Selma Kaci, and George Gorg. The conversation directed its focus toward the power of community between different creative industries to ensure an equitable fashion industry that can remain relevant in the future. The panelists were representatives from different industries—including a stylist, a creative, a company founder, and a model—to provide their different perspectives in making connections in different industries. Here, it represented a safe space for underrepresented voices in the industry to facilitate authentic connections to begin thriving in inspiration, innovation, and cross-pollination of different industries. 

Rabens Saloner Debuts SS25 Collection

Raben Saloner debuted its new Spring/Summer 2025 collectionon the fourth day of Copenhagen Fashion Week. The collection designed by brand’s creative director, Birgitte Raben, created a wardrobe of the best “ingredients” that provides a selection of options that stand alone but work even better when mixed in countless ways. The SS25 collection strives for a concept of versatility and individuality that offers rich and exciting silhouettes. The color palette found within the wardrobe shows a return to brighter shades such as flamingo pink, lemon sherbet, mandarin, violet and warm mint. The new line encourages women to make a choice in clothing that best represents their personality with the mix of sporty and dressed up styles.

New Talent Emerging in the CPHFW SS25 Showroom

On August 7 and 8, Copenhagen Fashion Week held a showroom for industry representatives to discover emerging Nordic talent, introducing international press and buyers to new names. Inside, four emerging designers—Alectra Rothschild / Masculina, Berner Kühl, Rolf Ekroth, and Stamm—showed new collections, filled with creativity, talent, and Nordic design elements. The two day showroom followed into August 9 for industry representatives and dedicated partners for a breakfast and a morning celebration and connection meeting for the featured designers to grow their industry persona.

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair

The Copenhagen International Fashion Fairtook place on the final days of the Copenhagen Fashion Week, held at The Bella Center. The CIFF was established in 1993 as a regional trade show and overtime has expanded into an international fashion hub. Inside the fair, 800 plus international fashion brands blend together where the CIFF presented a dynamic show showcasing emerging and established brands in menswear and womenswear that foster discovery and innovation in fashion. This season’s brand list is built on local Scandinavian heroes alongside like-minded international brands such as Strönd, Sea Ranch, Cizere, Redgreen, and more. 

Rotate Closes Copenhagen Fashion Week

Copenhagen Fashion Week closed with one of the most anticipated Spring/Summer 2025 Collections from fashion house Rotate on August 8. The SS25 collection was designed by founder, Briger Christensen, who took inspiration from the 1920’s era and nods to the essence of escapism that courses through the collection with the frivolity of the garments. The collection embodies the ambiance of a summer romance through sensuality, thrill, and sensitivity. The garments are made out of delicate fabrics with a light color palette of buttery yellow, blush pink, and dove blue. The Rotate SS25 Collection crafted an essence of optimism through whimsical designs that build on the brand’s bold signature aesthetic.