We have highlighted five designer brands that are showing their SS-26 collection at Copenhagen Fashion Week : Kettel Atelier, Sloth Rousing, Sól Hansdóttir, Stem & Taus.
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KETTEL ATELIER
Home - specifically the linen closet - is where the heart is for Laura Tønder, a Dane based in Mallorca. In summer 2023, she launched Kettel Atelier, a line of one-off garments made from vintage home textiles and deadstock fabrics. Laura embraces color and experimentation, inspired by her “flamboyant” Norwegian grandmother. Kettel Atelier is a family affair; her mother taught her to sew, knit, and crochet, while her father’s love for vintage automobiles influenced her passion for the past. The company has grown beyond one-of-a-kind pieces, leading to production to cater to wholesalers.
SLOTH ROUSING
Sloth Rousing is a new fashion brand that showed its first collection during CPHW August 2021. Behind the brand is the Danish fashion designer Marie Sloth Rousing who graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 2018. Sloth Rousing focuses on creating timeless styles developed and constructed in Denmark. The collections are unique and conceptual. The vision of Sloth Rousing is to create concepts that examine the limits of our understanding of clothing.
SOL HANSDOTTIR
Sól Hansdóttir is an antidisciplinary label based between London & Iceland. Consisting of a small team led creatively by Sól. The label's conscious and integral business strategy includes rigorous material sourcing, using upcycled materials/ deadstock/ end-of-life fabrics & locally sourced material for made-to-order pieces made by hand in the studio to avoid overproduction. Sól has assisted on designs for brands such as Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, J&M Davidson.
STEM
Launched in September 2021 by weaver and textile designer Sarah Brunnhuber, Stem is an innovative zero-waste production brand for woven garments. Its weaving, cutting, and sewing system eliminates garment production waste and creates a visual aesthetic that tells a production story. With its experimental approach to zero-waste garments, Stem bridges craft and industry, aiming to disrupt the current cycle of overproduction and overconsumption. Stem’s philosophy is: Produce better, produce less – buy better, buy less.
TAUS
Taus is a Copenhagen-based ready-to-wear and demi-couture studio founded in 2024 by Freyja Taus and Juho Lehiö. Rooted in craftsmanship and slowness, Taus approaches fashion not as novelty, but as dialogue - between past and present, object and body, maker and wearer. Each piece is part of a wider exploration: of identity, of class, of what it means to dress with intention.