Leather lends weight to CPHFW collections
03/02/2022
Having chosen lamb leather and calfskin for key articles from earlier collections with the brand - Ms Exsteen made her debut for the Copenhagen-based label during the then all-digital autumn-winter 2021 shows - the kind of leather selected this time around was not immediately clear, but the leather jackets featured in looks 10 and 19 were notable for their exotic effects, however.
Earlier the same day, prominent Copenhagen brand Saks Potts, particularly known for its leather outerwear, opened its own presentation by sending American model Erin Wasson down the runway dressed in tailored petrol blue leather trousers, followed by peers wearing aviator-style leather jackets and coats, plus boxy leather jackets in both black and brown colourways and two snakeskin-effect (Saks Potts does not use exotic skins) jackets.
The brand’s final look for the season showed another model wearing a petrol blue wrap-effect leather pencil skirt and black knee-high, square-toed leather boots, complete with a prairie-style crop top and ribbon-like floral belt.
A day prior, Nordic talent incubator show Designer’s Nest presented an all-black, full-leather look (worn by local model Jacob Warming), consisting of an outsized leather scarf, jacket, loose trousers and matching footwear assembled by an as yet unnamed graduate, suggesting leather’s ongoing significance to the region’s up-and-coming fashion designers.
Outside the shows and events, many attendees notably wore long leather trench coats for visual and, presumably, thermal impact on a cold winter’s day in the Danish capital.
Image credit: Day Birger et Mikkelsen by James Cochrane.
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