CPHFW x GANNI – The Power and Purpose of the Next Generation

The AW24 talk series with Vogue Business as media partner make up a vital element of the official schedule each season, representing an opportunity to dig deeper into wider issues facing fashion.

The Power and Purpose of the Next Generation: A CPHFW NEWTALENT x Ganni talk celebrates the impact and importance of supporting the emerging creative landscape, the role collaboration must play in the future of fashion and how innovation in design is opening new opportunities of expression.

The talk will activate the global network of Copenhagen Fashion Week, inviting industry leaders from a variety of organizations and practices to speak across the topics at hand.

Furthermore, Copenhagen Fashion Week is excited to announce Vogue Business as official media partner, who will use their global audience to amplify the reach of the talks that will be launched as podcasts post release.

Moderator:

Nicole DeMarco, Editor

Panelists:

Ditte Reffstrup, Creative Director, GANNI

Ditte Reffstrup, born in 1977, has been the Creative Director of GANNI since 2007, leading the fashion brand alongside her husband, Nicolaj Reffstrup. With a background in fashion, she initially worked as a buyer for various specialty stores. Based in Copenhagen, Ditte resides with her husband and three children.

Amalie Røge Hove, Designer

With a Master’s Degree in Textile Design from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and years of experience as a knitwear designer for brands including Cecilie Bahnsen and Mark Tan, founder Amalie Røge Hove started A. Roege Hove in 2019—bringing her own vision of knitwear to life, which has been evolving and developing ever since. In 2023 A. Roege Hove was awarded the Karl Lagerfield Award for Innovation at the 2023 International Woolmark Prize- one of the oldest and most respected global awards for emerging talents. Defined by an experimenting and intuitive way of working with traditional knitwear techniques, the brand challenges our perception of shape and pushes our expectations of the materials and their behavior. In 2021 A. Roege Hove won The Wessel & Vett Prize, Scandinavia’s most prestigious and independent award for fashion design. Since then, the brand presented innovative collections during Copenhagen Fashion Week, reviewed by Vogue Runway and supported & featured in Vogue UK, Vogue France, Vogue USA, New York Times, Dazed, Business of Fashion, AnOther Magazine and Vogue Business amongst others.

Sarah Brunnhuber, Weaver, Textile Designer & Founder, Stem

Sarah Brunnhuber is a Copenhagen-based weaver, textile designer and founder of Stem (a zero-waste fashion production system). Her passion is to develop solutions for waste through sustainable textile systems, to spread knowledge and appreciation for the processes and craft behind our garments, and encourage others to engage with more conscious consumption.

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