Our Favorite Shows From Copenhagen Fashion Week SS26

The Spring/Summer 2026 season of Copenhagen Fashion Week has officially come and gone and as always, the season featured a slew of impressive showcases by both established and emerging designers. Fan favorites like OperaSPORT, Forza Collective and The Garment returned to the runway, along with staple brands like Han Kjobenhavn, Baum und Pferdgarten and ROTATE, who, once again closed out the season with a bang.

Elsewhere, this season features names like The Swedish School of Textiles and The Royal Danish Academy, presenting showcases filled with inspiring student designers. This SS26 season, we witnessed Alana Hadid opening OperaSPORT, Rolf Ekroth take to the great outdoors and ALIS send models off home in a boat, all in the first two days, followed by a stellar anniversary show from Cecilie Bahnsen and an exciting designer debut courtesy of IAMISIGO.

Scroll down to see our favorite moments from CPHFW SS26.

ROTATE

As always, ROTATE closed out the season with a celebratory showcase that featured the brand's signature silhouettes in a pared-back way. Kicking things off with a party outside the venue, in collaboration with Snapchat, what followed was described by the brand as its "most feminine era yet." Characterized by fluid silhouettes, sheer fabrics and subtle pastel tones, the collection was paired with playful heeled flip-flops and sheer shawls and scarves, also arguably resulting in the brand's most on-trend era yet.

Nicklas Skovgaard

Nicklas Skovgaard always delivers and for SS26, guests were treated to a plush set of sleeping models, surrounded by pillows. According to the brand, "Collection 11" was an exploration of "sleep, intimacy and the rituals that shape our daily lives." As a result, what followed was a series of off-kilter silhouettes crafted with delicate lace fabrics and accompanied by cushioned accessories. Half-strewn jackets, eyemasks and pyjama-style bloomers sashayed down the runway, blurring the societal boundaries between sleepwear and daywear.

Anne Sofie Madsen

Anne Sofie Madsen was dubbed one to watch this season, and for good reason. The designer's SS26 showcase took its name from Sofia Coppola's cult short film Lick the Star, exploring themes of girlhood, adolescence and betrayal. Tapping into the complexities of the modern girl, the showcase took place around a personal display of intimate items belonging to Madsen, acting as a time capsule that offered an inner look into all of the things that made her who she is. In terms of the collection, SS26 debuted playful slogan tees, colorful tights and most unexpectedly: metallic rodent bags.

The Royal Danish Academy

This year's Royal Danish Academy showcase featured 11 graduates from nine different countries, who each utilized fashion as a means of questioning our own identities. Asking and interrogating who we are and who we design for, the collection also posed the question of how we work "when the planet is in crisis." Exploring themes of identity, politics and shared experience, the vibrant showcase featured an eclectic mix of textures, exaggerated silhouettes and clashing prints.

Baum und Pferdgarten

Baum und Pferdgarten's SS26 showcase took us to the stables a little outside of Copenhagen. Upon arrival, guests were greeted by two horses in branded scarves before the collection, dubbed "Notes From the Grandstand," offered a masterclass in equestrian chic. "We were drawn to the sharp colour-blocking and purpose-driven silhouettes of jockeys — so bold, so functional, so instantly recognisable. And just as captivating were the guests, dressed to be seen from every angle. That tension between performance and pageantry gave us a rich foundation to explore character, contrast, and everything in between," said creative directors Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave.

The Swedish School of Textiles

This season's showcase from The Swedish School of Textiles did not disappoint. Offering a perfect masterclass in fabric manipulation, the 16 different designers each presented a variation of innovative techniques, blending performance art with structural design.

Han Kjobenhavn

Han Kjøbenhavn's Spring/Summer 2026 collection, dubbed "Another Day," took inspiration from Creative Director Jannik Wikkelsø Davidsen's suburban upbringing in Copenhagen, focusing on ordinary moments and the rituals of suburban masculinity. The collection reimagined otherwise typical garments through the brand's distinctive exaggeration and tension, resulting in oversized faux leather bombers, mesh tracksuits and sculpted silver tops.

ALIS

ALIS returned to the runway to present its second showcase following last season's debut. This season felt significantly more self-assured, split into a few core color palettes and fabrics. Beginning with beige and blue plaid, the collection evolved into a bright mustard yellow palette, followed by pinstriped baby blue and ending with purple plaid. Celebrating freedom, creativity and joy, the showcase ended with models getting into a boat and sailing away.

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