ART COMES FIRST AT CIFF CRYSTAL HALL, COPENHAGEN BY SELECTISM

For a second season, Selectism traveled to Denmark to experience the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF), a trade show and exhibition that shines light on the Scandinavian capital city and its forward approach to high end fashion and sportswear. We look specifically at CIFF‘s Crystal Hall, showcasing a select grouping of brands that provide a glimpse into the emerging talents of today. Copenhagen could not be a better host city for this showcase. In our first of two looks from CIFF, we spend time with Art Comes First, a rotating collective of designers, founded by Shaka Maidoh, Sam Lambert, who share a similar love in “researching” and “grafting” garments new and old to develop new concepts and designs or as they put it, to “try to find new expressions” for the modern day.

At CIFF‘s Crystal Hall, Maidoh and Lambert were joined by Liam Maher, a self-proclaimed “designer revisionist” and design director at Denham, and Milanese hatter, Matteo Gioli for the CIFF Crystal Hall exhibition – a continuation of their displays from Pitti Uomo and Liberty Show in New York City. Following the long legacy of DJ’s “crate digging” for obscure and hard to find, records, the Art Comes First collective spent time “flipping through hangers” at vintage stores in London, Amsterdam, Brighton, New York and beyond, bringing their find to Copenhagen for modern re-working inside Crystal Hall. We share this view into their work and constructions.

By Jeff Carvalho FOR SELECTISM

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair S/S 14

CIFF Spring-Summer 2014 Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) first emerged on the Scandinavian fashion scene in 1993. Today, CIFF is the largest fashion fair in Northern Europe with over 40,000 sqm and countless brands housed under one roof.

For the Spring/Summer 2013-2014 season, CIFF unveils a new array of services and a new structure designed to enhance the fair experience. 8th till the 11th of August 2013 will be used to discover all the latest trends and brands at CIFF, CIFF KIDS, CIFF SHOWROOMS and CIFF SHOES.

Source

Crystal Hall spells success for CIFF Copenhagen

Two years of hard and dedicated work transforming CIFF Copenhagen to a new international heavyweight platform have paid off. In the past four days, CIFF has proven to be a stronger and more innovative fair with the success of Crystal Hall, the unique showcase area featuring forward-looking brands such as Comme de Garcons’ Gosha Rubchinskiy, Christopher Ræburn and Art Comes First, as well as being a more segmented show in general.

CIFF also opened the new CIFF showrooms - a 10,000-m2 newly renovated showroom area that drew an increased number of strong new international and Scandinavian brands to a degree never before seen. The unique interior design surrounding both brands and buyers, created an easy, relevant and very contemporary experience. Design & Fashion Director, Kristian W. Andersen states: “There are no short cuts or quick fixes. It’s all about hard work, patience and dedication.

The SS14 event showcased hundreds of new design-driven brands at CIFF making it the most innovative fashion-trade platform in northern Europe. But this is only the beginning. We will accelerate the pace of bringing the best brands to Copenhagen through our extensive global network and the CIFF brand” This season CIFF had people visiting from all of Europe, Asia and the US as well as international buyers from shops such as Galeries Lafayette – Beijing, mytheresa.com, Luisaviaroma, Urban Outfitters, Liberty and Asos. The next edition of CIFF Copenhagen arrives at the end of January from the 30th of January until 2nd of February for Fall-Winter 2014-15. CIFF will open its doors to the best brands in a unique bungalow environment, perfect for jeans and streetwear and for men’s and women’s cutting-edge collections.

Source

Travels: Malmo... on the Way From Copenhagan