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

The ACF Revolving Collective – THE HARD GRAFT by Copenhagers

The ACF Revolving Collective Presents: THE HARD GRAFT (The DJ Technique Applied To Menswear) Explained by Liam Maher of Denham -

Produced by Copenhagers, Film &  Edit: Mattia Abeni .

In occasion of latest CIFF Trade Show here in Copenhagen we got the honor and pleasure to pay a visit the the A.C.F. (Art Comes First) rotating Collective while they were presenting their latest project: THE HARD GRAFT. We talked to Liam and Jennifer Maher from Denahm about it and put together a lovely explanatory video about it. .


THE DJ TECHNIQUE APPLIED TO MENSWEAR . A Collaboration Between Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh with Matteo Gioli and Liam Maher. Progressing the tradition of menswear design from the past through the present into the future involves a process of hybridization, grafting, sampling and mixology. Like a DJ digging through classic vinyl, remixing standards from the jazz and pop musical canon, menswear designers attempt to harmonize the most potent influences from their vintage research within a single contemporary concept. Sam and Shaka of Art Comes First step into the atelier with Matteo Gioli of SuperDuper Hats and Liam Maher of Denham to cut, scratch, sample and mix vintage menswear in a demonstration of the DJ Technique Applied to Menswear. Lambert, Maidoh, Gioli and Maher will working toward a creative synthesis of sartorial and workwear influences that reflect each of their individual design obsessions. . Scratching with Sewing Needles: Each day of the event hybrid designs will evolve within a nomadic atelier. . Each day finished pieces will be styled into a focused exhibit of looks inspired by the men who progressed modern music from yesterday’s legends like Thelonious Monk to contemporary pioneers like Yasijn Bey.

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ART COMES FIRST
Super Duper Hats
DENHAM
Copenhagen International Fashion Fair: CIFF 

SOURCE: COPENHAGERS 

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.

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Crown Princess Mary's rebellious fashion week In Copenhagen

Se videoen: Mary på rebelsk modeuge | www.bt.dk


By Michala Dieckmann Thursday 8 August 2013, 16:31

Anarchists and rebels, it is not out of necessity. It's a choice you make, and therefore it is perfectly acceptable to copy the style. How argued fashion expert Uffe Buchard as Princess Mary was invited into "anarchist-space" during fashion week.

Here she threw Thursday gloss over several Danish designers stands during his visit to the CIFF (Copenhagen International Fashion Fair) at the Bella Center.

And Crown Princess did not let that anarchists do not usually celebrates the royal family. On the contrary, she seemed thrilled with the presentation.

Follow the heels of Crown Princess Mary during the visit at the Bella Center in the video here.