Copenhagen Fashion Week's Autumn Winter season for 2026 has kicked off this week, with a stacked schedule full of Danish designers to watch and established fashion Houses. (We spoke to five of the designer's on this year's lineup ahead of the AW26 season to get you acquainted.)
Of course, there's plenty of street style from showgoers to catch outside, but inside and away from the January snowfall, there's just as much fashion happening behind closed doors. Luckily for you, we've got the key – and have got you covered with all the week's highlights, as they happen, below...
Holzweiler
Th Norwegian brand returned to CPHFW to mark the 10-year anniversary of its first showing in the Danish capital. Held in a 1920s-built airplane hangar called Vandflyverhangaren, the show was lit by over 200 lamps and floor-to-ceiling sheer curtains that glowed red. Designer, Skappel Holzweiler, leant into the idea of preservation for the collection's theme, layering opaque with the sheer, striped knitwear, embellished denim, pleated skirts, skinny scarves and plenty of oversized outerwear.
Aiayu
aiayu returned to CPHFW for it's second show this year, exploring “the relationship between individuality and togetherness,” according to founder and creative director Maria Hogh Heilmann. The restrained palette of ecru, navy blues and khakis felt cohesive, compounded with choreography by Breckylun Davila Drescher. Shirting and layering felt integral to the styling, which saw models layer scarves and sweaters asymmetrically over shoulders or around waists, sleeves scrunched and rolled, and crisp collars peeking out from the tops of paper-thin knitwear.
Nicklas Skovgaard
The 1920s and 30s icon, Danish silent film star Marguerite Viby, was the inspiration for Nicklas Skovgaard's most recent runway collection, which continued his streak of breaking from traditional runway show conventions. Guests stood, instead of sat, for the show, forming a crowd through which models pushed. Materiality was at the fore – a mix of heavy wools, draped jersey and featherlight satins and gauzy skirts in a palette of summery pinks, greens, blues, baby yellows and deep browns. Harkening back to the popular silhouettes of the time – there were plenty of peplums, drop waists, boat necks and gloved hands. Even an exposed, pregnant belly or two.
Skall Studio
Sibling designers Julie and Marie Skall presented their AW26 show this week, musing on Danish author Karen Blixen’s lifelong fixation with flowers. For Blixen, flowers were not just dainty, but enduring – "almost symbolic of strength, reflection and continuity" the designers said in an interview with Vogue Scandinavia about the show. Taking place at the Kunstnerforeningen exhibition space, it was the brand's most intimate runway to date. Hardwood floors and flickering candelabras were the backdrop to a collection of workwear staples, paisley florals, relaxed trousers and trenches. Each look had a air of pragmatism about them; jeans tucked neatly into riding boots, or mittens and bags tucked smartly into belt loops.
OpéraSPORT
The CPH-founded label from designers Awa Malina Stelter and Stephanie Gundelach has been going from strength-to-strength since its first CPHFW show in 2022. This season, Venice was the muse, the show notes referencing a quote by Hans Christian Andersen about “the city upon its waves" and how "the sky had cast its glow down to be reflected in its canals". The collection was a reflection of the lamp-lit city's allure – complete with lace-embroidered bodices and tassled throws, pillbox hats and waists drawn in with cable-like belts.
Taus
Taus's first runway show was a salon-style edit of suits, skirts, gowns and accessories that looked toward the groundbreaking sexual studies of Berlin’s Institute for Sexual Science in the 20th century. A distinct reimagining of androgyny was present – men's pants flipped (literally) or cut upon into a woman's skirt. (The designers told Vogue Scandinavia that they were "working with my late Granddad’s suits" for these.) Quilted fabrics were also fashioned into dresses and wrapped skirts, worn by models in the black box room at The Lab.
Studio Constance
Swedish brand Studio Constance made its CPHFW debut this week, hosted in an glass-walled, concrete-floored room filled with an audience of melting wax candles. The ambient lighting was paired with the dulcet tones of an organ as models began to walk. Deconstructed knitwear was paired with loosely tailored trousers, blouses and draped dresses, as well as Penny Lane-style buttery leather coats and black motorcycle boots. To juxtapose the intensity of the collection and setting, bags were affixed with crocheted puppy charms.
Forza Collective
Forza Collective designers Kristoffer Kongshaug revisited the Baroque for his AW26 show this week, combining them with 90s minimalism and and a pale, lilac carpet on which the models walked. Long-sleeved day dresses, draped trousers, gravity-defying Victorian-style collars and felted, oversized outerwear were paired with strappy satin heels and slicked side-parts.
