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Fashion Field Notes
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Spring/Summer 2027 · 4 – 7 Aug 2026

Copenhagen

Playful minimalism and sustainable sheen.

34Shows
1,013Looks catalogued
34Designers
BlackColour of the week

What stood out in Copenhagen

The season's trends →

54% more often than in other cities

Silver

1 in 5 Copenhagen looks featured silver.

Copenhagen22%Other cities14%

in 30 of 34 shows

The Garment lookThe Royal Danish Academy lookMr. Larkin lookStine Goya look

2.4× as often as in other cities

Sky blue

8% of Copenhagen looks featured sky blue.

Copenhagen8%Other cities3%

in 21 of 34 shows

The Garment lookBy Malene Birger lookSkall Studio lookThe Royal Danish Academy look

2× as often as in other cities

Pink

1 in 10 Copenhagen looks featured pink.

Copenhagen10%Other cities5%

in 22 of 34 shows

Mr. Larkin lookScandinavian Academy of Fashion Design lookThe Royal Danish Academy lookCaro Editions look

The signature combination

Charcoal over black

Charcoal tops with black bottoms appeared more often than the city's colours alone would predict.

25 looks across 13 shows

Every show, by colour

One bar per collection, split into the colours measured from its garments. Sort the shows, or tap a colour to rank the houses that wore it.

Who wore
  1. 1The Royal Danish Academy97 looksPink
  2. 2Munthe45 looksBlack
  3. 3Gestuz37 looksBlack
  4. 4Henrik Vibskov36 looksCharcoal
  5. 5La Bagatelle36 looksDenim blue
  6. 6Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design36 looksSilver
  7. 7Stine Goya35 looksSilver
  8. 8Caro Editions33 looksPink
  9. 9Nicklas Skovgaard33 looksPink
  10. 10The Garment33 looksSilver
  11. 11OpéraSport32 looksBlack
  12. 12Herskind31 looksBlack

The palette

  • Black15%
  • Silver11%
  • Charcoal10%
  • White8%
  • Ivory / cream7%
  • Grey5%

Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).

What was worn together

  • Black over black8%2.8× expected
  • Charcoal over black3%1.7× expected
  • Silver over silver3%2.3× expected
  • Charcoal over charcoal3%2.8× expected
  • White over white3%3.6× expected
  • Silver over white2%1.8× expected

Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.

Copenhagen against the season

From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbers

Asymmetric was 51% more common in Copenhagen as in other cities.

  • Asymmetric+51%
  • Draped+41%
  • Boxy+16%
  • Oversized+7%
  • Column+2%
  • High-rise−3%
  • Straight−15%
  • Inverted triangle−26%

Copenhagen other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often

Copenhagen in the season's story

All five shifts →

12 fashion weeks · June–October 2026

Dark gave way to light

Share of garment area. Copenhagen, São Paulo and Lagos wore more white, cream and pale grey than black and charcoal; no fashion week before August did.

Black & charcoalEvery other colourWhite, cream & pale grey
Florence Jun48%20%
Milan Men's · Jun22%21%
Paris Men's · Jun42%16%
Berlin Jul33%17%
Copenhagen Aug25%27% ◂ lighter
Tokyo Aug30%29%
New York Sept29%22%
Milan Sept31%18%
Paris Sept35%21%
Mexico City Oct47%13%
São Paulo Oct22%30% ◂ lighter
Lagos Oct18%20% ◂ lighter
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 12,786 runway looks, June–October 2026Embed this · GIF

12 fashion weeks · June–October 2026

The season saved its colour for last

Average vividness of the clothes at each fashion week (colour saturation, 0 is grey). The three most vivid weeks are highlighted; Lagos was the most vivid of all.

7.7FlorenceJun
13.7MilanMen's · Jun
10.9ParisMen's · Jun
14.2BerlinJul
14.3CopenhagenAug
10.8TokyoAug
16.6New YorkSept
12.4MilanSept
12.9ParisSept
15.0Mexico CityOct
15.8São PauloOct
21.9LagosOct
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 12,786 runway looks, June–October 2026Embed this · GIF

Texture and shine

Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbers

Texture

Copenhagen sat mid-pack on texture.

Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.

Shine

On shine, Copenhagen was less lustrous than most cities.

Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.

← SmootherMore textured →↑ Shinier↓ More matteMexico CityParisNew YorkTokyoFlorenceBerlinMilanSão PauloLagosCopenhagen

Traditions on the Copenhagen runway

Cultural influences →

55 looks across 19 of 51 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (3.7% of the looks).

From where

What, and who

The character of the clothes

Copenhagen was the lightest city of the season so far.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed

Copenhagen the other 9 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment

The fortnightly digest

Copenhagen is one of 17 cities we read

Get the fortnightly digest: how Copenhagen compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.