Fall/Winter 2026 · 27 – 30 Jan 2026
Copenhagen
What stood out in Copenhagen
The season's trends →31% more often than in other cities
Chocolate brown
1 in 6 Copenhagen looks featured chocolate brown.
in 16 of 17 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.
- 1Gestuz37 looksCharcoal
- 2Nicklas Skovgaard35 looksBlack
- 3Henrik Vibskov33 looksNavy
- 4OpéraSport32 looksBlack
- 5Baum und Pferdgarten31 looksBlack
- 6MKDT Studio31 looksBlack
- 7The Garment31 looksBlack
- 8Herskind30 looksBlack
- 9Caro Editions29 looksSilver
- 10Studio Constance27 looksBlack
- 11Paolina Russo26 looksBlack
- 12Skall Studio24 looksBlack
The palette
- Black30%
- Charcoal12%
- Chocolate brown9%
- Navy8%
- Tan5%
- Ivory / cream4%
Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).
What was worn together
- Black over black17%1.6× expected
- Charcoal over charcoal4%3.6× expected
- Charcoal over black4%
- Navy over navy4%6.0× expected
- Chocolate brown over chocolate brown4%6.0× expected
- Black over charcoal2%
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 numbersOversized was 37% more common in Copenhagen as in other cities.
- Oversized+37%
- Inverted triangle+32%
- High-rise+24%
- Hourglass+22%
- Asymmetric+11%
- Straight+9%
- Draped−12%
- Column−18%
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 →6 fashion weeks · January–March 2026
Dark gave way to light
Share of garment area in dark and light neutrals at each fashion week.
6 fashion weeks · January–March 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; New York was the most vivid of all.
Texture and shine
Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbersTexture
Copenhagen sat mid-pack on texture.
Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.
Shine
On shine, Copenhagen was the most matte of any city.
Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.
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
- Hand block print · La Bagatelle
- Tartan / kilt · Anne Sofie Madsen, Henrik Vibskov, MKDT Studio
- Pankou / frog closures · By Malene Birger, La Bagatelle, Mr. Larkin
- Ikat / patola · Caro Editions, La Bagatelle
- Alpaca / andean knit · Paolina Russo
- Chinese silk brocade · Mr. Larkin
The character of the clothes
Copenhagen sat close to the middle of the season, if a little smooth.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVivid
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printed
Copenhagen the other 5 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.