Copenhagen Fashion Week Podcast

Welcome to Vice Versa, our newest series spotlighting industry leaders and discussing positive change in fashion and the creative industries.

The series will give CEO Cecilie Thorsmark the opportunity to interview longtime supporters of Copenhagen Fashion Week about their careers, their thoughts on the fashion industry and how we can implement effective, thoughtful and responsible change.

For episode two, Cecilie interviewed Julie Gilhart, CDO & President of Tomorrow Ltd. & Tomorrow Projects.

Fashion industry veteran Julie Gilhart is President of Tomorrow Projects and Chief Development Officer of Tomorrow LTD. In 2011, she founded Julie Gilhart Consulting to connect and grow fashion brands with a desire to have a positive impact. Prior to establishing her firm, Ms. Gilhart was Senior Vice President Fashion Director at Barneys New York for 18 years, where she oversaw creative, design and business direction. Ms. Gilhart serves as jury member for multiple fashion prizes and sits on the boards of Parsons The New School for Design, Mulberry, and Tomorrow.

In discussion with Cecilie, Julie talks about her passion for discovering emerging talent in fashion, how she ended up working in the industry, and her optimism for the future; expressing her hope for the rising second-hand market, making way for the shifting mindset of consumers worldwide.

Copenhagen Fashion Week presents Small Talks Big Conversations with co-host Amelia Hoy and Mona M. Ali, founder of Fiiri Agency - the Nordics' first BIPOC and black owned model agency...

NuOrder presents a talk celebrating the importance and impact of Nordic design in the American market.

Host: Alec Leach

Alec Leach is a consultant, writer and editor in the sustainable fashion space. He started @future__dust, an Instagram platform for responsible fashion. Previously, he was Digital Fashion Editor at Highsnobiety.

Guests: 

Nick Wooster is a design and retail consultant with a resume that reads like a roll call of top American fashion brands and stores. Nick’s tenure in the menswear space has spanned over 30 years with various positions at Barney’s New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Calvin Klein and Ralph Laurenand JCPenney. He started his career as a buyer, transitioning to design and eventually, back to retail as Men’s Fashion Director. He was named to Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed List in 2015.Most recently, Nick has been consulting for a handful of global fashion brands while continuing to cultivate an enviable digital presence and a vast network of followers on social media. His reach in the digital realm spans the US, Europe and Asia. Primarily targeting men, but with a loyal women's following, Nick is recognized as a true fashion authority, who pushes boundaries through his distinctive personal style.Currently the Style Editor at At Large Magazine and Creative Director of luxury Italian sportswear brand, Paul & Shark, Nick also recently collaborated with Italian-crafted Brooklyn-based brand GREATS. Exclusive to famed American retailer, Nordstrom, the duo released a capsule collection of 8 unique styles and new silhouettes. Nick continues to consult with brands around the world, designing a capsule collection for the Japanese brand Kuon and a capsule for the Italian brand Mr and Mrs Italy.

Kate Heiny, Director of Sustainability at Zalando and Cecilie Thorsmark, Copenhagen Fashion Week, discuss a sustainable future for fashion and sustainability as a commitment

Céline Semaan, designer, advocate, writer and founder of Slow Factory Foundation discusses fashion & socio-environmental injustice

Host: Moussa Mchangama

Hampus Bernhoff, Creative Director & Joel Urwitz, Co-founder of Schnayderman's talk with Richard Feigin about how to explore life on the periphery and find inspiration in the thrill of otherness

The new definitions of luxury: is sustainability shaping a difference in consumption patterns?

As consumers become more educated and look to brands that are both elevated in quality and design excellence, will this see a greater shift in not only brands moving into the luxury sector in order to tap into this new educated clientele but also to implement more responsible practices in their business (can no longer make cheap dresses, costs go up, etc)

Alec Leach, consultant, writer and editor in the sustainable fashion space, will be moderation the question of whether luxury and responsibility can be parallel experiences through different angles:

In just a couple of seasons, Danish knitwear designer Amalie Roege Hove has established a name for herself, specialising in conceptual knitwear. With a background in textile design, Hove’s starting point is materiality and a technical approach to designing. The media plays a crucial role in nurturing talent and can make or break emerging designers.

Since its launch in the 1980s, i-D has supported young designers and discovered talents across fashion. In conversation with Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Amalie Roege Hove and Mahoro Seward from i-D will share their views on the relationship between talents and fashion media.

Karin Söderlind & Sofia Wallenstam, Founders of House of Dagmar, discuss their brand journey.

Host: Johan Wirfält

Johan Wirfält is a journalist and publisher living in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2013, he has been the director of talks, debates and film programming at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, the largest cultural institution in Scandinavia. He has previously held positions as opinion editor at the Swedish Television and the newspaper Expressen, and was the co-founder and editor in chief of Rodeo, a Swedish magazine on fashion, style and culture. In 2018, he and photographer Kristian Bengtsson published the book Fagerhult – bilder av Sverige, a photographic essay on life in the Swedish countryside.

Filippa K is on a mission of mindful consumption, and an important step is resource efficiency. They’ve championed the first ever Responsible Mohair Standard, enabling them to support suppliers and improve the future of the industry.