Go Backstage at Cecilie Bahnsen, Caro Editions, Nicklas Skovgaard, and More at the Spring 2026 Copenhagen Fashion Week Shows

Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFWThe excitements of the spring 2026 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week—which included Cecilie Bahnsen’s 10-year anniversary blowout, Anne Sofie Madsen and Freya Dalsjø’s catwalk returns, Caro Editions’ bridal-themed romp, Rolf Ekroth’s forest trek, and Nicklas Skovgaard’s slumber party—weren’t limited to the streets and the runways. There was plenty of action happening behind the scenes, as these photographs (taken in locations cramped or spacious: at a racetrack, the royal stables, by the harbor, and in a forest) show. They zoom in on details, reveal the last-minute preparations made by designers and their teams, and capture the camaraderie and high spirits of the backstage.
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW13/120Anne Sofie Madsen
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW15/120Anne Sofie Madsen
Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW16/120Anne Sofie Madsen
Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW17/120Anne Sofie Madsen
Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW18/120Anne Sofie Madsen
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW31/120Caro Editions
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Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW37/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW38/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW39/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW40/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW41/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW42/120Cecilie Bahnsen
Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW43/120Cmmn Swdn
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Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW49/120Freya Dalsjø
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Photo: Tonya Matyu (@tonyamatyu) / Courtesy of CPHFW67/120Nicklas Skovgaard
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW91/120Skall Studio
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW109/120The Garment
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Photo: Bryndis Thorsteinsdottir (@thestreetland) / Courtesy of CPHFW120/120The Royal Danish Academy
Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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