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   At CPH’s trend show it was evident how strong Danish design has become. The low-key presentation with light and easy styling let the clothes speak for themselves in this fair’s fashion themes: ‘Berlin’, ‘Hip Hop’ and ‘Glamour’. Of the men’s labels, Mads Nørgaard’s silver leather trousers were especially terrific as were white–wine–black-checked jackets from Gentlemen Take Polaroids by the highly talented Lise Nyborg Andersen. Also Hummel, the sports label that dresses the Danish football team, came up with colourful, fun and wearable clothes designs.
   In the women’s section simple, strong, feminine and sexy shapes were perfectly executed by Line Mo in a great, embroidered military coat. So were mixes of knit, embroidery and tweed by Lundgreen and Vindinge, and white suits with multi-coloured seams by Re-mix. Naja Lauf’s orange–yellow psychedelic chiffon, Issue’s lovely rose–pink–white bouclé jacket, Cash’s perfectly tailor-made checked coat and Sofie Schnoor’s crème tweed were fine examples of fashion’s new elegance.
   Two fur designers, Caan and Utzon, both showed wonderful sheepskin, gold-coated on the raw side. Great Greenland, who embroidered tops and skirts with crystal on the silver-coated raw side of seals, showed us a great, new use of the Greenlanders’ original, natural source of food, clothing and income.

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