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ØBENHAVN’S fashion week has become a staple in northern Europe, with each season reporting greater overseas interest.
   Geared toward exports, Copen­hagen Fashion Week—the English name is adopted for its external marketing—is in fact two events, viz. the trend show- and exhibition-based Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) and the hip and trendy Copenhagen Vision (CPH Vision).
   Organizers carefully measure the number of foreign attendants, many of whom venture from neighbouring Sweden, where Danish design is familiar yet has the cachet of being imported.
   Between the two events, more than 60 shows took between February 5 and 8. Thirty-eight were at CIFF, Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, at Bella Centre, where the fashion-conscious HRH Princess Alexandra visited the trend show and several exhibition stands where the fashions for next winter were presented.
   Princess Alexandra, a Hong Kong native, is easily one of the most recognized and glamorous women in Denmark. With the royal wedding of her brother-in-law, Crown Prince Frederik, slated for May, Copen­hagen Fashion Week is merely Denmark’s first foray on to the international fashion stage this year.

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With the royal wedding of Crown Prince Frederik in May, Copenhagen Fashion Week is Denmark’s first foray on to the inter­national fashion stage this year

TOP: Benedikte Utzon. ABOVE: Ivan Grundahl. (Photographed by Mikael Hjuler.)