Copenhagen Chic
Copenhagen Chic (Book)
A Locational History of Copenhagen Fashion
The first comprehensive study of the Copenhagen fashion culture in English, aims to inspire future generations of thinkers, creators, and practitioners in fashion and design fields to make the fashion industry more sustainable, ethical, and just. Latest in the Urban Chic series. 100 b/w illus.
Edition
Copenhagen has long been celebrated for its unique fashion, design, innovation, and sustainability practices, and yet there has never been a comprehensive history of Copenhagen fashion and its current innovation and sustainability drive.
This book fills that gap, assembling a multidisciplinary roster of contributors to examine all aspects of Copenhagen fashion and culture. Grounded in a broad context of Danish culture, industry, media, technology, sustainability, and innovation practices within the wider cultural and economic fields of fashion, the book helps us understand what makes Copenhagen unique.
Katrina Sark is an Associate Professor of Fashion Studies in the Department of Design and Communications at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). She specializes in cultural analysis, cultural history, media, gender studies, sustainability, and decoloniality. She is the founder of the Canadian FashionScholars Network, the co-founder of Intellect's Urban Chic book series, and the co-author of Berliner Chic: A Locational History of Berlin Fashion (2011), Montréal Chic: A Locational History of Montreal Fashion (2016)
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Fashion Culture – Katrina Sark
1. Scandinavian Chic – Katrina Sark
2. Copenhagen Fashion History – Marie Riegels Melchior
3. Fashioning Sustainability – Else Skjold and Frederik Larsen
4. Fashioning Functionality – Trine Brun Petersen and Maria Mackinney-Valentin
5. The Bearded Queens of Copenhagen – Anders Larsen and Maria Mackinney-Valentin
6. Fashion in Film – Katrina Sark, with research contributions by Bjørn Utoft Sørensen, Emilie Thomsen and Izabella Andersen
7. Fashion in TV Shows – Katrina Sark and Izabella Andersen
8. Innovation and Technology – Katrina Sark, Bjørn Utoft Sørensen and Emilie Thomsen
Conclusion – Katrina Sark
Notes on Contributors
