TALK: PRESENTED BY CIFF

Make sure to tune in to watch this year's ROTATE show livestreamed from Bella Arena in Copenhagen.

Make sure to tune in to watch this year's ISO.POETISM BY TOBIAS BIRK NIELSEN show livestreamed from Bella Center in Copenhagen.

Since the globalization hit the Danish fashion scene in the late 1980’s, almost all production and much product development has been outsourced and deployed the industry of know-how and textile skills. This development has been mimicked within education where crafts and textile skills has played a less prominent role and decreased the level of know-how and product innovation.

The future of fashion is circular, but how do we get there? Today, most fashion businesses is build on a linear model of make, use, dispose. In this talk we bring together brands who are born with a circular model, with brands who are exploring circular initiatives on the road to becoming circular. Both sides faces problems and great potentials.

At a time when our lives are increasingly digital, we channel the 2000s which saw the rise of the Internet. Set free by this new digital aesthetic, our imagination joins forces with a sexy attitude where the liberated body illustrates the progress made by women in taking control of their own bodies

Over a 45-minute panel talk sharing personal experience and Q&A session, BoF and CIFF platform three individuals responding to industry disruption in new ways — reimagining the processes and relationships that define the wholesale model.

Recycled fibers are the buzzword in circularity, but what can they do for fashion and textile companies in terms of sustainability, design and production. How does leading fashion and textile companies work with recycled fibers, what does it require of design and sourcing, and what are the benefits and challenges?

While the representations of Masculinity are being challenged in a post #MeToo era, the Male universe appears as captivating – and as creative, as never. With a European/Chinese perspective, Peclers Paris will decode emerging expressions of Masculinity exploring opportunities for the Fashion world.