CECILIE BAHNSEN
BRAND AND FASHION DESIGNER , C
Cecilie Bahnsen, brand of the homonymous designer, characterized by creations made entirely by hand
Cecilie Bahnsen is a Danish fashion designer born in 1985, graduated in Womenswear’s design from the Royal College of Art in London. Back in Copenhagen, in 2015 she founded her eponymous.
Cecilie Bahnsen
Debut
While studying at the Danish Design School, Bahnsen met designer Anja Vang Krag, for whom she has been working as an assistant since 2007. This is where she started working on some freelance projects for Christian Dior and the Royal Danish Theater.
After her master’s degree in Womenswear’s Design at the Royal College of Art in London, Bahnsen took her first steps in the world of fashion design at Erdem in 2011. After a three-year experience in England and with John Galliano in Paris, in 2015 the designer returned to Copenhagen, where she founded her namesake brand.
First fashion shows at Copenhagen Fashion Week, the awards
The first collection of the brand dates back to 2016 for the spring-summer season. The creations were exposed at Dover Market Street, after Bahnsen was noticed by a buyer at the showroom of the London Fashion Week. In 2017, the brand debuted officially at the Copenhagen Fashion Week. In the same year the designer won the Danish Design Fashion Award. After the presentation in Copenhagen, Bahnsen entered the list of finalists for the LVMH award.
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Brand’s style at the progressive expansion of the brand
Between 2017 and 2018 the brand suppliers increased to 22, and the production was not carried out in the house but entirely by hand. Organdy, the jacquard coming from Italy and the lace from Switzerland give Cecilie Bahnsen’s garments a romantic style, without neglecting modern and functional elements of daily life. The comfortable fit and voluminous silhouettes give dynamism and depth to the garments. The first source of inspiration was the Scandinavian style, characterized by subtle elegance.
Since 2019 her collections have been available in more than 60 retailers all over the world, among which Selfridges and Dover Street Market, which since its debut has been a reference point for the sales of the brand. The brand is also present in 11 locations in Nordstrom, and also aims at expanding in United States.
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