Paris Fashion Week is the dream stage for designers around the world. Being favored by the French Fashion Association, the organizer of Paris Fashion Week, and entering the brands of Paris Fashion Week is equivalent to the highest affirmation and recognition. Paris Fashion Week has just announced that in the 2021 Spring/Summer Fashion Week, there will be 10 new designer brands joining, including: 4 French brands Ami, Ester Manas, Mossi, Vejas; 3 American brands Enfants Riches Deprimes, Gabriela Hearst, S.R Studio LA.CA.; British brand Wales Bonner; Middle Eastern brand Situationist, and the highly acclaimed Cecilie Bahnsen from Denmark in recent years!
How did Cecilie Bahnsen, with a touch of freshness, gain recognition from the French Fashion Association in just 5 years since the brand was founded, from Copenhagen to Paris? The brand’s founder, Cecilie Bahnsen from Denmark, graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and after graduation, worked at Erdem, John Galliano, and Dior, always passionate about fashion design.
In 2015, she left Paris and returned to her hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark to develop her personal eponymous brand. She has graced the stage of London Fashion Week. In 2017, she won the Danish Design Fashion Award and was also a finalist in the top eight of the LVMH Young Designer Prize (other finalists that year included Yoon from AMBUSH, with the champion being Marine Serre). Cecilie Bahnsen is not only the most popular fashion designer in Denmark, but also a rising star in the international fashion scene!
Cecilie Bahnsen’s designs are highly personal and recognizable, with details such as princess sleeves, mesh fabric, and ruffled edges, combined with a simple color palette that is the brand’s signature. Some describe Cecilie Bahnsen as a mix of Simone Rocha, Comme des Garçons, and Molly Goddard. Taking Simone Rocha’s romantic beauty, Comme des Garçons’ structural innovation, Molly Goddard’s rich layers, blending and softening them into one, then adding the unique minimalist aesthetic of the Nordic region, creates a visual feast that feels comfortable, peaceful, and unforgettable.
The brand’s founder believes that fashionable women should not have only one aspect. She will not design clothing that emphasizes female body proportions or highlights the graceful curves of women’s bodies. Instead, the focus is on comfort, allowing women to exude confidence through the design. You won’t find tight silhouettes in Cecilie Bahnsen’s creations, but rather loose-fitting babydoll dresses.
The main line of clothing silhouette is loose and comfortable, focusing on details and material matching. Cecilie Bahnsen prefers to use different shades of transparent gauze and mesh to enhance the design sense, creating a unique romantic atmosphere with a hint of translucency, combined with a light and elegant effect, full of goddess-like charm. In addition, bubble princess sleeves, bows, ruffles, and floral embroidery are all exquisite details that perfectly match the above girly elements, creating a dreamy yet not overly sweet, romantic and slightly royal vintage gorgeous taste.
The unique and distinct brand style, exquisite clothing design, and the ability to impress the French Fashion Association to obtain a ticket to Paris Fashion Week are not only the most important elements: craftsmanship! Thanks to her work experience at Erdem and Dior, Cecilie Bahnsen knows how to use different fabric materials, as well as the importance of traditional craftsmanship and artistic details, injecting a quality comparable to Haute Couture, while giving the design a deeper meaning.
In just 5 short years, from Denmark to Paris, transforming from an unknown figure to a dazzling new star, Cecilie Bahnsen’s rapid rise to fame has no shortcuts, only perseverance in her style principles, endless creativity in design, and a bit of luck. Looking forward to her shining on the Paris Fashion Week runway, leading us into a beautiful and romantic minimalist world.
