12 Street Style Lessons To Learn From Copenhagen Fashion Week

Twice a year - February and August, to be precise - the fashion pack descend on the quaint city of Copenhagen. The cobbled streets are currently awash with street style stars test-driving autumn/winter trends at one of the first stops on the fashion week calendar. Though known for being gastronomically ground-breaking, CPH with its chic pastel-painted streets is also a melting pot of barrier-pushing Scandi style.

The likes of Pernille Tiesbaek, Doina Ciobanu and Xenia Adonts have been making the most of the heatwave, which we’re envious to say is still beating down on the Nordic peninsula, with sleeveless slip dresses and sandals. But, come winter there’ still lessons to be learnt from their styling. For instance, make the transparent-bag trend work in reality by filling your diaphanous tote with a leather bag - think of it as the nestling eggs of accessories. While we’re still on the accessory agenda, take note the belt bag (or bum bag, if you will) is still here to stay and still being worn cross-the-body. The final trick these women have generously relayed to us comes from Pernille and her blazer. Like Kim Kardashian, she’s used tailoring to make pedal pusher bike shorts desirable, but unlike the Cali siren, Pernille’s buttoned-up her blazer and layered it over a plain white top, which made this monochromatic combination instantly easier to digest.

Here are 12 lessons we’re taking away from the Copenhagen fashion week streets: