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Keep a fashion-weathered eye on Cecilie Bahnsen, Copenhagen's up-and-coming designer who you can spy from Vogue + Dover Street Market, to Copenhagen's very own streets.
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A true Danish design icon, Copenhagen's Vibskov reaches to the outer edges of fashion with his rebellious style, bright designs & famed 'Piggy' series.
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Samsøe & Samsøe are a Copenhagen-based Scandi fashion brand designing effortless style pieces with cool Latin roots.
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Meet Maria Svensson and Esmeralda Vidfar, two wool-loving ladies from Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. Based in an art-collective studio space with ten other designers and artists, they create the knitwear that they had always dreamed of wearing as spotted by the owners of the creative fashionista den of Gothenburg, Hotel Flora.
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Fans of Jeanne Damas can now buy into her brand – literally and figuratively. Baptized ROUJE in 2016, Damas’ line of separates is available online only, but ships worldwide.
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If elegance is refusal – to borrow from the oft-quoted Coco Chanel – then Polish label thisisnon explores the very far end of the refusal spectrum by eliminating all decoration and frills from its designs, even categorizing them, not by garment type, but by the garment’s very basic component: its fabric.
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Made in their Athens atelier, Callista's bags are iconic, timeless, and one of a kind, each skilfully handmade using age-old crafts and techniques to incorporate Greek heritage
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Cue Zeus+Dione, a Greek resortwear brand that celebrates Hellenic culture and lifestyle. The brand, named after the ancient Greek goddess of love’s parents, looks toward the age-old knowledge of artisans all over Greece, who custom-make, weave, dye, embroider and cut the Zeus+Dione textiles.
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Temptation Positano is a fashion brand that translates the golden moments of the Amalfi coast into its garments. Drawing inspiration from these unique locations, Temptation Positano produces all its garments in picture-perfect Positano.
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Luxury fashion house Bally started life in a small Swiss village before becoming an international design giant - not bad for a former elastic factory.
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Homeland culture is at the heart of this South Tyrolean fashion label, who creatively rethink statement pieces of traditional alpine garments - like the iconic 'Blue Apron'.
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Moessmer's luxury wool & cashmere fashion legacy extends far beyond the design boundaries of South Tyrol's Brunico, but it is still a good place to start.
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