Remain and the Poise of Scandinavia

by Lotus Ladegaard

Remain is a new brand under the household brand of Birger Christensen, a staple of Danish fashion. Remain explores modern-day women and everyday life that consumes them.

For SS20 Remain presented a beautiful and stylish collection with untraditional models at Copenhagen's High Street. The color palette was classic and neutral with lots of white, black, camel, and a subtle delicate yellow. The silhouettes were easy-to-wear and ranged from stylist coats to maternity wear. The maternity coat-dress stood out as a very stylish look for mothers to be. The yellow pantsuit was another stand-out and felt very timeless. Many of the looks had a classic stylish feel about them along with a sense of effortlessness.

Remain might be a new brand, however, it is bound to do well within the confines of Scandinavia due to its exquisite finishing and design DNA.

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Lovechild 1979 and The Rigor of Simplicity

by Cara Livingstone

Accessible sophistication is the mantra of Lovechild 1979, which is the brainchild of Anne-Dorthe Larsen. Her ability to fuse two dichotomous elements are not entirely unheard of, but it is the seamlessness of her design that really stands out. In her SS18 collection, she pushes her prints to the direction of that elusive equipoise. Her aesthetics is not going to shock you into submission, it is not going to knock the varnish off, but it is an aesthetics for a modern woman comfortable in growing into sophistication. It is an aesthetics that is deeply rooted in the clarity of functionality without forgoing femininity. Ultimately this collection is a collection that is built at the right time for the right market with the right intention. So many rights build up to a collective exposition of drawstrings dresses, elegant silhouettes and above all, a sense of concise aesthetics that makes the collection look easy and simple. And we all know how hard easy is, and how complex simple can become. The evolution of Anne-Dorthe as designers is on display here. If her previous collections were of whimsy and playfulness, then this is a maturing step toward a brand that is becoming fully comfortable with itself. 

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