Baum und Pferdgarten Copenhagen Spring 2022

Home really is where the heart is in Denmark, and Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave have really, really been feeling the love. They showed it by planning an outdoor show to which they could invite many guests while also engaging passerby. In addition, they demonstrated their support for the LGBTQ+ community by including a sweatshirt with rainbow-colored letters that read “Love und Understanding” and presenting it on the eve of the city’s WorldPride celebrations. When Baumgarten and Hestehave say they looked for inspiration “close to home” during lockdown, they cast a widish net. The spring collection is a sort of valentine to the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto (who’s been name-checked by three designers showing at CPHFW.) Aalto’s work, says Hestehave, inspired the team to tackle new colors and shapes. “We have tried to emphasize these more round waves, which you see in his very famous Savoy vase…and we have tried to [bring] in both these more modernistic and monumental straight shapes, which he’s also famous for, and add to this with these more organic shapes and forms.”