Cecilie Bahnsen Pre-Fall 2024

“I think our universe has been very floaty, and somehow I feel like this collection is grounding it but still in an elevated way.” So said Cecilie Bahnsen on a call about her pre-fall 2024 collection. It’s been four seasons since the Danish designer started expanding her offering in a distinctive way that makes sense for her brand. This time around, her pretty, romantic dresses mingle with confident separates, like an army green bomber with a bow back and pants and jackets made of stiff canvas and denim. “It takes time to make [a new category] your own and to learn it,” the Danish designer explained. “For me, canvas and denim have a whole other weight to anything else that I do. You need to find a way of creating volume, creating details within that, and that takes a couple of seasons, and then you kind of get it right.” It feels like Bahnsen has now cracked the code, and that’s a plus for fans as it allows for different price points and ways to play with the aesthetic without necessarily going in for the full look.