Cecilie Bahnsen Spring 2022 Ready-to-Wear

The modern fashion industry is wired for speed, sound, and transmission to best perform in a global arena. While many brands are stacking amps and turning up the volume, Cecilie Bahnsen has chosen to play acoustic. This Danish designer delights in the feel and the sound of her fabrics, in “happy accidents,” and is open to sharing the stage, as she did this season. Bahnsen teamed up with Okay Kaya (the Norwegian-American singer Kaya Wilkins) for her digital presentation; she’s introducing her first line of bags, made in concert with the Japanese company Chacoli; and she sent a box of clothes to the photographer Takashi Homma to photograph as he saw fit in his world. The results, said Bahnsen on a call, not only complemented her work, but “it’s been such a great thing to learn how you as a brand, and as a young designer, get stronger by working together with people. And you get even more aware of your own identity, and your own handwriting in what you do, and you grow more confident in it.” All of these elements will be presented at a gallery in Paris; the 30 dresses on mannequins.