Abstract
In terms of dress and fashion Denmark is an example of a West European
peripheral country within the international fashion system. Since the Middle
Ages, new fashions have found their way to Denmark through the
internationally oriented royal family, the purchases of well-traveled citizens,
various international and national fashion reports, and the international
purchases by local retailers. With varying speed new cuts, colors and styles
have impressed themselves upon both the everyday and festive fashions of the
Danish wardrobe. The same foreign influence applies to local fashion
production. Design, craftsmanship and technology has through time been
shaped under influences from abroad. But these international influences have
not undermined the recurring idea of a particular Danish dress and fashion
culture. In the middle of the 19th century the prevailing view was that the
peasants’ festive dress represented specific national dress. By the beginning of
the 21st century discussions in the Danish fashion industry and industry policy
concern Denmark’s status as a fashion nation and Copenhagen as a possible
new global fashion center. This is due to the growing Danish fashion culture,
the textile and clothing industry’s export success, and not least the fact that
Denmark is a world-leading fur exporter
peripheral country within the international fashion system. Since the Middle
Ages, new fashions have found their way to Denmark through the
internationally oriented royal family, the purchases of well-traveled citizens,
various international and national fashion reports, and the international
purchases by local retailers. With varying speed new cuts, colors and styles
have impressed themselves upon both the everyday and festive fashions of the
Danish wardrobe. The same foreign influence applies to local fashion
production. Design, craftsmanship and technology has through time been
shaped under influences from abroad. But these international influences have
not undermined the recurring idea of a particular Danish dress and fashion
culture. In the middle of the 19th century the prevailing view was that the
peasants’ festive dress represented specific national dress. By the beginning of
the 21st century discussions in the Danish fashion industry and industry policy
concern Denmark’s status as a fashion nation and Copenhagen as a possible
new global fashion center. This is due to the growing Danish fashion culture,
the textile and clothing industry’s export success, and not least the fact that
Denmark is a world-leading fur exporter
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Frederiksberg |
| Publisher | imagine.. CBS |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Series | Creative Encounters Working Paper |
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| Number | 21 |